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  • White Sox slip past Red Sox on error in 9th

    CHICAGO – Alexei Ramirez scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth inning on a throwing error, and the White Sox edged the Boston Red Sox, 2-1 ...
    April 16, 2014 - 12:50 am

  • Prep Roundup: R-B soccer gets BNC win

    With a little over a week to think about a loss to Rockford Christian on April 7, the Richmond-Burton girls soccer team came out ready for revenge on ...
    April 15, 2014 - 10:36 pm

  • Shaw savors role as Hawks’ intense goofball

    CHICAGO – Brent Seabrook had no place to hide.Moments earlier during Tuesday’s practice, Seabrook ha ...
    April 16, 2014 - 12:53 pm

  • Nichols-Hogle returns to Woodstock as girls basketball coach

    When Jen Nichols-Hogle took over the Alden-Hebron girls basketball program last year, she told athletic director John Lalor there were only two things ...
    April 15, 2014 - 9:21 pm

  • All goes right for Johnsburg in win over Cary-Grove

    CARY – The Johnsburg baseball team used excellent starting pitching, timely hitting, and good defense to beat Cary-Grove 8-1 in a Fox Valley Conferenc ...
    April 15, 2014 - 8:51 pm

  • Cilano helps Prairie Ridge edge Crystal Lake Central

    CRYSTAL LAKE – By his own admission, Ben Cilano doesn't lack self-assurance.So when the Prairie Ridg ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:47 pm

  • Team-building drills lead Crystal Lake Central to victory

    McHENRY — The Crystal Lake Central girls soccer team went back to the basics last week in an attempt to come together as a team and get its season mov ...
    April 15, 2014 - 8:20 pm

  • Strong second half leads Prairie Ridge past Johnsburg

    CRYSTAL LAKE – The field conditions did not bode well for either Johnsburg or Prairie Ridge to play along with their usual game plan on Tuesday. Every ...
    April 15, 2014 - 11:56 pm

  • Dundee-Crown offensive coordinator Steinhaus takes over Chargers program

    Mike Steinhaus knew what he was getting himself into when he returned to his alma mater six years ago.
    April 15, 2014 - 7:46 pm

  • Softball Insider: Prairie Ridge's Drain player of week

    Player of the WeekMaddie DrainPrairie Ridge, sr., 1BDrain has been a clutch hitter for the Wolves. T ...
    April 15, 2014 - 6:25 pm

  • Nichols-Hogle to coach Woodstock girls basketball

    Woodstock High School hired Jen Nichols-Hogle on Tuesday as its next girls basketball coach. Nichols-Hogle has been the girls coach at Alden-Hebron.
    April 15, 2014 - 5:53 pm

  • White Sox OF Avisail Garcia has shoulder surgery

    CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox outfielder Avisail Garcia has had season-ending left shoulder surgery.
    April 15, 2014 - 5:06 pm

  • Oshie, Morrow practice for Blues

    ST. LOUIS (AP) — T.J. Oshie and Brenden Morrow participated in the St. Louis Blues' optional skate, a positive step for a franchise hit hard by injuri ...
    April 15, 2014 - 2:41 pm

  • For once, need for offensive tackle is low

    After beginning last season with four new starters along the offensive line, the Bears expect to return the same starting combination up front for the ...
    April 14, 2014 - 11:42 pm

  • Harvard chooses football, wrestling coaches

    Harvard is set to hire two coaches to replace retiring Hall of Fame football and wrestling coach Tim Haak at its District 50 school board meeting Wedn ...
    April 14, 2014 - 10:30 pm

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