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The signing ceremony took place Wednesday in the athletic foyer outside of the athletic office.
Two Geneva baseball players, a basketball player and a gymnast signed letters of intent Wednesday for athletic scholarships at the college level. The signees are: Jordan Touro, who will play baseball at South Alabama University Andy Honiotes, who signed to play baseball for Miami of Florida Sami Pawlak, who won a basketball scholarship at the University of Nebraska-Omaha Anna Corbett, a gymnast who will continue her athletic career at Western Michigan University. The four Geneva High School students took part in a brief ceremony Wednesday in the foyer outside of the Athletic Department office. SOURCE: Geneva High School
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Cougars beat Burlington Bees 4-0 and travel to Burlington next for the best-of-three series.
GENEVA, Ill.—Greg Billo and Nick Rogers combined on a three-hit shutout Wednesday night to lead the Kane County Cougars over the Burlington Bees, 4-0, at Elfstrom Stadium in the opener of the 2011 Midwest League Playoffs. The Cougars lead the series, 1 game to 0, as the best-of-three series now shifts to Iowa. Billo (1-0) tossed seven dominant innings to pick up the win, as he locked up with Blake Hassebrock (0-1) in a pitcher's duel. Billo gave up three hits, walked one and fanned seven. He saw the minimum five times and went 1-2-3 four times. The game was scoreless through five innings when the Cougars managed an unearned run off Hassebrock. Jovan Pickett walked, took second on a passed ball, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Angel …
A play area for children, lawn seating and sense of community bring crowds to Elfstrom Stadium, home of the Kane County Cougars, in Geneva.
Crowds of people met in Geneva on Sunday to visit with friends and neighbors, eat, drink and spend a summer afternoon out with their families—they also had the option of watching a minor league baseball game. The Kane County Cougars home games at Elfstrom Stadium feature a festival atmosphere that includes the KidZone interactive play area, two lawn seating sections where spectators can spread out blankets or sit on lawn chairs and opportunities to interact with the minor league baseball players. Despite the sweltering heat on July 17, the team lined up before the game and signed autographs for fans. Several young boys asked players to sign their T-shirts, while other kids and adults offered up baseball caps, balloons and arms for them to …
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5:43 am on Tuesday, April 9, 2013
nah take some more GMO with sugar or not I don't care to watch more ›