Downers Grove North High School
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Boys basketball: Akkawi does double duty, helps lead Downers Grove North past Downers Grove SouthDec 23, 2024 10:59 am - Downers Grove North senior forward Aidan Akkawi does not have a nuclear reactor inside of him. But nobody, including him, has figured out where he gets his tremendous ene...
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Are we embarking on another great prep basketball season?Dec 13, 2024 6:00 am - Only a few weeks in, it’s already looking like a special season for the area’s boys and girls basketball teams.
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Girls basketball: Downers Grove North can’t slow Smith, unbeaten LyonsDec 11, 2024 10:39 pm - Who is Gwen Smith? That’s the question many Lyons opponents have been asking lately. One thing is for sure — teams better have an answer for the 5-foot-11 junior guard/fo...
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Girls basketball: Batavia upsets Butler Prep at Yates Chicagoland Showcase; DGN tripped up by NazarethDec 07, 2024 6:11 pm - On paper, Batavia and Butler Prep looked to be a one-sided game at Saturday’s Dave Yates Chicagoland Showcase. The Bulldogs are still trying to find their identity after ...
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Girls basketball: Reloaded, undefeated Downers Grove North scores 4-point win over YorkDec 03, 2024 10:51 pm - Senior Abby Gross and sophomore Campbell Thulin are the lone returning starters from the Downers Grove North girls basketball team’s Class 4A regional and West Suburban C...
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Girls basketball: Thulin’s 23 points help Downers Grove North win 1st Saxon ClassicNov 29, 2024 4:00 pm - Downers Grove North's girls basketball team has been a regular visitor to the Lady Saxons Thanksgiving Classic at Schaumburg High School for more than a handful of season...
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Stanton, Downers North’s defense too much for top seed BolingbrookMar 01, 2024 9:39 pm - Jack Stanton watched his 3-point attempt from the top of the key to end the third quarter hit front rim, roll to the back and drop in, and the Downers Grove North senior ...
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Benet upsets Bolingbrook; Waubonsie Valley also advancesFeb 20, 2024 11:27 pm - Aria Mazza, what are the odds? For the second consecutive playoff game, Benet’s 5-foot-7 junior guard found herself at the free throw line late, her team up one, the chan...
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Downers North rolls past Yorkville and into sectionalsFeb 15, 2024 11:32 pm - Hope Sebek could only sit and watch from the bench with a torn ACL during the second half of Downers Grove North’s season last year. Campbell Thulin? She wasn’t even in h...
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More than just Caitlin Clark. Suburban girls have plenty of stars to look up to in basketballFeb 11, 2024 6:00 am - For those who grew up in the 1980s and '90s, their basketball idols included Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas and Dr. J. This went for boys and gir...