Benet Academy
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Top prep hoops performances of the week, state title editionMar 17, 2025 6:23 pm - This edition of the High Five honors the top performances from Benet and Warren, the local teams that squared off for the Class 4A state championship on Saturday.
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Boys basketball: Persistence pays off as Benet captures elusive state title over WarrenMar 15, 2025 11:29 pm - CHAMPAIGN — Gene Heidkamp has been the architect at Benet of one of the state’s most respected and best basketball programs since he arrived at the Lisle private school i...
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Boys basketball: Benet’s defensive tenacity sends them past Evanston to IHSA Class 4A title gameMar 14, 2025 9:23 pm - For much of the first three quarters of the Class 4A state tournament semifinal matchup with Evanston, many of the things that got Benet to state weren’t really present. ...
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Warren, Benet eyeing history in ChampaignMar 13, 2025 2:56 pm - Warren and Benet vie for their program’s first state boys basketball championship this weekend in Champaign.
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Boys basketball: Mac Doyle, cousin of former Benet star Kathleen Doyle, hopes to bring first state title to boys programMar 13, 2025 7:13 am - Mac Doyle was quite familiar with the CEFCU Arena court he played on Monday night. The Benet senior guard’s mom, Cara, coached the St. Ignatius girls team to second place...
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Boys basketball: Benet puts the clamps on Quincy, earns trip to 4A state tournamentMar 10, 2025 10:09 pm - Benet turned the ball over on three of its first four possessions in the Class 4A Illinois State University supersectional on Monday night. One might think that was a bad...
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Boys basketball: Stasys answers the call, helps lead Benet’s stellar defense in sectional final win over Downers Grove NorthMar 07, 2025 11:31 pm - Edvardas Stasys did not play at all in Benet’s win Wednesday night, but the 6-foot-7 sophomore was not bothered by it. He knew his time was coming. Benet coach Gene Heidk...
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Pauliukonis, hot-shooting Benet take care of Waubonsie Valley in front of sellout crowdMar 05, 2025 10:30 pm - Daniel Pauliukonis is, in basketball parlance, a “unicorn.” Benet’s lanky 6-foot-9 senior, a Southern Illinois recruit, can shoot it like guards much smaller than him. Pa...
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Boys basketball: Benet earns hard-fought regional title on Oswego East’s home courtFeb 28, 2025 9:40 pm - Benet made only one field goal in the fourth quarter of Friday’s Class 4A Oswego East regional title game, and the host Wolves made two. Anyone who learned that but was n...
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Boys basketball: Benet takes early lead, cruises past St. ViatorJan 31, 2025 10:15 pm - While it wasn’t a championship game, Benet treated Friday’s home game against St. Viator as such. Both teams entered as part of a three-way tie atop the East Suburban Cat...