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Conference: 02,05,06,08,09,10,13,14,15,23 Regionals: 01,02,06,07,08,09,13,15,20, 22 Sectionals: 2008 & 2009 Program Record: 446-217
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Heartbroken for the seniors after seeing this…ball in hand with the backboard buzzer bright red!
Unbelievable comeback! Hard fought game by both teams!
@michaelsobrien
@joehoopsreport
@NestoHoops
@IHSA_IL
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Congratulations to John Poulakidas for his NLI to
@YaleMBasketball
Special day for you, your family, the program, and our school!
@JohnPoulakidas
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Coach Sutton won his 400th career game at NV last night! Averaging 20 wins a season over the 20 year history of the school being open!
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Great night in New Lenox! Your 2020 Lincoln Way West Regional Champs!
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Wildcats win a wild one on the road vs an incredible Bolingbrook team in double OT 92-89!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 49pts and a new program record!
@patrick_hoff11
w/ 4 charges! Everyone stepped up!
@doberhelman1
@michaelsobrien
@HSBBALLjg
@joehoopsreport
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Congrats Justin
@jblazek02
on your NLI to UW Platteville for football! An incredible athlete who thrives at 3 sports 🏈🏀⚾️! You’ve set the bar high for our lower levels @ NV b/c of your on the field but also off the field commitment to each sport especially in the weight room!
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A special day for our program! Unbelievably proud of John! We have been waiting for this day for the past 11 years! You’re growth, not only as a player but as a person, has been incredible! It’s a special day for you and your family! Congrats!
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Two weeks ago we lost to our rival by 42!!! Tonight the boys pull off the upset 58-56 on the road! I don’t think anyone has ever heard of a 44pt turnaround in 2 weeks! Incredibly proud of the guys tonight!
@michaelsobrien
@joehoopsreport
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🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
NEW PROGRAM RECORD!
Congrats
@JohnPoulakidas
@K_Amelianovich
held this a achievement for the last 19 years!
@NeuquaValley
@NeuquaAthletics
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Lots of tears, broken hearts, and numbness...shot at the buzzer to upend our playoff run vs the 3 seed. Incredibly proud of our guys! Everyone stepped up in a big way this year! Thanks to our seniors: Justin C, Justin B, Sentwali, Hank, & Chase for a fun ride! Brothers for life!
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Wildcats pick up a nice win by beating Bartlett 79-59! With this victory our program hits a big time achievement by winning its 500th career game in 25 years, averaging 20 wins a season!
Congrats to Coach Sutton on winning 500 games at NV!
@michaelsobrien
@joehoopsreport
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Awesome day yesterday seeing
@JohnPoulakidas
playing in the NCAA Tournament! A lot of Wildcats made the trip up to see him in action! We are so proud! Congrats
@YaleMBasketball
on a great year!
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Wildcats take home the Regional Title over Joliet West 65-58! Outstanding effort by all! Tons of contributions! Nice little celebration for the guys! It was earned!
@michaelsobrien
@NestoHoops
@joehoopsreport
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Congrats to
@connordavis_35
on becoming the 5th player in program history achieving over 1000 career points! Awesome job! Look forward to many more points at the next level!
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Wildcats beat a great Rockford Boylan team 76-56! Out scored them 44-24 in the 2nd half! Also,
@JohnPoulakidas
hits a landmark achievement of 1000 career points on the first offensive possession of the game! Congrats! Defense was outstanding! Finished the tournament 4-0!
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Wildcats win a thriller in double OT vs West Aurora! Seemed like a March type game! Endless late game situations! Valued the basketball all game! Battled through a tough shooting night! The boys just found a way!
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Congrats to
@patrick_hoff11
on receiving The Marine Corps Distinguished Athlete Award! Pat is a true Wildcat! Reason why he wore
#44
! This is a young man who you want in your corner! He’s a leader, fighter, devoted teammate, & a winner! He brought toughness to our team!
🏈🏀👟
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Unbelievably proud of this years team and seniors! Most inexperienced team in school history (minus year 1 in ‘98-‘99) to go on and win 22 games along with a Regional Championship! These 5 seniors were the hardest working & probably the most improved over a 4 year span!
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Wildcats defeat Naperville North 54-50! Grind out game! Finish the regular season 23-8! Sophs finish conference undefeated & w/ a 25-4 record! Awesome moment was when the Varsity guys celebrated the accomplishment in the locker room w/ the Sophs!
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S/o to our 2015 NV graduate & Loras guard
@Deezus14
for his opening night performance a few nights ago by lighting it up for 28pts!!!
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One of the toughest players to put on a Neuqua uniform
@meredith_blaise
! We knew he was ok because nothing hurts that kid! Took 6 charges in a game his junior year as well! Tough as nails! Great block! Mr Hustle!
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Congrats to
@JohnPoulakidas
&
@connordavis_35
on being named all-conference!
Congrats to the all-DuPage Valley Conference boys basketball team...
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Wildcats get a nice win on Senior Night vs Minooka 64-32! Always something special to give 5 seniors the start on this special night!
@tariqasimm
w/ 13pts!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 18pts &
@connordavis_35
w/ 8pts 5rebs! Best way to describe this class is that they are great teammates!
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Congrats to
@JohnPoulakidas
and his team
@YaleMBasketball
on making the NCAA Tournament!
John becomes the 4th Wildcat Player to make it to the Big Dance!
List includes:
Mike Rose- Eastern Kentucky ‘07
Eric Chesser- South Alabama ‘08
Dwayne Evans- St Louis ‘12, ‘13, & ‘14
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Awesome 59-54 win tonight by the guys vs a high octane offense in Morton! Held them to 21 second half points! Very balanced effort on offense with tons of contributors! 2nd half defense was fantastic!
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Nice bounce back win for the boys tonight on the road!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 32pts & 5 rebs,
@nonso_ogbuefi
w/ 10pts & 5 rebs,
@connordavis_35
w/ 10pts & 6 rebs! Eric Roche w/ 3 huge charges! Rough 1st half on the defensive end but solid performance 2nd half! Get better everyday!
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Congrats to
@JohnPoulakidas
&
@connordavis_35
for being named 1st Team All Conference!
Congrats to
@mark_mennecke
for being named Special Mentioned All Conference as a Sophomore!
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Team battled tonight through adversity to pull out a 53-48 victory over EA! Without two starters,
@nonso_ogbuefi
@JohnPoulakidas
, everyone stepped up who played! Eric Roche w/ his 1st career varsity start tallies 14pts along with 5 charges! Nick Porter w/ 16pts off the bench!
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Three Wildcats made All-Conference!
Luke Kinkade 1st Team
Nick Lendino 1st Team
Chris Srbinov 2nd Team
Additionally, Luke Kinkade was named Co-MVP of the conference!
Congrats to all!
@luke_kinkade
@nlendino24
@csrb13
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Congrats to
@JaydenDean14
and Cole Vonnahme on being named 1st team All Conference! Also, congrats to
@NickKinkade3
on being named Honorable Mention All Conference!
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Starting 5 man out....toughest/best rebounder
Starting 2 man sidelined due to injury ...leading scorer The young Wildcats battle adversity for 32 mins to comeback from an 8 point deficit w/ a min to go in the 3rd on the road! Final score 72-70!
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Last day of school for this incredible group of young men! One of the hardest working groups we’ve ever had the honor to coach!
“Success isn't just what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do!”
This group impacted the program for years to come!
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Congrats to Coach Renner
@NeuquaBaseball
for his 500th career victory! It’s been an awesome journey since you started the program! No better coach, teacher, or person than Coach Renner!
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Big night for the DVC! Congrats to
@DekalbBoysHoops
@dekalb_bball
&
@NNHS_Basketball
@NolanNNHS
on bringing home a Regional Championship! Our tough conference battles prepared us for this moment!
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Wildcats win the East Aurora Holiday Tournament beating Plainfield Central 75-56! Well balanced effort on the offensive end tonight!
@JaydenDean14
w/ 18pts,
@luke_kinkade
w/ 17pts,
@NickKinkade3
w/ 9pts,
@mark_mennecke
w/ 8pts, Erikas w/ 8pts, and Cole w/ 7pts!
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Wildcats beat Metea 64-61! Great comeback after being down 17-5 in the 1st! Excellent 2nd half! Tons of contributions! On to Friday vs NC
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Nice win tonight by the boys vs a talented Oswego East! Never easy to get the 1st victory! Down 12 early 3rd quarter after an awful first half. Defense and rebounding got us back into the game! 7pm tomorrow vs Oswego!
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Big opening night win for the Wildcats vs West Aurora 53-45! 12 guys saw action tonight! Lots of youth on the court and seniors stepped up big! Back at it tomorrow night vs Oswego at 7pm!
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3 year Varsity player! Played in 91 games in his career! Learned 3 positions in that time frame! Phenomenal defender! Coachable! Great teammate! The list goes on! Doesn’t get the recognition he deserves, but he’s the glue guy programs need on and off the court!
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Wildcats win at home 62-50 vs Naperville Central! 36 big points from the bench tonight!
@JaydenDean14
leads the way with 19pts, Kurt w/ 9pts,
@mark_mennecke
w/ 11 rebs, 5 assists, and
@NickKinkade3
w/ 7pts and 8 assist plus fantastic defense all night!
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New uniforms for the 2017-2018 season! Big thanks to Coach Drew on the selection
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Thanks to all the fans
@NVGoldRush
@BarstoolNvhs
for the incredible support this year! Thanks to all the parents for traveling to all the games & prepping all the Pregame meals! Thanks to
@NVHSCheer
for all the enthusiasm on the sideline! Once a Wildcat always a Wildcat!
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Wildcats battled through adversity all night! Found a way to come back from 8pts down in the 3rd to win 54-46! Need to be better at the Free Throw line. Missed 14 easy ones!
@nonso_ogbuefi
w/ 13 huge pts!
@connordavis_35
w/ 10pts and 8 rebs &
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 12pts!
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Big road win for the Wildcats vs Naperville Central 73-52! Awesome crowd and tons of energy!
@JaydenDean14
w/ 13pts,
@GurskasErikas
w/ 12pts,
@nlendino24
w/ 12pts, Cole Vonnahme w/ 12pts, and
@csrb13
w/ 11pts
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Wildcats with two nice wins today vs Hononegah and Normal Community! Tough wins with a lot of adversity!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 36pts vs Normal and along with
@connordavis_35
w/ 20pts! Record improves to 14-5! Back at it Monday vs Normal West and Rockford Boylan!
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Wildcats take down East Aurora 72-56! Wildcats move to tomorrows championship game at 4:10pm! Opponent TBD.
@JaydenDean14
w/ 32pts and 8 rebs off the bench!
@NickKinkade3
&
@luke_kinkade
w/ 11 pts each!
@NestoHoops
@michaelsobrien
@HSBBALLjg
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Season long shooting blues vanished in the 2nd half tonight! Wildcats explode for 49pts! Final score 74-67 over Naperville Central!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 27pts, 7 rebs, 6 ast, and 3 blocks!
@connordavis_35
w/ 23pts, 10 rebs, & 5ast!
@Zack_Davis30
w/ 14pts! Metea Valley on Friday!
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Great season by the boy's! Proud of our guys! Battled every second of the game! Couple possessions away from shocking the State!
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Congrats to
@JohnPoulakidas
on scoring his first collegiate points last night in a big win vs UMass!
@YaleMBasketball
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Wildcats get their 1st win of the year with a 61-50 victory over Oswego! Play tomorrow at 4pm vs crosstown rival Naperville Central
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Congrats Sentwali! Awesome young man! Only played 1 year in the program but made an incredible impact for years to come! It’s hard to come into a new environment & learn a new system, getting to know new teammates/coaches, but he handled it like a true champion! Wildcat 4 life!
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Best stat of the night was a combined 20 rebounds between
@jblazek02
@connordavis_35
&
@mgronowski7
coming off the bench! You don’t have to score to contribute! Great production!
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Wildcats get a nice road win at Metea 63-48! Struggled all night on both ends but found a way to pull it together in the 4th out scoring MV 18-3!
@luke_kinkade
w/ 18pts,
@JaydenDean14
w/ 12pts & 5 rebs, and
@mark_mennecke
w/ 7pts 6 rebs & 4 assists!
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Thanks Associate Head Coach
@CoachRexWalters
of Wake Forest for coming out to Neuqua this morning to visit
@JohnPoulakidas
! We appreciate the visit and best of luck this upcoming season!
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It had a great 12 year run! Can’t wait for the new court come November!
Significant improvements to The Main Gym began today. It is being fully sanded down, then refinished and repainted with new stain and updated graphics.
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Nice road win for the Wildcats at Metea 73-47! Soph
@mark_mennecke
w/ 16 & SR Nick Porter w/ 14pts in 3 quarters of action! SR
@Zack_Davis30
w/ 14pts & 6 rebs plus SR
@connordavis_35
w/ 10pts & 7 rebs! Great 2nd half from all!
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Awesome job by our sophomores filming this! The final play! 1.8 secs to go! Little back story...WV gets a tip in at the buzzer but officials put time back on the clock! Speechless!
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Good team win vs a tough, skilled Hinsdale Central team! Everyone contributed on both ends of the floor! Intensity and toughness was great for both team! On to the next one Tuesday night vs Morton at home!
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With the new school year underway! Here is the official 2019-2020 schedule!
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Big win tonight for the guys! 62-28 vs Oswego!
@JaydenDean14
&
@csrb13
with 12pts each! Outstanding defensive effort holding the Panthers to 19% shooting from the field! Wildcats finish the game on a 45-13 run! Also, great to see ‘21 grad
@Zack_Davis30
tonight at the game!
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Congrats to
@jtan314
for making Special Mention All Conference &
@noah_herdman316
for making Honorable Mention All Conference!
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Awesome to see 4 former Wildcats
@meredith_blaise
@ConnorRaridon
@Deezus14
& Coach
@DijonKnight
go against each other tonight in the Round of 32 in the D3 national tournament! As Coach Sutton said he’s a proud pops seeing these young men succeed!
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Sad day for the Neuqua Basketball Family and Community. We would like to express our sincere condolences to the Lake Family.
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According to Coach Renner, "3rd ugliest team in school history!"
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Awesome career
@ConnorRaridon
2015 Grad! Congrats on the great honor! That’s the 3rd NV player to receive 1st team All-American status at the D3 level!
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Nice team win 74-35 vs ACC! 20 assists on 27 made field goals!
@JohnPoulakidas
w/ 27pts doing his best version of MJ’s flu game!
@mgronowski7
w/ 15pts & breaking the record for best FG% in a game (min of 5 FGA) 7-7 100% from the field!
@Zacko522
w/ 8pts off the bench as well!
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Wildcats win on the road 79-66 vs Joliet West! Balanced effort led to five players with 8 or more points tonight! Everyone got some tick! Back at it Friday for Hall of Fame Night vs Central!
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Great win for the boys!
@noah_herdman316
w/ 20pts,
@Dubem225
with 13 & 15rbs, Player of the game
@cdlake6
w/ 2 huge charges in the 4th!
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New addition to our website on the Home page! Along with updated Records! Check it out at
@meredith_blaise
@ConnorRaridon
@JohnPugliese
@DwayneEvans21
@Deezus14
@Jacob_Cushing22
@CoachD_Knight
@DRaridon
@JPow91
@rphill5
@Acmonster824
@J_barbar23
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Fantastic team win tonight 62-40 vs a great Waubonsie Valley team! Two tough teams battling for 32 mins! Defense was outstanding! Balanced effort once again!
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Congrats to our Sophomores, Coach Drew & Coach Billy on a great year! Finished 25-4 with a 10-0 record in Conference!
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Wildcats struggled but found a way to grind it out 48-43 vs an excellent Naperville North team! Big wins by our Sophomores and Freshman A team!
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Big win for the Wildcats against Naperville Central! Final score 53-49! Team moves to 2-1 on the year! Game Friday TBA!
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Neuqua Valley 58
Waubonsie Valley 56
#RoadKill
@IlliniMBB
Credit to
@dekalb_bball
and his celebration videos as well! Awesome!
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Nice bounce back win for the boys! 82-71 vs Rockford Lutheran! Everyone contributed tonight! Best stat of the night was that we had 25 assists as a team! Way to share the ball tonight!
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Unbelievably proud of this young man! He put in the work and will be turning heads at the next level!
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Intense game last night! The boys put everything on the line! We put on a defensive clinic last night forcing 22 turnovers and taking 8 charges! Tie game w/ 6 mins to go! Proud of the effort! Just came up short with some empty possessions late down 4 w/ a min to go!
Junior forward Connor Davis scores 21 points, but Neuqua Valley lets one get away against Joliet West in a Class 4A sectional semifinal: ‘We should have been able to execute better down the stretch.’
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🚨Top 20 Moments/Plays 2019-2020🚨
16. Erik Roche 7-0 run vs Naperville N
Last game of the regular season and the Wildcats were down 35-31 to start the 4th! 34 seconds later the Cats took a 38-35 lead and continued on to win 54-50 to finish the regular season 23-8!
@ErikRoche3
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Wildcats get a nice home win vs Naperville North 55-44! Balanced scoring all night!
@JaydenDean14
w/ 16pts, Cole w/ 9pts,
@nlendino24
w/ 8, & Kurt w/ 7pts!
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4th straight game without Poulakidas & the Wildcats fall short vs the
#1
team in 1A Yorkville Christian 87-81. Bad start to the 3rd quarter w/ 4 unforced TOs & bad shots did us in.
@Zack_Davis30
w/ 29pts,
@connordavis_35
w/ 22pts & 9 assists,
@mark_mennecke
w/ 15pts & 11 rebs
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Nice win tonight for the guys on Senior Nights! Wildcats won 88-31!
@JaydenDean14
& Cole Vonnahme w/ 19pts each! Along with 2 others in double figures! Back at it tomorrow vs Naperville Central!
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Congrats
@NeuquaBaseball
Coach Renner on being named the new AD at Newark High School! Awesome story as well being hired by our 1st varsity assistant basketball coach Mr. Still!
Hall of Fame baseball coach Robin Renner, who won 507 games and the 2007 Class 4A state title at Neuqua Valley, has been hired as Newark's new AD:
@NewarkNorsemen
@newarkhs
@NeuquaBaseball
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Wildcats with a huge road win 61-53 vs an outstanding Morton! Finished the game on a 28-12 run! On to Friday vs DeKalb at home!
@michaelsobrien
@HSBBALLjg
@joehoopsreport
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Wildcats beat Waubonsie Valley at the buzzer 53-52! Both teams battled! NV down 9 with 3 mins to go! Tough night on the offensive and defensive end but we found a way to grind it out!
@connordavis_35
w/ the huge game winner!! Scored 14pts in the 4th quarter! Total team effort!
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Both Sophomores and Varsity grind out a win vs Fenwick! Lots to clean up but an intense, physical game by both teams! Back at it tomorrow vs West Aurora!
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Down 2 starters again and the Wildcats come through with a big 58-48 victory over South Elgin!
@_thatstwali
w/ season high 17pts!
@nonso_ogbuefi
w/ his second start of the year finished with 11!
@jblazek02
playing his Jordan Flu game scored 8pts after missing the last 3 days!
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Awesome night watching
@connordavis_35
play at Northwestern! Hit a big time 3 and pull up jump shot in the 2nd half!
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Wildcats win on the road 71-44 vs Maine East.
@luke_kinkade
w/ 22 pts and
@JaydenDean14
w/ 18 pts. Back at it on Friday vs Naperville Central
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Nice win tonight for the Wildcats vs West Aurora 66-39! The boys used a 23-2 3rd quarter run to break away from a tie game! Program sweep at all levels! Nice wins from Freshman A & B, Sophomores, and Varsity!
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Awesome picture of our 1000 point scorers club! Who’s going to be next on this list?
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🚨Top 20 Moments/Plays 2019-2020🚨
11. Erik Roche’s 1st career start vs EA
Down some players due to illness and family commitments, the team rallied around their depth. SR Erik Roche caped off a great performance with 14pts and 3 charges! Wildcats defeated East Aurora 53-48!
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Wildcats get a nice win over Waubonsie 57-48! Tons of contributions! Very intense game! Got sloppy in the 2nd half with the ball but found a way to grind it out! The boys were on fire from deep tonight! 10/19 from behind the arc! Back at it tomorrow at Glenbard East!
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🚨Top 20 Moments/Plays 2019-2020🚨
8. Mark Gronowski’s 5 charges vs Joliet W
During our sectional matchup vs top seeded Joliet West, we got some extra energy from
@mgronowski7
and his defensive presence! W/ this performance, Mark finished w/ 25 charges on the year!
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Success isn't just what you accomplish in your life, it's about what you inspire others to do! Congrats class of 2017 and our seniors!
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It’s a little late but busy 3 game week!
@luke_kinkade
finished with 44pts and 11 rebs vs Yorkville Christian on Tuesday night! That puts him 2nd all time for the scoring record in a single game behind
@JohnPoulakidas
& his 49pts back in 2020!
@michaelsobrien
@joehoopsreport
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Wildcats get a win vs tough and gritty DeKalb 69-52. Big weekend ahead at Hononegah MLK tournament vs Normal Community and Normal West on Saturday and then at Geneva vs York on Monday.
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Congrats
@JohnPoulakidas
for on being named 1st Team All-Area &
@connordavis_35
for receiving Honorable Mention! Exciting future for the two Juniors! Couldn’t have done it without their teammates especially the awesome senior class!
Presenting the 2019-20 Daily Herald DuPage County All-Area Boys basketball Team
#DHpreps
via
@dailyherald
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