Girls Basketball: The Prasse sisters played different roles in leading Benet to 25-7 record

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• Apr 23, 2012

Girls Basketball: 2012 All-Area team

2011-12 Sun-Times all-area girls basketball team Selected by Phil Brozynski

• Apr 23, 2012

Prasse sisters lead Benet past Waubonsie Valley

Benet’s girls basketball team has developed quite a formula for success. In Tuesday’s Class 4A Neuqua Valley Sectional semifinal game against Waubonsie Valley, that formula …

• Feb 21, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet off to powerful start in postseason play

After losing two straight games to end the regular season, Benet wanted to make a point at the Class 4A Lockport regional tournament. The Redwings …

• Feb 16, 2012

Girls Basketball: Sidney Prasse, Benet bounce Plainfield Central

The Benet girls basketball team was a heavy favorite going into Tuesday’s Lockport Regional semifinal match against Plainfield Central. Still, the Redwings had something to …

• Feb 20, 2012

Boys Basketball: Hinsdale South holds off Benet

Benet coach Peter Paul said he would like to bottle the second half of Friday’s regular-season finale at Hinsdale South and save it for next …

• Feb 16, 2012

Boys Basketball: Benet pulls away from Marian Catholic

Benet coach Peter Paul was this close to calling a timeout with his team trailing Marian Catholic 11-2 early in the first quarter Thursday in …

• Feb 10, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet holds off St Joseph

The uniforms said Benet and St. Joseph, but they hardly looked like the teams they were just a few short days ago. The No. 7 …

• Feb 5, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet beats Downers South for 14th win

Benet extended its winning streak to 14 games with a 52-41 nonconference home win Tuesday over Downers Grove South. The Redwings made eight three-pointers for …

• Feb 2, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet hangs on to top Providence

In an intense, hard-fought game in which players constantly dived to the floor to retrieve loose balls, Benet was able to hold off a second-half …

• Jan 28, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet’s second-half run downs Waubonsie Valley

Benet was clinging to a two-point lead over Waubonsie Valley as second half started Monday night at the McDonald’s Shootout at Willowbrook. Then Nicole Valentine …

• Jan 24, 2012

Girls Basketball: Benet’s Prasse sisters too much for Naperville North

Benet is a hard team to categotize. They are not tallest team around, the fastest or the most physical. Their versatility sets them apart. Especially …

• Dec 29, 2011

Girls Basketball: Benet wins seventh game in a row

Benet doesn’t need to be at its best to win games. The Redwings proved that Thursday night, grinding out a 54-38 victory over DeKalb in …

• Dec 29, 2011

Girls Basketball: Benet’s late play downs York

After the whirlwind week Benet has had, a little letdown was to be expected. Playing their third game in three days, the Redwings struggled early …

• Dec 26, 2011

Girls Basketball: Christen Prasse propels Benet to upset of Geneva

Christen Prasse is helping to make this a merry Christmas tournament for the Benet girls basketball team. For the second straight night, Prasse — the …

• Dec 26, 2011

Girls Basketball: Benet stuns Fenwick at buzzer

Benet senior Madeline Eilers is no stranger to the three-point shot, hitting 42 previously this season, but she had missed her first six attempts on …

• Dec 17, 2011

Girls Basketball: Late surge lifts Benet over Naperville Central

It is well-known that the Benet girls basketball team can shoot from the perimeter. But, in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, the Redwings were …

• Dec 5, 2011

Girls Basketball: Bartlett powers past Benet

Bartlett’s girls basketball team beat one of the biggest teams it will face all season, Naperville Central, Wednesday at the Tip-Off Tournament, which is hosted …

• Dec 5, 2011

Girls Basketball: Benet shoots past Metea Valley

Benet put on a shooting display worthy of its 64-37 win Saturday against Metea Valley in the Tip-off Tournament at Naperville Central. Senior Madeline Eilers …

• Dec 1, 2011

Girls Basketball: Christen Prasse leads Benet past Auburn

Benet guard Christen Prasse took a pretty hard fall early in the third quarter of the Redwings’ game with Rockford Auburn Friday in Lisle. “I …

• Dec 1, 2011

Bolingbrook runs by Benet

There's no consolation in having your season end. However, when you give a team like Bolingbrook a run for its money, there's little reason to …

• Feb 25, 2011

Benet staves off Waubonsie Valley rally

Sometimes, it's the shots you don't take that prove to be the most important. In the heat of the moment - after Waubonsie Valley had …

• Feb 23, 2011

Benet withstands Huskies' late flurry

This was a test - a test of the Benet girls basketball team's emergency response system. And in the end the third-seeded Redwings, passed that …

• Feb 16, 2011

Benet makes a statement vs. Neuqua Valley

Within 10 seconds of tip-off against Neuqua Valley, the Benet girls' basketball team had made a stunning statement. It was tip, recover, pass and shoot …

• Jan 7, 2011

Third-quarter efforts carries Benet

Benet's big third quarter turned what had been a competitive East Suburban Catholic Conference into a 62-39 win Wednesday. In that period, the Redwings (15-6, …