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EAST AURORA BASKETBALL NEWSback to top
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West Aurora completes perfect Upstate Eight Valley run
Updated Feb 23, 2018 10:43 PM
West Aurora’s boys basketball team completed a perfect Upstate Eight Valley season Friday night with a 60-41 win over East Aurora.
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Elgin wins home finale over East Aurora
Updated Feb 6, 2018 9:57 PM
Elgin’s boys basketball team overcame deficits in both halves, then survived a wild finish for a 59-58 win against East Aurora on Tuesday.
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South Elgin slows it down, beats East Aurora
Updated Feb 2, 2018 11:26 PM
South Elgin’s boys basketball team defeated East Aurora Friday night.
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Gimre, West Chicago knock down shots, East Aurora
Updated Jan 26, 2018 10:04 PM
West Chicago defeated East Aurora in an Upstate Eight Conference Valley Division boys basketball game.
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South Elgin holds off East Aurora’s rally
Updated Jan 5, 2018 10:48 PM
South Elgin downed East Aurora 60-54 Friday night in an Upstate Eight Valley boys basketball game in Aurora.
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Geneva hangs on to dump East Aurora
Updated Dec 9, 2017 9:27 PM
Geneva’s boys basketball team defeated East Aurora 59-52 in an Upstate Eight crossover game Saturday night.
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West Aurora rolls past East Aurora
Updated Dec 8, 2017 11:25 PM
West Aurora defeated East Aurora 70-48 Friday night in an Upstate Eight Valley boys basketball game.
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Hardy, St. Charles East down East Aurora
Updated Nov 20, 2017 10:30 PM
St. Charles East’s boys basketball team opened the season with a 69-62 win over East Aurora Monday at the Ron Johnson Thanksgiving Tournament in St. Charles.
CONFERENCE NEWSback to top
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Play Video Larkin takes 4th in Class 4A
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Evanston’s run leaves Larkin with fourth place
Updated Mar 17, 2018 10:45 PM
Larkin’s boys basketball team fell behind in the second quarter and couldn’t recover Saturday night, falling to Evanston 61-49 in the third place game of the Class 4A state tournament in Peoria.
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Larkin’s basketball family sticks together through tough finish
Updated Mar 17, 2018 10:52 PM
The 2017-18 Larkin boys basketball players will take pride in their accomplishments in the coming weeks, but there was only sadness Saturday in the immediate aftermath of their final game together.
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Burlington Central, under the guidance of head coach Brett Porto, won a program-record 28 games this season and advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time in school history.
Rick West | Staff
Fox Valley basketball season in 2017-18 was indescribable
Updated Mar 20, 2018 8:15 PM
Picking the right words to describe the high school basketball season for the Fox Valley area isn’t easy.
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Paul Kowalyszyn
Kowalyszyn steps down at Streamwood
Updated Mar 19, 2018 9:27 PM
Paul Kowalyszyn has stepped down as Streamwood boys basketball coach.
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Larkin boys basketball coach Deryn Carter and his dad, Deryl, display the class 4A fourth-place trophy Saturday night at Carver Arena in Peoria. Deryl Carter served the Royals as a volunteer assistant coach.
PHOTO COURTESY MARLENE CARTER
Final reflections of the weekend in Peoria
Updated Mar 19, 2018 6:09 PM
Reflecting on the weekend in Peoria and the Class 4A state boys basketball tournament.
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Play Video Larkin head coach Deryn Carter yells instructions to his players on the floor.
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Larkin falls behind big early but doesn't give up
Updated Mar 17, 2018 1:29 PM
Larkin's boys basketball team fell behind 9-0 and trailed by 18 with 1:30 left in the first half, but the Royals climbed back into it against mighty Belleville West at the Class 4A state semifinals.
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Play Video Belleville West 64, Larkin 53
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Larkin battles but comes up short against Belleville West
Updated Mar 17, 2018 1:28 PM
Larkin's boys basketball team came up short against Belleville West 64-53 in the Class 4A state semifinals Friday evening at Carver Arena in Peoria.
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Larkin and senior Anthony Lynch will battle Belleville West Friday at 5:30 p.m. in a Class 4A state semifinal at Carver Arena in Peoria.
Mark Black | Staff
Mission impossible? Larkin accepting the challenge
Updated Mar 15, 2018 9:02 PM
Here’s what to expect from Friday’s Class 4A state semifinal boys basketball game between Larkin and Belleville West.
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Larkin’s Kindrel Morris dives for a loose ball as Benet’s Jake Ronneberg gets there first during Class 4A supersectional action at Northern Illinois University on Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff
The big-school basketball show goes on in Peoria
Updated Mar 15, 2018 12:54 PM
The boys basketball teams from Larkin, Evanston, Whitney Young, North Chicago, Marian Catholic and Morgan Park help lend a northerly flavor to this weekend’s 3A and 4A state finals in Peoria. But Belleville West and Springfield Southeast intend to make a powerful downstate case at Carver Arena.
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Larkin head coach Deryn Carter pumps his fist as the Royals celebrate their win against Benet in the Class 4A supersectional boys basketball game at Northern Illinois University Tuesday. Larkin takes on Belleville West in the state semifinals Friday in Peoria.
John Starks | Staff
School, community pride as important to Larkin as winning
Updated Mar 14, 2018 5:47 PM
Wednesday was not your normal day at Larkin High School. The entire school took on a little different air, courtesy of the Royals’ boys basketball team.
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Colors:Red/Black
Address: 500 Tomcat Ln.
Aurora, Il 60505
Phone:630-299-8000
County:Kane
Website:www.d131.kane.k12.il.us
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