Stories By Tony Bleill
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Events
/ 9 years agoSports City U Claims Top USJN Windy City Classic Honors
WAUKEGAN, Ill. – That the Sports City U 17 6.0 squad captured top honors at USJN’s 11th annual Windy City Classic...
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USJN
/ 9 years agoCrossover Captures Top Title At 11th Annual USJN Battle Of The Programs
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wisc. — With seven available players, few would have been surprised had the Michigan Crossover played a couple of...
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Team
/ 9 years agoSpotlight On The Indiana Flight
Like many clubs, the Indiana Flight started small. Founder Gregg Mason began with one team seven years ago. This year the program...
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Travel
/ 9 years agoMidwest Summer Showcase Hits The Finish Line
INDIANAPOLIS — Tessy Onwuka’s individual goal for the summer was to show college coaches she is capable of taking, and making,...
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Travel
/ 9 years agoUSJN Midwest Summer Showcase
INDIANAPOLIS — As basketball bloodlines go, they don’t get a whole lot better than Kayana Traylor’s. The 2018 guard for the...
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HS Girls
/ 10 years agoNike TOC Sunday Notebook – Tony’s Take
CHANDLER, Ariz. – The weather in the Phoenix area for the Nike Tournament of Champions has featured seasonable temperatures in the...
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Travel
/ 10 years agoBOP – Elite Oktoberfest Notebook
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – Eight minutes into Saturday’s USJN Battle of the Programs opener for Blue Star St. Louis, the team’s...
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Travel
/ 10 years agoUSJN Midwest Double Header
PLEASANT PRAIRIE, Wis. – Indiana’s Spiece Gym Rats collected a piece of history at USJN’s 10th annual Battle of the Programs...
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Travel
/ 10 years agoUSJN Summer Final 2014
WAUKEGAN, Ill. – Taylor Kissinger of the Cornhusker Shooting Stars Bison 14 squad has had no trouble finding effective role models...
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Travel
/ 10 years agoUSJN Midwest Summer Challenge Takes the Floor In Illinois
DEERFIELD, Ill. – The Blue Star West Virginia 14 squad is headed to the USJN/Nike National Championships in Washington D.C. later...
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Team
/ 10 years agoSpotlight: Chicago Hoops Express
CHICAGO – Chicago Hoops Express coach Jerald Davis always believed his backcourt prodigy, Kathleen Doyle, was capable of playing Division I...
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Challenges
/ 10 years agoMid-america Day Two Leftovers
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – For the Illinois Full Package 17 squad coached by Matthew Truding, Mother’s Day was Get Over the Hump...
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Team
/ 10 years agoSpotlight On TeamXpress
Clarissa Davis-Wrightsil is a Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer, a former college assistant coach and a legendary figure in Texas basketball...
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Challenges
/ 10 years agoDay One Thoughts – USJN Mid-America Challenge
MERRILLVILLE, Ind. – For the Illinois Elite, the 2013 season included a special group of players and another lengthy list of...
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Team
/ 11 years agoSt. Thomas More Claims Illinois Crown
NORMAL, Ill. – This time, they were ready for the bright lights and big stage. St. Thomas More of Champaign came...
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HS Girls
/ 11 years agoMcDonald’s Shootout: Chicagoland Girls Prep Classic
VILLA PARK, Ill. – For a small-school team, losing by 30 points to one of the best large-school teams in the...