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Fox Valley boys basketball area leaders
Updated Mar 11, 2019 9:04 PM
Here’s the boys basketball leaders for the 2018-19 season in the Fox Valley area.
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Fourth quarter proves costly for West Aurora
Updated Mar 15, 2019 5:58 PM
Meeting for the fourth time in the last five years in the Class 4A boys basketball postseason, West Aurora and Bolingbrook were engaged in yet another epic showdown before a capacity crowd at the iconic East Aurora gym Tuesday evening.
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Scouting Fox Valley boys basketball sectionals
Updated Mar 4, 2019 11:40 PM
Geneva, St. Charles North, South Elgin, West Aurora and Burlington Central are still alive heading into this week’s Class 4A and 3A boys basketball sectionals.
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West Aurora holds on for regional championship
Updated Mar 1, 2019 11:14 PM
The third consecutive Class 4A regional championship for the West Aurora boys basketball team was seemingly in hand Friday night.
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West Aurora avoids monumental upset
Updated Feb 26, 2019 10:34 PM
West Aurora reserve guard Logan Mont entered the Class 4A Oswego regional semifinal with impeccable timing midway through the fourth quarter.
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Mitch Mascari and his Geneva teammates earned the No. 1 seed in the Class 4A Bartlett sectional.
John Starks | Staff
Scouting Fox Valley boys basketball postseason
Updated Feb 23, 2019 8:35 PM
Summer league, AAU, fall league, countless practices and three months of high school games served merely as prelude.
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West Aurora’s Kelvin Balfour during varsity boys basketball action at Aurora Wednesday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
West Aurora tops South Elgin for UEC title
Updated Feb 20, 2019 11:08 PM
Dimtrious Bezos, perhaps the seventh or eighth man for the Blackhawks, was the star of the night in the 57-52 West Aurora victory over South Elgin.
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Salter scores 28 in West Aurora’s win over Metea Valley
Updated Feb 17, 2019 12:21 AM
West Aurora forward Hezzy Salter will play running back at Quincy University next fall.
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West Aurora hits 100 in win over Streamwood
Updated Feb 8, 2019 11:46 PM
The points accumulated like the famous Who song about the pinball wizard Friday night in Streamwood.
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West Aurora’s Salter plays big vs. Larkin
Updated Feb 6, 2019 11:17 PM
Hezekiah “Hezzy” Salter is accustomed to playing against bigger opponents for the West Aurora boys basketball team.
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West Aurora stays unbeaten in Upstate Eight
Updated Feb 1, 2019 11:07 PM
Jules Williamson was the leading scorer for the second straight East Aurora-West Aurora Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball game this season.
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Fox Valley boys basketball statistics
Updated Jan 31, 2019 9:19 PM
Fox Valley boys basketball statistics
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St. Charles East surprises West Aurora
Updated Jan 26, 2019 9:42 PM
St. Charles East senior Cody Mitchell said a collective fire in the belly ignited a 67-55 victory over red-hot West Aurora at the 26th Annual Jim & Sylvia Roberts Night of Hoops at Batavia on Saturday.
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West Aurora catches fire at West Chicago
Updated Jan 25, 2019 10:09 PM
West Aurora defeated West Chicago in an Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball game.
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Geneva heads into 2nd half tied for DKC lead
Updated Jan 24, 2019 10:19 PM
So far, so good. Geneva (19-1, 6-1) finished the first half of the inaugural DuKane Conference boys basketball season tied for the top spot with Wheaton North (13-7, 6-1).
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West Aurora beats Glenbard East for ninth straight
Posted Jan 19, 2019 1:00 AM
West Aurora defeated Glenbard East in an Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball game.
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Jacob Schauer
Wheaton North’s Schauer picks up MVP honors
Updated Jan 16, 2019 7:13 PM
Jacob Schauer of Wheaton North is this week’s Daily Herald boys basketball MVP.
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West Aurora stands tall against Elgin
Updated Jan 15, 2019 10:42 PM
West Aurora defeated Elgin in an Upstate Eight Conference boys basketball game.
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West Aurora extends Upstate Eight lead
Updated Jan 11, 2019 10:19 PM
West Aurora shooting guard Marquise Walker was not about to let the Glenbard South boys basketball team back into the Upstate Eight Conference race.
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Larkin’s Damari Wheeler-Thomas takes the ball into the defense of West Aurora’s Logan Mont, Moshe Rogers and Dimitrios Bazos Tuesday in Aurora.
John Starks | Staff
West Aurora tops Larkin for 6th straight win
Updated Jan 8, 2019 10:39 PM
The two Fox Valley reigning Class 4A boys basketball sectional-champion teams met in an Upstate Eight Conference game for the first time in almost 22 years Tuesday night in Aurora.
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Plenty of good to be found in 1st half of boys basketball season
Updated Jan 7, 2019 7:44 PM
Cover high school sports for a living and you get the same question from the barber, from the dental hygienist, from the kid bagging groceries.
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West Aurora dominates second half to upend Streamwood
Updated Jan 4, 2019 11:37 PM
The opening second-half possession spelled doom for Streamwood in its upset bid in Aurora.
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Rogers comes through for West Aurora in Pontiac consolation final
Updated Dec 29, 2018 8:33 PM
Moshe Rogers drained a 3-pointer at a crictical juncture and then added a layup to give West Aurora the lead for good against Danville in a 70-64 victory.
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West Aurora aims for consolation title at Pontiac
Updated Dec 28, 2018 11:36 PM
Certain boys basketball coaches of the Pontiac Holiday Tournament were incredulous that West Aurora and Oak Park-River Forest were seeded eighth and ninth, respectively, in the field.
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Walker unstoppable in first East Aurora-West Aurora game
Updated Dec 21, 2018 11:22 PM
Marquise Walker took an instantaneous liking to the iconic East Aurora gym Friday night.
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Jacobs, Marengo kick off holiday tournament season
Updated Dec 20, 2018 11:09 PM
The boys basketball holiday tournament season starts with a flurry this weekend and hits with the full force of a winter storm the day after Christmas.
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West Aurora’s press rattles South Elgin
Updated Dec 18, 2018 10:43 PM
The West Aurora boys basketball team sprung a late trap on host South Elgin in a 65-61 Upstate Eight Conference win on Tuesday.Several of them, actually.
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West Aurora’s Hezekiah Salter grabs a rebound against Bartlett during varsity boys basketball at Gordon Kerkman Gymnasium on the campus of West Aurora High School Tuesday night.
Patrick Kunzer | Staff
West Aurora holds off Bartlett
Updated Dec 11, 2018 10:45 PM
The length of the West Aurora postgame talk said everything about how the Blackhawks felt about Tuesday’s 60-55 home win over Bartlett.
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Shooting woes over for West Aurora’s Walker
Updated Dec 7, 2018 10:00 PM
The shooting woes that have recently plagued Marquise Walker came to a symbolic close as the first quarter ended in his home debut for the West Aurora boys basketball team Friday night.
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Cold shooting costs West Aurora in title game loss
Updated Nov 23, 2018 10:58 PM
The West Aurora boys basketball team truly had to go to Plan B Friday night in Oswego in the Hoops for Healing Holiday Tournament championship game.
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Walker scores 27 in West Aurora debut
Updated Nov 19, 2018 10:39 PM
The West Aurora boys basketball preseason scouting report came to fruition Monday night at Oswego.
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West Aurora’s Camron Donatlan is the 2017-18 Daily Herald Fox Valley Male Athletes of the Year.
John Starks | Staff
Simply put, West Aurora’s Donatlan did it all
Updated Jun 9, 2018 2:39 PM
West Aurora’s Camron Donatlan is the 2017-18 Daily Herald Fox Valley Male Athlete of the Year.
ROSTERback to top
No. Name Class Height Weight Position
1 Brown, Traevon Senior 6-0 G
2 Sawyer, DaQuan Senior 5-9 G
3 Mont, Logan Junior 5-8 G
4 Rogers, Moshe Senior 6-3 F
5 Young, Sam Junior 6-1 G
10 Tennial, Amarius Junior 5-7 G
11 Balfour, Kelvin Junior 6-3 G/F
12 Kalmas, Cameron Junior 6-3 G
14 Motola, Axel Junior 6-5 F
15 Walker, Marquise Senior 6-0 G
20 Bazos, Dimitrios Junior 6-4 F
21 Cheeks, Davaris Senior 6-2 F
22 Salter, Hezekiah Senior 6-2 F
23 Nieves, Christian Junior 5-11 G
24 Shavers, Paul Junior 6-4 F
33 Cameron, Adonis Senior 6-4 C
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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)
Updated Feb 26, 2019 4:43 PM
PODCAST: Daily Herald prep sports writers Dave Oberhelman, Kevin Schmit and Orrin Schwarz rank DuPage County’s Class 3A and 4A boys basketball regionals and preview the girls state tournament on this week’s edition of Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin).
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Bonds, Yaber lead Elgin over West Chicago
Updated Feb 20, 2019 10:33 PM
Elgin ended its regular season on high note Wednesday night with a 58-53 Senior Night win over West Chicago at Chesbrough Field House.
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Josh Steinhaus.
Libertyville’s Steinhaus final MVP for 2018-19 season
Updated Feb 13, 2019 4:17 PM
Josh Steinhaus of Libertyville is this week’s Daily Herald boys basketball MVP. Below are the final MVP selections for the 2018-19 season.
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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)
Updated Feb 4, 2019 4:52 PM
PODCAST: Daily Herald prep sports writers Dave Oberhelman, Kevin Schmit and Orrin Schwarz talk about the mystery of the Bartlett boys basketball sectional and break down DuPage County’s girls regional matchups on this week’s edition of Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin).
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Neuqua Valley overtakes South Elgin in second half
Updated Feb 16, 2019 10:54 PM
The Neuqua Valley boys basketball team left nothing unchallenged in the second half of a 58-48 victory over South Elgin at the Upstate Eight-DuPage Valley Shootout at East Aurora Saturday.
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Jack McDonald, left, and his Geneva teammates have been practicing on their own this week because of the teachers strike.
Brian Hill | Staff
Geneva players staying in shape despite strike
Updated Dec 6, 2018 10:21 PM
The Geneva boys basketball team’s home opener scheduled for Friday against St. Charles North was postponed on Thursday due to the ongoing teachers strike in Geneva District 304.
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Geneva coach Scott Hennig was part of a couple of the best — and strangest — games Craig Brueske saw this past basketball season.
John Starks | Staff
Looking back at a memorable basketball season
Updated Mar 19, 2019 9:03 AM
Another Illinois high school basketball season is in the books but the ink remains wet and the memories still fresh in my mind.
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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)
Updated Mar 18, 2019 6:06 PM
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).
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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)
Updated Mar 13, 2019 5:24 PM
PODCAST: Daily Herald prep sports writers Dave Oberhelman, Kevin Schmit and Orrin Schwarz hand out kudos and talk about the disappointments of DuPage County’s boys and girls basketball seasons on this week’s Tailgating with Dave and Kevin (and Orrin).
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Glenbard South’s Cole Hardtke walks off the court after the loss to Peoria Manual in the Class 3A boys basketball supersectional game at Northern Illinois University Tuesday.
John Starks | Staff
Glenbard South’s ride comes to a stop in supersectional
Updated Mar 12, 2019 10:46 PM
Raiders reach the end of their Class 3A road
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