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Images: Daily Herald prep photos of the week Feb 12, 2013 12:00 AM
The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from basketball, swimming and gymnastics.
Burlington C. to play in McDonald’s Shootout Feb 11, 2013 12:00 AM
The Burlington Central girls basketball team will take a step into the limelight next season, even of for just one day. Jim O'Boye, the promoter and organizer of the McDonald's Shootout at Willowbrook High School, confirmed Monday the Rockets have accepted an invitation to play in the 2014 event on Martin Luther King weekend.
Girls basketball/Scouting the Fox Valley postseason Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Taking a look at the girls basketball postseason around the Fox Valley.
Hampshire sends 2 downstate Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Hampshire senior Travis Keeling (38-7) advanced to the state tournament by finishing third at 170 pounds at the Antioch sectional Saturday. Keeling beat Fenwick’s Dubem Ikedionwu 5-4 in the third-place match. Keeling will be joined in Champaign by his sophomore teammate Anton Krocko, who finished fourth at 182. Krocko (30-9) lost to Terryon Bradley of Chicago Uplift 15-7 in the third-place match.
Burlington Central a step closer to conference title Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
Rebounds of the physical and mental varieties themed Burlington Central’s 69-65 victory over Richmond-Burton in a key Big Northern East boys basketball matchup on Rocket Hill Friday. In a game between rivals with 1 division loss apiece, Burlington Central’s taller Rockets outrebounded R-B’s Rockets 37-26. From a mental standpoint Central summoned the fortitude to bounce back from the shock of seeing its 16-point, third-quarter lead transformed to a 4-point deficit with under three minutes to play. After Richmond-Burton used a 27-7 run to take a 61-57 lead, Central coach Brett Porto called a timeout and challenged his players.
Wrestling/Scouting Fox Valley sectionals Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
Taking a look at the wrestling sectionals this weekend involving athletes from the Fox Valley area.
Time for UEC, FVC to make crossovers more meaningful Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
A sports writer I once worked with had a column called Some Things I Think I Think. Today is my version of Some Things I Think I Think, all related to the girls basketball season that will enter the state tournament series for Class 3A and Class 4A teams beginning Monday.
Huntley closing on on FVC Valley 3-peat Feb 7, 2013 12:00 AM
The Huntley boys basketball team is on the verge of completing a Fox Valley Conference three-peat. The Red Raiders (15-6, 9-0) can wrap up their third straight FVC Valley Division title tonight with a win against second-place Dundee-Crown (16-5, 7-2) in Carpentersville. Huntley defeated the Chargers 45-38 on Jan. 19. “This is a big week for us in terms of our goals and where we stand going into the playoffs,” senior forward Amanze Egekeze said after Wednesday’s victory at Crystal Lake South. “We know we’ve got to go on the road, play at a high level, execute and get better with each game.”
Images: St. Charles North vs. Burlington Central, girls basketball Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
The North Stars of St. Charles North traveled to Burlington to take on the Rockets in a girls basketball matchup Tuesday night. Burlington won 53-32.
Burlington Central ties school record for wins Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
A very strong statement was sent booming off Rocket Hill Tuesday night, even if regular public address announcer Mark Einwich had to miss the game. The Burlington Central girls basketball team is ready for the postseason. The Rockets looked smooth in most every aspect of the game, they played with a full and healthy roster for the first time in the past couple of weeks and they ran past St. Charles North 53-32 in a nonconference win that tied the program record for wins in a season. The victory was BC’s eighth straight.
Burlington Central routs Harvard Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Basketball: Week 9 MVPs Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
Waubonsie Valley senior guard Jared Brownridge and Burlington Central freshman guard Shelby Holt have earned Daily Herald MVP honors for their recent basketball performances. Brownridge had 33 points in a win over Bartlett and 26 to help the Warriors beat Peoria Central. Holt had 6 3s, 21 points, 4 steals and 2 blocks to help Burlington Central clinch a conference championship by winning at Richmond-Burton.
Elgin-Larkin, Jacobs vs. Dundee-Crown set to go Jan 31, 2013 12:00 AM
The Fox Valley area’s two fiercest boys basketball rivalries have produced the season’s two best games to date. Larkin has defeated crosstown rival Elgin twice this season, most recently a 60-51 victory in the Elgin Holiday Tournament title game. But it was the first meeting — Larkin’s 76-73 double-overtime victory on Dec 12 — that will go down as one of the best in the history of the 121-game series, which Elgin still leads 79-42. Not to be outdone, Jacobs and Dundee-Crown battled through two overtimes on Jan. 15 before the Golden Eagles prevailed 76-66. Host Jacobs tied that game at the regulation buzzer when senior Nick Ledinsky drained a step-back 3-pointer from the corner.
Wrestling/Scouting Fox Valley area regionals Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Taking a look at Saturday's wrestling regionals involing teams from the Fox Valley.
Burlington Central’s big comeback stuns Streamwood Jan 30, 2013 12:00 AM
The freshman and sophomore group of girls playing on Burlington Central's varsity team this season have, and rightfully so, been given about as much recognition as any of their age in recent memory. But when the game was on the line at Streamwood Wednesday night it was a savvy senior who had ice in her veins. Camille Delacruz, an unsung her for the Rockets all season, calmly stepped to the free throw line with six seconds to play and swished two shots that iced the Rockets' 40-37 come-from-behind nonconference win in a battle between a conference champion and a conference contender that will ultimately serve both well as the postseason approaches.
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Burlington Central’s kiddie corps has exceeded expectations Jan 28, 2013 12:00 AM
It's been well chronicled that Burlington Central girls basketball coach Mark Smith knew he had some talent coming in when he took the Rockets' head coaching job. And Smith knows talent. His daughter, Kelsey, plays at DePaul and as a boys baskeball coach for several seasons at St. Charles North, as well as a former high school and college player himself, Smith knows good players when he sees them. But even Smith admits being surprised at how well his freshman-laden team has done this season. At 19-4 overall and having secured their first Big Northern East championship since 2006-07, the Rockets also cracked the Daily Herald Top 20 this week for the first time this season, and they're the No. 1 seed in the upcoming Class 3A regional that they will host. Central has not won a girls basketball regional since 1990 and has only three regional banners in program history.