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3 February 2012, 10:00 am

AUDITIONSAct in 4H : Auditions are at 1 p.m. Feb. 5 for “Ronald Dahl’s Charlie & The Chocolate Factory” at International Community Church, 200 South Elsner Road Frankfort. Youth must bring a parent/guardian. There will be a mandatory parent meeting during auditions. Visit actin4h.org.Music by ... Read More »

W. Soccer. Women's Soccer Welcomes Nation's No. 1 Class For 2012

3 February 2012, 9:37 am

Notre Dame head women's soccer coach Randy Waldrum announced Friday that eight student-athletes have chosen to continue their academic and athletic careers with the Fighting Irish, declaring their commitment to enroll at Notre Dame beginning in the fall of 2012. Collectively, Top Drawer Soccer h... Read More »

Eastland FFA Attends State 212 Leadership Conference

31 January 2012, 1:40 pm

Six members of the Eastland FFA attended the State 212 Leadership Conference held at the Schaumburg, Illinois Marriott January 20 and 21st. Those attending were Kori Freidag, Ashley O’Connor, Jennah Price, Dillon Schoeny, Trisha Sims, and Farrah Stubbe.... Read More »

Ten years has flown by since the St. Charles split

30 January 2012, 7:06 pm

It seems like yesterday that then-athletic director Tom Schweer was giving me a tour of the athletic facilities, including the new gymnasium, at St. Charles North. Believe it or not, a decade has passed since St. Charles North played its first varsity football game without any seniors at the school.... Read More »

Tide gets an early start recruiting out-of-state stars for 2013

30 January 2012, 11:28 am

Alabama's first Junior Day event of the 2013 recruiting cycle yielded some immediate success for the Crimson Tide, with three players committing on-site to Nick Saban.... Read More »

Our Pets: HELP, Spay Illinois, Two Bostons

24 January 2012, 9:28 am

HELP fundraiser Feb. 18 in WheatonHomes for Endangered and Lost Pets will host “Strikes for Strays,” a bowling fundraiser from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. Feb. 18 at Fox Valley Bowl, 1101 Butterfield Road, Wheaton. All proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the stray and abandoned dogs and cats in HELP... Read More »

College notes: Consistent play a strong suit for Jody Peters

17 January 2012, 4:09 am

As a prep at Medina, Tyler Peters was the model of consistency on the basketball court. That steadiness by the son of former Bees boys basketball coach Jody Peters is now on display two states away, as Peters is a starting guard for Division III Wheaton College (Ill.). Tyler Peters The savvy 6-foot-... Read More »

North Central College celebrates King with prayer breakfast

16 January 2012, 9:55 am

The Rev. Tracy Smith Malone urged an audience at North Central College 's annual Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. prayer breakfast to repeat two words: transformed nonconformist. The 1990 alumna highlighted King's 1954 sermon championing social activism in a time of complacency. "We are called to... Read More »

Hoops here it is: Illinois Basketball Hall of Fame and Museum coming 2013

15 January 2012, 2:04 am

ELBURN – The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame was established in 1973 two years after the IBCA was formed with five members. The hall of fame includes teams, players, coaches, offi... Read More »

THURSDAY'S ILLINOIS PREP ROUNDUP: T.F. North girls remain perfect in SSC Blue play

12 January 2012, 8:55 pm

Sharee Greenlee and Sabrina Montgomery combined for 39 points to lead the T.F. North girls basketball team to a 60-48 South Suburban Conference win over Oak Lawn on Thursday.... Read More »