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The explosive guard scored 13 of her 39 points in the third quarter in Batavia’s 72-61 victory over Fremd at the Morton Christmas Tournament — four off her career high.

Use whatever adjective you want to describe Batavia’s high-pressure defense — relentless, persistent, unrelenting — and it fails to properly articulate just how impactful the Bulldogs’ defense was in its 61-31 thumping of Sycamore in the first round of the Morton College Christmas tournament.

The top remains stable and three teams make season debuts: Naperville Central, Lincoln-Way West and Morris.

It’s a loaded weekend with several matchups between ranked teams.

Lincoln-Way East opens the season Thursday with an intriguing showdown against Kenwood, one of the best teams in the Public League, at Gately.

The Bulldogs return quarterback Ryan Boe and 10 other starters back from the team that lost to Mount Carmel in the Class 7A state championship game.

Prep football fans don’t have to wait long to see one of the best matchups of the season.

Thirteen games are in the books....and it looks like we expected it to back in August.

West Suburban Silver success, Tyler Vasey’s record running and Batavia hype.