Naperville Sports
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Weekly Roundup: High School Athletes Captured in Action by Daily Herald PhotographersJan 22, 2025 1:16 pm - 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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Girls basketball: King gets energized, rallies Batavia past Naperville North at MLK ShowdownJan 20, 2025 9:59 pm - Batavia senior Kaidyn King got energized late Monday night in the Bulldogs’ 52-50 victory over Naperville North in the final game of the MLK Showdown. King scored 10 of h...
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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: 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: 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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Boys basketball: Kirby, Geneva ice win at Naperville Central from the lineJan 17, 2025 10:24 pm - Whoever first said good things come to those who wait most likely wasn’t referring to offense in a prep basketball game. Yet that’s what happened in Friday’s nonconferenc...
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Boys basketball: Waubonsie Valley survives scare from Neuqua to stay unbeatenJan 14, 2025 10:37 pm - Waubonsie Valley came into Neuqua Valley’s gym Tuesday night looking for their 18th consecutive victory on the season without a loss. They got it, but it wasn’t easy by a...
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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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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.