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Sports from the Free Press Newspapers in Wilmington, IL
Wilmington, IL
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Lady Comets lose another tough one tonight vs. Herscher, 47-39. Played hard, but defensive stops hurt us a few too many times. Wollenzien:-19pts,10rebs Hood:8pts,4rebs Liebermann:4pts,3rebs Wilkey:4pts,7rebs #cometpride
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Stats from yesterdays win vs Iroquois West 54-30 Brysen Meents 11 pts 7reb 4ast Walter Gross 10 pts 2 stl Brodie Strong 9 pts 12reb Declan Moran 8pts 5 Reb Ryan Kettman 6pts 2reb 4stls Ryker Feil 5pts 7reb Big game tomorrow vs Reed Custer #GoCats
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🏀GAME DAY🏀 The Lady Comets travel to Herscher tonight! F/S tip off at 5:30pm followed by Varsity. Let's Go Comets! #cometpride
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Wildcats start off with a WIN vs Iroquois West 54-27. Great balance all the way around! Good team win. Stats to come tomorrow: Brysen Meents 11pts Walter Gross 10 pts Brodie Strong 9pts Declan Moran 8pts Ryan Kettman 6pts Onto Reed Custer Friday! #GoCats
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Here is the updated Freshman Boys Basketball schedule, there have been some changes from the original. Monday, 12/8 vs. Lisle has been canceled, games H/A vs. Manteno have been added.
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Your Wildcats open up their season tonight vs Iroquois West! We are really excited to get going with this group. Come out and show support! #GoCats #WilmoBasketball
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Big shoutout to our Wrestlers and coaches tonight. Big wins against Princeton and Morris. Down 33-3 at one point vs Morris and came back to tie it 38-38 and win on Criteria. No quit in these guys. Great job Coach Davis!
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Wilmington Football Awards night will be Monday, 12/8. Everyone on the State Championship roster will be recognized at the Board meeting, 6:30 in the Aux. Gym. Awards Night will start at 6:45, Fr. and So. in the Cafetorium, Varsity in the Aux. Gym.
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Lady Comets battled hard vs. Wilmington tonight, but fell short 36-28. Won two out of the four quarters, but it wasn't enough. Turnovers got the best of us. Wollenzien: 19pts,7stls Liebermann:4pts,5rebs Congrats to our F/S on their first conference win tonight! #cometpride
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Freshman start out the season with a WIN vs Reed Custer! Robbie Jimenez 10 pts Tanner Kutina 9 pts Joey Banas 6pts and solid point guard play Weston Lancaster 4pts and multiple steals Eli Spicer, Ricky Castro, Kaelen Kelly with toughness on defense ! #GoCats
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🏀GAME DAY🏀 The Lady Comets host Wilmington tonight for our first night of conference games! F/S tip off at 5:30pm followed by Varsity at 6:45. Games will be streamed on Hudl Fan and the NFHS Network. Let’s Go Comets! #cometpride
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Enjoy the video made by Wildcat Senior Austin Dietz. 2025 Wilmington Wildcats 2A State Champions https://t.co/yLCBRhTF6R via @YouTube
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Congratulations to senior Julian Micetich for being selected to the All-Tournament team. The voting committee rewards the dirty work! We are thrilled with how accepting Jules has been with a difficult role so far this season!
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The Coalers picked up a win tonight against a gritty Morris team. Final score 45-35. Tomorrows game has been cancelled, so we’ll play next Friday at home vs Lisle Walker 16pts Micetich 7pts Noffsinger 6pts
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The State Champs are back at Becker Field for one last time. Thanks to all the fans that welcomed them home!! We are Wilmington, We are One!!
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Final Reed Custer 39 Bishop Mac 67 Kuban 14 pts Klein 13 pts Bryan 13 reb Down 23-24 at half and down 7 in 4th. Wheels fell off late but competed against a really talented team. 2 games next week. Wednesday at home vs Somonauk and Friday at Wilmington.
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If you want to welcome the state champion Wildcats back to town, join the fire department at Berkots at 5:30pm. Go cats!
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It’s now official: The 2025 Class 1A and 2A State Champions square off next year. Lena-Winslow vs Wilmington Week 2 - 2026
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