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    ‘I’d be out there all 36 minutes’ Kane County coaches, athletes react to promising news on status of sports

    Kane County athletes and coaches react to Friday's encouraging news for prep sports.

    By Jacob Bartelson

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    January 22, 2021 at 7:23 pm CST

    Ex-St. Francis volleyball star Erin Virtue hopes to realize Olympic gold dreams as assistant coach of U.S. national team

    There is more than one way to realize an Olympic dream.Erin Virtue is proof of that.The former St. Francis setter played briefly for the U.S. women’s volleyball national team after starring at Illinois before beginning a coaching career that has taken her to the highest ranks of the game.Virtue is the assistant coach of the women’s national team that will attempt to win its first gold medal at this summer’s Tokyo Olympics.

    By Matt Le Cren

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    January 11, 2021 at 1:44 pm CST