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Preps 24/7

Chronicle Football Insider – Season wrapup

Jay Schwab and Kevin Druley wrap up the prep football season that was in the final episode of the year of Chronicle Football Insider.
» Grace Under Pressure
Grace Under Pressure

More than 60,000 votes in a day? Ummm, that doesn't sound right

As of 6:11 p.m. Tuesday night, more than 31,000 people had voted in our daily Web poll – "Who do you want to win the 14th Congressional District Republican primary?" If this sounds like an extraordinarily high number to you, well, it is. One might even say it's an extraordinarily unlikely high number.
» Grace Under Pressure
Grace Under Pressure

Finding your own mountaintop (hopefully hermit free)

I sometimes am jealous of the hermit lifestyle – the solitude, the peace, the lack of technology. Just you and your mountaintop. There are certain days when I have way too much going on at once, days when that sounds like just about the most wonderful existence on Earth.
» Sound Off
Sound Off

Sound Off for Nov. 14

Your weekly dose of Sound Off:
» Coach Sly
Coach Sly

So long, football season

Sadly, no surprise from STCN in the quarters at Glenbard West.
» Grace Under Pressure
Grace Under Pressure

Planner brings some much needed organization

After years of resisting, I recently gave in and bought a daily planner.
» Preps 24/7
Preps 24/7

Chronicle Football Insider – Can St. Charles North beat Glenbard West?

This week on Chronicle Football Insider, Jay Schwab and Kevin Druley take a quick look back at Geneva and Marmion's second-round losses and then get into the upcoming playoff match between St. Charles North and Glenbard West.
» Coach Sly
Coach Sly

Unless North does the (near) impossible, time to winterize

There might be 8 or 10 people around these parts that think St. Charles North is going to be beat Glenbard West on Saturday (not counting the North team, of course). For the rest of us, might be time to start winterizing our brains.

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