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  • West holds off Central in huge girls basketball game

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 13, 2020

    On Tuesday night, before a capacity crowd at Joliet West High School and a WJOL1340-AM listening audience, the girls of Joliet West and Joliet Central put on a show on Joliet's West side. With the huge crowd and the two powerhouse Joliet hoops squads, the game had the feel of an IHSA Class 4A sectional championship game. Winning their 22nd consecutive game, West (27-3,15-1) held off the Steelwomen (26-5, 13-3) 44-41 to take home the 2019-20 Southwest Prairie Conference Eastern Division championship. The Tigers and Steelwomen...

  • Trojans cruise past Mustangs in rematch

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 13, 2020

    Back on December 21, 2019 in the District 99 Crosstown Classic at Downers Grove South, the Downers Grove North girls cruised past the host Mustangs, 55-29. In a West Suburban Conference postseason crossover game between the Gold and Silver Divisions' third-place teams on Monday, the Trojans did it to their crosstown-rivals again, this time, 41-21. The Trojans (25-6, were led by their 6-foot sophomore center Eleanor Harris and all-everything senior guard Ellie Gross. Harris, poured in 14 points and hauled down 13 rebounds,...

  • Steelwomen-Tigers meet on the West Side in "Joliet Rumble"

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 11, 2020

    Back on December 9 at "The Old Barn" on the campus of Joliet Central High School; Central girls varsity basketball coach the Steelwomen defeated the Tigers, 47-44. Placher's Tigers (26-3, 14-1), have not lost a game since. They have won 21 consecutive games, and 14 of the consecutive games have come in the Southwest Prairie East Conference. The Tigers take a one-gam, Southwest Prairie East lead over Joliet Central (26-4, 13-2) into Tuesday's "Joliet Rumble" at West at 6:30 p.m. The Steelwomen have won 23 of their last 24,...

  • ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPERS BOYS/GIRLS HOOPS RANKINGS

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 10, 2020

    BOYS 1. Notre Dame 25-3 Dons' smash Shamrocks to clinch ESCC tie 2. Joliet West 22-4 Without 3 starters, Tigers rally past Hillcrest 3. Bolingbrook 21-5 Raiders ambushed by hot-shooting Vikings 4. Benet 18-7 Redwings fall at Marian Catholic; host Dons Friday 5. Plainfield N. 16-7 8 in a row for SPC West 2nd-place Tigers 6. Maine South 15-12 Win battle of Park Ridge vs. Maine East 7. Plainfield C 14-10 Beat South in OT, fall to mighty Neuqua Valley 8. DG North 12-12 Back to .500 for the young Trojans 9. Romeoville 14-13 Up...

  • Steelwomen rout Romeoville to set up big game on Tuesday night at Joliet West

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 9, 2020

    Winning for the 22nd time in 23 games, Joliet Central (25-4, 13-2) received a battle in the first half from Romeoville (7-21, 2-13) before exploding for a 55-29 Southwest Prairie East victory. With the SPC East win, the big game is all set up for Tuesday night on Joliet's West Side between the SPC East leaders from West (26-3, 14-1) and the Steelwomen at 6:30 p.m. The host Tigers have won 21 consecutive games since losing to Central on Dec. 9, 47-44 at Joliet Central. Behind nine, first half points, from Lindsay Novak, the...

  • WEEKEND BOYS HOOPS REPORT

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 9, 2020

    SATURDAY Notre Dame 65 Hersey 48 The top-ranked Dons (25-3), led 24-15 after one quarter, 43-32 at the half and 59-41 after three quarters at Hersey (8-16) in Arlington Heights on Saturday. Bolingbrook 68 West Aurora 56 The Raiders (21-5) bounced back from Friday's loss at H-F by rallying past West Aurora (8-17) at the Ernie Kivisto Shootout at East Aurora. The two teams were deadlocked at 15-15 after one quarter. The Brook led 29-27 at the half. The Blackhawks soared into the lead at 34-32 after three quarters. Enter the Rai...

  • Without Hill, Burbridge, Tigers still rally past Hillcrest

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 9, 2020

    Again depleted by injuries, health problems, etc., state-ranked Joliet West (22-4), was playing at Lewis University in Romeoville on Saturday afternoon Last week in the Will County Invitational Shootout, without leader Jamere Hill and standout junior Jaiden Lee, the Tigers were hit by an 18-2 fourth-quarter run by Bolingbrook (20-4) and lost to the Raiders 74-67. Saturday afternoon in the 'Ville" Shootout, Hill was still out and was joined on the bench by the Tigers' double-double machine, junior Ashawn Burbridge. Tiger...

  • Willowbrook, Stubblefield III, lead Warriors past Romeoville in shootout

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 9, 2020

    In the final game of the day, in the five-game, The 'Ville Shootout at Lewis University in Romeoville, the host Spartans (14-13) took to the court against the Willowbrook. Led by 35 points from senior guard Everett Stubblefield III, the Warriors rallied past the Spartans and 70-55. Stubblefield knocked down seven shots from beyond the arc. The Warriors (10-16) also received 17 points, including three 3 's, from senior guard Sam Tumilty. Romeoville was led by their Fresno State-bound senior Destin Whitaker, with 24 points,...

  • THURSDAY GIRLS HOOPS REPORT

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 7, 2020

    On Thursday, the Bolingbrook Raiders (20-6,6-1) traveled to Orland Park in search of win No. 20 for the season at Sandburg (17-10, 1-6). The Lady Raiders won the game 63-51. The Southwest Suburban Blue victory pulled Bolingbrook to within one game of SWSC Blue leader, Homewood-Flossmoor (21-4, 7-0). The two SWSC Blue powers will clash for the conference title at Bolingbrook on Tuesday. Bolingbrook coach Chris Smith experimented with some lineup changes tonight to get the Lady Raiders ready for the upcoming IHSA Class 4A Girls...

  • Lisle becomes Village of Champions for a day

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 6, 2020

    On Wednesday night, Lisle, The Arboretum Village became the Village of Champions. That was after the conference championship-winning efforts of Lisle Senior High School and Benet Academy girls' basketball teams. At home in Lisle, along the frozen banks of the DuPage River, the Lions had to play an extra four-minute overtime session against Wilmington - defeating the Wildcats 43-40. With the win, the Lions claim the inaugural Illinois Central Eight championship. In Arlington Heights on a snowy Wednesday night, the Redwings...

  • Gardiner twins carry out family tradition while helping lead Maine South to a successful season

    Ryan Ostry, Staff Reporter|Updated Feb 5, 2020

    To say that the Gardiner twins mirror each other in almost every way would be a large understatement. The Maine South juniors have both eclipsed the 500-point mark, Niamh is 5-feet-11 and Nicole is 5-feet-10, they both average double-digit points per game, they were born one minute a part and not to mention, they are both incredibly competitive. "Both girls are both very special athletes," said coach Jeff Hamann. "They get it done in the classroom, they're both role models,...

  • USF earns 22 top-25 finishes at GVSU Invite

    Updated Feb 5, 2020

    A total of 22 top 25-place performances were recorded by the nationally fifth-ranked University of St. Francis women's indoor track and field team this Saturday (Feb. 1) at Grand Valley State's Mike Lints Alumni Open, which was held at the GVSU's Kelly Family Sports Center. The non-scoring meet featured several NCAA schools such as Hillsdale, Ferris State, Michigan State, Western Illinois, Davenport, Calvin, Trine, and host Grand Valley State along with NAIA-affiliated...

  • Deksnys leads Lockport past Plainfield South

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Feb 5, 2020

    The first three quarters of the nightcap of the Will County Hoops Invite at Lewis University, the game was an individual, three-point shooting contest between Lockport junior Matas Deksnys and Cougar senior Devin Jones. After three, hard-fought quarters of play, the Porters clung to a 42-40 lead. Deksnys buried four three point bombs, while Jones had matched the Porter sharpshooter with four of his own. With the Porters up 44-40 with 6:22 remaining, Deksnys (17 points, five...

  • Raiders face old conference foe Joliet West and rally from 12 down at half for a big win

    Mark Gregory, Editorial Director|Updated Feb 5, 2020

    Up until a few years ago, a match-up between Bolingbrook and Joliet West basketball would have been a normal, conference game between two of the area's elite programs. While not much in that statement has changed, the conference part has. The two local schools that shared residency in both the SICA and SWSC, now call different leagues home after Joliet West relocated to the Southwest Prairie Conference a few years ago. So, in order for them to compete on the same stage, it...

  • Lisle looking to be back to full strength as it enters the Class 2A state playoffs as a regional No. 1 seed

    Mark Gregory, Editorial Director|Updated Feb 5, 2020

    Things were going well for the Lisle girls basketball game up until it met up with Aurora Christian on Jan. 25. The Lions entered the game with a 20-4 record and were on their way to an IHSA Class 2A top seed. On that Saturday, not only did Lisle drop the game 75-27, it had three players suffer injuries. That coupled with an illness, and the Lions 1-2 over their next three seeing the only two consecutive losses all season. "We have to get healthy," coach Nick Balaban said...

  • Lewis women's hoops uses late rally to win

    Updated Feb 5, 2020

    Lewis' women's basketball team outscored Bellarmine 12-2 in the final 79 seconds to erase a four-point deficit in its 77-71 win on Saturday afternoon at Neil Carey Arena. The Flyers snap their two-game skid to improve to 13-7, 10-2 GLVC while the Knights fall to 11-8, 6-6 GLVC. Lewis trailed by four with less than 90 seconds left when Rachel Hinders (Johnston, Iowa/Johnston) got fouled and went to the line to hit two free throws. After a stop on the other end, Kaitlyn...

  • AP Illinois Class 3A No. 1 Dons run past Roadrunners to stay atop ESCC

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 1, 2020

    On Wednesday, the Associated Press released its Illinois Boys' High School Basketball Rankings. Sitting atop the AP Illinois Class 3A Boys Rankings are the Dons of Notre Dame. On Friday night in Niles, the Dons (22-3, 6-0) rolled out to a 26-8 lead after one quarter. At the half, they extended their lead to 53-29 and rolled to their sixth consecutive ESCC victory 68-46 over Nazareth (9-15, 3-3). Benet Academy (17-5, 5-1), St. Patrick (16-5, 5-1) and Marian Catholic (17-6, 5-1) all won on Friday to remain one game behind the D...

  • Trojans win, half game behind Dukes in WSC Silver; LT stuns York

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Feb 1, 2020

    Downers Grove North (22-5, 8-2) easily won its West Suburban Silver game at Proviso West (5-14, 2-8) in Hillside 54-29. Then the girls of Troy received great news from Elmhurs, where Lyons Township (14-8, 7-3) stunned the WSC Silver leaders from York, 61-51. With York's (21-6, 9-2) home loss to the Lions, the Trojans are now just a half game behind the Dukes in the WSC Silver conference race. On February 4 York invades the Purple Gym in Downers Grove for a battle for WSC Silver supremacy. CENTRAL SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOUTH MAINE S...

  • Lewis men's volleyball defeats Charleston in straight sets

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Lewis University's seventh ranked men's volleyball team finished off a perfect weekend with a sweep of Charleston (W.V.) at Neil Carey Arena on Saturday evening. The Flyers improve to 5-3 while the Golden Eagles fall to 1-7. Lewis used a 7-2 run midway through the opening set to break open a close match as it went onto win 25-15. The Flyers hit .455 in the stanza and were led offensively by Kyle Bugée (Cupertino, Calif./Homestead) with four kills while Tyler Mitchem...

  • USF falls to Indiana Northwest after holding late lead

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Indiana Northwest overcame a nine-point deficit late in its Jan. 25 Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) contest against the University of St. Francis men's basketball team and was able to hold on for the final two-plus minutes for a 75-72 victory over the Saints at IUNW's Savannah Center. Indiana Northwest trailed by nine points at 67-58 with just under seven minutes remaining in the game before scoring 10 of the next 11 points to move into a 68-all tie with USF...

  • Simeon quickness too much for Notre Dame

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    The Chicago Public League Red South-Central Division is considered by many to be the best boys' basketball conference in the state. Simeon leads the conference with seven IHSA state championships. Morgan Park has taken home four IHSA state titles. Curie won two, but had to forfeit, one championship because of illegalities and Bogan placed second in Class 3A last season. On December 15, 2019, Notre Dame defeated Bogan 58-56 in a Team Rose Shootout game at Mount Carmel. The...

  • In four years under Lincoln DePaula, Plainfield South girls basketball is heading in the right direction

    Editorial Director|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    When Lincoln DePaula took over the Plainfield South girls basketball program, the team had not had much success. In DePaula's first year it was much of the same as the Cougars posted a 4-20 record, but since then, the program has been headed in the right direction. After wins over Joliet Catholic Academy and Plainfield North last week, the Cougars were 12-9 and "I remember the season four years ago, and it was a tough one," DePaula said. "But we were building something....

  • Downers Grove North is looking for deep run into the playoffs this season

    Ryan Ostry, Staff Reporter|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Sustained excellence is hard to do in any sport. For Downers Grove North (21-5, 7-2) basketball coach Stephan Bolt, excellence has defined his career. In his eigh seasons as the head coach for Downers Grove North, he has just had one losing season in his tenure, which was his first year in 2012-13. "I give all of the credit to the kids because they buy into our system," Bolt said. "We tell them to leave it all on the floor on the defensive side of the ball." Not only are the...

  • Bell tallies 11 points in Lewis' loss to Missouri-St. Louis

    Updated Jan 29, 2020

    Lewis' men's basketball team ran into a hot shooting No. 18 Missouri-St. Louis lineup in its 77-63 loss at Neil Carey Arena on Saturday afternoon. The loss drops the Flyers to 10-8, 5-5 GLVC while the Tritons improve to 18-2, 9-1 GLVC. The two sides went back-and-forth for the first 10-plus minutes before UMSL began to pull away thanks to an 18-3 run and wouldn't allow Lewis to get closer than 13 points the rest of the half. The Tritons would take a 52-34 lead into the locker...

  • Bolingbrook shoots 50 percent from the foul line in loss to conference rival Homewood-Flossmoor

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Jan 29, 2020

    In Bolingbrook's (16-6, 3-1), heartbreaking, 47-43, Southwest Suburban Blue showdown defeat at Homewood-Flossmoor (18-4, 4-0) the Lady Raiders, went to the free throw line 24 times in the game - connecting on only 12 of the attempts. Add to that, the nine missed lay-ups and it was not too surprising the Raiders could not get out of Flossmoor with a victory over the Associated Press' Illinois Class 4A No. 9-ranked Lady Vikings. The Lady Raiders entered the SWSC Blue showdown...

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