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Matthew Ambrose
The Lake County All-Area Team
Updated Mar 21, 2020 7:09 AM
Presenting the 2019-20 Daily Herald Lake County All-Area Boys Basketball Team
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Former Libertyville basketball star Drew Peterson is transferring from Rice University after two seasons.
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Former Libertyville star Peterson is leaving Rice
Updated Apr 6, 2020 4:29 PM
Drew Peterson keeps building impressive stats. On Tuesday, after news broke that the former Libertyville basketball star entered the NCAA transfer portal, Peterson says he heard from about 20 schools. He put together a breakout season as a sophomore for Rice University this past season.
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Zion-Benton nips Libertyville for regional title
Updated Mar 6, 2020 10:38 PM
Zion-Benton defeated Libertyville in a Class 4A boys basketball regional final Friday night.
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Libertyville’s Chase Bonder reacts to making a 3-pointer against Warren in a regional semifinal boys basketball game Tuesday night.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville steals story in Johnson’s return for Warren
Updated Mar 3, 2020 10:09 PM
Warren senior guard Jordan Johnson, who missed almost the entire season due to a torn ACL, played his first meaningful minutes of the season Tuesday night and nearly helped the Blue Devils rally for a victory. Libertyville prevailed 46-43 in a semifinal of the Class 4A Warren regional.
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Zion-Benton downs Libertyville
Updated Feb 26, 2020 10:27 PM
Zion-Benton defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Wednesday night.
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Lake Forest sneaks by Libertyville in OT
Updated Feb 21, 2020 11:11 PM
Lake Forest defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Friday night.
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Enright leads Mundelein past Libertyville
Updated Feb 18, 2020 9:53 PM
Mundelein defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Tuesday night.
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Libertyville rolls by Hersey
Updated Feb 15, 2020 11:35 PM
Libertyville defeated Hersey in a boys basketball game Saturday night.
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Williams, McNeal lead Round Lake past Lakes
Updated Feb 14, 2020 11:34 PM
Hakim Williams scored 24 points, Deveauntay McNeal added 22, and Round Lake’s boys basketball team defeated host Lakes 71-58 in Northern Lake County Conference action on Friday night.
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Libertyville handles Waukegan for NSC win
Updated Feb 11, 2020 10:22 PM
Libertyville defeated Waukegan in a boys basketball game Tuesday night.
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Libertyville’s Jackson Watson dribbles up court against Buffalo Grove Wednesday. Watson has taken his lifelong basketball knowledge to another level by teaching the game to aspiring younger players.
John Starks | Staff
Teaching the game could become a future for Libertyville’s Watson
Updated Feb 7, 2020 9:35 PM
Libertyville’s Jackson Watson has taken his lifelong basketball knowledge to another level by teaching the game to aspiring younger players.
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Buffalo Grove’s Stephen Harris tries to score against Libertyville’s Marc Michelotti in a boys basketball game in Buffalo Grove Wednesday.
John Starks | Staff
Craft scores 34 as Buffalo Grove downs Libertyville
Updated Feb 6, 2020 2:56 PM
Buffalo Grove defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Wednesday night.
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Will Moore
Libertyville’s Moore earns MVP nod
Updated Feb 5, 2020 6:14 PM
Will Moore of Libertyville is this week’s Daily Herald MVP for boys basketball.
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Libertyville hustles way to win over Warren
Updated Feb 1, 2020 9:33 PM
Will Moore and Blake Ellingson each scored 16 points, and Libertyville’s boys basketball team defeated host Warren 61-54 in a North Suburban Conference matinee on Saturday. The winning Wildcats sank 11 3-pointers.
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Moore is better as Libertyville beats Zion-Benton
Updated Jan 29, 2020 10:18 PM
Will Moore scored a career-high 27 points, and Libertyville’s boys basketball team built a big lead on visiting Zion-Benton before hanging on for a 78-69 win in North Suburban Conference action on Wednesday night.
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Donovan Carter
Wauconda’s Carter breaks school scoring mark
Updated Jan 24, 2020 11:33 PM
Donovan Carter became the all-time leading scorer in Wauconda boys basketball history on Friday night. The senior guard entered the Bulldogs’ Northern Lake County Conference game at North Chicago needing 4 points to break the school scoring mark of 1,272 points held by Mike Freund (Class of 1964). Carter scored 24 points, and Wauconda won 67-59.
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From left, Wheaton Warrenville South’s Micah Kim and Warren’s Alexander Figueroa and Juan De La Cruz battle for the ball at the Orange and Black Gym in the 8th Annual Wheaton Warrenville South MLK Tournament in varsity boys basketball Monday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Round Lake’s McNeal posts 29 and 19
Updated Jan 20, 2020 8:56 PM
A monster game from Deveauntay McNeal couldn’t prevent Round Lake’s boys basketball team from losing to Willowbrook 72-60 in the seventh-place game of Lake Zurich’s MLK tournament on Monday morning.
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Bonder shines for Libertyville in win over St. Charles North
Updated Jan 20, 2020 8:38 PM
The Libertyville boys basketball team struck gold on its first three trips on offense Monday afternoon.
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Mundelein’s leading scorer Conor Enright during the first half delivers two more as Libertyville defends in varsity basketball at Libertyville on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
What a night for Mundelein’s Enright
Updated Jan 17, 2020 10:43 PM
Junior point guard Conor Enright had a career-high 27 points, surpassing 1,000 for his career, and added 7 assists to lead Mundelein’s boys basketball team to a 74-58 win over host Libertyville in North Suburban Conference action on Friday night.
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Coach Brian Zyrkowski and the Libertyville Wildcats get ready for Tuesday’s game against Stevenson.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Libertyville’s Zyrkowski excited about Champaign connection
Updated Jan 16, 2020 7:19 PM
Already, plans are being made for next year. Libertyville boys basketball coach Brian Zyrkowski is excited to go back to his old stomping grounds.
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Stevenson’s Evan Ambrose, right, celebrates with teammate Andrew Chieng after hitting a shot during Tuesday’s game in Libertyville.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
No letdown for Stevenson against Libertyville
Updated Jan 14, 2020 10:36 PM
John Ittounas scored a game-high 18 points, R.J. Holmes had his second double-double in a row, and Stevenson’s boys basketball team defeated host Libertyville 59-50 on Tuesday night to remain undefeated in the North Suburban Conference.
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Bonder helps rally Libertyville to victory
Updated Jan 4, 2020 9:59 PM
Libertyville sophomore forward Chase Bonder made a buzzer-beating layup to end the third quarter, sank a foul-line jump shot early in the fourth and then drained a 3-pointer. The 8 points were part of his 10 off the bench, as the host Wildcats rallied to defeat Champaign Central 50-39 on Saturday night.
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Fremd’s Jake Schoffstall loses the ball under pressure from Libertyville’s William Moore and Jackson Watson in the Hardwood Classic tournament boys basketball game in Wheeling Saturday.
John Starks | Staff
Libertyville dumps Fremd in OT
Updated Dec 28, 2019 7:20 PM
Libertyville defeated Fremd in a boys basketball game at the Wheeling Hardwood Classic on Saturday.
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Prospect rallies late to beat Libertyville
Updated Dec 27, 2019 6:52 PM
Prospect defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Friday at Wheeling’s Hardwood Classic.
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Maine West surprises Libertyville
Updated Dec 26, 2019 9:52 PM
Maine West defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game at the Wheeling
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Libertyville’s Will Moore, center, takes a shot over Elgin’s Xavier Bonds (11) and Darrell Thornton (23) during Monday’s boys basketball game in Wheeling.
Paul Valade | Staff
Libertyville dumps Elgin at Wheeling Hardwood Classic
Updated Dec 23, 2019 4:37 PM
Libertyville defeated Elgin in a boys basketball game at the Wheeling Hardwood Classic Monday.
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Libertyville hangs on to down Warren
Updated Dec 13, 2019 10:27 PM
Libertyville defeated Warren in a boys basketball game Friday night.
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Home at last, Stevenson takes it to Libertyville
Updated Dec 10, 2019 10:25 PM
Stevenson defeated Libertyville in a boys basketball game Tuesday night.
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Chung’s 24 lead Wauconda to win; Stevenson, Mundelein remain perfect
Updated Dec 7, 2019 11:32 PM
Benji Chung scored 24 points, knocking down four 3-pointers, and Wauconda’s boys basketball team defeated visiting Grant 68-52 in a Northern Lake County Conference opener on Saturaday.
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Libertyville’s Patrick Graham, right, passes as Carmel’s Coby Brame guards him in a boys basketball game in Libertyville Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff
Graham getting his kicks in basketball now
Updated Dec 3, 2019 10:11 PM
Patrick Graham, an all-area soccer and volleyball player, showed off his athleticism on the basketball court on Tuesday night. His 11 points and 15 rebounds helped the Wildcats beat Carmel Catholic 59-43 in nonconference action.
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Libertyville moves to 3-1 with win over Conant
Updated Dec 1, 2019 4:51 PM
Libertyville defeated Conant in boys basketball action Saturday.
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St. Viator’s Michael Huene gets his hand on a shot by Libertyville’s Patrick Graham during the St. Viator Thanksgiving Basketball Classic in Arlington Heights Friday.
Rick West | Staff
Libertyville holds off St. Viator
Updated Nov 29, 2019 7:17 PM
Libertyville defeated St. Viator in a boys basketball game Friday.
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Grayslake North wins as freshman Jankowski scores 23
Updated Nov 26, 2019 10:30 PM
Freshman guard Dominic Jankowski scored 23 points to lead Grayslake North’s boys basketball team to its first win of the season, 80-48 over host Johnsburg in the Johnsburg/Richmond-Burton Thanksgiving tournament on Tuesday night.
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Libertyville’s Patrick Graham (20) gets fired up about a 12-point lead over Prospect in the first half of Monday’s boys basketball game at the 43rd Annual Saint Viator High School Thanksgiving Basketball Classic in Arlington Heights.
Paul Valade | Staff
Libertyville gets by Prospect in OT
Updated Nov 26, 2019 6:14 AM
Libertyville defeated Prospect 49-45 in overtime in boys basketball action Monday night.
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Mundelein’s Scottie Ebube (44) blocks the shot of Stevenson’s John Ittounas (1) during action last season.
Paul Valade | Staff
Scouting Lake County for the 2019-20 season
Updated Nov 21, 2019 6:30 PM
Scouting boys basketball in Lake County for the 2019-20 season
CONFERENCE NEWSback to top
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Illustration by Patrick Kunzer/pkunzer@dailyherald.comConor Enright of Mundelein basketball
Enright sped up Mundelein’s acceleration
Updated Mar 20, 2020 10:11 AM
Mundelein junior point guard Conor Enright is the captain of the Daily Herald Lake County All-Area team after steering the Mustangs to a school-record win total, after coach Matt Badgley beefed up his team’s schedule. Mundelein was seeking its first sectional championship in school history when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the IHSA basketball season last week.
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Matthew Ambrose
The Lake County All-Area Team
Updated Mar 21, 2020 7:09 AM
Presenting the 2019-20 Daily Herald Lake County All-Area Boys Basketball Team
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Former Libertyville basketball star Drew Peterson is transferring from Rice University after two seasons.
DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO
Former Libertyville star Peterson is leaving Rice
Updated Apr 6, 2020 4:29 PM
Drew Peterson keeps building impressive stats. On Tuesday, after news broke that the former Libertyville basketball star entered the NCAA transfer portal, Peterson says he heard from about 20 schools. He put together a breakout season as a sophomore for Rice University this past season.
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Conor Enright of Mundelein is the Daily Herald All-Area Team Captain for Lake County.
Illustration by Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Enright sped up Mundelein’s acceleration
Updated Mar 21, 2020 8:44 AM
Mundelein junior point guard Conor Enright is the captain of the Daily Herald Lake County All-Area team after steering the Mustangs to a school-record win total, after coach Matt Badgley beefed up his team’s schedule. Mundelein was seeking its first sectional championship in school history when the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the IHSA basketball season last week.
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Mundelein’s Trey Baker shoots a 3-pointer being defended by Prospect’s Luke Zardzin during game two of the Prospect boys basketball sectional semifinal in Mount Prospect Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Mundelein holds off Prospect’s upset bid
Updated Mar 10, 2020 10:27 PM
Mundelein defeated Prospect in a Class 4A boys basketball sectional semifinal game Tuesday night.
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Stevenson’s Matthew Ambrose celebrates the Patriots’ 61-52 victory over Zion-Benton during game one of the Prospect boys basketball sectional semifinal in Mount Prospect Tuesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
No denying Ambrose as Stevenson outlasts Zion-Benton
Updated Mar 10, 2020 10:04 PM
Held to 2 points in Stevenson’s regional final, Matthew Ambrose made up for it Tuesday night in the Class 4A Prospect sectional semifinals. The three-year varsity starter poured in a career-high 31 points and added 9 rebounds, as top-seeded Stevenson ousted No. 5 Zion-Benton 61-52.
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Zion-Benton nips Libertyville for regional title
Updated Mar 6, 2020 10:38 PM
Zion-Benton defeated Libertyville in a Class 4A boys basketball regional final Friday night.
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Mundelein races past Fremd
Updated Mar 6, 2020 10:21 PM
Mundelein defeated Fremd in a Class 4A boys basketball regional final Friday night.
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Stevenson’s Evan Ambrose celebrates a 3-pointer against Highland Park in Class 4A Stevenson regional final boys basketball action Friday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
Stevenson gets past Highland Park to earn title
Updated Mar 6, 2020 9:50 PM
Stevenson defeated Highland Park in a Class 4A boys basketball regional final Friday night.
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Zion-Benton ends Round Lake’s memorabale season
Updated Mar 4, 2020 11:56 AM
Zion-Benton defeated Round Lake in a Class 4A regional boys basketball game Tuesday night.
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