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Prospect’s Owen Schneider guards Hersey’s Andrew Wagner.  (Photo by Alexis Esparza)

BOYS’ BASKETBALL FALLS SHORT TO HERSEY, ROBERTS IN CONFERENCE BATTLE

Rick Lytle February 23, 2021

It was a game of streaks from the beginning. Hersey opened the game on a 9-0 run, and, throughout the game, there were runs of 9-3, 8-2, 7-0 and 9-2 from both Hersey and Prospect. However, it was Hersey’s...

LATE SURGE FROM VIKINGS JUST ENOUGH TO DEFEAT BOYS BASKETBALL

LATE SURGE FROM VIKINGS JUST ENOUGH TO DEFEAT BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Jacob Siciliano, Online Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2021

Chase Larsen stood on Prospects baseline in shock. Prospects' two-point lead had vanished as Fremd’s Ryans Sammons hit a corner three to take the 43-42 lead. 4.6 seconds remained on the clock as Larsen...

Photo courtesy of @knightsofPHS

BOYS’ BASKETBALL OFF THE COURT ONCE AGAIN DUE TO COVID-19 EXPOSURE

Jacob Siciliano, Online Editor-in-Chief February 14, 2021

Saturday, Feb. 6  9:30 p.m. Prospect boys’ basketball celebrated their first win of the season with a 62-32 victory over Elk Grove. Senior Chase Larsen, who had 14 points,  and junior Owen Schneider,...

GIRLS BASKETBALL EMBRACES THE CHAOS IN RETURN TO JEAN WALKER FIELDHOUSE

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL EMBRACES THE CHAOS IN RETURN TO JEAN WALKER FIELDHOUSE

Jacob Siciliano, Online Editor-in-Chief February 8, 2021

With girls’ basketball finally returning to Jean Walker Fieldhouse with a 61-43 win over Elk Grove on Feb. 6, a wave of normalcy washed over Prospect and its athletes. Jean Walker Field House has had...

Photo Courtesy of Matthew Weber

MATTHEW WEBER NAMED NEW GIRLS BASKETBALL HEAD COACH

Aidan Murray, Sports Reporter September 7, 2020

The Prospect girls varsity basketball team will see a change this year as they will begin their season on Nov. 16 with 12-year high school basketball coach, Matthew Weber. Weber has had plenty of experience...

BOYS BASKETBALL RUN COMES TO AN END AGAINST MUNDELEIN

BOYS BASKETBALL RUN COMES TO AN END AGAINST MUNDELEIN

Rick Lytle March 12, 2020

Any Prospect fans arriving 45 minutes prior to tip-off of the sectional semi-final would have found a line to get into the game already extending outdoors and wrapping around the side of the fieldhouse....

Knights Stun Bison in Regional Championship

Rick Lytle March 10, 2020

Prospect was up 30-23 heading into the fourth quarter, something many in the arena would not have predicted at the beginning of the night, but also certainly not an insurmountable lead given Buffalo Grove’s...

Wrestling sends five individuals to State, preps for team Sectionals

Wrestling sends five individuals to State, preps for team Sectionals

Jake Terpins February 20, 2020

As Prospect wins Regionals for the sixth time in the past seven years, they finish with nine Sectional qualifiers including Will Baysinger, Marcus Santos, Lennon Steinkuehler, Damien Puma, Jack Milos,...

Image from Jan. 21 versus Wheeling at Prospect High School

Knights Stun Bison in First Round Playoff Upset

Rick Lytle February 20, 2020

*Image from Jan. 31 game versus Wheeling at Prospect High School* “I think we had the underdog mentality going into the game especially, and I think that was really exciting for us … we know...

Knights bounce back with decisive win over Grenadiers

Knights bounce back with decisive win over Grenadiers

Rick Lytle February 11, 2020

Just three minutes into the game, Elk Grove had to call a timeout in an attempt to halt Prospect’s momentum. The Knights had come out with something to prove and already had a 7-0 lead. Right out...

Girls Basketball led by young core

Girls Basketball led by young core

Jake Terpins February 3, 2020

Girls’ basketball coach Marie Miller watched as the lineup dominated by sophomores and juniors took the court.  Prospect is 11-11 as of Feb. 2. This young team has shown some hope for the...

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