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Boys Basketball: Marshall holds on, ends St Francis’ run

The vast majority of a packed gym was cheering for St. Francis to continue its Cinderella run Friday night, but Marshall never wavered. Relying on …

  • Apr 23, 2012

Joe Henricksen’s City/Suburban Hoops Report

City The Public League has only three players who have signed with Division I schools, including just one high-major recruit in the class of 2012. …

  • Mar 27, 2012

Boys Basketball: St Francis pulls off second straight upset, tops Crane

There are those who assumed St. Francis’ upset of Orr in a Class 3A regional final last Friday was a fluke. It wasn’t. The Spartans …

  • Mar 13, 2012

Boys Basketball: St Francis rallies to stun Orr

Ryan Coyle hit a key three-pointer with just over a minute left to send St. Francis to a 39-36 upset victory over No. 8 Orr …

  • Mar 2, 2012

Boys Basketball: Aurora Central rallies past St Francis

The state basketball tournament doesn’t start for Aurora Central and St. Francis until next week, but it sure seemed like a little March Madness took …

  • Feb 25, 2012

Boys Basketball: St Francis’ quick run downs Aurora Christian

In a game as tightly contested as St. Francis’ battle with Aurora Christian, it was ironic that an explosive burst by the visiting Spartans proved …

  • Feb 17, 2012

Boys Basketball: St Francis weathers Aurora Christian rally

Playing from behind in a conference road game is tough, which Aurora Christian found out the hard way Friday night at St. Francis. In one …

  • Jan 13, 2012

Boys Basketball: De La Salle shoots past St Francis

Good luck stopping a speeding meteor – much less five of them. The top-seeded De La Salle Meteors (9-1) blistered St. Francis with transition baskets …

  • Dec 28, 2011

Boys Basketball: St Francis’ late comeback downs Marmion

Sometimes the hardest shots to make are not the ones that are heavily contested. They are the ones that are wide open. Brian Spahn had …

  • Dec 16, 2011

Boys Basketball: Suburban Christian Blue preview capsules

SUB. CHRISTIAN BLUE Outlook: Aurora Central looks to use last year’s run to the 3A supersectional to leap past guard-strong Wheaton Academy in reshuffled SCC. …

  • Dec 6, 2011

St. Francis beats Nazareth at line

At a shoot around earlier in the day, St. Francis' Ryan Coyle stayed late to shoot 100 free throws. The extra work paid huge dividends …

  • Mar 3, 2011

Nazareth's hot start buries St. Francis

There was no shortage of peculiarities in LaGrange Park on Saturday night. Nazareth Academy hit four three-pointers in the first two and a half minutes, …

  • Dec 5, 2010

St. Francis tops Alleman

St. Francis 50, Alleman 45: Ryan Coyle netted 17 points and nine rebounds and Micke Scholl contributed with 14 for St. Francis (3-3). …

  • Dec 15, 2010

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