Benet Academy Sports
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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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Girls basketball: Waubonsie Valley holds off furious Benet comeback, wins rematch for second straight sectional titleFeb 27, 2025 10:31 pm - Maya Pereda does not lack for confidence, but the Waubonsie Valley sophomore needed a little affirmation from her coach after a scoreless game Tuesday. She took it to hea...
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Hall of fame nod triggers gymnast’s happy memoriesFeb 26, 2025 6:19 pm - Former high school gymnast Bonnie Wiggins inducted into Illinois High School Girls Gymnastics Coaches Association Hall of Fame for her decorated career, including 13 state meet medals.
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Girls basketball: Briggs leads Benet’s fourth-quarter surge past Downers Grove NorthFeb 25, 2025 11:09 pm - Benet center Emma Briggs is always trying to find a way to beat opponents. The 6-foot junior came up with several on Tuesday. Briggs scored a team-high 12 points, includi...
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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...