Is Tony Peraica a maverick, waging a lonely battle against corruption in Cook County, or is he simply at war with everyone, unable to effect reform because his combativeness has turned off colleagues who view his every utterance as all about him?
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RBHS taps Bylsma as principal
For the first time in nearly a decade the principal of Riverside-Brookfield High School is going to be wearing heels. Last week the District 208 school board unanimously voted to accept the recommendation of Interim Superintendent David Bonnette to appoint Pamela Bylsma the post.
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The team’s in place
If the 2009 school board election at Riverside-Brookfield High School was about setting a new course for leadership, then last week’s hiring of Pamela Bylsma as principal was the culmination of that effort.
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RB grapples to third at regional
ROUNDUPThe Riverside-Brookfield wrestling team finished third at the Class 2A Fenton Regional on Saturday and advanced six grapplers on to sectionals.
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RB cheers to second at state
A season full of hopes and dreams and work had come down to this. Saturday morning the Riverside-Brookfield High School cheerleaders had just under three minutes to strut their stuff before a panel of judges and a large crowd at U.S. Cellular Coliseum in Bloomington at the Illinois High School Association State Finals. The cheerleaders rose to the occasion and turned in a flawless routine to finish second in the state in the medium schools division and become the first girls athletic team in RB history to win a state trophy.
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A sweet 16 for Fenwick basketball
Fenwick girls basketball forward Tricia Liston put on a show in the first half of the Friars’ match-up against Marian Catholic on Saturday afternoon. The Duke-bound senior scored 21 of her 37 points in the first two quarters of action to lead her Friars to a 73-63 victory and the program’s 16th-straight East Suburban Catholic Conference title.
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Riverside-Brookfield girls hold Ridgewood to 25
The Riverside-Brookfield girls basketball team rolled to a 65-25 win over Ridgewood in Metro Suburban Conference action on Friday.
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Friars look for upswing
It was a somewhat good week for Fenwick boys basketball coach John Quinn. His brother, Pat, the current Governor of Illinois, won the Democrat primary election – albeit narrowly – and despite his Friars going 1-2 for the week, his young team showed vast improvement in certain areas.
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RB quells Rebel rally
Symbolically, Riverside-Brookfield guard Billy VandeMerkt’s fourth quarter fist pump was the knockout punch that did in Ridgewood during the Bulldogs’ 57-42 win on Friday.