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  • New Harvard coach starts new tradition with women's football clinic

    HARVARD – Harvard football coaches shouted instructions for individual drills with a different reaction – laughter – than they will receive in two wee ...
    NEW: July 28, 2014 - 9:16 pm

  • Forty years later, McHenry Women’s Invitational still going strong

    McHENRY – Monday marked the start of the 40th year of the McHenry Women’s Invitational at McHenry Country Club, which is pretty good for a golf tourna ...
    July 28, 2014 - 8:25 pm

  • Prairie Ridge's Getzelman transferring to Iowa Western

    Jordan Getzelman wakes up each morning, takes in the scenic view of the Rocky Mountains near Couer d’Alene, Idaho, feels no pain in his left wrist and ...
    July 28, 2014 - 4:04 pm

  • Japan manager Sadao Nakashiro makes final trip to MCYSA baseball tourney

    CRYSTAL LAKE – It is the people who keep Team Japan and manager Sadao Nakashiro coming back to McHenry County each summer.
    July 28, 2014 - 1:06 am

  • Hendricks pitches well in loss to Cards

    CHICAGO – Kyle Hendricks pitched brilliantly Sunday. Unfortunately for the Chicago Cubs, Adam Wainwright pitched better.
    July 28, 2014 - 12:51 am

  • After bracelet cut, White Sox lose to Twins

    MINNEAPOLIS – Ronald Belisario failed to retire a batter after he was ordered to remove a bracelet from his glove hand. The reliever's ineffectiveness ...
    July 28, 2014 - 12:49 am

  • CL’s Chung going for Paralympics

    Sarah Chung is on a mission to be at the Paralympics in 2016 or 2020 and to spread awareness about Paralympic judo. 
    July 28, 2014 - 12:49 am

  • Punters put on a show

    BOURBONNAIS – Everyone loves a punting competition, and many of the estimated 9,500 who came out to Sunday’s Bears practice had a lot of fun with punt ...
    July 28, 2014 - 12:49 am

  • The Big Hurt and Greg Maddux headline Hall of Fame class

    COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Frank Thomas choked back tears, Joe Torre apologized for leaving people out of his speech and Tony La Russa said he felt uneasy.
    July 28, 2014 - 8:35 am

  • DT Collins raring to get after it with Bears

    BOURBONNAIS – Nate Collins had waited patiently for the day to arrive when he felt his surgically repaired left knee was strong enough to allow him to ...
    July 28, 2014 - 8:47 am

  • Hall call: Thomas, Glavine and Maddux enter shrine

    COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. – Frank Thomas was always driven to excel, and that sure served him well."I was ne ...
    July 27, 2014 - 9:15 am

  • Sebesta stepping down after 22 years as MCYSA director

    CRYSTAL LAKE – Twenty-two years ago, Jack Sebesta knew the hours would be long, the tasks would be unending and the loose ends never would be tied tig ...
    July 27, 2014 - 12:00 am

  • Cary-Grove's Coffey commits to play volleyball at Rutgers

    As Cary-Grove senior Bree Coffey says, it's been a hard journey.Last week, Coffey verbally committed ...
    July 26, 2014 - 11:24 pm

  • Johnsburg native Clay Guida loses UFC fight

    No. 7-ranked UFC featherweight and Johnsburg native Clay Guida lost to Dennis Bermudez (No. 12) via submission (rear-naked choke) at 2:57 of part of R ...
    July 26, 2014 - 11:08 pm

  • Take 2: Goebbert's Wrigley week was one to remember

    Hampshire High School graduate Jake Goebbert, a first baseman and outfielder called up by the San Diego Padres last month, played at Wrigley Field f ...
    July 26, 2014 - 11:01 pm

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