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Dick Quagliano

Arlington Heights

Freelance Sports Writer at Daily Herald

Freelance local sportswriter. Packaging salesman extraordinaire. Media member of the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Opinions are my own.

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  • Baseball: Cook County All-Area captain O’Brien pulls off rare two-sport special

    1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Dick Quagliano

    Leadership comes in many forms and certainly in many different methods. Fremd’s Johnny O’Brien knows that. And his approach in both football, where he was an All-Area quarterback, and baseball, where he is an All-Area center fielder, is very different. “Football is where the camaraderie is really important and you all need to be together,” O’Brien explained. “And baseball is kind of more like individualized.

  • Meet the Cook County baseball All-Area team

    1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Dick Quagliano

    Player School Year Pos.

  • Baseball: Libertyville completes magical season, wins first state baseball championship

    1 week ago | dailyherald.com | Dick Quagliano

    Josh Holst has Libertyville flying high. Holst, who will be playing next season at the Air Force Academy where he wants to be a pilot, pitched and hit Libertyville to the Class 4A state title Saturday. Holst tossed a complete game and drove in three runs as Libertyville topped McHenry 4-1 at Slammers Stadium in Joliet. “Something came over me and I was very calm,” said Holst, who allowed just two hits and struck out eight while throwing 90 pitches and improving his record to 13-0.

  • Baseball: Lockwood pitches Libertyville into Class 4A state championship game

    2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Dick Quagliano

    It was déjà vu all over again for Libertyville. And it worked out again for the Wildcats. Libertyville scored a run on an error to third base in its final at bat. The Wildcats went on to score another huge run and then held on to beat Normal Community 2-1 in 8 innings Friday in the Class 4A state semifinals at Slammers Stadium in Joliet. Libertyville (35-4) will meet McHenry in Saturday’s state title game at 7 p.m. “Obviously, it is hard to get here,” Libertyville coach Matt Thompson said.

  • Baseball: Libertyville will see mirror image in its return to 4A state tournament

    2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Dick Quagliano

    It’s just a sliver. That appears to be the difference between Libertyville and Normal when the two square off Friday at 7 p.m. in the Class 4A state baseball semifinals at Duly Health & Care Field in Joliet. Both teams have strong pitching staffs and will have a junior pitcher starting Friday. Both teams are strong at the plate and are led offensively by their respective catchers.

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