http://www.saukvalley.comThe latest news from the saukvalley.com websiteen-usDEKALB – Tony Dunlap wouldn’t spend any time Wednesday making plans for Thursday and Friday.http://www.saukvalley.com/2013/03/07/column-how-the-game-is-played/ajm9y6b/http://www.saukvalley.com/2013/03/07/column-how-the-game-is-played/ajm9y6b/Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:46:22 GMTOne time in grade school, several of my classmates and I were punished for a snowball fight at recess with a detention. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/07/13/finding-punishment-to-fit-crime/a6it6js/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/07/13/finding-punishment-to-fit-crime/a6it6js/Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:26:00 GMTI found myself upside down and hanging by the passenger-side seat belt of a Ford Ranger pickup truck on Sunday.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/06/05/new-view-for-start-of-summer/ann30qu/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/06/05/new-view-for-start-of-summer/ann30qu/Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:56:00 GMTBELVIDERE – There's a reason why the term knockout slap has never caught on. In a fight, slapping generally isn't going to get it done. You better be ready to punch. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/31/slapping-when-punching-needed/crmed2p/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/31/slapping-when-punching-needed/crmed2p/Thu, 31 May 2012 05:32:00 GMTBELVIDERE – There's a reason why the term knockout slap has never caught on. In a fight, slapping generally isn't going to get it done. You better be ready to punch. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/31/slapping-when-punching-needed/armed2p/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/31/slapping-when-punching-needed/armed2p/Thu, 31 May 2012 05:19:00 GMTAfter the fourth inning of Monday's Class 1A Supersectional game between Milledgeville and Grant Park, the Missiles made sure to score emphatically.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/29/after-the-fourth-inning-of-mondays-class/a980f3q/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/29/after-the-fourth-inning-of-mondays-class/a980f3q/Wed, 30 May 2012 04:30:00 GMTI am not one who likes to look into the crystal ball to try and glean the future. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/25/going-out-on-a-limb-for-this-one/a8px6do/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/25/going-out-on-a-limb-for-this-one/a8px6do/Sat, 26 May 2012 05:21:00 GMTWhen I entered Sterling High School as a freshman in 1996, the twin cities were coping with a change that many did not like. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/18/change-affects-everyone-differently/awp4jgn/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/05/18/change-affects-everyone-differently/awp4jgn/Sat, 19 May 2012 05:22:00 GMTWell, I guess the hammer just isn't going to drop. I can't see a sign of winter weather anywhere, and I am loving it. I can't remember a milder winter in my 41 years. I have seen hundreds of robins this week, and green grass is appearing all over the place. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/16/hot-and-bothered-well-i-guess-the-hammer/adboscc/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/16/hot-and-bothered-well-i-guess-the-hammer/adboscc/Sat, 17 Mar 2012 05:15:00 GMTCHICAGO – When the Patriots were an ascending team about a decade ago, Bill Belichick nary would mess with a character risk.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/15/bears-can-handle-marshall/aiu8j9s/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/15/bears-can-handle-marshall/aiu8j9s/Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:11:00 GMTFilling out a bracket for the NCAA tournament is pretty much a crapshoot, no matter how much you study or how good you guess. That was especially true last year, when no No. 1 seed made the Final Four, yet Butler somehow found its way there for the second straight year.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/15/academics-still-come-second/axyso1d/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/15/academics-still-come-second/axyso1d/Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:56:00 GMTThere's only one No. 1 team in the country, as the selection committee made clear in picking Kentucky as the overall top seed in the NCAA tournament just a few hours after the Wildcats were upset by Vanderbilt in the Southeastern Conference tournament final. No argument there.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/11/theres-only-one-no-1-team-in-the-count/afowbkc/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/11/theres-only-one-no-1-team-in-the-count/afowbkc/Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:51:00 GMTDEKALB – Tim Wilson paused, his idea echoing behind his eyes before reaching his lips. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/07/so-close-yet-so-far-for-comets/af9u7rx/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/07/so-close-yet-so-far-for-comets/af9u7rx/Wed, 07 Mar 2012 06:33:00 GMTWith a little over 6 minutes left in the fourth quarter on Saturday, the Newman Comets trailed by 11 points to the Aquin Bulldogs during the 1A River Ridge Sectional final. Time was running out on Comets season. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/06/adventures-in-social-media/abytxev/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/06/adventures-in-social-media/abytxev/Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:20:00 GMTWhat Gregg Williams did wasn’t all that different from what football coaches have been doing since the game was invented. He just kept detailed records.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/06/punishing-williams-wont-end-problem/atgljad/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/06/punishing-williams-wont-end-problem/atgljad/Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:20:00 GMTHANOVER – Tim Wilson's elbow swung around, connected, and sent an Aquin player sliding to the ground. http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/04/another-hero-emerges-in-wild-march/apphbb2/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/04/another-hero-emerges-in-wild-march/apphbb2/Mon, 05 Mar 2012 05:33:00 GMTWhat year is it, anyway? The reason I ask is because I was taken back to a less kind, less gentle time last Friday night. I was covering the Sterling at LaSalle-Peru boys basketball game, which Sterling won to claim the outright Northern Illinois Big 12 West championship over L-P.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/01/cavalier-attitude-out-of-line/abhx5r1/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/01/cavalier-attitude-out-of-line/abhx5r1/Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:34:00 GMTBaseball has decided that expanding the postseason is such a good idea it’s going to happen a year ahead of schedule.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/02/why-the-rush-to-expand-playoffs/artbw8z/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/02/why-the-rush-to-expand-playoffs/artbw8z/Fri, 02 Mar 2012 06:27:00 GMTDIXON – Every other day, Rock Falls and Sterling are separated by the Rock River.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/01/two-communities-come-together/auaou0c/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/03/01/two-communities-come-together/auaou0c/Thu, 01 Mar 2012 06:40:00 GMTThere are paramount moments in our lives when time stands still. Those moments killed the Golden Warriors in Sycamore on Monday.http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/02/21/high-cost-for-missed-free-throws-there-are/aoeq8sj/http://www.saukvalley.com/2012/02/21/high-cost-for-missed-free-throws-there-are/aoeq8sj/Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:53:00 GMT