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Margaret Whitley
Geneva tops Rolling Meadows for third at Montini
Updated Dec 30, 2016 10:24 PM
Geneva’s girls basketball team earned its highest finish since joining the field for the Montini Christmas Tournament when it took third place on Friday night with a 54-48 triumph over Rolling Meadows.
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Rolling Meadows’ Nallon advances to Final Four
Updated Mar 2, 2017 11:04 PM
Rolling Meadows senior Kelsey Nallon advanced to the Final Four of the Class 4A “Queen of the Hill” Three-Point Showdown at Redbird Arena in Normal on Thursday night.
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Missy Adrian
Northwest all-area girls basketball team
Updated Mar 2, 2017 12:44 PM
Introducing the Daily Herald’s Northwest all-area girls basketball team, featuring players from the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Leyden and Maine West.
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Geneva’s Grace Loberg and her teammates hoist the trophy after defeating Rolling Meadows Thursday in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship game in Glen Ellyn.
John Starks | Staff
Geneva blows out Rolling Meadows
Updated Feb 23, 2017 10:49 PM
Geneva coach Sarah Meadows had little to be upset about as the top-seeded Vikings (26-4) cruised to a 66-40 Class 4A Glenbard West sectional championship victory over third-seeded Rolling Meadows (23-8) Thursday night in Glen Ellyn.
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John Starks/jstarks Geneva’s Grace Loberg and her teammates hoist the trophy after defeating Rolling Meadows Thursday in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship game in Glen Ellyn.
Images: Geneva vs. Rolling Meadows, girls basketball
Updated Feb 23, 2017 9:24 PM
Geneva High School faced off against Rolling Meadows in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship on Thursday, Feb. 23, in Glen Ellyn.
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Hersey’s Claire Gritt looks for an opening with Lake Forest’s Halle Douglass defending during Class 4A sectional semifinal play Monday at Libertyville.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Rematch theme for sectional title tests
Updated Feb 22, 2017 9:31 PM
The girls basketball teams from Hersey, Fremd, Rolling Meadows and Maine West each face familiar foes in Thursday’s Class 4A sectional finals.
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Rolling Meadow celebrates winning the Class 4A sectional semifinal girls basketball game 43-40 over Wheaton North Monday at Glenbard West.
Mark Black | Staff
Rolling Meadows ousts Wheaton North in OT
Updated Feb 20, 2017 11:32 PM
Rolling Meadows came back from an 11-point first-half deficit to defeat Wheaton North in overtime at the Class 4A Glenbard West girls basketball sectional semifinals.
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Rolling Meadow celebrates winning the Class 4A sectional semifinal girls basketball game 43-40 over Wheaton North Monday at Glenbard West.
Mark Black | Staff
Images: Wheaton North vs. Rolling Meadows girls basketball
Updated Feb 20, 2017 9:49 PM
Wheaton North played Rolling Meadows in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional semifinals girls basketball game.
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‘Final Five’ set for sectional semifinals
Updated Feb 19, 2017 12:02 AM
In postseason girls basketball Mid-Suburban League powers Hersey, Fremd and Rolling Meadows have all advanced to the round of 32 along with Central Suburban North champ Maine West and East Suburban Catholic Conference entry St. Viator.
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Spiwak, Rolling Meadows savor regional success
Updated Feb 16, 2017 11:55 PM
Kyra Spiwak scored a game-high 17 points and Rolling Meadows’ seniors led the way in a 50-21 victory over St. Charles North in a Class 4A girls basketball regional final Thursday at Conant.
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Rolling Meadows’ Morgan Campagna, left, gets fouled by Glenbard North’s Leah Miller on a drive to the basket during the Conant regional semifinal on Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Rolling Meadows makes defense primary focus
Updated Feb 14, 2017 9:59 PM
Senior forward Morgan Campagna scored a game-high 17 points as her Rolling Meadows girls basketball team began the Class 4A state tournament with a 52-22 triumph over Glenbard North at the Conant regional semifinal.
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Rolling Meadows’ Alexa Davis, left, steals the ball from Glenbard North’s Arielle Capel during the Conant regional semifinal in Hoffman Estates Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Images: Rolling Meadows vs. Glenbard North, girls basketball
Updated Feb 14, 2017 9:31 PM
Rolling Meadows faced Glenbard North for girls basketball regional action at Conant on Tuesday.
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Rolling Meadows’ seniors in tune for 20th win
Updated Feb 7, 2017 11:10 PM
Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team and its five seniors earned their 20th win with a 58-43 win over visiting Schaumburg in the second-place Mid-Suburban League crossover game on Tuesday night.
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Hersey’s Claire Gritt and Meadow’s Caili Hosler battle for the ball on Friday at Rolling Meadows. The Huskies won 60-44 to clinch an outright MSL East championship.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Hersey grabs MSL East title
Updated Feb 3, 2017 11:49 PM
Hersey’s girls basketball team broke a 15-15 tie midway through the second quarter with a 22-0 run that extended to midway through the third quarter en route to a 60-44 triumph at Rolling Meadows to clinch the Mid-Suburban East title.
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Fremd wins again in West; Biesterfeldt powers Prospect
Updated Feb 1, 2017 12:13 AM
Fremd’s girls basketball team won its 41st straight game in the Mid-Suburban West with a 61-28 win at Hoffman Estates on Tuesday night.
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Wachal wins one for Conant
Updated Jan 28, 2017 12:10 AM
Conant’s Jorie Wachal scored a game-high 21 points, and none were more important than her 12-footer in the lane with six seconds left in Friday’s Mid-Suburban West girls basketball game at Barrington.
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Buffalo Grove surges past Wheeling
Updated Jan 25, 2017 12:07 AM
Down 22-15 at half, Buffalo Grove’s girls basketball team rallied for a 49-42 triumph at Wheeling on Tuesday night.
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Fendley nearing 400 career wins
Updated Jan 21, 2017 12:13 AM
Hersey girls basketball coach Mary Fendley is nearing a milestone. And the Huskies sure put in a lot of mileage on the scoreboard in Friday’s 73-35 win at Elk Grove. With their coach now just 3 wins away from 400 for her career, the Huskies produced one of their highest-scoring quarters in school history.
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Rolling Meadows edges Maine West — in a game befitting Kipp
Updated Jan 16, 2017 10:13 PM
A tribute to Hall of Fame coach Derril Kipp, who died in July, preceded Rolling Meadows’ 45-44 triumph over Maine West at the 27th annual Subway Classic — to be renamed next year in honor of Kipp.
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Fremd reaches semifinals at DeKalb
Updated Jan 14, 2017 11:57 PM
Fremd’s trip to DeKalb on Saturday resulted in two more wins. Now the Vikings girls basketball team will try to stop a team that has only wins on its schedule this year. Undefeated Rockford Boylan (17-0) and Fremd (17-4) will meet in the 4:30 p.m. semifinal when the DeKalb tourney resumes on Monday.
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Barrington’s Tori Meyer (20) drives in for a layup on Friday against Schaumburg.
Rob Dicker for the Daily Herald
Schaumburg tops Barrington
Updated Jan 14, 2017 1:25 AM
Schaumburg’s girl basketball team finished the first half of Mid-Suburban West play above .500 by virtue of a 55-46 victory at Barrington on Friday night.
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Fremd’s Tworek, Meadows’ Spiwak go for career-high 29 points
Updated Jan 11, 2017 12:10 AM
Fremd senior Grace Tworek and Rolling Meadows senior Kyra Spiwak each led their girls basketball teams to MSL crossover wins on Tuesday.
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Rolling Meadows grad Maddie Conlin, here excelling in basketball for the Mustangs, showed great versatility in athletics, with a final distinction in rowing at Notre Dame.
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Conlin showed versatility; Swiderski commits to Oakland U.
Updated Jan 9, 2017 4:13 PM
Maddie Conlin, the 2011 Daily Herald Athlete of the Year, switched to rowing at Notre Dame. Adeline Swiderski of St. Viator accepts offer to play softball at Oakland University.
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Hersey’s Maesyn Benjamin looks for a path around Rolling Meadows’ Katherine Nolan on a drive to the basket Friday at Hersey.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Benjamin, Hersey keep rolling
Updated Jan 6, 2017 11:05 PM
Maesyn Benjamin is a budding super sub for Hersey’s girls basketball team. And on Friday night, the 5-foot-7 junior guard helped the Huskies earn a super win.
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Hannah Swider
Week 5: Wheaton North’s Swider nets MVP acclaim
Updated Jan 4, 2017 9:48 PM
Wheaton North junior guard Hannah Swider has earned Daily Herald MVP honors for her recent high school girls basketball performances.
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Benet wins ‘war of attrition’ against Rolling Meadows
Updated Dec 29, 2016 11:05 PM
Benet advanced to the Montini Christmas Tournament championship game with a 1-point victory against Rolling Meadows.
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What pressure? Meadows back in Montini semifinals
Updated Dec 28, 2016 10:04 PM
Rolling Meadows (11-3) advanced to Thursday’s 8:15 p.m. semifinal of the Montini Chritmas Tournament to face two-time defending Class 4A state champion Benet (15-1) with a 56-44 win over the Evanston (15-1) in Wednesday’s quarterfinals.
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Meadows on mark in Montini opener
Updated Dec 27, 2016 8:27 PM
The Montini Christmas Tournament is probably the toughest in the state. And Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team showed just how tough it is. Going up against the high-pressure defense from 11-1 Kenwood Academy and having a 10-point lead wiped out in the third quarter, the Mustangs recovered smartly for a 47-40 victory in its first-round game.
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Hersey’s Claire Gritt, left, and Buffalo Grove’s Georgette Topalis battle for the ball during varsity basketball action at Buffalo Grove on Friday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Fremd finishes 2016 at 3-0 in MSL West
Updated Dec 16, 2016 11:43 PM
Fremd took an offensive approach on the boards on Friday night and it paid off with a 52-22 win over visiting Schaumburg. The Vikings’ girls basketball team collected 21 offensive rebounds as they improved to 9-2 and 3-0 in the Mid-Suburban West while snapping a four-game winning streak by Schaumburg (6-6, 1-2).
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Spiwak scores 24 in RM win; Prospect’s Frasco goes for 35
Updated Dec 13, 2016 11:53 PM
Kyra Spiwak wasn’t about to stop at 1,000 points. One game after reaching that career milestone last Friday, the Rolling Meadows senior guard poured home 24 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists as the Mustangs posted a 58-49 win over Mother McAuley at Tuesday’s Exam Jamm at Lake Zurich High School.
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Rolling Meadows’ Kyra Spiwak, after scoring her 1,000th career point in Friday’s victory against Wheeling.
John Leusch | Staff
Special night for Spiwak, Rolling Meadows
Updated Dec 10, 2016 12:08 AM
Rolling Meadows senior Kyra Spiwak scored a game-high 22 points and went over 1,000 points in her career as the Mustangs posted a 69-30 victory over visiting Wheeling in Mid-Suburban East girls basketball on Friday night.
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St. Viator notches first win
Updated Dec 3, 2016 11:11 PM
St. Viator’s girls basketball team earned its first win of the season with a 52-42 nonconference victory at St. Viator on Saturday afternoon in Arlington Heights.
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Prospect players, from left, Kendra Gancarz, Mandy Whithey and Margherite Pettenuzzo, as well as Hersey’s Claire Gritt, try to gain control of a loose ball during Friday’s game in Arlington Heights.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Wilson’s 31 points help Hoffman top Barrington
Updated Dec 3, 2016 12:27 AM
Senior guard Monraia Wilson poured home a career-high 31 points to help lead Hoffman Estates’ girls basketball team to a 59-47 win over visiting Barrington on Friday night.
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Fremd’s Missy Adrian, left, goes to the floor for a loose ball with Rolling Meadows’ Lily Greifenstein, middle, and Caili Hosler during Tuesday’s game.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Confident Rolling Meadows tops Fremd
Updated Nov 29, 2016 11:11 PM
Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team earned its first win over visiting Fremd since 2014 with a 42-37 triumph in Tuesday’s MSL crossover.
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Fremd’s Melissa Adrian, left, blocks a shot by Rolling Meadows’ Kyra Spiwak as teammate Anna LaValle helps defend on the play Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Images: Fremd vs. Rolling Meadows, girls basketball
Updated Nov 29, 2016 9:44 PM
The Rolling Meadows High School girls basketball team hosted Fremd High School on Tuesday, Nov. 29, in Rolling Meadows
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Maine West is best at Hoffman tourney
Updated Nov 26, 2016 10:18 PM
Using a balanced scoring attack, Maine West’s girls basketball team weighed in as the champion of the Hoffman Estates Thanksgiving tournament on Saturday night. The Warriors got past Hampshire 49-30 to finish with a 5-0 record in the six-team tourney.
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Meadows makes major showing in Turkey Thriller
Posted Nov 24, 2016 1:00 AM
Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team took second place in the Lake Zurich Turkey Thriller after falling 53-49 to Rock Island in the title match on Wednesday night.
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Rolling Meadows makes most of zone for win over LZ
Updated Nov 22, 2016 10:05 PM
Rolling Meadows’ girls basketball team used an 11-2 run at the start of the second quarter to pull away for a 47-35 victory over Lake Zurich in the fourth round of the Lake Zurich Turkey Thriller on Tuesday night.
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Rare setback for Fremd
Updated Nov 19, 2016 11:08 PM
Fremd’s girls basketball team went 1-1 at the Lake Zurich Turkey Thriller, earning a 54-34 win over Cary-Grove but falling 49-42 to highly regarded Rock Island.
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Buffalo Grove’s Georgette Topalis battles around Grayslake Central defender Lindsay Brust during Class 4A regional semifinal play last season.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Scouting the MSL East
Updated Nov 18, 2016 12:40 AM
Here’s what to expect from the high school girls basketball teams of the Mid-Suburban East in 2016-17.
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Fremd, Rolling Meadows start with tournament wins
Updated Nov 16, 2016 11:08 PM
The Fremd and Rolling Meadows girls basketball teams started their seasons with wins in the Lake Zurich Turkey Thriller on Wednesday.
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Rolling Meadows’ Katherine Nolan, here taking the ball from Round Lake’s Tatyana Steadman during the Hersey regional play last season, will continue her basketball efforts at Loyola University after her final prep season.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Rolling Meadows’ Nolan commits to Loyola
Updated Nov 7, 2016 12:31 PM
Rolling Meadows senior Katherine Nolan has committed to play for the Loyola University women’s basketball team in Chicago.
ROSTERback to top
No. Name Class Height Weight Position
11 Nallon, Kelsey Senior 5-8 G
1 Ruiz, Miyah Junior 5-8 G
2 King, Mallory Junior 5-8 G
3 Preissing, Clare Senior 5-4 G
4 Spiwak, Melissa Junior 5-6 G
5 Spiwak, Kyra Senior 5-9 G
10 Greifenstein, Lily Sophomore 5-4 G
13 Davis, Alex Sophomore 5-6 G
14 Joyce, Hannah Junior 5-11 F
22 Anderson, Natalie Junior 5-8 G
32 Hosler, Caili Junior 5-9 F
32 Nolan, Katherine Senior 6-1 F/C
33 Campagna, Morgan Senior 5-11 F
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Margaret Whitley
Geneva tops Rolling Meadows for third at Montini
Updated Dec 30, 2016 10:24 PM
Geneva’s girls basketball team earned its highest finish since joining the field for the Montini Christmas Tournament when it took third place on Friday night with a 54-48 triumph over Rolling Meadows.
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Weyhrich, Hersey find path past New Trier
Updated Dec 10, 2016 9:52 PM
Hersey improved to 9-1 with a 52-43 nonconference triumph over visiting New Trier on Saturday afternoon at the Ken Carter Gymnasium in Arlington Heights.
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Rolling Meadows’ Nallon advances to Final Four
Updated Mar 2, 2017 11:04 PM
Rolling Meadows senior Kelsey Nallon advanced to the Final Four of the Class 4A “Queen of the Hill” Three-Point Showdown at Redbird Arena in Normal on Thursday night.
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Missy Adrian
Northwest all-area girls basketball team
Updated Mar 2, 2017 12:44 PM
Introducing the Daily Herald’s Northwest all-area girls basketball team, featuring players from the Mid-Suburban League plus St. Viator, Leyden and Maine West.
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Feisty Fremd finishes in super fashion
Updated Feb 23, 2017 11:45 PM
Fremd’s basketball team, seeded No. 2, led 39-20 on 3-pointer by senior Midori Williams late in the third period and never looked back in posting a 49-30 triumph over top-seeded Hersey (27-4) at the Libertyville Class 4A sectional championship. It marked Fremd’s third straight sectional title and the No. 2 seeded Vikings (27-6) will face Rockford Boylan in Monday’s Dundee-Crown supersectional at 7 p.m.
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Geneva’s Grace Loberg and her teammates hoist the trophy after defeating Rolling Meadows Thursday in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship game in Glen Ellyn.
John Starks | Staff
Geneva blows out Rolling Meadows
Updated Feb 23, 2017 10:49 PM
Geneva coach Sarah Meadows had little to be upset about as the top-seeded Vikings (26-4) cruised to a 66-40 Class 4A Glenbard West sectional championship victory over third-seeded Rolling Meadows (23-8) Thursday night in Glen Ellyn.
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John Starks/jstarks Geneva’s Grace Loberg and her teammates hoist the trophy after defeating Rolling Meadows Thursday in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship game in Glen Ellyn.
Images: Geneva vs. Rolling Meadows, girls basketball
Updated Feb 23, 2017 9:24 PM
Geneva High School faced off against Rolling Meadows in the Class 4A Glenbard West sectional girls basketball championship on Thursday, Feb. 23, in Glen Ellyn.
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Hersey’s Claire Gritt looks for an opening with Lake Forest’s Halle Douglass defending during Class 4A sectional semifinal play Monday at Libertyville.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Rematch theme for sectional title tests
Updated Feb 22, 2017 9:31 PM
The girls basketball teams from Hersey, Fremd, Rolling Meadows and Maine West each face familiar foes in Thursday’s Class 4A sectional finals.
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Rolling Meadow celebrates winning the Class 4A sectional semifinal girls basketball game 43-40 over Wheaton North Monday at Glenbard West.
Mark Black | Staff
Rolling Meadows ousts Wheaton North in OT
Updated Feb 20, 2017 11:32 PM
Rolling Meadows came back from an 11-point first-half deficit to defeat Wheaton North in overtime at the Class 4A Glenbard West girls basketball sectional semifinals.
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Hersey’s Claire Gritt (12) drives on Lake Forest’s Halle Douglass during Class 4A sectional semifinal play Monday night at Libertyville.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Tough-minded Hersey advances
Updated Feb 20, 2017 9:56 PM
It wasn’t a surprise to Hersey girls basketball coach Mary Fendley that her team successfully fought through some adversity Monday night in Class 4A sectional semifinal play against Lake Forest at Libertyville.
ABOUT THE SCHOOLback to top
Colors:Purple/White/Gold
Address: 2901 Central Rd.
Rolling Meadows, Il 60008
Phone:847-718-5600
County:Cook
Website:rmhs.d214.org
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