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Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week: Jayden Riley, Yorkville Christian, basketball, senior · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week Jade and Riley, Yorkville
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  Speaker 1: Christian Basketball Senior Written by Joshua wels This article is
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  Speaker 1: being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: Name Jade and Riley School, Yorkville Christian Senior, Sport Basketball.
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  Speaker 1: Why he was selected. Riley scored forty five points and
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  Speaker 1: had seven assists in Yorkville Christian's seventy nine to seventy
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  Speaker 1: four win over Freeport in the regular season finale. He
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  Speaker 1: was selected the Athlete of the Week in an online vote.
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  Speaker 1: Other nominees were Sandwich Wrestling's Cooper Corter, Oswego East bowlings
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  Speaker 1: Leah Andrews, and Oswego co Op Swimmings Owen Lippolt. Here
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  Speaker 1: is Riley's interview with sports editor Joshua Welch forty five points.
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  Speaker 1: Was that a career high? Was it just one of
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  Speaker 1: those games that called for a lot of scoring. Were
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  Speaker 1: you shooting well? Riley? Yes, it was a career high
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  Speaker 1: for high school. I would say no, not really. My
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  Speaker 1: teammates and everyone knew was my last game there, so
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  Speaker 1: they all just wanted me to go out with a bang,
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  Speaker 1: and they were just looking for me and wanting me
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  Speaker 1: to shoot the ball, and I would say I shot
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  Speaker 1: the ball. Well, what did it mean to do it
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  Speaker 1: in your last home game? Riley? It meant a lot
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  Speaker 1: to do it in my last game because it was
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  Speaker 1: also senior night, so I had tons of family there too,
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  Speaker 1: and it was just a fun experience to have for
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  Speaker 1: my last game there. How are you guys feeling going
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  Speaker 1: to the playoffs? What do you feel will be keys
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  Speaker 1: to a deep run? Riley? I would say we are
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  Speaker 1: feeling good. We ended up winning four of our last games,
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  Speaker 1: and we had a tough schedule this year to prepare
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  Speaker 1: us for this run we are trying to make. I
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  Speaker 1: would say the biggest thing is to make sure we
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  Speaker 1: play with energy and to play like the team that
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  Speaker 1: can compete with anyone, because when we play with energy,
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  Speaker 1: we play fast. We have competed with really good teams,
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  Speaker 1: and there has been other games where we haven't played
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  Speaker 1: with energy and lost to teams that we shouldn't have.
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  Speaker 1: You're gonna be playing college at this time next year.
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  Speaker 1: Do you find yourself watching college more? Riley? Yes, I do.
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  Speaker 1: I have been watching SIU Edwardsville and keeping up with
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  Speaker 1: them and just watching them play because I'll be there
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  Speaker 1: next year and that's why I committed early, so I
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  Speaker 1: can see how they play and kind of get a
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  Speaker 1: head start and just kind of know their system before
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  Speaker 1: I get on campus. Is there a team in Narsch
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  Speaker 1: where layers like to watch? This can be pro or
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  Speaker 1: college Riley. I would say Alabama is probably my favorite
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  Speaker 1: team to watch because the way they play is fun
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  Speaker 1: to watch, and my favorite player to watch is Arkansas
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  Speaker 1: Darius Acuff and Rob Wright who goes to BYU.