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Night of Hoops at Batavia good glimpse into season

By Bobby Narang The Jim & Sylvia Roberts Night of Hoops provided a late-season glimpse into the upcoming high school boys basketball playoffs. The annual event, with Batavia High School host, featured four high-profile games Saturday, Jan. 21. In the opener, York High School relied on a late run to...

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Benet Academy host to stellar MLK girls basketball

By Bobby Narang The Martin Luther King (MLK) holiday weekend featured some quality girls high school basketball in Chicagoland. The 33rd Annual Coach Derril Kipp’s Hoopfest was the marquee event. Played over a three-day span, with two days dedicated to the tournament, the high-profile event was must-see basketball with high...

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Plusses: Geneva, Nazareth, Benet, in holiday games

By Bobby Narang The holiday high school basketball tournament season is a key moment in the schedule for teams throughout the State. The four-class State system hits the mid-point of the season and allows a true indicator of teams in the hunt for a championship. • On the girls side,...

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Solid girls basketball teams: West Chicago, Waubonsie Valley

By Bobby Narang Entering the holiday tournament season, the West Chicago High School girls basketball team remains one of the surprise stories in Chicagoland. The Wildcats (13-4, 4-3, Upstate Eight Conference) won just eight games last season, and through two months of the season are off to their best start...

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Downers Grove North dark horse in boys basketball

By Bobby Narang With the holiday high school basketball season in full swing, Downers Grove North is emerging as a dark-horse candidate. After Glenbard West dominated the boys basketball West Suburban Silver Conference on the way to the program’s first State championship last season, Downers Grove North is looking to...

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York head coach Mike Dunn ready for Tosh basketball

By Bobby Narang York High School head basketball coach Mike Dunn is ready for another stab at winning the prestigious Jack Tosh Holiday Classic this season. The 32-team tournament is one of the top events of the holiday season in the State and features two games played at the same...

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Challenges continue for competitive, accomplished, York QB

By Bobby Narang York High School senior quarterback Matt Vezza made the most of his time on varsity. The York senior quarterback showed what he could do in the fourth game of his junior season last year by helping guide York to a difficult road victory over Downers Grove North....

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State high school football finishes with flourish

By Bobby Narang The Illinois eight-class high school football playoffs wrapped up with a bang Saturday night, November 26, on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign. The two-day championship weekend featured four games Friday followed by four more games Saturday. • IC Catholic added to its growing...

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Football teams’ aims this week: State championships

By Bobby Narang The end of November always signals a special time of the season in high school sports in Illinois. With the first week of boys basketball starting on the Monday week of Thanksgiving, it is followed by State football eight-class football championships on the weekend. It’s a busy...

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York QB Vezza helping to create lifetime memories

By Bobby Narang Without hesitation, York High School senior quarterback Matt Vezza can pinpoint the low moment of his football career. He has a little more problems picking up the best moment of his career. Maybe that’s because the Vezza-led Dukes have reinvigorated the Elmhurst community with many milestones in...

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York comfortable, impressive, in big-time football

By Bobby Narang York High School head football coach Mike Fitzgerald wondered how his team would handle adversity in the second-round playoff Saturday, Nov. 5. The Dukes, a relative newcomer to big-time football, were playing at State powerhouse Marist in Chiago, but had to overcome unusual heavy winds that hampered...

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West Suburban Silver shows football strength

By Bobby Narang The West Suburban Silver Conference is showing its strength in the playoffs this season. Filled with big schools with the capability to be among the best in the State, the West Suburban Conference (WSC) Silver is led by the strong play of York and Glenbard West High...

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Wheaton Academy rides crest into IHSA playoffs

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) football playoffs are finally here. For the second straight season, the playoffs are a welcome return to normality in the Fall. The IHSA released the eight-class football pairings Saturday evening, with Lincoln-Way East, 9-0, as the No. 1 seed in largest...

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Nazareth Academy in a sense of playoff urgency

By Bobby Narang The sense of urgency hit the Nazareth Academy High School football team after the conclusion of week seven Saturday, Oct. 8. The Roadrunners have become a playoff staple under the direction of head coach Tim Racki over the past decade. Missing the playoffs is not an option,...

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York High School boys soccer teams joins football championship

By Bobby Narang The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) boys soccer season is hitting the final lap of the regular season. One year ago, York claimed the top prize in Class 3A with an historic run, by defeating Fremd, 4-0, in the championship game to win the program’s first State...

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York, Naperville Central, capture important games

By Bobby Narang Two of the biggest high school football games in the Chicago suburbs took place Friday night, September 30. In week five, feature games billed State powerhouse Glenbard West at up-and-coming York, and the annual Naperville North- Naperville Central game at North Central College in Naperville was on...

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York-Glenbard West showdown battle of 5-0 teams

By Bobby Narang York High School wants to follow the same script Friday night, Sept. 30, in football. Glenbard West is aiming for a rewrite. The Dukes and Hilltoppers hook up for a key midseason West Suburban Silver Conference game in week six. The York Dukes, 5-0, 3-0, have recent...

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Undefeated St. Francis, IC, on Metro collision path

By Bobby Narang St. Francis High School in Wheaton and IC Catholic Prep in Elmhurst are on their to a collision course in week nine football. However, Riverside-Brookfield might have something to say in the Metro Suburban Red Conference standings. The Metro Suburban Red Conference has four teams with at...

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West Suburban Conference football clashes ahead

By Bobby Narang After the first three weeks of the high school football season, the West Suburban Silver Conference is heating up. York, Glenbard West, Lyons, and Downers Grove North, enter the fourth weekend of the season all undefeated along with one Conference victory each. By Saturday, Sept. 17 that...

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Naperville Central starts football with stellar defense

By Bobby Narang Naperville Central High School lost several contributors from last season’s memorable football team. Yet, the Redhawks, even with numerous first-time staters and newcomers on the varsity, looked in sync in their season opening 24-9 win over Hinsdale Central. The Redhawks (1-0) kept the visitors out of the...

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