Articles filed under Football
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Looks like Maine West's getting strongerAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Maine West needed to play a weighting game after Chris Hare's first season in charge. Last year only one player could bench 250 pounds and no one could squat 350. This y...
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Bears' fortunes changed in an instantAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - One play by Lance Briggs. Against Seattle in the playoffs on Jan. 14, 2007, there was Briggs stopping Shaun Alexander on third-and-1 at the Bears' 21 in the third quarte...
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Roberts ready for record-breaking yearAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Jordan Roberts' history-making career is coming to a close this fall at Aurora Christian, but not before the senior quarterback takes aim at every major passing record i...
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Hampshire looks to avenge '07 with return to playoffsAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Lousy playoff points. That's all that separated Hampshire's varsity football team from making the postseason as a 5-4 team last fall. The near miss, which snapped a stri...
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Palatine's quarterback taking chargeAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - There is no possibility of confusing Matt Rossi for one of Palatine's imposing offensive linemen. Rossi would love to have their anonymity. But satisfying that craving w...
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Blackhawks looking to take next stepAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Year three of Buck Drach's tenure at West Aurora is shaping up to be the best yet. Not only do the Blackhawks have plenty of experience coming back, they have three year...
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Pacman: 'I'm going to hold my own'Aug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - IRVING, Texas -- Adam "Pacman" Jones let out an excited scream when he got the news he had waited so long to hear. Yet that short verbal outburst in a parking lot and a ...
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Wheaton Warrenville South wants to rise above it allAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Every year WW South football coach Ron Muhitch creates a slogan for his team. This year it's "Rise above it all." For a program seemingly on top of the world, the words ...
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Scouting: Glenbard South at Glenbard WestAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Nonconference Game time: 1:30 p.m. Saturday Last year: Glenbard South 15, Glenbard West 14. Outlook: Last year's victory in the renewed Crosstown Kickoff Classic between...
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New leaders, new enthusiasmAug 28, 2008 11:00 pm - Every head football coach has a thousand concerns running through his head as the Friday night lights switch on for the first time in August. "Have we taught them what t...