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Lucas Kaciulis beats buzzer, lifts Timothy Christian over Aurora Christian

Marc Gamble scored a game-high 31 points, and Lucas Kaciulis put in the game-winning basket as time expired to give Timothy Christian a 51-50 comeback win over Aurora Christian on Thursday night.

By Jared Birchfield - Daily Herald Media Group

Addie Way’s career-high 19 points lead Lockport past York on memorable senior night

Lockport senior Addie Way scored a career-high 19 points in her final home game to lift the Porters to a 50-42 win against York on Thursday night.

By Randy Whalen - Shaw Local News Network Correspondent

Stella Sakalas scores 25 as Nazareth rolls: Thursday’s Suburban Life sports roundup

Stella Sakalas scored 25 points to lead four players scoring in double figures as Nazareth rolled by Lincoln-Way West.

By Joshua Welge

Rick Heidner casts himself as ‘Trump Republican’ in bid to unseat Pritzker

From Capitol News Illinois: Rick Heidner was a late entrant into the GOP gubernatorial primary, but is betting that his alignment with President Donald Trump, business background and outsider status will persuade enough Republican primary voters

By Ben Szalinski – Capitol News Illinois and Brenden Moore – Capitol News Illinois