Maple Park Sports
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Boys basketball: Kaneland runs win streak to 15 with gritty win over Naperville CentralJan 14, 2025 10:27 pm - Kaneland coach Ernie Colombe knew that his team didn’t bring its best stuff against Naperville Central on Tuesday night. From not getting close to their 69.8 points per g...
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Boys wrestling: Bode’s comeback pin starts off Sycamore’s 57-18 win over KanelandJan 09, 2025 9:16 pm - Cooper Bode said he’s working on his composure. Thursday’s match against Kaneland’s Apollo Gochis gave the Sycamore 175-pounder a good test of that. Bode led 3-0 in the f...
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Girls basketball: Aurora Central Catholic runs past KanelandJan 07, 2025 10:52 pm - Aurora Central Catholic ran over Kaneland, 73-48 in Maple Park during Tuesday night’s nonconference game. The Knights hadn’t allowed 70 or more points since a 70-67 loss ...
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Boys basketball: Kaneland outlasts Yorkville Christian in barnburner to take 61st Plano Christmas Classic titleDec 28, 2024 11:42 pm - Luke Reinert doesn’t hide from the fact that it’s easy for him to get lost among his taller, talented Kaneland teammates. But there the senior guard was, holding a tourna...
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Boys basketball: Kaneland advances to Plano championship gameDec 27, 2024 11:19 pm - Saturday’s 8 p.m. championship game is set at the 61st Plano Christmas Classic, as top-seeded defending champion Kaneland pulled away from scrappy No. 5 seed Streator lat...
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Boys basketball: Top-seeded Kaneland pulls away from No. 8 L-P in Plano Christmas ClassicDec 26, 2024 10:56 pm - Evan Frieders stole the ball from beyond half court and took it the distance, jamming it home with 1:54 left in the first half of Kaneland’s quarterfinal game against La ...
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Boys basketball: Cocroft, Kaneland roll past PlanoDec 20, 2024 10:37 pm - Scoring in bunches, Kaneland delivered an early knockout punch at Plano on Friday night, overwhelming the Reapers, 75-39. “We talk a lot about you’re going to get an oppo...
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Girls basketball: Meeks’ near triple-double helps Kaneland down Sycamore in overtimeDec 13, 2024 10:36 pm - Amani Meeks did nearly everything for Kaneland against Sycamore Friday, so it’s fitting she had the overtime dagger that sank the Spartans. The sophomore guard’s 3-point ...
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Boys basketball: Big third quarter leads Kaneland past Sycamore, coach Ernie Colombe to 300th winDec 11, 2024 10:16 pm - Unique Shaw drained a pair of 3-pointers early in the third quarter, and suddenly Kaneland’s lead over Sycamore, once 10 points, was gone. But the Knights had an answer, ...
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All hail the linemen: Area All-Americans dominating in the trenchesDec 09, 2024 6:00 am - Area graduates Matt Burba of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Sam Pryor of North Central College each earned football coaches All-America first-team honors.