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Boys Basketball: Herrera leads Leyden past Willowbrook
BOYS BASKETBALL: Four different players scored in double figures for host Leyden Friday night, as the Eagles ran their winning streak to five with a 74-60 West Suburban Gold victory over Willowbrook. Alex Herrera led the way for Leyden (15-7, 6-4) with a game-high 26 points and seven assists.
Boy Basketball: Jabari Parker stars in victory for short-handed Simeon
Updated: 2012-02-12 22:01:57
Jabari Parker scored 32 points, pulled down 12 rebounds and had five blocks for Simeon, which was missing two starters, and Steve Taylor added 11 Read More
- Saturday’s results Updated: Feb 12, 2012
- Friday’s results Updated: Feb 10, 2012
- Thursday’s results Updated: Feb 9, 2012
Boys Basketball: Downers Grove South defense stymies Leyden
BOYS BASKETBALL: Downers Grove South had the defensive pressure turned up right from the onset Saturday in a 60-33 win over visiting Leyden in the West Suburban Gold. The win by the Mustangs sets up a conference season finale at 6 p.m. Friday at undefeated Proviso East, which is undefeated heading into a Tuesday night game against Leyden.
Girls Bowling: Leyden’s Hall takes third at state finals
GIRLS BOWLING: A third-place individual finish by sophomore Reba Hall led Leyden to sixth place in the IHSA Girls Bowling State Tournament in held Friday and Saturday in Rockford.
Wrestling: Leyden advances seven team members to sectionals
WRESTLING: Leyden advanced seven team members to sectionals from its own regional on Saturday.
Girls Basketball: Leyden nearly scores first win of season
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Leyden held a three-point lead late in its game against Morton Friday night, but couldn’t hold on and fell 37-34.
Boys Basketball: Leyden turns things around in the second half
BOYS BASKETBALL: Coach Bill Heisler’s forceful halftime pep talk certainly seemed to light a fire for host Leyden Friday night in its 53-30 West Suburban Gold win over Addison Trail. The Eagles (12-7, 4-4) had the best of an 18-16 first half filled with poor shooting and turnovers by both teams.
Guerin clinches Gold Division title
The beat goes on for the Guerin girls’ basketball team as it racked up three more wins last week to run its winning streak to 12 games. The Gators also claimed the Suburban Christian Conference Gold Division title with their win at Immaculate Conception on …
Six Guerin wrestlers advance to sectional meet at Plano
Guerin’s wrestlers went into Saturday night’s Walther Lutheran regional with some big goals, and they were able to put up a great performance with a fourth-place team finish and came away with six wrestlers advancing to next week’s sectional meet in Plano. Senior Alex Sullivan …
Boys Basketball: Leyden hang tough, rallies past Morton
BOYS BASKETBALL: Leyden blew a 21-point third-quarter lead, then came back from a 3-point deficit in the final 2 minutes, 27 seconds of the game to post a 76-66 West Suburban Gold win Friday night at Morton.
Girls Basketball: Bartnicki spurs Gators to easy conference win
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Senior Jackie Bartnicki’s early hot streak helped continue Guerin Prep’s great form as she connected three times from three-point range in the opening quarter to propel the Gators to their 11th straight win in a 43-28 victory over Marian Central Catholic on Friday night in River Grove.
Girls Bowling: Eagles roll to own tournament crown
Leyden defeated Addison Trail Jan. 19 in a West Suburban Conference Gold Division girls bowling dual meet, 3,337-2,922, behind a meet-best 639 series by Reba Hall and 242 game by Ashley Kriston. The four Leyden players competing in all three games were Hall (639), Kriston …
Shorthanded Gators struggle in four matches
Guerin was still working through some injuries and illness last week as the Gators had to forfeit eight weight classes on Jan. 18, against Walther Lutheran and Montini before losing to Illiana Christian and Elmwood Park the following night. Undefeated Alex Sullivan was held out …
Girls Basketball: Guerin runs winning streak to seven straight
GIRLS BASKETBALL: Guerin bounces Marian Central for seventh straight win.
Boys Basketball: Burns ignites Pirates in win over Leyden
BOYS BASKETBALL: First-year Proviso East coach Donnie Boyce calls senior point guard Paris Burns one of the unsung heroes of the Pirates. But Burns provided one of the loudest songs of the night Saturday when the Pirates defeated host Leyden, 70-49, in a West Suburban Gold game to remain unbeaten.
Willowbrook tops Leyden
Host Leyden lost a West Suburban Conference Gold Division meet to Willowbrook Jan. 19, 125.90-111.65. Kara Urbaniak finished with a 7.38 average in all-around competition, which was good for fifth place. Willowbrook’s Liz Nocek (8.10) won the all-around. An 8.40 in vault by Urbaniak was …
Voitik, Niles North put hurt on Leyden
BOYS BASKETBALL: Niles North center Billy Voitik swears he doesn’t know how he fractured a rib. All he knows he missed five games because of it. Well, this junior might be in the dark about the injury but anyone in the crowd on Tuesday night could tell him how he got hurt.
