Downers Grove Schools
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Boys basketball: Benet’s shooting, slams silence Crystal Lake SouthDec 23, 2025 7:59 am - Crystal Lake South had a scoring spurt. It needed a growth spurt. The Gators got an immediate taste of Benet’s front line featuring 7-foot-1 Colin Stack and 6-8 Edvardas...
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Girls basketball: Cold shooting costs Montini in opening round loss at own tourneyDec 23, 2025 7:57 am - Minooka star Madelyn Kiper is no stranger to the Montini Christmas Classic. The 6-foot-1 senior guard has been a regular at the prestigious tournament, though she had nev...
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Five holiday high school basketball tournaments to check outDec 22, 2025 6:11 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at five holiday high school basketball tournament to check out in the next several days.
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Boys basketball: Vroman helps Downers Grove North past Downers Grove SouthDec 22, 2025 7:26 am - Downers Grove North guard/forward Jacob Vroman isn’t fazed by physical play. The 6-foot-4, 205-pound junior was a tight end and edge rusher on Downers Grove North’s foot...
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College Achievers: Batavia’s Buckley takes it to the house in Myrtle Beach BowlDec 21, 2025 8:00 am - College Achievers: On the first play from scrimmage Friday in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, Batavia High School graduate Jalen Buckley scored on a 65-yard touchdown run, the start of Western Michigan University’s 41-6 victory over Kennesaw State.
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Basketball: Downers Grove North’s Thulin scores 1,000th point in crosstown winDec 20, 2025 9:53 pm - Campbell Thulin did not know she was on the precipice of an historic achievement on Saturday. The Downers Grove North junior guard sank a free throw and was perplexed whe...
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Coach Kipp’s Hoopsfest brings back an old friendDec 17, 2025 6:55 pm - Sidelines: The 36th Dick’s/Coach Kipp’s Hoopsfest takes place next month at Maine West and Benet Academy.
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances during the 2025 season?Dec 15, 2025 5:43 pm - This edition of the High Five looks at the area’s top prep football performances from the entire 2025 season.
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‘She is a superstar’: Wheaton teacher shares lessons from arboretum-led trip to Costa RicaDec 15, 2025 11:01 am - Amy Schwartz, a science teacher at Edison Middle School in Wheaton, made the most of her trip with Morton Arboretum experts to Costa Rica’s cloud forest. “She's always looking for new ways to learn, and then bring that learning into the classroom,” Edison Principal Rachel Bednar said of the Daily Herald’s Top Teacher of the month.
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Girls basketball: Thomas, hot-shooting Benet hand Nazareth first lossDec 13, 2025 6:42 pm - Benet guard Ava Thomas hasn’t drawn a lot of attention from opposing defenses that are intent on stopping fellow seniors Bridget Rifenburg and Emma Briggs from working th...