Downers Grove Sports
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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 basketball: Montini can’t slow hot-shooting NazarethJan 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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Girls basketball: Benet heats up, tops Prospect for 19th win in a rowJan 18, 2025 9:12 pm - Benet didn’t look like the top-ranked team in the state in the early going against Prospect on Saturday. But the Redwings weren’t worried. “Coach (Joe) Kilbride says it t...
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Boys basketball: Fagbemi’s passing on the mark, but cold-shooting Benet loses to St. PatrickJan 17, 2025 10:47 pm - Blake Fagbemi electrified the Benet crowd with his soaring tip dunk a minute in Friday. But he saved his best, and busiest, work for serving up others. Fagbemi, a 5-foot-...
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Photo gallery: High School Athletes Captured in ActionJan 14, 2025 10:51 am - Each week Daily Herald photographers capture high school athletes at their peak. We hope that you enjoy the Week in sports photos through our lens as much as we enjoy sho...
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Five awesome prep basketball events this monthJan 13, 2025 11:00 pm - This week’s High Five looks at some of the top boys and girls basketball events coming up this month.
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Girls basketball: Downers Grove North shows improvement in second loss to 17-1 LyonsJan 11, 2025 7:16 pm - Lyons forward Emma O’Brien doesn’t get discouraged when her shots aren’t falling. That mentality came in handy Saturday when the 6-foot-1 junior guard/forward missed seve...
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Girls basketball: Mazza scores 1,000th career point as Benet rolls past Marist to 16th straight winJan 08, 2025 10:27 pm - It had to be a 3. Aria Mazza is best known for her 3-point shooting prowess, so it was fitting that her most famous shot yet came from distance. The Benet senior guard to...
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Who had the area’s top holiday tournament performances?Jan 07, 2025 6:00 am - This week’s High Five looks at the area’s top holiday basketball tournament performances.
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Boys basketball: Lazarevic, Rolling Meadows rally past Downers Grove NorthJan 04, 2025 10:18 pm - Starting games doesn’t matter to Rolling Meadows senior Lazar Lazarevic as long as he’s finishing. And the 6-foot-6 Lazarevic was crucial in the Mustangs overcoming a slu...