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Could Candace Parker accelerate Sky's ascension?

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Oct 11, 2019 5:58 PM - Candace Parker seemed unhappy after playing just 11 minutes in the WNBA semifinal elimination game against Connecticut. Considering that and the drama around fired Sparks GM Penny Toler, the Naperville Central grad might just want to come home to Chicago.
Buffalo Grove's Oberman not deterred by being small in stature

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Oct 10, 2019 6:21 PM - He may be a senior in high school, but Buffalo Grove senior Max Oberman has been repeating elementary school gym for the last six years. Well, kind of.
The Red Stars have made the semis for 5 straight years. Now can they get to the finals?

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Oct 5, 2019 6:23 PM - The Red Stars put together a strong regular season, finished second in the National Women's Soccer League with a 14-8-2 record and earned a bye to the semifinals of the playoffs, which get started later this month. The Red Stars have been to the semifinals the last four seasons. Where the Red Stars haven't been and what they haven't done is get to the league championship game, and win a championship.
Triplett will graduate from Lakes with no regrets

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Oct 3, 2019 6:55 PM - Regrets can last a lifetime. A senior at Lakes High School, Leighsean Triplett figures he's way too young to start having any of those.
Illini women's soccer coach celebrates 200th win with new facility

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 28, 2019 1:00 AM - As head coach Janet Rayfield notched her 200th career win last week, the Illinois women's soccer program is unveiling a state-of-the-art new facility, showing the serious investement the university is making in the sport.
Conant's Rodriguez getting a kick out of being a female football player

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 26, 2019 7:52 PM - A long, light brown pony tail shoots out the back of her helmet. And sometimes, Conant's Gracie Rodriguez brings her homemade chocolate chunk cookies to practice for her teammates.
Delle Donne wasn't a unanimous MVP decision, and Twitter lost its mind

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 20, 2019 9:22 PM - Better be ready for the "Twitter-cism" if you disagree with the masses on Twitter, such as who should be the 2019 WNBA MVP. Unlike the majority, who voted for Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne, I voted for Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot.
Age and experience -- Antioch's coaching staff has it all

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 19, 2019 6:11 PM - If age and experience equates to wisdom, then the Antioch football coaching staff might be one of the most wise in Lake County. Heck, make that all of Illinois. Maybe even in all of IHSA history.
No denying Sky players think the world of their Coach of the Year

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 13, 2019 6:29 PM - Chicago Sky stars Courtney Vandersloot and Diamond DeShields explain what a player's coach looks like: It's Sky head coach James Wade, the 2019 WNBA Coach of the Year...also Phoenix Mercury head coach Sandy Brodello extends kudos to her longtime friend James Wade and compares her superstar Diana Taurasi to Vandersloot. Who is the best point guard?
Maine South's Skoronski -- humble in life, fierce on the field

By Patricia Babcock McGraw
Sep 12, 2019 8:17 PM - Peter Skoronski, a highly-touted and fiercely recruited 6-foot-4, 275-pound two-way lineman for Maine South, isn't like your typical elite high school recruit.

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