Prep Sports
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Boys basketball: Smith, West Aurora heat up in the second half to down Geneva in MLK Day of HoopsJan 20, 2025 10:25 pm - West Aurora’s Terrence Smith knew he needed to get at least one dunk in the game. After not getting one in the first three quarters against Geneva, the Iowa football comm...
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High school scores for Jan. 20Jan 20, 2025 10:18 pm - Boys basketball Fenwick MLK Shootout Hinsdale Central 61, Notre Dame 60 (OT) Geneva MLK Classic Shootout at Oakton CC Hampshire 45, Belvidere North 41 Hunt...
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Girls basketball: King gets energized, rallies Batavia past Naperville North at MLK Showdown
Jan 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: Loyola runs away from Fremd with 26-point third quarterJan 20, 2025 8:28 pm - A sizzling hot third quarter by Loyola put Fremd on ice Monday afternoon at Coach Kipp’s Hoopsfest in Lisle. On a bitterly cold day when players, coaches, officials and f...
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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 gymnastics: Carmel captures Lake County crownJan 20, 2025 6:39 pm - Moments before the start of her team’s uneven-bars routines at Monday afternoon’s Lake County girls gymnastics invite at Carmel Catholic, Libertyville coach Tiffany Owens...
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Boys basketball: Fremd edges Deerfield in OT to win Lakes MLK tournamentJan 20, 2025 6:26 pm - Fremd’s Jordan Williams smiled through his split lip. “It was very tough to get inside today,” Williams said. “They have a lot of height and they were very physical.” Wil...
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Girls basketball: Montini can’t slow hot-shooting Nazareth
Jan 20, 2025 4:12 pm - Allia von Schlegell considers herself a streaky shooter, but her Nazareth teammate Stella Sakalas would beg to differ. “I’d argue that Allia is not streaky. She’s just a ...
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A handful of prep sports hopes for the new yearJan 20, 2025 3:18 pm - This week’s High Five offers five hopes from the area’s prep sports scene in 2025.