Josh Welge
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Frosh Abello, York providing plenty of torque for BenetApr 02, 2012 10:13 pm - Twelve feet separate Benet coach Jerry Schilf from home plate when he’s throwing batting practice using a special contraption called the Total Control Ball. It is, needl...
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Pitching down? Not at Downers Grove NorthApr 02, 2012 8:23 pm - Dominant pitching, it seems, is down across the area this year. Downers Grove North clearly didn’t get the memo. UIC recruit Elaine Heflin struck out 13 in just five inn...
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Caliva’s 8th-inning double gives Glenbard North winMar 31, 2012 10:02 pm - One Alex Caliva swing made up for a game-full of Glenbard North missed opportunities. The Panthers sophomore’s two-out run-scoring double snapped an eighth-inning tie, L...
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Benet comes throughMar 29, 2012 9:28 pm - Benet has spent the first two weeks of the season bludgeoning opponents with its bats. This win might be even more satisfying. Silenced for five innings, the No. 5 Redwi...
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Holloway in another Final Four, but on a grander scaleMar 29, 2012 9:19 pm - Whitney Holloway could only watch from her living room Notre Dame’s loss to Texas A&M in last year’s women’s national championship basketball game. She wasn’t wearing th...
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St. Francis fired up to beat Addison TrailMar 28, 2012 9:26 pm - Blaine Carragher and St. Francis were champing at the bit to play Wednesday, considering they’d only had two games in the mild March weather. The Spartans sure looked re...
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O’Neill, Lake Park catch WW SouthMar 27, 2012 8:52 pm - Kelly O’Neill knew what was at stake when she stepped to the plate in the sixth inning Tuesday, only a single needed for the cycle. “My team made me aware of that,” the ...
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Warning: Benet highly flammableMar 26, 2012 4:16 pm - Benet’s offense should come with a warning label. As in “highly combustible — please pitch to with caution.” The fifth-ranked Redwings bats exploded in the third inning ...
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Hayes a find for Naperville CentralMar 22, 2012 9:16 pm - Andy Nussbaum and Naperville Central never seem to run out of good pitching. Could Keegan Hayes be the next gem? The Redhawks sophomore threw one Thursday, taking a shut...
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Softball: Scouting DuPage CountyMar 21, 2012 11:00 pm - Addison Trail Coach: Sabrina Macek. Last year: 7-19 overall; lost to York 8-3 in Class 4A Conant regional quarterfinal. Top players: Arianne Hawkins, sr., SS; Tina Giral...