Looking better than ever
Here's a scary thought for rival Upstate Eight Conference basketball coaches: He's back and he's better. Much better. Beacon-News Player of the Year Ryan Boatright returns for his junior year at point guard for East Aurora after averaging 17.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists for last year's 20-8 team.
Elmwood Park had no answer for the Bulldogs' 3-1-1 pressure or its own shooting woes as Batavia picked up a 57-23 victory Friday at the Hoop Happenings tournament at IMSA.
Rosary senior basketball players Katie Petrando, Jordan Rettig and Lane Richmond are entering their fourth varsity season together, and after Tuesday's 50-32 non-conference win over Kaneland, they have led the Royals to a quick 2-0 start before beginning play Saturday at the Geneva Tournament against Antioch.
A talented and hard-working senior class provided first-year Geneva
coach Phil Ralston with a heck of an opening act last year: a share of
the Western Sun Conference championship, two holiday tournament titles
and more than 20 victories before a loss to Batavia in a regional
semifinal.
Even though an opposing Southwest Prairie Conference coach calls him
"the best player" in the league, senior Jay Harris won't be a one-man
band for Oswego East.
Where is the buzz?
Here we are in the second round of the IHSA playoffs, and it feels like something's missing. A little buzz, perhaps. A little excitement.
Exorcise program
It's been a long time since Marmion has had a Friday night like this one. The Cadets host Montini Friday with a chance to cement their place in Marmion football history.
Down the stretch they come
It's been awhile, but the Western Sun Conference is a horse race this year -- and Friday's game at Kaneland is the start of an exciting home stretch. Not since 2006 has the conference been this close this late in the year, and not coincidentally, that was also the last time Geneva had lost in WSC play.
The new Gold standard?
Aurora Christian has been in this position before during the last two years: on the verge of a conference championship.
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