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Edgy Tim's Monday Evening Quarterback | Week 10
There were few surprises among top teams in Week 9. Now the real season begins. Biggest surprise: Glenbard South 41, Rock Island 28 It's never easy to win on the road, especially when you make the long trek to the Quad Cities. Glenbard South (6-3)...
Tags: Sports, Football, High School Sports, Chicago Bears, Big 12 Conference
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Edgy Tim's Monday Evening Quarterback | Week 11
There were some eye-opening upsets in Round 1 of the Illinois High School Association football playoffs Friday, and not much drama Saturday. Biggest surprise: Lyons 34, Marist 28. Lyons (6-4), a low seed, is a much better team than the regular...
Tags: Sports, Providence Friars, Football, High School Sports, Chicago Bears
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Edgy Tim on football blog | Playoffs shaping up to be a wild ride
If Illinois High School Association state playoff projections are any indication, this football postseason is shaping up to be as wild and unpredictable as ever. Would you want to be a higher seed in Class 8A and face, say, Bolingbrook with a healthy...
Tags: High School Sports
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Edgy's football blog | Time to put semis in neutral
The topic pops up on cue annually at this time. Should state semifinals be held at neutral sites? You can make a case on both sides of this debate. Several schools with natural home surfaces will host games this weekend. Rain last weekend caused...
Tags: High School Sports
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Helfgot's football blog | Isn't it ironic, or something?
I don't know whether or not it's irony, but I find it (fill in appropriate word here) that the sport most impacted by coaching is the same one that has the largest number of players participate.
I'm sure there were good football players at Marist and...Tags: Sports, Football, High School Sports, Philosophy
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Edgy's Monday Evening Quarterback | Week 9
There were a few upsets in Week 8 as we move closer to finding out the Illinois High School Association state playoff field. Biggest surprise: Benet 34, Marist 24. The talk all season was that Benet had a nice record but really hadn't been tested....
Tags: Sports, Football, Big 12 Conference
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Edgy blog | It's not easy being Ty Isaac
Ty Isaac is the top-ranked player in Illinois. It seems like the Joliet Catholic senior running back has the football world by its tail. But life can't be easy for the USC recruit. Orally committed since the spring. Scholarship offers from about every...
Tags: Sports, Awards and Prizes, Football, High School Sports
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Helfgot's football blog | He picks 'em, Class 5A-8A
The NFL has Sunday Night Football, Monday Night Football and Thursday Night Football. Come playoff time, they play on Saturday night, too. College football is on five nights a week and all day Saturday. Spoiled as a fan, it just doesn't seem fair...
Tags: Roman Catholicism, Christianity, High School Sports, National Football League, Chicago Bears
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2011-12 Tribune Scholar-Athlete Team: Stevenson's Ali Castriano
Ali Castriano
Stevenson
Gymnastics and softball
ACT: 31.
Athletic accomplishments: Won eight individual state medals at the girls gymnastics championships, including a balance beam championship in 2010 and runners-up in 2009 and 2012; all-North...Tags: Taylor Swift, Wrigley Field, Chicago Tribune, Gymnastics, Apple iPod
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Helfgot's football blog | Glenbard North's punishment doesn't fit the 5-year-old crime
Glenbard North's seniors were seventh-graders the night things got out of hand following the dramatic 32-28 playoff victory against Fremd that sent the Panthers to the Class 8A semifinals in 2007. Coach Ryan Wilkens remembers huddling with his players...
Tags: Punishment, High School Sports
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Helfgot's football blog | Bailey cleared, but will he play? Class 8A picks, too
Aaron Bailey was the biggest difference-maker in the Class 8A playoffs in 2011. A year after leading Bolingbrook to its first state championship, Bailey is the biggest X-factor in the Class 8A field this season. The Illinois-bound quarterback...
Tags: High School Sports
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Edgy Tim O'Halloran on football | Transfer pace picking up, but process not
I can't fathom the hours being put in at the Illinois High School Association offices investigating and ruling on football eligibility and transfers.
I can understand, in this economy, families pulling kids from private schools and enrolling them in...Tags: Public Schools, Schools, High School Sports, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Strike
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