DuPage County Sports
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Girls basketball: Benet ‘plays like a pack of wolves,’ overwhelms Naperville North for 11th straight regional titleFeb 20, 2025 10:30 pm - Stop Natalie Frempong. That was the easier-said-than done mission Benet was on Thursday night. Frempong, Naperville North’s star junior point guard, came into the Class 4...
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Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley shows it’s ready to play with rout of West AuroraFeb 20, 2025 10:03 pm - Waubonsie Valley’s girls basketball team has plenty of talent, and its focus so far in the playoffs has been on staying focused and taking steps toward another trip downstate. The mission was accomplished with flying colors this week, capped off by Thursday’s 82-44 dismantling of West Aurora in the Class 4A regional title game.
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Girls basketball: Fanta finds her shot, hits 2 big ones to lift Downers Grove North to regional titleFeb 20, 2025 9:47 pm - Ady Fanta admits that she has not shot the ball as well as she’d like to this season. Downers Grove North coach Stephan Bolt, though, insists that she’s a knockdown shoot...
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Girls basketball: Wheaton North’s second half surge continues with regional win over St. Charles NorthFeb 20, 2025 9:31 pm - Wheaton North’s girls basketball team has proved throughout the course of the season the importance of patience. While a 1-9 start admittedly tested some wills, the Falco...
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Girls basketball: St. Charles East handles pressure, Lake Park to claim regional crownFeb 20, 2025 8:56 pm - Midway through the second quarter at Thursday’s Class 4A Willowbrook regional championship, Lake Park was executing its game plan to perfection. In their bid to upset No....
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‘I’m extremely blessed’: Naperville’s Lopez cherishing time with CubsFeb 20, 2025 5:37 pm - At a career crossroads, Naperville Central High School graduate Nicky Lopez is cherishing his time with the Cubs.
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Dodgers pitcher Miller, suburban native, hit in the head by a line drive, walks off fieldFeb 20, 2025 5:09 pm - GLENDALE, Ariz. — Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Bobby Miller was hit in the head by a line drive on Thursday during the team's spring training against the Cubs, but he was ...
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Girls basketball: Jones returns, but Naperville Central can’t slow YorkvilleFeb 18, 2025 10:43 pm - Yorkville senior Brooke Spychalski was as curious as anyone in the gym Tuesday at the sight of Trinity Jones warming up. Four weeks after Spychalski and the Foxes beat Na...
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Girls basketball: Silkaitis leads York’s balanced effort to take down Geneva in regional semifinalFeb 18, 2025 10:33 pm - York’s Olivia Silkaitis knew that if she wanted to extend her junior season by at least one more game, her team would need to stick to what it does best. Playing as a tea...
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‘A deeply personal honor’: Oakton College inducts 2 student-athletes into junior college hall of fameFeb 18, 2025 3:59 pm - Oakton College honored two outstanding student-athletes by inducting them into the National Junior College Athletic Association Region 4 Hall of Fame class of 2025.