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Naperville North’s Tom Welch is the Daily Herald DuPage County Male Athlete of the Year for 2018-19.

Strengths of Naperville North's Welch? A lot

Naperville North's Tom Welch is the 2018-19 DuPage County Male Athlete of the Year.
Wheeling’s Michael Best (23) is the Daily Herald’s Male Athlete of the Year for 2018-19 in the Northwest suburbs.

Wheeling's Best was best at a lot, but also was the best teammate

Wheeling's Michael Best is the Daily Herald Male Athlete of the Year for 2018-19 in the Northwest suburbs.
Brian Centella

Boys basketball: Centella hire makes sense for Grayslake Central

Long before his high school alma mater named him its new head boys basketball coach, Brian Centella envisioned it. Once a star basketball player for Grayslake Community, the 32-year-old was recently named Kosta Kougias' successor at Grayslake Central.
Wheaton Academy senior Jack Dykema is among 12 seniors attending DuPage County high schools who have received 2019 Evans Scholarship college grants for caddies.

Chick Evans Scholarship comes together for Dykema

The Evans Scholarship is well above par
Burlington Central girls basketball, pictured celebrating a 2014 Class 3A sectional championship win over Rockford Lutheran, looks to be one of the Rockets’ programs poised to have the most success when the school transitions to the Fox Valley Conference next year.

Burlington Central ready for Fox Valley challenge

Even more change is coming soon for Burlington Central, a big one that should make the 2019-20 school year a most interesting year to follow.
Isaiah Davis
Davis steps up to be Metea Valley coach
Isaiah Davis named new Metea Valley boys basketball coach
Erin Colletti
New Naperville North coach Colletti emphasizes the positive
Colletti named Naperville North girls basketball coach
Aurora Christian grad Wolfe helps Lipscomb reach NIT title game
Jake Wolfe enjoyed an illustrious high school basketball career at Aurora Christian.
Texas Tech’s Matt Mooney (13), a Wauconda native, celebrates with teammate Kyler Edwards after making a 3-pointer during the second half against Michigan State in the semifinals of the NCAA Final Four tournament in Minneapolis.
Final Four experience end of a long, fun journey for Wauconda native Mooney
Wauconda native and Niles Notre Dame graduate Matt Mooney lived his dream last weekend as a starting guard for Texas Tech, which lost to Virginia in the NCAA Tournament championship game.
Ernie Colombe, Kaneland’s new boys basketball coach
Colombe takes over Kaneland's boys program
The time was right for Ernie Colombe to say yes.
Mike Featherly
Hampshire names Featherly new boys basketball coach
Hampshire High School looked within to find its new boys basketball.
Conant High School senior Rajat Mittal got a perfect score on his ACT and excels in math; he is a violinist, and he plays basketball.
Conant's Mittal not a rocket scientist yet -- but he's close
Conant senior Rajat Mittal, the leading scorer of the Conant basketball team (14 ppg) and an all-conference and all-area selection, is the complete package. The perfect candidate for a top-shelf college.
Geneva coach Scott Hennig was part of a couple of the best — and strangest — games Craig Brueske saw this past basketball season.
Looking back at a memorable basketball season
Another Illinois high school basketball season is in the books but the ink remains wet and the memories still fresh in my mind.
Tailgating with Dave and Kevin is a Daily Herald podcast. Basketball season is the topic at hand.
PODCAST: Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin)
PODCAST: Daily Herald prep sports writers Dave Oberhelman, Kevin Schmit and Orrin Schwarz bring you the "best of" lists from DuPage County's boys and girls basketball seasons on this week's Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin).
Belleville West’s EJ Liddell, center, holds the Class 4A state championship trophy Saturday night at Carver Arena in Peoria.
Tears for all, and championships for East St. Louis, Belleville West
The losing team normally does the crying. Not Saturday afternoon at Carver Arena at the IHSA state Class 3A and Class 4A basketball finals.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
DAILY HERALD TOP TEAMS
Rank School W L T
1 Geneva Basketball Geneva High School 32 2
Notes: Won DuKane Conference and sectional titles
2 Stevenson Basketball Adlai E. Stevenson High School 27 6
Notes: OT loss to Evanston in supersectional
3 York Basketball York Community High School 29 5
Notes: Most regular season wins, regional title
4 West Aurora Basketball West Aurora High School 28 6
Notes: Upstate Eight, regional champs
5 Waubonsie Valley Basketball Waubonsie Valley High School 27 5
Notes: Won first regional title since 2008
6 Benet Academy Basketball Benet Academy 24 8
Notes: Won 20 for a 10th straight season
7 St. Viator Basketball St. Viator High School 26 7
Notes: Just missed out on state final appearance
8 Fremd Basketball William Fremd High School 22 5
Notes: Four straight regional titles
9 South Elgin Basketball South Elgin High School 25 9
Notes: Made second sectional final appearance
10 Downers Grove North Basketball Downers Grove North High School 23 12
Notes: First sectional final since 1999
11 Schaumburg Basketball Schaumburg High School 23 7
Notes: First regional title since 2012
12 Downers Grove South Basketball Downers Grove South High School 23 8
Notes: Co-champs of WSC Gold
13 Lake Park Basketball Lake Park High School 23 11
Notes: Won 17 more games than in 2017-18
14 Glenbard West Basketball Glenbard West High School 20 10
Notes: Evan Taylor is program's top all-time scorer
15 Crystal Lake South Basketball Crystal Lake South High School 23 8
Notes: Shared 1st conference title in 25 years
16 Wheaton Warrenville South Basketball Wheaton Warrenville South High School 20 12
Notes: Allowed only 39.7 points per game
17 Carmel Basketball Carmel Catholic High School 22 12
Notes: Sectional semifinal loss to DePaul Prep
18 Naperville North Basketball Naperville North High School 18 12
Notes: Tom Welch was simply a load
19 Wheaton North Basketball Wheaton North High School 18 13
Notes: Reng, Schauer both all-DuKane
20 Glenbard South Basketball Glenbard South High School 25 7
Notes: First sectional title since 2000
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Larkin alumni and fans get revved up at the conclusion of the women’s game as part of Larkin vs. Elgin Part 2 alumni games at Larkin High School in Elgin Wednesday night.
Elgin vs. Larkin basketball alumni games
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