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Wednesday, 07 July 2010
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John Mabry, 39, enjoyed a 14-year major league baseball career, ending in 2007, but the completion of his playing career hasn’t extinguished his love for the game.
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Tuesday, 11 August 2009 When the final season of Olympic Conference baseball gets under way in March, two of the area's top programs will be under new direction.Sherrard coach Chris Miller and Rockridge coach Mike Rettig bot... |
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 Joel Jonas has resigned as Marist baseball coach after 10 seasons and will be replaced by RedHawks alum Tom Fabrizio.
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Wednesday, 15 July 2009 Joel Jonas has juggled the demands of being a baseball coach and a family man for more than 45 years.
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Sunday, 12 July 2009 Quiet confidence. That’s what the Eastland baseball team had in 2009. The Cougars actions would do just enough to bring their team’s name to the forefront of the NUIC. Their mannerisms resembled t... |
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Sunday, 05 July 2009 Dave Haskins, who led Prairie Ridge to the Class 4A state baseball title in 2008 at Prairie Ridge, has resigned to take the St. Charles East coaching job.
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Saturday, 27 June 2009 For the past 30 years, the same man has patrolled the third base coach's box on the Crest Hill Pony Baseball field for the team now known as Sports Huddle. Joe Marshall first instructed players in 197... |
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 Tuesday, 23 June 2009 Former Joliet Catholic High School baseball standout Matt Cimo is making a name as an accomplished high school coach. The 47-year-old Cimo, who starred in basketball and baseball for the Hilltoppers,... |
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Monday, 22 June 2009 Doug Sutor refuses to spend his tim e persuading junior high school baseball players to attend Sandburg High School instead of one of the many private schools vying for their attention.
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Sunday, 14 June 2009 JOLIET — Chatham Glenwood High School’s Pat Moomey may have 627 career coaching victories and four trips to the state baseball tournament, but he’s quick to point out the importance of other coa... |
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Tuesday, 09 June 2009 Jim Nielsen admitted his short-term memory isn’t the greatest, sans sports. But when it comes to baseball, especially one team he coached 25 years ago, the Warren/Stockton baseball coach’s memory ... |
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Sunday, 07 June 2009 Lenny Freidhof’s eyebrows lifted inward, his lips started to slightly quiver and stood silent for close to 10 seconds. That was the Eastland coach’s immediate reaction when asked to explain how he... |
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Saturday, 06 June 2009 In his seven seasons as head coach of Grayslake/Grayslake Central High’s baseball team, Troy Whelan has seen plenty of different makeups from each of his teams.
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Friday, 05 June 2009 Six years ago, Mark Foulkes admittedly stepped into a great situation after taking over for Len Asquini as St. Charles East varsity baseball head coach.
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 Tuesday, 02 June 2009 Olympia High School’s Ron Smith will be in a familiar position when he serves as Area head coach in the 53rd Pantagraph All-Star Baseball Game on June 14 at Illinois Wesleyan’s Horenberger Field. ... |
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Sunday, 31 May 2009 Class 3A and 4A baseball teams still alive in the state playoffs need three wins between Wednesday and next Monday. The question is, when should they put their aces on the mound? For the teams remaini... |
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Monday, 01 June 2009 Tony Delgado is one of two men who hold the distinction of being a coach to both replace and be replaced by Gordie Gillespie, college baseball's all-time winningest coach. Delgado, though, is the only... |
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 Tuesday, 12 May 2009 When sophomore Matt LaCosse first met coach Paul Ryan on the diamond last year, he was terrified. "He yelled at me my first practice." The fact that LaCosse is Naperville North's starting quarterbac... |
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 Former Maroon will coach varsity for Comanches - BY NORM SANDERS - News-Democrat As the new varsity baseball coach at Cahokia High School, former Belleville West standout Chris Schaefer has decided to... |
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 Tuesday, 18 November 2008 CHILLICOTHE —After leading his team to a state championship game for the second time in three seasons, Illinois Valley Central coach Jerry Rashid has been named Illinois Baseball Coach of the Ye... |
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 Tuesday, 12 August 2008 New coach had played at McKendree. Lebanon High's new varsity baseball coach may be only 23, but he already has an impressive coaching resume.
Todd Harpstrite was hired last week to replace Neil Budd... |
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 Wednesday, 18 June 2008 The timing was a little tight, but it worked out well for Eddie Pieczynski.
After serving a six-year apprenticeship as an assistant at Niles West, Pieczynski has a program of his own at Highland Park... |
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Saturday, 31 May 2008 Central Michigan University has produced at least one famous broadcaster, a path that Highland High baseball coach Joel Hawkins once hoped to follow.
"I was going to be the next Dick Enberg,&q... |
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 Wednesday, 23 April 2008 From now on, every Central Southeastern Suns’ stolen base, frozen rope, play at the plate, double play, web gem, ducksnort, complete game and home run accomplished in a home game will occur at &... |
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 Saturday, 12 April 2008 No head coach had ever reached 893 wins in Illinois high school baseball history – at least until last Monday. Dave Swisegood now stands alone atop the all-time wins list. And it only took 52 ye... |
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 Saturday, 05 April 2008 "Dave is truly a legend.” That’s how Jerry Selsor described his stepfather, Dave Swisegood, head coach for the Central Southeastern Suns. With Friday’s 10-1 win over Canton, Mo.... |
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 Wednesday, 21 March 2007 Coach, Teacher, and Family Man - Normal West Coach Chris Hawkins jumped on to the baseball diamond in 1984 and hasn’t left since. His playing experience dates back to high school, where he play... |
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 Monday, 09 April 2007 Continuing the Red Devil Success
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 Sunday, 08 October 2006 Dean Stavrakas brings a wealth of baseball knowledge and experience to the Lake View Wildcat baseball program. Self-deprecating and sometimes politically incorrect, Dean possesses a deep understanding... |
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 Sunday, 18 March 2007 Head Coach Phil Fox begins 12th year at the helm of the Downers Grove High School Mustang baseball program. Coach Fox started his reign at South in 1996 and his program is now one of the best in the s... |
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 Sunday, 18 March 2007 Head Coach Paul Belo is entering his 10th season as a head baseball coach, 4th at the helm of the Palatine Pirate program. Belo enters the 2005 season with a career record 187-133. Coach Belo is a p... |
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Friday, 02 July 2010 An active summer of change for Broward County High School coaches and athletic directors has stepped it up a notch.
South Plantation girls soccer coach Mike Collins was named the Paladins athletic ... |
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Tuesday, 27 April 2010 Mount Carmel coach Brian Hurry isn’t one to change his demeanor, even after the Caravan beat visiting St. Ignatius 11-1 six innings Monday for his 300th win.“I've got to meet with the coaches and ... |
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Monday, 26 April 2010 Saturday’s rain suspending the second game of Charleston’s baseball doubleheader at Olney may have come for a good reason.It allowed Trojans’ coach Derrick Landrus the time to head to Normal to ... |
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 Sunday, 25 April 2010 On an overcast Saturday morning at Naperville Central's varsity baseball field, the banner honoring Phil Lawler's retired jersey number fluttered with a tinge of sadness.The Redhawks' hall-of-fame pit... |
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Saturday, 24 April 2010 Phil Lawler’s impact went beyond serving as Naperville Central’s pitching coach for 29 years alongside Bill Seiple.Lawler, the director of the PE 4life program and a former physical education teac... |
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Thursday, 22 April 2010 Mark Jackley earned the 500th win of his Mattoon baseball coaching career with Wednesday's 9-4 non-conference win over Salem at MHS Field.Jackley is now 500-181-3 in his 21st season.
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010 Who knew a couple months ago how many circles really should have been drawn around this date that was going to be special for Mattoon baseball fans?Today is one of those days for which parks superinte... |
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Friday, 02 April 2010 It was a happy homecoming for Burlington Central baseball coach Kyle Nelson Thursday as the Rockets defeated his alma mater, Hinsdale South, 16-10 in Hinsdale.On a day when a gusty wind was blowing st... |
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 Thursday, 01 April 2010 Taylorville High School has a new head baseball coach. Wes Aymer will immediately take over for Tim Kratochvil after Kratochvil resigned from the position.“He tendered his resignation on Saturday,... |
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 Wednesday, 31 March 2010 As two boys in a 12-child family, Chris Hennemann and younger brother Raphael grew up in a competitive environment back home in River Falls, Wis. Yet Chris thinks he and Raph — pronou... |
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Sunday, 28 March 2010 The turnover rate from last spring to this season has the final year of Olympic Conference baseball featuring quite a few new faces among its head-coaching ranks.To be more precise, make that a pair o... |
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Wednesday, 24 March 2010 West Palm Beach - It was 1 p.m. Friday and Jack Kokinda was on the baseball diamond at Cardinal Newman High, prepping it for a home game that would start six hours later.Dragging the infield, raking t... |
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Friday, 26 February 2010
Because they have led their high school teams to state prominence, coaches Don Samford of Eureka and Ron Smith of Olympia have reached national prominence.
Girls track and field coach Samford and b... |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Virginia Beach, Va. 53-year-old Dennis Ray Collins was sentenced to 20 years in prison, with 10 of them suspended, in Virginia Beach Circuit Court for sexually abusing a high school baseball player... |
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 (Senatobia, MS 2/22/2010) A Senatobia High School baseball coach has been killed in a one car accident on Interstate -55.
The accident happened around 2:30 this afternoon near Hernando.
Ryan Whi... |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 Mike Zunica arguably is the most maligned baseball coach in the
Southland, a lightning rod of criticism for opposing coaches, parents
and administrators.
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 Friday, 05 February 2010
One of Tom Saunches' former students called the English teacher a wordsmith, but even the wordsmith found himself at a loss for words when he recently opened the letter advis... |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 The Los Angeles Dodgers recognize two high school coaches for their work at the high school level. This year's winners of the Tommy Lasorda Lifetime Achievement Award was coaches Bob Zamora of Capis... |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 A former New Jersey Catholic high school baseball coach has been convicted of child endangerment for sending sexually explicit text messages to several boys.
A Monmouth County jury deliberated for ... |
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 Seven months after finishing runner-up at the Class 2A state tournament to Stanford-Olympia, the Metro-East Lutheran Knight baseball program has finally named a successor to head coach Scott Downing, ... |
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 John Stevenson, who in 50 seasons at El Segundo High compiled more
victories than any other high school baseball coach in California
history, died Monday night. He was 76.
Stevenson suffered an a... |
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Wednesday, 13 January 2010 A familiar friend of baseball is back in the coaching saddle.Glen Cook can drop the "former" from his Rockridge baseball coach title. After coaching the Rockets from 2002-2007, Cook will be back in th... |
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 Last spring, Stevenson completed his 50th season as the Eagles' head baseball coach and guided the team to the CIF Southern Section playoffs for the 42nd time. A member of the National Federation of S... |
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 Monday, 11 January 2010 The Hopkins Park Little League baseball program doesn't have the luxuries of most other programs in the area. There's little, if any, money. The equipment consists mostly of hand-me-downs from more af... |
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Wednesday, 06 January 2010 Over a year ago, former Har-Ber High School baseball coach, 41-year old Mike Reagan was accused of raping and sexually assaulting two teenage boys. This week reagan went on trial, and today, the verdi... |
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 A full-page advertisement is nothing to sneeze at, and Tuesday's big ad
plugged a commercial enterprise called the Lehigh Valley Baseball
Academy and its coaches and instructors, including Mike McDa... |
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 A high school baseball coach who broke a freshman player's hand with a pitch during batting practice has been found guilty of negligence.
In a mixed verdict, the Nassau County civil jury also ruled... |
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Thursday, 17 December 2009 Todd Post, head baseball coach at Kankakee Community College, was recently honored by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) as the 2009 Diamond Sports NJCAA Division II North Central Region... |
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Friday, 27 November 2009 A lot of coaches preach to their players that they should have fun when they play their sport.
Few coaches practice what they preach as well as John Burke did during the 20-plus years he was a coac... |
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Monday, 12 October 2009 The Herald News' Bill Scheibe talks with Lockport's Steve Stanicek, the school's head baseball coach and an assistant football coach. 1. Baseball head coach for Lockport. Football assistant coach for ... |
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Thursday, 24 September 2009 Providence Catholic High School baseball coach Mark Smith, Wayne King's former right-hand man at Joliet Junior College, relates the story of Lockport graduate Robert Sullivan, who played for King and ... |
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Friday, 28 August 2009 The Monmouth-Roseville School Board has officially hired Titans basketball and baseball coach Chuck Grant to the position of athletic director effective immediately.
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Saturday, 15 August 2009 ALTON — The City of Alton has declared Saturday, Aug. 15 as “Greg DeCourcey Day” in honor of the longtime Marquette Catholic High baseball coach. DeCourcey retired as coach following the 2009 se... |
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Friday, 14 August 2009 Dave Behm turns 25 next Wednesday. He just received an early birthday present. The 2002 Grant alumnus was named head baseball coach at his high school alma mater on Wednesday, becoming the latest form... |
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Wednesday, 12 August 2009 Having had his knee replaced last month, Chuck Gandolfi was already slow to get around. On top of that, he's now lugging around a heavy heart.
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