Patricia Babcock McGraw
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Blue Devils Classic wins for Lake Forest, Grayslake C.Dec 29, 2017 12:00 am - Four possessions. Last season. That's when Lake Forest sophomore guard Halle Douglass, then a freshman, earned her leadership stripes. "It was the regional championship ...
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Plenty for Warren to cheer about vs. LarkinDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - It's come to be expected that Kaylen Dickson will have her game on. But on Wednesday, the star Warren forward, who has already signed to play next year at Wake Forest, a...
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Reall's long shot lifts Crystal Lake South past GrantDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - Buzzer-beaters are becoming a thing for the Crystal Lake South boys basketball team. On Saturday, the Gators won their Hinkle Holiday Classic game at Jacobs against Stre...
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Dixon plods a winning course against GrantDec 23, 2017 12:00 am - The hustle and bustle of the busy holiday season tends to make everything feel rushed and fast this time of year. Saturday's Jacobs Hinkle Holiday Classic tournament gam...
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Lakes presses the issue, and Cary-Grove finds answersDec 22, 2017 12:00 am - Practice is good for only so much. Simulation can be effective, but sometimes it isn't. Cary-Grove had trouble preparing for the full-court pressure of Lakes ahead of Fr...
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Bullman, Grayslake Central finish Lake Zurich in OTDec 19, 2017 12:00 am - It's often been said in sports that it's not how you start, but how you finish. Grayslake Central sophomore forward Kate Bullman probably believes that now more than eve...
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Stevenson's collective effort sinks LibertyvilleDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - For the last six years, the Stevenson boys basketball roster featured all-Americans and high Division I college recruits. Those players, Jalen Brunson (Villanova), Conno...
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Babcock McGraw: Athletes should keep the politics to themselvesDec 15, 2017 12:00 am - Remember when your mom or your grandma would say to you, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all?" Sage advice, I'd say. Lindsey Vonn should h...
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Marcotte enjoys making Mundelein matterDec 14, 2017 12:00 am - There are some teachers, and some students, too, who stop Tommy Marcotte in the hallways now. These are often teachers he's never had, and students he doesn't know perso...
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Crews, Grayslake Central spurt past Vernon HillsDec 12, 2017 12:00 am - The "late bloomer" was in full blossom Tuesday night. Tony Crews, who started high school at "maybe 5-foot-5," has grown in just two years into a 6-foot point guard for ...