Sports Stories from December 27, 2013 (Change date)
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Geneva’s size sinks South ElginDec 27, 2013 10:03 am - Playing South Elgin for a second time this month gave Geneva’s girls basketball team a chance to see how its season is progressing. After going to overtime to win the fi...
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Simeon outlasts St. Charles North in 3 OTsDec 27, 2013 10:03 am - PONTIAC — Alec Goetz was almost speechless after the most extraordinary competition of his basketball career against four-time defending Class 4A boys state champion Sim...
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Walker, Griffin pace West Aurora routDec 27, 2013 10:03 am - PONTIAC — The entire complexion of the game was altered in less than a minute. West Aurora four-year starting guard Jontrel Walker had a roughly 45-second sequence that ...
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Neuqua Valley shoots by BataviaDec 27, 2013 10:03 am - Neuqua Valley made 29 of 32 free throws — including all 14 in the fourth quarter — to turn a tight game into a 71-57 victory over Batavia on Friday at the Montini Christ...
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Carmel stops Jacobs, to play for titleDec 27, 2013 10:00 am - First-year Jacobs boys basketball coach Jimmy Roberts isn’t into moral victories. But the Golden Eagles’ boss liked his team’s effort despite a 63-53 loss to Carmel Cath...
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Prairie Ridge topples BartlettDec 27, 2013 9:58 am - With Bartlett leading Prairie Ridge 19-12 late in the first half, Wolves coach Corky Card called timeout and got in his players’ faces just a bit. Prairie Ridge respond...
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Hankins’ buzzer-beater lifts South ElginDec 27, 2013 9:56 am - South Elgin coach Matt Petersen questioned his team’s shot selection at some points during the game, but there was no question about the last shot. A 2-footer by a 6-foo...
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Rockford East drops Dundee-CrownDec 27, 2013 9:53 am - The head boys basketball coaches from Dundee-Crown and Rockford East separately called their teams “their own worst enemy” in the aftermath of a mistake-strewn 46-41 vic...
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Zion-Benton gives Larkin a taste of its own medicineDec 27, 2013 9:50 am - Athletic Larkin thrives via the fast break, but the Royals were beaten 78-72 by a taller version of themselves in a semifinal of the Hinkle Holiday Classic at Jacobs Fri...
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Make it 39 more for Gallimore in victory over LatinDec 27, 2013 9:17 am - Paige Gallimore was at it again Friday. Antioch’s senior guard scored 39 points, as the Sequoits pulled away from Latin 66-42 in second-round action of the Lisle Cage Cl...