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Further proof is in that St. Charles is a volleyball hot spot and, this time, both sides of town chipped in.

New St. Charles East baseball coach Dave Haskins wasted no time this week in meeting and motivating his players.

After a junior year spent as the Tri-Cities’ under-the-radar running back, Jordan Huxtable is ready to take center stage.

A spread of donuts, cereal, coffee and granola bars awaited the Cubs in the visitor's clubhouse at U.S. Cellular Field Sunday morning.

Only a couple days before departing for the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association All-Star Game, Geneva basketball standout Jeremy D’Amico was unsure who his coach would be, let alone his teammates.

Batavia trailed Cary-Grove by five runs and counting as Ryan Welter squirmed in familiar pain.

CLINTON, Iowa – The first half of baseball at the new and improved ballpark on Cherry Lane in Geneva was, well, new and improved.

St. Charles North announced new varsity coaches in four sports on Friday, with one sport still to go. That last one is a hole that could prove to be among the toughest to fill.

If Sarah Landau is looking for an icebreaker to place in her new office, she has a heck of an option at her fingertips.

CHICAGO – Gripping their beverages and leaning perilously over the rail in the upper deck, two fans dressed in white and black pinstriped jerseys howled toward home plate in the eighth inning Thursday.

If it were as cut and dry as picking Stephen Strasburg and calling it a day, Eric Kubota’s job would be quite a bit easier and the Oakland Athletics’ big board wouldn’t have close to 900 familiar names on it each year when draft day rolls around.

Plenty of job applicants talk a big game about how much they want the job.

Matt Payne’s St. Charles East football teammates are about to find out what football observers around the country have already learned in recent months – Payne has turned into a bona fide football specimen.

The clubhouse lead for athletic director with the busiest summer itinerary belonged to Jerry Krieg, and that distinction is unlikely to change.

Sean McGushin was looking for a good reason to give football another shot.

LOVES PARK – Good thing there wasn’t much room left in the Batavia baseball team’s scrapbooks after a sensational, 30-win season.

Zach Hirsch plans to watch the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft unfold pick by pick today through Thursday, whether by TV or computer.

No matter how generous and creative Dave Dudzinski’s loved ones were, this was a tough birthday present to rival.

St. Charles East has three coaching vacancies for the 2009-10 season, and if athletic director Jerry Krieg has anything to say about them – and he does – the searches will take care of themselves.