Craig Brueske
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Looking back at the best of the 2007-08 basketball seasonMar 12, 2008 11:00 pm - As the high school boys' basketball season comes to an end this weekend in Peoria, I felt the time was right to put the 2007-08 campaign to bed by reliving some of the m...
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Losses leave this week too quietMar 05, 2008 10:00 pm - And then there were none. What began last week as another adventure-filled, action-packed, yet-to-be-released postseason chapter for our area boys basketball teams wrapp...
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North Stars have good reason to look forward to next yearMar 01, 2008 10:00 pm - I'll admit it -- I'm a huge Chicago Cubs fan. As part of my 46-step (year) process, I've grown used to watching them suffer some of the most heartbreaking defeats imagin...
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Batavia 59, Benet 56Feb 26, 2008 10:00 pm - Timing is everything, and Batavia's Phil Albrecht certainly had it Tuesday night. After admittedly struggling to find his jump shot throughout the majority of the contes...
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Experience makes a difference for BGFeb 25, 2008 10:00 pm - Perhaps there really is no substitute for being there before. After Nika Sircher's clutch 3-pointer trimmed what was a 15-point, third-quarter deficit to 6 at 43-37 with...
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St. Charles East 74, Waubonsie Valley 72Feb 22, 2008 10:00 pm - Despite a furious fourth-quarter comeback, Waubonsie Valley's boys basketball team saw its share of the Upstate Eight Conference title slip away Friday night. And the Wa...
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'Moment of truth' less than a week awayFeb 20, 2008 10:00 pm - Unless you own a snowplow business or operate a ski resort, this winter season seems a lot longer than normal. It reminds me of a sign posted recently in front of a St. ...
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Third-quarter run sparks North StarsFeb 16, 2008 10:00 pm - It didn't matter that St. Charles North's basketball team committed 22 turnovers, managed only 15 first-half points and didn't have a single player reach double figures....
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Batavia 74, Sycamore 56Feb 15, 2008 10:00 pm - The Batavia boys basketball team inched another step closer to its third consecutive conference championship with Friday's convincing 74-56 triumph over host Sycamore. T...
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St. Charles North 45, St. Charles East 22Feb 14, 2008 10:00 pm - No doubt about it, St. Charles North's girls basketball team definitely came ready to play Thursday. Performing like a team on a mission, the top-seeded North Stars (21-...