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Ethan Vahl, Oswego storm back to beat Oswego East in OT, snap 16-game crosstown streak · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Ethan Val Oswego storm back to beat Oswego East, a
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  o t snapped sixteen game crosstown streak. This article is
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  being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Ethan Vall is only a sophomore, his high school career
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  just getting started, and yet he felt the weight of
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  Oswego's recent crosstown history. Vall, Aswego's talented young guard, has
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  been attending games with Oswego East since he was in
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  elementary school. He'd never seen a Panther's win. Fall had
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  a shot to change all that to give Aswego its
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  first crossdown win in nine years, but his three point
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  shot as time expired in regulation just missed. He was
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  still celebrating at the end. Val scored seventeen of his
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  twenty nine points in the fourth quarter in overtime, with
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  a three point shot for the lead in overtime, a
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  wild comeback from seven down in the last two minutes
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  of regulation to force overtime, where it beat visiting Oswego
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  East fifty nine to fifty two to snap the wolves
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  sixteen game crosstown streak. As the clock hit zero on
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  Aswego's first crosstown wins since February tenth, twenty seventeen. Vall
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  ran to a raucous student section in a jam packed
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  gym to relish the moment. Rielstam, We've been wanting this
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  for the longest. I've been wanting to have this feeling
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  since i was a little kid, Vall said, I've been
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  going to these games. I would see it happen, and
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  I just wanted to celebrate in these games. Fellow sophomore
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  Cole Janssen's had twelve points and ten rebounds, and Graham
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  Schwab scored eleven points for Oswego ten to seven, four
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  to three Southwest Prairie Conference. For Aswego East twelve four
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  Fivenut two to Paul recruit Mason Lockett scored twenty five
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  points and Deshaun Bolden had fifteen points and seventeen rebounds.
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  As WeGo East led by as many as ten in
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  the third quarter and still led forty five thirty eight
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  with two twenty four left after Lockett hit two free throws,
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  but as we Go scored the last seven points of regulation,
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  the turning point of five point possession. Bolden was called
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  for an intentional foul grabbing Jansen's who swished two free throws.
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  Schwab followed with a turnaround three point shot from the
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  top of the key, making it forty five forty three
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  with one forty four left. That was a big swing,
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  Oswego East coach Ryan Velaskaz said. On a mad scramble
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  on Oswego East's ensuing possession, Oswego's Mayano velasco dove for
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  a steal at half court. It turned into Vall's breakaway
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  layup for the tie. Graham hit that big three late
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  in the shot clock, and I feel like that sparked us.
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  Oswego coach Nick Oraham said, really proud of these guys
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  overcoming adversity and continuing to battle. Both teams had golden
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  opportunities to win at the end of regulation. Johnson's missed
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  a lob at the rim and Bolden missed two free throws.
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  With five point six seconds left after a time out,
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  Vall's three point from the left wing was online but long,
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  but Vall's three pointer with two point fifty eight left
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  in overtime gave Oswego the lead for good at forty
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  nine forty six. Vall shot just four for fifteen over
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  the first three quarters. He seemed to find a spring
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  in his next step. Late when he wasn't scoring himself,
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  he was setting up teammates like Jansen's. Vall also had
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  six steals. I thought I had that shot at the end.
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  I'll take any ending with a win, though Vall said,
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  I knew I had to come out with the same
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  intensity in overtime. It's adversity. I go through that a lot,
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  and also my teammates, they helped me keep my head up.
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  Jansen's is not the household name that Vall is as
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  a sophomore, but the six foot eleven center had a
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  bit of a coming out party Friday. Besides his double double,
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  his presence made it difficult for Oswego East to score
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  at the rim. Cole We thought about toughness and physicality.
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  Coal was unbelievable tonight, and Om said, I was real
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  proud of Coal. I thought he finished well coming of
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  age for him to night. Oswego East trailed twenty four
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  to twenty three at halftime, but seemed to take control
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  of things with a thirteen zero run in the third quarter.
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  Lockett scored nine of his twenty five points in the quarter.
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  His thunderous dunk in transition capping off the run. Lockett's
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  spinning drive and shot over the six to eleven. Jansen's
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  made it forty three thirty five with three minutes left,
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  but the Wolves scored just one point over a five
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  minute stretch bridging the end of the fourth quarter and
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  overtime after Lockett's two free throws made it forty five
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  to thirty eight. There were so many times that I
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  felt like we had the lead, and there were a
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  lot of things that didn't go our way, but a
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  lot of things that we didn't help ourselves with. Velaska
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  has said we have to learn from this and move forward.
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  Not much has gone Oswego's way in the Crosstown the
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  last nine years. Oraham has only been a part of
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  three of them now, but recognized its significance. He had
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  Jalen Jones, Oswego star from the last Crosstown win, speak
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  to the team this week. We talked about since I
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  walked in last year that these rivalry games mean something
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  you get up a little more over, Am said, it
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  meant a lot to our guys to get that one