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St. Charles North overcomes sluggish start, beats Jacobs
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/7/2010
Tough game Friday night or not, St. Charles North coach Tom Poulin wanted no excuses for his team's energy level at Batavia's Night of Hoops. FULL STORY

Simeon shuts down West Aurora at Night of Hoops
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/7/2010
Simeon's schedule could make a seasoned business traveler tired, taking them not only around the city and suburbs to play basketball but to several different states. FULL STORY

St. Joe hands Batavia 3rd straight loss
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/7/2010
When the 18th annual Night of Hoops rolls around next winter, Batavia will get a break and play Simeon. FULL STORY

Geneva holds on for closest win of the year
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/6/2010
For seven minutes - those first seven minutes of the game when DeKalb didn't score - it looked like the Geneva girls basketball team was on its way to another lopsided Western Sun win. FULL STORY

DeKalb stuns Geneva with 3-pointer at buzzer
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/6/2010
Jake Jouris hit the shot heard around DeKalb Friday, setting off a celebration that might have might have been heard back in Geneva as well. FULL STORY

Role models? You don't have to look far to find them
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 2/5/2010
As a reporter, sometimes you ask a question and think you have a pretty good idea what the answer will be before you hear it. FULL STORY

Rosary celebrates Senior Night with win
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/5/2010
The best senior class Dave Beebe has had at Rosary almost did something Thursday none of his senior classes have done before - lose on senior night. FULL STORY

ACC goes cold vs. Marian Central
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 2/4/2010
It turned out to be just as easy to tell it wasn't Joey Guth's night by the one 3-pointer that went in Wednesday against visiting Marian Central Catholic. FULL STORY

Marmion takes over in 2nd half
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/31/2010
In the next two and three years, the Aurora Christian basketball program hopes the five underclassmen in the top seven of its rotation develop into a senior like Marmion's Mark Peters. FULL STORY

Geneva's postseason draw filled with challenges
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/30/2010
The Geneva girls basketball team learned exactly what its road back to the state tournament will be when the IHSA released postseason pairings Friday. FULL STORY

Block, Geneva's bench step up at Yorkville
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/30/2010
With a 25-point lead in the fourth quarter at Yorkville Friday night, nobody could accuse Geneva coach Phil Ralston of waiting too long to get his bench in. FULL STORY

Rosary continues dominance vs. Chicago Christian
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/29/2010
It's not hard to understand why Chicago Christian coach Brad Engbers is glad his team is through with Rosary this year. FULL STORY

Batavia tops DeKalb in double overtime
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/28/2010
Batavia and DeKalb's girls basketball teams saw their boys counterparts' thriller and raised them an overtime Wednesday night. FULL STORY

Batavia lets WSC win get away vs. DeKalb
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/27/2010
No matter the sport, when the game is big enough and the ending memorable enough, it deserves its own name. Think The Shot, or The Drive or The Catch. FULL STORY

Hackbarth's scrappy defense keeps impressing Brennan
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/26/2010
For four years St. Charles North senior point guard Kiley Hackbarth has been making life difficult for whichever player she is guarding, so much so that her first-year coach Colleen Brennan had this to say following Saturday's 33-21 win over St. Charles East. FULL STORY

St. Charles North shakes off ice cold half
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/24/2010
North Stars coach Colleen Brennan hadn't seen it since her days as a freshman B coach. Saints coach Lori Drumtra wasn't sure she had ever seen it. North Stars senior Dana Sibley just shook her head. FULL STORY

Mikes delivers another St. Charles North win
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/24/2010
In addition to the huge crowds that always turn out for a St. Charles East-North game, the schools welcomed Comcast SportsNet to St. Charles Saturday night. FULL STORY

Kaneland can't take down WSC leader
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/23/2010
If Kaneland could have turned its game Friday at DeKalb into a matchup of future Division I big men, the Knights would have come away with no worse than a draw - perhaps a narrow win that would have tightened the Western Sun Conference race. FULL STORY

Askwith's 25 leads Marmion over Immaculate Conception
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/21/2010
While it's true Marmion's Greg Askwith lit up Immaculate Conception with a career night Wednesday, that fact alone doesn't do justice to the senior guard's breakout performance. FULL STORY

Batavia blitzes Kaneland in 2nd quarter
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/20/2010
Taking an opponent's best punch has been a problem for Kaneland all season, which made Batavia's eight minutes of near flawless basketball in the second quarter Tuesday all the more lethal. FULL STORY

Geneva's Wicinski rebounding at incredible rate
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/20/2010
Everyone knows Geneva senior Lauren Wicinski has a Division I future in volleyball. She'll be an impact player as a freshman next year at Northern Illinois. FULL STORY

Geneva races to 17-3 lead, wins showdown at Willowbrook
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/17/2010
Geneva's girls basketball program is long past the point of needing to prove itself, yet that didn't stop the Vikings from savoring a 66-61 victory over Hillcrest Saturday at the 20th annual McDonald's Shootout at Willowbrook a little more than most. FULL STORY

Geneva meets challenge, proves it can play with anyone
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/17/2010
The setup for the media at the McDonald's Shootout Saturday gave us great courtside seats to watch Geneva's thoroughly impressive 66-61 win over Hillcrest. FULL STORY

St. Charles North finds East Aurora a tough team to slow down
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 1/16/2010
The good news for St. Charles North is that East Aurora star Ryan Boatright only had an average game Friday night. FULL STORY

Looking back on wild night at St. Charles East
By John Lemon | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 1/15/2010
I'm shooting from all corners tonight - the sports writer's version of a heat check... FULL STORY

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