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Plainfield East, Oswego go to double OT again as Bengals survive, reach regional final · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Plainfield East Oswego go to double ot again as Bengals
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  Speaker 1: survive reach regional final. Written by Chris Walker, this article
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  Speaker 1: is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  Speaker 1: by Everlett. For the second time this season, Plainfield East
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  Speaker 1: and Oswego needed to extend their game to double overtime
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  Speaker 1: to reach an outcome, but this time the season was
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  Speaker 1: on the line. Plainfield East kept its going, escaping the
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  Speaker 1: Class four Aos Oswego Regional Semifinals with a sixty eight
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  Speaker 1: to sixty five victory. It had been a long time
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  Speaker 1: coming for the Bengals, who reached twenty wins for the
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  Speaker 1: first time in fifteen years and won their first postseason
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  Speaker 1: game in eleven years. The Bengals twenty twelve advanced to
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  Speaker 1: Friday's regional championship against Bowling Brook, which beat Naperville Central.
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  Speaker 1: In the first regional semi final. Plainfield East took the
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  Speaker 1: lead for good sixty three sixty two when junior Andrew
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  Speaker 1: Rudd seven points buried a three pointer from the top
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  Speaker 1: of the key after receiving a terrific pass from senior
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  Speaker 1: Alijah Little from the corner. I was ready, I was
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  Speaker 1: ready for it, Rudd said. I missed my first two,
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  Speaker 1: but I was always ready. I'm always ready for it.
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  Speaker 1: You just gotta have energy and stay positive. That's it.
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  Speaker 1: Rudd made an immediate impact when he entered the game
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  Speaker 1: for the first time in the third quarter. The thing
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  Speaker 1: about Andrew is he's a microwave on defense and offense.
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  Speaker 1: Bengals coach Ken where Sakaria said, he came in and
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  Speaker 1: changed the dynamic just with his energy, and that's awesome.
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  Speaker 1: The big thing for us, it's guys like Pierre Miller
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  Speaker 1: and Alija Little. They share the ball and trust their
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  Speaker 1: teammates and create the gaps in space where good things
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  Speaker 1: can happen. Andrew is the kind of kid who is
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  Speaker 1: as gritty as they come for a junior, Sakaria said,
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  Speaker 1: He's someone that has so much passion. You see it
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  Speaker 1: on the floor every time he's out there. I'm very crowd.
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  Speaker 1: He had an opportunity to step up to his moment. Similarly,
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  Speaker 1: Oswego got a huge lift off the bench from m J.
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  Speaker 1: Johnson as the sophomore entered the game after senior Mariano
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  Speaker 1: Velasko picked up his second foul with three point thirty
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  Speaker 1: two left in the first quarter. Johnson was a weapon
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  Speaker 1: deep for the Panthers, knocking down a few threes in
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  Speaker 1: the first half, finishing with eleven points after a traditional two.
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  Speaker 1: He had a chance to tie it with one to
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  Speaker 1: eight left in the second overtime, but missed. Junior Niko
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  Speaker 1: Djurkovich scored three of his nine points with ten point
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  Speaker 1: eight seconds left, as his three pulled the Panthers to
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  Speaker 1: within sixty seven sixty five. Then their pressure narrowly forced
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  Speaker 1: a turnover on a long baseball pass, but junior Graham
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  Speaker 1: Schwab's furious attempt to call timeout was moot since he
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  Speaker 1: had stepped out of bounds with seven point seven seconds left.
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  Speaker 1: Miller split two free throws with six point nine seconds remaining,
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  Speaker 1: which still left the Panthers with a final chance to
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  Speaker 1: tie the game, but Velasco's three was off. The mark
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  Speaker 1: Oswego had to play the final forty eight seconds of
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  Speaker 1: regulation the two overtimes without Ethan Vahl twenty points after
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  Speaker 1: he fouled out. Vall's two three throws with five thirty
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  Speaker 1: four left in regulation had given the Panthers their biggest
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  Speaker 1: lead of game at forty eight forty. His fifth foul
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  Speaker 1: sent Junior Ryland to Animadu to the free throw line,
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  Speaker 1: where he was zero for four. Annie Imadu, who is
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  Speaker 1: playing with a heavy heart after his mother passed away
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  Speaker 1: last week, made both free throws to tie the game
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  Speaker 1: at fifty two fifty two. I felt I had to
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  Speaker 1: make them and like this was just Plainfield East ball,
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  Speaker 1: Animadu said. I feel We've always had this in us,
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  Speaker 1: always had energy. We just had to close it out. Today.
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  Speaker 1: We had the mission and we closed it out and
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  Speaker 1: Imadu fought for thirteen rebounds and scored seven points. That
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  Speaker 1: win was for Ryland, Sakaria said, And he just came
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  Speaker 1: out with a workman like that effort undersize going against
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  Speaker 1: a six' nine. Kid And i'm proud of Seniors Chris
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  Speaker 1: choffa And Cameron. SMITH i know statistically they might not
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  Speaker 1: show up on the, sheet but they Made Ethan vall's
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  Speaker 1: life very difficult and that was the goal to get
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  Speaker 1: him out of his. Rhythm he's still going to get his.
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  Speaker 1: Points he's a great player in his own. Right But
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  Speaker 1: i'm proud Of cam And i'm proud Of. Chris oswego
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  Speaker 1: Defeated Plainfield east sixty eight sixty one in double overtime
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  Speaker 1: when they played on the same Floor january, thirteenth