Category: Daily Southtown Sports

Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County

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Results and highlights of high schools and local colleges from the Southland and Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas. Email Daily Southtown results to southtownsports@gmail.com, Beacon-News, Courier-News and Naperville Sun results to tribwestsports@gmail.com and News-Sun results to newssunsports@gmail.com. FRIDAY’S RESULTS HIGH SCHOOLS BOYS BASKETBALL Antioch 48, Grayslake North 36 Grayslake North (7-18, 3-8 Northern Lake County): Uros […]

Fate throws the kitchen sink at Tre Dowdell, but he’s now back in sync for Evergreen Park. ‘I’m feeling good.’

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Injuries and an illness have kept senior guard Tre Dowdell a bit out of sync as he figures things out in his first season at Evergreen Park. But Dowdell, a transfer from Brother Rice, is healthy now and ready to go. “I’m feeling good,” Dowdell said. “I’m just starting to get my wind back. My […]

Caroline Smith continues to find her mode for Lincoln-Way West in basketball. ‘She’s just kind of a beast.’

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Lincoln-Way West junior Caroline Smith is a volleyball player. And she tends to bring the power of that sport to the basketball court. In other words, you probably don’t want to get in her way down low when she’s corralling a rebound or linger in the lane on a drive. That’s probably not going to […]

For starters, Mufid Hijaz is beginning to make a difference as a senior for Stagg. ‘It’s a dream come true.’

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Mufid Hijaz opened his competitive basketball career in eighth grade at Conrady Junior High. He didn’t play much. He entered Stagg and made the freshman B team, then didn’t play much as a sophomore on the JV team and didn’t play much as a junior on the varsity. But here he is as a senior, […]

An elbow to the face. A bloodied jersey. Eisenhower’s Cameron Ellis battles back. ‘It’s just his dog mentality.’

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Eisenhower’s Cameron Ellis spent the final minute of Wednesday’s game against Sandburg in the trainer’s room just behind the court, getting his left eye patched up after taking an elbow to the face late in the game. The senior guard/forward emerged postgame with blood all over his jersey. Ellis’ teammates and coaches say it was a scene symbolic of who Ellis is as a player – a scrappy fighter who has helped the Cardinals find success. “Cam is incredible,” senior guard Ayipey Salinas said. “It’s just his dog mentality. He has a non-stop motor.” Ellis continued a personal hot streak […]