Benet Academy Sports
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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...
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Girls basketball: Nazareth snaps Benet’s 22-game winning streakJan 29, 2025 10:57 pm - Basketball fans may not be aware of how good Nazareth sophomore Sophia Towne is. But her teammates are. And a lot more people too after she tallied 12 points, five assist...
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Boys basketball: Fagbemi, Benet get resounding win over Rich at shootoutJan 25, 2025 11:05 pm - Blake Fagbemi considers passing his best skill, and the Benet senior guard will take what the defense gives him. He also won’t back away from a challenge. When Fagbemi sa...
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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 basketball: Benet heats up, tops Prospect for 19th win in a rowJan 18, 2025 9:12 pm - Benet didn’t look like the top-ranked team in the state in the early going against Prospect on Saturday. But the Redwings weren’t worried. “Coach (Joe) Kilbride says it t...
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Boys basketball: Fagbemi’s passing on the mark, but cold-shooting Benet loses to St. PatrickJan 17, 2025 10:47 pm - Blake Fagbemi electrified the Benet crowd with his soaring tip dunk a minute in Friday. But he saved his best, and busiest, work for serving up others. Fagbemi, a 5-foot-...
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Five awesome prep basketball events this monthJan 13, 2025 11:00 pm - This week’s High Five looks at some of the top boys and girls basketball events coming up this month.
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Girls basketball: Mazza scores 1,000th career point as Benet rolls past Marist to 16th straight winJan 08, 2025 10:27 pm - It had to be a 3. Aria Mazza is best known for her 3-point shooting prowess, so it was fitting that her most famous shot yet came from distance. The Benet senior guard to...
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Who had the area’s top holiday tournament performances?Jan 07, 2025 6:00 am - This week’s High Five looks at the area’s top holiday basketball tournament performances.
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How do the Herald Cup standings look after the fall season?Jan 03, 2025 6:00 am - With the fall season in the books, it’s a good time to look at the updated Herald Cup standings for the 2024-25 school year.