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Alviti Accounts for 4 TDs, Keeps Maine South Unbeaten

While Maine South’s depth has helped the injury-plagued Hawks limp to another undefeated conference season, senior quarterback Matt Alviti has kept the team upright. Playing in his final regular-season game, the Northwestern-bound Alviti overcame two early turnovers to throw for two touchdowns and run for two more as Maine South …

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Army Vet Heading to Baseball Camp

Of the first dozen pitches Matt Ritenour saw, some were outside the strike zone, others nipped the corners, and a few were in the former Army Staff Sergeant’s wheelhouse. Then the pitching machine zipped one high and tight, backing the Huntley resident away from the plate. Like the other veterans …

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Maine East falls to Schurz on late TDs

For the Maine East varsity football team, it isn’t just the sting from falling to Schurz, a team the Blue Demons have defeated past two seasons, that hurts. It was the fact that Maine East let this one get away as the visiting Bulldogs scored twice in the fourth quarter …

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Red Raiders Prep For Ripken Tourney

With more than 100 golf courses in the Myrtle Beach area, it’s no wonder a handful of Huntley men and boys will head to South Carolina this month to swing at a white ball – in a baseball tournament? That’s right, but such is life when you’re part of the …

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Caching In On The Outdoors

Library Lil has visited sixteen states since 2003. Lil has done Huntley right, seeing as how hospitable folks have been in the notes they’ve sent. “Picked up Lil,” wrote one Illinois resident. “She was awfully cold. We’ll warm her up & take her to Ca. in March.” Another wrote, “Found …

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Preventing False Starts

Before he was drafted by the Buffalo Bills in 1985, offensive lineman Chris Babyar protected Tony Eason and Jack Trudeau, two of the University of Illinois’ best quarterbacks, and helped the Illini reach the Rose Bowl. In Buffalo, Babyar refined his blocking techniques under Jim Ringo, a Hall of Famer …