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May 24 high school sports scoreboard

Sports scores from around the area Friday.

Devin Burns’ goal leads Loyola past New Trier

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NORTHFIELD — A moment of magic by freshman sensation Devin Burns gave top-seeded Loyola a 1-0 victory over New Trier in Friday’s Class 3A New Trier girls soccer sectional final.

With 14 minutes gone in the second half, the No. 2-seeded Trevians were just starting …

Glenbrook South, Loyola to meet in sectional final

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SKOKIE — Glenbrook South boys volleyball coach Tim Monahan said nothing much bothers his team. That was evident Friday in the Titans’ 25-23, 25-23 win over Maine South in the sectional semifinals at Niles West. Down 17-12 to the eighth-seeded Hawks in the first set, …

Hinsdale Central on record pace, advances all four entries to state semis

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Hinsdale Central’s Michael Lorenzini and St. Charles East’s Japser Koenen went into the second day of the IHSA boys tennis state meet at Hersey as underdogs.

The two singles players are 9-16 seeds, but they proved seeds don’t mean much as they both registered a …

Klamm shines during state prelims

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A number of CSL South athletes qualified for Saturday’s Class 3A boys track and field state finals, but no one appears to have a better chance at winning a state title than Evanston sophomore Carl Klamm. Klamm won his heat in the 800-meter run (1 …

North Shore seen as good fit for Champions Tour

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GLENVIEW — Everybody on stage Monday at North Shore Country Club shared similar sentiments: It’s good for professional golf to be coming back to Chicago.

Next month, the Glenview-based private club will play host to the Encompass Championship, a first-time stop on the Champions Tour. …

May 23 high school sports scoreboard

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Sports scores from around the area Thursday.

Boys track state preview: One last meet for Amato

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Skokie — The numbers are staggering.

Frank Amato’s coaching career has spanned 60 years, the last 47 of which have been at Loyola. Amato’s enjoyed a great deal success as the Ramblers won 19 indoor CCL titles and 12 outdoor CCL titles during his tenure. …

Weiser could help fill scoring void

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LINCOLNSHIRE — Late in the first half of New Trier’s boys water polo match Friday night, fans may have seen a window into the Trevians’ future.

Playing in the quarterfinals of the state tournament against Naperville North, New Trier junior Matt Weiser beat his defender …

Quigley flourishes in the mantle of staff ace

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Allison Quigley isn’t the first in the recent line of elite New Trier pitchers. But she may lay claim to being the best when she’s done.

The baton has been passed from Kelsey Lee (2008-10) to Brigit Ieuter (2011-12) to Quigley.

Lee and Ieuter currently …

Courtney Ackerman injects levity, confidence (plus New Trier photo gallery)

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CHARLESTON — Courtney Ackerman made her decision, and then she chose to have a little fun at the expense of her sister and senior Kathleen Keene.

The New Trier senior was walking with her twin sister, Jessica, and Keene after the Class 3A state track …

Loyola relay satisfied, excited about future (plus Ramblers photo gallery)

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CHARLESTON — One would figure that the most pressure-packed day of the track season would have been Saturday’s state finals, where the state’s fastest runners competed for all-state honors.

But that wasn’t the case for Loyola’s 4x800-meter relay team.

All four members of that relay …

Athletes of the week: Friendship gives Callahan, Penn an edge

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Cal Callahan and Jack Penn are best friends. They also are junior teammates and starting attackers on the Loyola boys lacrosse team.

On the golf course, though, they are opponents.

In two rounds at North Shore Country Club, Callahan owns a 2-0 record against Penn …

Boys tennis state preview: The showdown that was not

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SKOKIE — The Niles West boys tennis sectional yielded the singles championship everyone had expected — No. 1 seed Alex Galoustian of New Trier against No. 2 Anthony Arocho of Loyola.

However, the final never was played.

The lefty Galoustian defaulted because of a lingering …

May 18 high school sports scoreboard

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Sports scores from around the area Wednesday.

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IHSA governs preseason football practice

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The IHSA on Wednesday released its new Football Acclimatization Policy, which will govern how often and how long teams can work out at the start of the preseason, along with what equipment they can wear. The concept is to protect the players, but it doesn't come without some contradictions. read more...

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