DuPage County Sports
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Girls basketball: Leuze, Cary-Grove hand Burlington Central first FVC lossJan 06, 2026 9:51 pm - A locker room talk allowed senior forward Olivia Leuze and Cary-Grove to find their spark during Tuesday evening’s Fox Valley Conference girls basketball game against Bu...
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Boys basketball: Naperville North fends off Waubonsie Valley’s comebackJan 06, 2026 9:29 pm - The holidays are over, but the Naperville North pep band kept the festive feeling going Tuesday night with a terrific rendition of ‘Sleigh Ride’ at intermission of the Hu...
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Epic game, brutal defeat: Making sense of Illinois State’s FCS title lossJan 06, 2026 6:42 pm - Monday’s FCS title game was off the charts for drama. But Illinois State had to bear the consequences of a bitter overtime defeat against Montana State.
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Prep sports heads into the new yearJan 05, 2026 10:39 pm - Happy New Year from the Daily Herald prep sports newsletter.
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Girls basketball: Another big game from Jones not enough in Naperville Central’s loss to LoyolaJan 05, 2026 10:10 pm - Clemson-bound Trinity Jones scored a game-high 27 points and had 12 rebounds, but Loyola improved to 15-2 with an impressive 65-49 road win that snapped Naperville Central’s five-game winning streak.
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Who had the area’s top holiday basketball tournament performances?Jan 05, 2026 12:03 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the top holiday basketball tournament performances from our high school teams.
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Daily Herald Athlete of the Month nominees for DecemberJan 05, 2026 10:44 am - Nominees for the Daily Herald Athlete of the Month award for December.
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‘Edgy’ Tim: Naperville North’s Hill enrolling at Indiana this weekJan 04, 2026 2:17 pm - “Edgy” Tim O’Halloran: Gabriel Hill, who graduated from Naperville North last month, is preparing to begin his college career later this week. Hill, who verbally committed to the Indiana Hoosiers in May, had 15 scholarship offers including a dozen from Power Four schools such as Illinois, Notre Dame, LSU, Iowa and Tennessee.
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Boys basketball: Abushanab layup at the buzzer lifts Glenbard West past SchaumburgJan 03, 2026 8:55 pm - Josh Abushanab scored 17 points, including a game-winning layup with time expiring, as Glenbard West defeated Schaumburg 43-41 as part of the Mid-Suburban League vs. West Suburban Conference Challenge in Glen Ellyn on Saturday afternoon.
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Never enough: One of 10 kids, Skokna aims to lead North Central to another titleJan 03, 2026 8:44 pm - North Central’s Luke Skokna leads all of Division III in receiving touchdowns this season. The Hinsdale native comes from a family of 10 kids and will try to win his third national title Sunday.