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St. Francis wallops Wheaton Academy

By  Kane County Chronicle
   
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St. Francis boys basketball coach Bob Ward let his team have it during an early timeout Tuesday.

The rant was nothing the Spartans hadn’t heard many times before from their defensive-minded coach, although it was delivered even more emphatically than usual.

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