http://nwherald.comThe latest news from the nwherald.com websiteen-usLAKE FOREST – Bears running back Garrett Wolfe will miss the rest of the season after the Bears placed him on injured reserve Friday because of a lacerated kidney.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_rdxpdhclr4yojslle7kq1w/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_rdxpdhclr4yojslle7kq1w/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTLAKE FOREST – As the backup quarterback at Chicago’s Mount Carmel High School in 1993, Mike Daigler knew he needed to beat out only one player for a chance to start.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_tyxiwjccrzafyyaanpcepq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/r_tyxiwjccrzafyyaanpcepq/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCary-Grove and Prairie Ridge know each other quite well … in every way.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_61n8p6mpthc0rew4ewzka/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_61n8p6mpthc0rew4ewzka/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTWINNETKA – Sophomore Kristen Lenard was the first McHenry girls swimmer in nine years to qualify for the IHSA state meet.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_c3ru4hu5risrjj3pfidug/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_c3ru4hu5risrjj3pfidug/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCARPENTERSVILLE – Cary-Grove junior guard Meg Straumann might have felt nervous during the final two minutes of the Trojans’ girls basketball game against Lake Zurich on Friday, but her play didn’t show it. http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_f3rblsnqrzyclk3pptm70q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_f3rblsnqrzyclk3pptm70q/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTMontini football coach Chris Andriano more or less expects today’s IHSA Class 5A playoff semifinal game with Woodstock to turn into a shootout. http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_impl4xjdqlmqqmtwlqwzya/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_impl4xjdqlmqqmtwlqwzya/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTSOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame and Connecticut keep coming up a play short.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_kll10qvuqzo7iaqrckjmg/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_kll10qvuqzo7iaqrckjmg/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTRichmond-Burton linebacker Trevor Von Bruenchenhein heard the question in the hallway this week and understood, even though he couldn’t answer.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_lpong74nricubp7f7iznna/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_lpong74nricubp7f7iznna/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTATLANTA – Josh Smith soared through the lane to drop in a missed shot with 0.7 seconds remaining Friday, and the Atlanta Hawks won their seventh in a row, beating the Houston Rockets, 105-103, to maintain the NBA’s best record.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_ozvg86v1qdqjeppw1ddcqw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_ozvg86v1qdqjeppw1ddcqw/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTJOHNSBURG – Johnsburg’s girls basketball team on Friday played like a runner who’s shoelaces come untied early in a race.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_uomqvl9isng13z75wy5fig/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_uomqvl9isng13z75wy5fig/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCHICAGO – Pitcher John Grabow became the first of the 171 free agents to reach agreement on a new deal, getting a $7.5 million, two-year contract Friday from the Cubs.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_v9bqc1kesikyfhtewn1yow/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_v9bqc1kesikyfhtewn1yow/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTJon Baldwin has been on the field for the past two NCAA Division III national championship football games.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_xqedp6urqb6pzyjbarsp1a/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/21/r_xqedp6urqb6pzyjbarsp1a/index.xmlSat, 21 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTTune in at 1 p.m. Saturday for a live video Webcast of the IHSA Class 6A semifinal football game, as Prairie Ridge plays at Cary-Grove.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/47651990/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/20/47651990/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 22:52:24 GMTThe Bears placed running back Garrett Wolfe on injured reserve Friday, which effectively ends his season.http://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/11/20/r_qdy76xsgq5mh5eu6baxx6q/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/blogs/entries/2009/11/20/r_qdy76xsgq5mh5eu6baxx6q/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:00 GMTLAKE FOREST – As a “gunner” on the Bears special teams units, most of Corey Graham’s favorite statistics never will appear in a box score.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_1hfefbgsd6uluelqdkyvq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_1hfefbgsd6uluelqdkyvq/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTAs difficult as this might be, as politically incorrect as this might seem, as wild and crazy as this might sound, I’m here to defend Bears quarterback Jay Cutler. http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_1wiymagcrx2oqes51wy5ja/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_1wiymagcrx2oqes51wy5ja/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTNew Orleans Saints 9-0 (1)http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_biyghdyytcydl1fdnbih1a/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_biyghdyytcydl1fdnbih1a/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCHICAGO – Some teams lost money in 2009, baseball commissioner Bud Selig said Thursday after the final owners meeting of the year.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_c5anyhbgqgm7uyebllkgvw/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_c5anyhbgqgm7uyebllkgvw/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTNEW YORK – Tim Lincecum needed 15 wins to bag another NL Cy Young Award.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_e4ctve_rqoryepnynx6ka/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_e4ctve_rqoryepnynx6ka/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMTCHICAGO – Cubs general manager Jim Hendry shipped away one of his players Thursday after a rocky season on the North Side, but it wasn’t Milton Bradley.http://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_feonrozoteghx6udkusvbq/index.xmlhttp://nwherald.com/articles/2009/11/19/r_feonrozoteghx6udkusvbq/index.xmlFri, 20 Nov 2009 07:15:00 GMT