Downers Grove Schools
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Pauliukonis, hot-shooting Benet take care of Waubonsie Valley in front of sellout crowdMar 05, 2025 10:30 pm - Daniel Pauliukonis is, in basketball parlance, a “unicorn.” Benet’s lanky 6-foot-9 senior, a Southern Illinois recruit, can shoot it like guards much smaller than him. Pa...
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Boys basketball: Montini notches rare sectional win to reach championship gameMar 05, 2025 10:18 pm - In its three previous runs to the sectional round of the Class 2A bracket, Montini has been sent to the far northwest as well as having played close to their Lombard camp...
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Boys basketball: Downers Grove North upsets No. 1 seed BolingbrookMar 04, 2025 11:00 pm - It wasn’t quite Dean Smith and the four corners, but Downers Grove North slowed the pace of Tuesday’s Class 4A Benet Academy sectional semifinal against Bolingbrook just ...
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Girls basketball: Montini answers Grayslake Central’s surge, wins 3A Hersey supersectionalMar 03, 2025 9:55 pm - Over. Game over. Or so it seemed to many onlookers, when Montini secured a 26-8 lead over Grayslake Central in the second quarter of Monday night’s Class 3A Hersey girls ...
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Boys basketball: Downers North seniors lead Trojans over West AuroraFeb 28, 2025 11:34 pm - Bobby Grganto, Jack Crowley and Downers Grove North’s senior class, 11 men strong, have lived in the shadows of the last two classes to come through the program. This gro...
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Boys basketball: Sansone’s hot shooting helps Montini down IC Catholic in regional finalFeb 28, 2025 11:15 pm - Montini cut the nets down for the fourth straight season following a 64-43 victory over IC Catholic Prep as they claimed another regional championship at its home gym on ...
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Boys basketball: Benet earns hard-fought regional title on Oswego East’s home courtFeb 28, 2025 9:40 pm - Benet made only one field goal in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Class 4A Oswego East regional title game, and the host Wolves made two. Anyone who learned that but was n...
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Girls basketball: Kerstein’s 24 points, 13 rebounds spark Montini to another sectional titleFeb 27, 2025 10:54 pm - Last season, Montini senior Nikki Kerstein played a facilitating role, with the presence of Victoria Matulevicius looming large. This season, the University of Missouri c...
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Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley holds off furious Benet comeback, wins rematch for second straight sectional titleFeb 27, 2025 10:31 pm - Maya Pereda does not lack for confidence, but the Waubonsie Valley sophomore needed a little affirmation from her coach after a scoreless game Tuesday. She took it to hea...
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Five regional final boys basketball games to watchFeb 27, 2025 5:08 pm - In a jam-packed Friday night of action, here are five regional final boys basketball games to watch.