Naperville 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: 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.
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Boys basketball: Naperville Central digs out of big hole, can’t quite catch LockportJan 11, 2025 7:54 pm - Lockport boys basketball coach Dave Wilson trusts his players. That trust was on display down the stretch in a matinee on Saturday against Naperville Central. With the ga...
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Boys basketball: Loughlin nails last-second game-winner to lift Naperville North over Neuqua ValleyJan 10, 2025 10:33 pm - With this DuPage Valley Conference game tied at 53 and 45.7 seconds left, Naperville North coach Gene Nolan planned to get Carson Loughlin in an isolation at the elbow. H...
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Quite a bowl season for the area’s college football playersJan 10, 2025 5:29 am - From the Salute to Veterans Bowl to the College Football Playoff, it’s been quite a bowl season for our local football players.