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Benet Academy's #32 Daniel Sobolewski, passes the ball around Simeon's #12 Talen Horton-Tucker, during the second half of their semifinal game at Carver Arena, in Peoria, Ill., on Friday, Mar. 18, 2016.

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Benet’s Dan Sobolewski, Naperville Sun Basketball Player of Year

June 11, 2018 at 1:56 a.m.

Dan Sobolewski learned the hard way that success is earned. The Benet senior endured countless driveway basketball battles growing up against two older brothers. Not until eighth grade did he...

Riley O’Brien commits to Illinois State, corners market for West Aurora

June 12, 2018 at 1:56 a.m.

Riley O'Brien continues to corner the market on corner kicks. West Aurora can thank the sophomore forward. The Blackhawks have already scored off more corner kicks this season than each...

Curie's Allante Pickens goes to the basket against Benet's Liam Lyman.

Curie does Benet no favor as Condors rally for Class 4A state title

June 12, 2018 at 2:13 a.m.

PEORIA — Dan Sobolewski and Benet's four other starters held their hands on their hips. Faces were blank. Emotions and energy, both emptied. The Redwings' 3-point shooting fueled them for...

Metea Valley midfielder Miranda Williams is an Army recruit who helped the Mustangs reach the sectional finals last year.

Aurora area’s top 5 teams, top 20 players for 2016 girls soccer season

June 11, 2018 at 3:46 a.m.

TOP 5 TEAMS 1. Waubonsie Valley: All eyes will be on Illinois State-bound senior Paige Filipek, who scored 32 goals last season. She's a big reason why Waubonsie is ranked...

Waubonsie Valley's Paige Filipek, The Beacon-News 2015 Girls Soccer Player of the Year, scored 32 goals last season.

Illinois State recruit Paige Filipek turns up volume for Waubonsie

June 11, 2018 at 5:18 a.m.

Paige Filipek lets her feet do the talking. Waubonsie Valley's senior midfielder/forward watches other soccer players unleash their emotions after they score. She prefers to keep them in check. "People...

Benet Academy's Jason Malonga, puts up a shot over Simeon's James Gordon.

Dan Sobolewski big on both ends of floor as Benet shocks Simeon

June 11, 2018 at 3:00 a.m.

PEORIA — Senior forward Dan Sobolewski made the shot, then he got the block. And Benet shocked the state. Sobolewski's two clutch plays in the last two minutes of Friday's...

Dan Sobolewski, Benet stoked for state semifinal matchup with Simeon

June 11, 2018 at 1:19 a.m.

Say one thing about Dan Sobolewski. He doesn't lack confidence. Hours after Benet lost the Class 4A state championship game to Young in 2014, then-sophomore Sobolewski sent Redwings coach Gene...

Scouting the Naperville Sun area for the 2016 baseball season

June 8, 2018 at 10:42 p.m.

Benet (20-17, 7-11 East Suburban Catholic): Summer state semifinalists reached sectional championship game last srping. It could be fifth-year coach Scott Lawler's best team in terms of depth and athleticism....

Connor Gurnik feels at home atop Naperville Central batting order

June 8, 2018 at 10:17 p.m.

Connor Gurnik's home atop Naperville Central's lineup was cemented quickly. He never gave it up. In his first at-bat of the first game last season, Gurnik, then a sophomore, lined...

Batavia forward Hannah Frazier, the program's scoring leader with 2,089 points, will play at Saint Louis.

Batavia’s Hannah Frazier, Beacon-News Girls Basketball Player of the Year

June 8, 2018 at 11:44 p.m.

Hannah Frazier looks up, and can look back. On the Batavia senior's bedroom wall is a newspaper clipping from her first high school basketball game. Two nets from regional championships...

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