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Knar is Mundelein’s scoring czar

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Mundelein's Robert Knar gets high-fives from the bench after breaking the all-time Mundelein scoring record held by Kyle Kessel on Wednesday night at Wauconda.

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Mundelein's Sean O'Brien, right, celebrates with Chino Ebube after an alley-oop dunk Wednesday at Wauconda.

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Mundelein's Chino Ebube goes in for an alley-oop dunk over Wauconda's Ricky Sidlowski, left, and Devon King on Wednesday night at Wauconda.

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Wauconda's Ricky Sidlowski, left, shoots over Mundelein's Cliff Dunigan and Chino Ebube on Wednesday night at Wauconda.

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Wauconda's Kodey Thomas, right, drives on Mundelein's Derek Parola on Wednesday night at Wauconda.

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Mundelein's Cliff Dunigan drives past Wauconda's Devon King, left, and Ricky Sidlowski on Wednesday night at Wauconda.

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When Robert Knar walked off Wauconda’s basketball court for good with 3:18 left in Wednesday night’s North Suburban Conference crossover and his team up 27 points, after scoring a game-high 22 points in an eventual 84-57 victory, his dad intercepted him. Mundelein coach Dick Knar hugged his baby boy tightly for several seconds, kissed him on the side of the head and told him he loved him. “I was about to cry,” Robert Knar said with a chuckle. “But I had to control my emotions.”