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Six-Run Sixth Helps Neuqua Valley Outslug Naperville Central, 10-7
Given the windy conditions on an otherwise sunny Saturday afternoon, the ability to get outs figured to be paramount.
For both Naperville Central and Neuqua...
Baseball Highlights: Naperville Central at Waubonsie Valley
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Jason Neville Tosses Complete Game As Waubonsie Valley Picks Up 2-0 Victory Over Naperville Central
Brandon Petersen gives Waubonsie Valley a great chance to win any time he gets his hands on the baseball.
As the young Warriors look for...
Metea Valley Guts Out 3-2 Victory Over Hinsdale Central Thanks To Sam Janus’ Effort On Mound
The great thing about baseball is the daily grind and the beauty that one game doesn’t necessarily translate to the next one.
Consider Metea Valley...
Benet Wins 2015 Home Opener With 5-1 Victory Over Wheaton North Behind Six Solid Innings From Conor Hayes
Conor Hayes just wanted to keep the line moving.
Following in the footsteps of both Mike Powers and Dan Minik in Benet’s one-run loss Sunday...
Benet Enters 2015 Eyeing Third Straight ESCC Title & Program’s First Regional Title Since 2008
Taking over at Benet for Jeff Bonebrake prior to the 2012 season, Scott Lawler inherited a pair of program droughts.
Already having taken care of...
Metea Valley Looking to Keep Line Moving in Right Direction in 2015
In the four seasons Metea Valley’s baseball program has participated on the varsity level, the building process has been continuous.
From the 2012 team that...
Bryan Acevedo Era Begins at Waubonsie Valley With High Expectations in 2015
Tabbed to the top job at Waubonsie Valley in November after Dan Fezzuoglio stepped down last September after 14 years at the helm, Bryan...
Robin Renner ‘Excited’ for Neuqua Valley to Start 2015 Season
From a win standpoint in 2014, Neuqua Valley suffered its worst year since 2002 as it only won 18 games.
Yet it was able to...
A 20-Win Season the Starting Point for Naperville North in 2015
With only one 20-win season in the four years since it tied a program record for victories with 30 in 2010, Naperville North enters...
Third Straight DVC Crown & First Regional Title Since 2012 on Naperville Central’s To-Do List Entering 2015
Getting over the DuPage Valley Conference hump by winning the conference each of the last two years after finishing second to Wheaton North in...
Neuqua Valley’s Connor Raridon Stood Above All As 2014-15 Positively Naperville Prep Basketball Player of the Year
A coach’s son and a program defined by its skill, toughness and discipline.
Seems like a match made in heaven right?
Perhaps it’s no secret that...
2014-15 Positively Naperville All-Area Basketball Teams
First Team
Neuqua Valley senior guard Demond George (10.97 points, 2.72 rebounds, 4.28 assists and 2.59 steals)
An All-Upstate Eight Valley selection, George was multi-dimensional threat...
Prentiss Nixon’s 32 Points Helps Deny No. 1 Neuqua Valley in Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional Final as Second-Seeded Raiders Get 59-56 Win
The exasperated tone of Neuqua Valley coach Todd Sutton's voice outside his team’s locker room needed no explanation.
Anyone in the house on Friday to...
Third Sectional Title, Second 28-Win Season in Three Years Awaits No. 1 Neuqua Valley on Friday against No. 2 Bolingbrook in Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional Final
Both Connor Raridon and Demond George were being honest.
George, however, was more direct with his tone about the importance of Neuqua Valley’s 45-36 victory...
George & Raridon Spark No. 1 Neuqua Valley Late as Wildcats Get 45-36 Victory over No. 4 Providence Catholic in Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional Semifinal
For much of three quarters Tuesday night against Providence Catholic, not much was going right for either of Neuqua Valley’s star seniors, Connor Raridon...
Brand New Test, No. 4 Providence Catholic, Awaits Top-Seeded Neuqua Valley Tuesday in Class 4A Bolingbrook Sectional Semifinal
Neuqua Valley coach Todd Sutton readily admits his only goal coming into every year is to win a regional title.
After Neuqua Valley survived a...
Eighth-Seeded Metea Valley Hoping to Keep Things Rolling Opposite No. 4 Hinsdale Central Tuesday in Class 4A East Aurora Sectional Semifinal
Metea Valley opened its 2011-12 campaign by winning its first 14 games on its way to an Upstate Eight Valley title, the program’s first...
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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