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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.
Westminster 2nd, Harvest 5th at NAC tourney Feb 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Westminster Christian boys basketball coach Bruce Firchau couldn’t fault his team’s effort, but his Warriors simply had no answer for Makur Puou. Mooseheart’s 6-foot-10 junior was a beast, scoring 32 points and grabbing 9 rebounds to lead the Ramblers past Westminster 55-31 Saturday to win the Northeastern Athletic Conference tournament hosted by Rockford Christian Life. Colin Brandon scored 14 points for Westminster (16-11), which saw its 9-game winning streak snapped.
Westminster handles Harvest to advance in NAC tourney Feb 8, 2013 12:00 AM
A torrid start was all Westminster Christian needed. The Warriors roared out to a 19-2 lead and cruised past Harvest Christian, 63-43, in the first round of the Northeastern Athletic Conference boys basketball tournament here Friday night. Will Woodhouse led the early surge, scoring 12 of his game-high 22 points in the first quarter. Westminster made 7 of 8 3-point attempts in opening a 30-11 lead. Woodhouse hit back-to-back 3-pointers to make it 10-2, then Dillon Rejman came off the bench to knock down 3 trifectas.
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.”
Westminster Christian to play for regional title Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
The quest for Redbird Arena has officially begun for the Westminster Christian girls basketball team and after a fast-paced, 60-21 regional semifinal win over No. 4 seed Harvest Christian to begin postseason play Tuesday night, it looks as if the Warriors want to be the quickest of any team in Class 1A to make it downstate. Claire Speweik, who had a game-high 15 points to go with 4 steals, scored 8 first-quarter points that helped spark a frantic pace for the Warriors (23-4), who outscored the Lions (7-20) 23-3 and forced 13 turnovers. in the first 8 minutes.
Burlington Central routs Harvard Feb 5, 2013 12:00 AM
Images: Harvest Christian Academy vs. Cristo Rey St. Martin, girls basketball Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Harvest Christian Academy faced Cristo Rey St. Martin in first-round regional girls playoff basketball action Monday night in Elgin.
Harvest Christian rolls in regional opener Feb 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Harvest Christian girls basketball coach Kelly Friestad knows the challenge her team is up against in the semifinals of the Class 1A Harvest regional. So Monday night it was time for the Lions to have some fun. Fourth-seeded Harvest Christian raced out to a 22-0 lead after one quarter and Friestad used the rest of the night to freely rotate her players on and off the floor in the Lions' 50-6 win over St. Martin de Porres in the play-in game of the regional tournament.
Forest preserve opens new nature center in St. Charles Feb 3, 2013 12:00 AM
The new Creek Bend Nature Center at LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles opens to the public Monday, Feb. 4. The welcome sign is up, and the Forest Preserve District of Kane County hopes you’ll stop in.
Westminster Christian motivated for postseason Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Talk about being motivated. If you don’t think the Westminster Christian girls basketball team isn’t geared up for the upcoming postseason, then you probably don’t think a Harbaugh is going to win the Super Bowl today. When Seton Academy’s Brittany Mitchell buried a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give her team a 45-42 win over Westminster in the 2012 sectional final at Willows Academy, the Warriors immediately started thinking about this season. And now all the pieces would appear to be in place for Westminster to make another deep run into the postseason, and the Warriors don’t mince their words — they want to play at Redbird Arena in the Class 1A Final Four on Feb. 22.
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Feb 2, 2013 12:00 AM
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Feb 1, 2013 12:00 AM
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 26, 2013 12:00 AM
sThe Westminster Christian girls basketball team is clearly ready for another deep run into the Class 1A postseason. The Warriors rolled through the competition at the Northeastern Athletic Conference Tournament, beating Christian Liberty 46-25 in the semifinals on Saturday and then downing Alden-Hebron 47-28 in the championship game of the league meeting, which was played at Luther North in Chicago.
Boys basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 25, 2013 12:00 AM
Girls basketball/Fox Valley roundup Jan 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Streamwood falls to Elk Grove Jan 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Westminster Christian clinches NAC title Jan 18, 2013 12:00 AM
Championship week continued on the positive side of things for the Westminster Christian girls basketball team Friday night. On the heels of securing the Elgin City Classic championship earlier in the week, the Warriors Friday clinched the Northeastern Athletic Conference title by beating Christian Liberty 49-32, the first conference championship in any sport for a Westminster girls team.