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Boys Basketball: Season full of key moments

Plainfield East and Providence won regional championships while Lemont and Minooka won over the skeptics. Joliet West and Bolingbrook showed flashes of dominance while Lockport …

May 12, 2012

Boys Basketball: Providence has Lemont’s number

When Lemont rallied from a 39-23 halftime deficit to tie the game at 50 with 4 minutes, 18 seconds left, it looked for all the …

Mar 3, 2012

Boys Basketball: Lemont outlasts Corliss

Juozas Balciunas is calm and cool under pressure. And he can flat-out score. Lemont coach Rick Runaas knew he had the right person on the …

Feb 28, 2012

Boys Basketball: Lemont’s rally stuns Hillcrest

Lemont’s historic regular season ended in storybook fashion Friday night. The Indians rallied from a 40-26 halftime deficit to stun No. 1 Hillcrest, Joe Hehir’s …

Feb 24, 2012

Boys Basketball: Mike Wisz shoots Lemont past TF North

Coming off the bench in the first quarter of Thursday’s game, Lemont’s Mike Wisz drilled a jumper from long range. The shot was ruled a …

Feb 15, 2012

Boys Basketball: Behind Juozas Balciunas, Lemont runs past Tinley Park

Down 21-3 to Tinley Park early in Friday night’s game, Lemont never panicked, confident it would have a response. How’s a 27-0 run for an …

Feb 3, 2012

Boys Basketball: Lemont holds off Providence

With the Class 3A Rich East Sectional seedings scheduled to be determined in two weeks, Providence’s matchup at Lemont on Tuesday night was huge. While …

Jan 29, 2012

Boys Basketball: Lemont stings Joliet Catholic behind Juozas Balciunas

Juozas Balciunas, who spent his first two years at longtime basketball power St. Joseph, continued to lead Lemont’s resurgence this season with a team-high 20 …

Jan 21, 2012

Boys Basketball: Juozas Balciunas sparks Lemont to victory

Juozas Balciunas scored 14 points to help host Lemont Indians defeat Richards 52-44 Friday night in a South Suburban crossover game. Balciunas hit two key …

Jan 7, 2012

Boys Basketball: Lemont making big rebound

The basketball drought at Lemont that peaked last season with the end of the Christmas Classic and another losing record appears to be over. Lemont …

Jan 9, 2012

Boys Basketball: Crane tops Lemont in title game

Lemont coach Rick Runaas offered a simple explanation for Crane’s 58-54 victory Wednesday night in the small school championship game of the Romeoville Christmas Classic. …

Dec 28, 2011

Boys Basketball: Lemont earns spot in championship game

Lemont held off a U-High rally in the second half Tuesday night and earned a berth in the small-school championship game of the Romeoville Christmas …

Dec 28, 2011

BOYS BASKETBALL: Team play helps Lemont defeat Joliet Catholic

Lemont’s Mike Wisz hustled to reach the ball before it went out of bounds and deflected it off a Joliet Catholic player, saving the possession …

Dec 29, 2011

Boys Basketball: Hard work powers Lemont past Addison Trail

Not long after Lemont coach Rick Runaas chastised Paul Otruskevicius for one-handing a loose ball that went out of bounds, he redeemed himself by rebounding …

Dec 19, 2011

Boys Basketball: Senior leads Lemont past Evergreen Park

Lemont’s Paulius Otruskevicius sure came to play Wednesday night. The senior got the Indians off on the right foot by scoring all nine of their …

Dec 13, 2011

Boys Basketball: South Suburban Blue preview capsules

SOUTH SUBURBAN BLUE Outlook: Hillcrest reloads seeking a second state title in three years, but first has to fend off T.F. South and T.F. North. …

Dec 6, 2011

Boys Basketball: Lemont outlasts Lincoln-Way West

Lemont senior Joe O’Brien knows good basketball is far from the first thing people think about with regard to his school. If the Indians keep …

Dec 10, 2011

Boys Basketball: Lemont outlasts Lincoln-Way Central

They never were matched up against one another, but that didn’t stop Lemont guard Juozas Balciunas and Lincoln-Way Central center Brad Foster from dueling back …