Wheeling Sports
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Spring cleaning: Volunteers pick up trash on miles of area bike trailsApr 12, 2024 10:29 am - Bike Palatine Club vice president Kevin Keehn often wondered who picked up all the roadside trash after a long winter. That question led him on a personal mission of picking up litter along Northwest suburban roads/trails where he annually cycles a couple thousand miles.
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A labor of love: Suburban baseball and softball coaches and their players take special care of their fieldsApr 07, 2024 10:52 am - Cutting the infield grass, raking the infield dirt and tamping down the pitcher’s mounds is all part of many baseball and softball teams’ postgame routines and a way they show pride in their program.
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Girls track and field: Lake Zurich dominates field at Buffalo GroveApr 06, 2024 6:45 pm - Everyone knew that the Lake Zurich girls were going to have a strong track and field team this spring, and the Bears showed that was true Saturday afternoon at the Buffal...
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‘Least-hairy option’: School leaders believe Arlington Heights Bears stadium still in playApr 05, 2024 9:46 pm - Three Arlington Heights-area school district superintendents say they’re being mischaracterized for potentially quashing the deal to bring the Bears to town, and question...
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Girls soccer: Buffalo Grove blanks ProspectApr 05, 2024 9:12 pm - It was a tale of two halves Friday afternoon at Grant Blaney Stadium. Host Buffalo Grove struggled during the first 40 minutes, then turned things around with a terrific ...
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Trout fishing season opens Saturday in Cook forest preservesApr 04, 2024 1:50 pm - A pair of Northwest suburban lakes are being stocked with 1,500 pounds of rainbow trout as Forest Preserves of Cook County’s 2024 spring inland trout fishing season is se...
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Boys volleyball: BG finishes strong to down ProspectApr 02, 2024 9:36 pm - Back in 1994, when Prospect boys volleyball MIke Riedy was in his second season, Tim Kosiek was a back row player for Schaumburg. Little did Kosiek know he'd one day be t...
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Next phase of athletic fields upgrades at Buffalo Grove HS will be double cost of firstMar 25, 2024 9:00 pm - The estimated price tag for the second phase of athletic fields renovations at Buffalo Grove High School is nearly double the cost of the initial phase that will break gr...
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It’s not always a breeze: Tips for cycling in spring’s wild windsMar 25, 2024 1:31 pm - Battling homeward in near-18 mph March headwinds gave proof to the old saw: “In like a lion, out like a lamb.” At least the lion part.
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Local basketball players enter transfer portalMar 20, 2024 9:24 pm - St. Viator graduate Jeremiah Hernandez and Buffalo Grove graduate Kam Craft have entered the transfer portal.