Benet Academy
Benet Girls Get First State Title in Program History After 61-39 Victory over Fremd in Class 4A State Title Game
Benet knew it just had to keep playing.
With shots not customarily falling the way they had for 33 victories previously coming into Saturday’s Class...
Girls Basketball Highlights: State Semis Benet vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
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Fifth Regional Title Since 2010 at Stake for Second-Seeded Benet Opposite No. 7 York Friday
With his team in position to win a fifth regional title since the 2009-10 season on Friday, Benet Coach Gene Heidkamp isn’t putting any...
Boys Basketball Regional Final Schedule for Friday, March 5
The IHSA Basketball Tournament is underway and Neuqua Valley, Benet Academy and Metea Valley have all advanced to their respective regional finals. The Glenbard...
Second-Seeded Benet Survives Scare From No. 14 Seed Glenbard West, Pulls Away Late for 45-39 Victory over Hilltoppers
Thanks to the success it has enjoyed over the last several years, Benet is certainly experienced in hostile environments.
Facing yet another team on its...
Naperville-Area Basketball Teams Prepping for Beckoning State Tournament
Naperville-area teams getting recognition by virtue of receiving high sectional seeds isn’t anything new.
After all, consider the fact that since the 2007-08 season, five...
Benet Gets First Sectional Title Since 2004 After 87-60 Rout of Oswego
All year long, Benet has forced opponents to play at the tempo it has deemed permissible.
With the program’s first sectional title since 2004 at...
Area Boys’ Basketball Teams Awaiting Postseason Seeds and Pairings
The IHSA will release Class 3A and Class 4A seeds for the upcoming state tournament at approximately 4 p.m. Thursday, with pairings to follow...
Sixth Straight 20-Win Campaign One for Benet to Savor
In the seven years he has spent at the helm of the Benet basketball program, Gene Heidkamp has had just one losing season.
Since taking...
Thanks to Bonnett’s Double-Double, Benet Nets Ninth Straight W After 56-49 Victory Over Hoffman Estates
The list of standout seniors that have led Benet teams over the last six years is long, led by the likes of Frank Kaminsky,...
Benet Stays Alive in ESCC Race Courtesy of 64-41 Victory Over Nazareth
With the regular season winding down, Benet took the floor Friday night opposite Nazareth looking to keep the momentum gleaned from winning seven straight...
Local Football Players Putting Pen to Paper on 2015 National Signing Day – Wed., Feb. 4
This list of football commits will be updated as signings are announced.
Benet
RB Brad Sznajder - Butler
Metea Valley
OL Brett Boddy - Holy Cross
WR Nick Dodson...
Champaign Central Uses Three-Point Shot to Top Benet, 61-52, at WWS MLK Tournament
All year long, Benet has been winning games with grit and guile substituting for substance at times.
Trailing by as many as 10 points in...
Benet Goes Inside to Top Metea Valley, 58-54, At WWS MLK Tournament
Two-and-a-half minutes into Benet’s Saturday night affair with Metea Valley, Benet coach Gene Heidkamp took time to implore one thing of his team.
Stop relying...
Benet Leads Nearly Wire-to-Wire in 63-50 Victory Over Downers Grove South
On a three-game losing streak, Benet came to Wheaton on Saturday morning looking to get back on track.
Behind getting three guys in double figures...
Colin Bonnett’s Heroics Not Enough as Benet Loses to Fenwick, 62-60, in OT
Off to a somewhat surprising 9-3 start heading into the 2015 calendar year, Benet has gotten back to what it knows so well.
Defense.
Defending at...
Frank Kaminsky Thriving in Senior Year for Fourth-Ranked Wisconsin
Entrenched in his 14th season at Wisconsin, Bo Ryan has a simple response for all of his success at the helm of the Badgers’ program,...
Frank Kaminsky Nets Double-Double in Wisconsin’s 81-58 Victory at Northwestern
With the presence of Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year Frank Kaminsky in the middle and his ability to pass out of the...
Perhaps To No One’s Surprise, Benet Rolling Along at 9-3 Entering 2015
Given all the personnel losses Benet suffered in the midst of losing four starters from its 25-win team from last year, which finished second...
