Patricia Babcock McGraw
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Round Lake keeps rollingJan 16, 2009 10:00 pm - At least something around here was all toasty warm this week. In fact, the Round Lake boys basketball team, over the course of some of the coldest days on record, was ho...
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'I was awed by what happened'Jan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - During the holidays, it's easy to think in terms of wants and needs. "I want this. I need that." Many of us get caught up in our desires to acquire the latest and greate...
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Not just any ol' seniorsJan 15, 2009 10:00 pm - It's a rite of passage in most athletic circles. If you're the rookie, you're also the team gopher, the ball boy, the locker room cleaner-upper. It's how you earn your s...
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Bad break, but Brust stays positiveJan 12, 2009 10:00 pm - His leg is broken, but his spirit is not. Mundelein star guard Ben Brust busted up the tibia in his right leg in a 65-63 loss at Stevenson on Saturday, but was remarkabl...
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Warren keeps its coolJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - Having a Division I recruit in the stable can make a good team great. So can showing poise in sticky situations. No wonder the Warren boys basketball team has just one l...
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Olympic hopeful a chip off the ol' blockJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - For a while there, swimming was going to be Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr.'s thing. Not speedskating. Definitely not speedskating. Swider-Peltz Jr. distinctly remembers times as...
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Libertyville stuns Z-B on Trees' shotJan 09, 2009 10:00 pm - The clock struck nine Friday night and, sure enough, it was party time. And boy, was Libertyville ever in the mood to party. "Before every game, I always tell the guys t...
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Amazing duo defy the oddsJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - And then there were two. Just two. Three years ago, approximately 20 boys comprised Grant's freshman 'B' basketball team. They were the rookies of the rookies, not quite...
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Mooney's hustle nets hardwareJan 08, 2009 10:00 pm - If North Suburban Conference teams didn't already know it, it's official now. Lake Zurich guard Connor Mooney is a hustler. And he's got the hardware to prove it. Mooney...
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Counting down the top stories of 2008Jan 02, 2009 10:00 pm - Happy New Year, faithful readers! Before we continue to move forward into 2009, we need to look back. It's tradition around here. Here is my list of the top 10 women's s...