Prep Sports
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Girls basketball: Mporokoso drops 40 on Hersey in Waubonsie Valley’s Kippfest winJan 20, 2025 9:06 pm - Simply spectacular. Waubonsie Valley’s Danyella Mporokoso was, without a doubt, in a class by herself Monday evening at the 35th annual Coach Kipp Hoopsfest. Mporokoso sc...
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Girls basketball: Loyola runs away from Fremd with 26-point third quarterJan 20, 2025 8:28 pm - A sizzling hot third quarter by Loyola put Fremd on ice Monday afternoon at Coach Kipp’s Hoopsfest in Lisle. On a bitterly cold day when players, coaches, officials and f...
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Girls basketball: Mazza explodes for 25 first-half points, leads Benet by shorthanded Libertyville at Coach Kipp HoopsfestJan 20, 2025 7:41 pm - Benet guard Aria Mazza had no inkling of what was coming. Her explosion came without warning. “I go into every game thinking the same thing, just that I’m going to do my ...
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Girls gymnastics: Carmel captures Lake County crownJan 20, 2025 6:39 pm - Moments before the start of her team’s uneven-bars routines at Monday afternoon’s Lake County girls gymnastics invite at Carmel Catholic, Libertyville coach Tiffany Owens...
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Boys basketball: Fremd edges Deerfield in OT to win Lakes MLK tournamentJan 20, 2025 6:26 pm - Fremd’s Jordan Williams smiled through his split lip. “It was very tough to get inside today,” Williams said. “They have a lot of height and they were very physical.” Wil...
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Girls basketball: Montini can’t slow hot-shooting Nazareth
Jan 20, 2025 4:12 pm - Allia von Schlegell considers herself a streaky shooter, but her Nazareth teammate Stella Sakalas would beg to differ. “I’d argue that Allia is not streaky. She’s just a ...
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A handful of prep sports hopes for the new yearJan 20, 2025 3:18 pm - This week’s High Five offers five hopes from the area’s prep sports scene in 2025.
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North Central Cardinals’ Svienty earns national NCAA honorJan 19, 2025 12:55 pm - North Central College cross country and track athlete Emerald Svienty, a graduate of Hersey High School, has been named the 2024 Division III LGBTQ Student-Athlete of the Year.
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Edgy Tim: Warren’s Stewart finds a home at IllinoisJan 19, 2025 12:19 pm - Warren junior two sports standout recruit Aaron Stewart (5-foot-7, 175 pounds) verbally committed to Illinois last week. Stewart, who was recruited by Illinois in both Fo...
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Girls basketball: St. Charles East slowed by hot-shooting Lyons