Benet Academy Sports
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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...
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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 ...