Patricia Babcock McGraw
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Girls volleyball: Benet rolls by WW South to claim state titleNov 16, 2019 12:00 am - NORMAL - It took a lot out of the Benet girls volleyball team on Friday night to take out its arch-nemesis in the IHSA state semifinals. But the Redwings, who swept Mari...
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Girls volleyball: Benet turns the tables on Marist at right timeNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - NORMAL - Cruising, cruising, cruising along. That's what the Benet girls volleyball team did for its first 34 games this fall. All wins. And all but four of the wins cam...
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Girls volleyball: WW South roars past Fremd in state semifinalNov 15, 2019 12:00 am - NORMAL - There was doubt. And a whole lot of rough spots. But that was four years ago. And a lot has changed since then. Like back then, the Wheaton Warrenville South gi...
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Could be fathers vs. daughters matchup at state volleyballNov 14, 2019 12:00 am - To say Rian Baker has been dreaming her entire life about volleyball glory isn't an exaggeration. “Well, my Mom (Jen) has told me that on the third day of me being alive...
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Lake Zurich's defense shuts down Hansen, HerseyNov 09, 2019 12:00 am - Something had to give. Would it be the stingy defense of Lake Zurich or the explosive offense of Hersey? Hersey entered Saturday's Class 7A second round playoff game at ...
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How NIU women's basketball puts focus on limiting knee injuriesNov 08, 2019 12:00 am - Almost nothing in life is foolproof, and the Northern Illinois women's basketball team got a dose of that reality when guard Errin Hodges went down with a preseason knee...
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Antioch relieved it got to play, now looks forward to Cary-Grove matchupNov 07, 2019 12:00 am - No football team wants to go bye-bye this time of year. And Antioch definitely didn't want a bye either. The Sequoits were relieved that the Chicago teachers strike was ...
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One and done is quite enough for Fremd's defenseNov 07, 2019 12:00 am - It's one and done. End of discussion. That's Fremd's philosophy on defense. The Vikings use one defense, and one alone. Every game. All game long. "A lot of teams play m...
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Special teams huge to Warren's successNov 06, 2019 12:00 am - The film showed a vulnerability. So Warren's football coaches pounced. And by putting a lot of focus on special teams last week in practice, the Blue Devils were able to...
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Hersey's Pardun has some close ties to Lake ZurichNov 06, 2019 12:00 am - It really is a small world. As the Hersey football team prepares for its second-round Class 7A playoff game against host Lake Zurich at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Huskies head ...