Benet improved to 1-3 in state-title games. After coming up short in 2014, 2016 and 2023, the Redwings broke through in 2025. Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Share Raising the bar for a coach ...

Benet made four 3s in the first quarter, Wright hitting two of them and scoring 8 points. Pauliukonis' 3-pointer in the final seconds gave the Redwings a 16-11 lead after a quarter.

Kirsten Stickney/For the Sun-Times Share CHAMPAIGN — Coaches love defense. Benet and Evanston are well-coached teams and have the defensive stuff figured out. Halfway through the third quarter ...

Evanston Township High School’s quest for an Illinois High School Association Class 4A boys basketball championship ended Friday night when the team lost to Benet Academy 56-47 in a semifinal game in ...

Evanston sophomore Vito Rocca goes up for a layup among a crowd of Benet defenders, including Colin Stack, right, and Daniel Pauliukonis during Friday night’s Class 4A state semifinal game at ...

NORMAL, Illinois — Everyone knows about Benet junior guard Jayden Wright’s 3-point shooting prowess by now. But beyond the arc isn’t the only area where Wright is proficient. Take free-throw ...

not just myself and each other, but our program and the community,” said QHS Boy’s Head Basketball Coach Andy Douglas. Time would run out and QHS would fall to Benet Academy 58-50. The Blue Devils ...

Benet turned the ball over on three of its first four possessions in the Class 4A Illinois State University supersectional on Monday night. One might think that was a bad omen. But while that was ...

Benet sophomore forward Edvardas Stasys practiced patience while waiting for his turn. Then he played with aplomb when he got it in the Class 4A Benet Sectional championship game on Friday.