Posts Tagged ‘Gavin Kesler’
Hawks advance to sectional final
It’s always hard to take down a champ. The defending Class 1A state champion Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team is proving just that in the 2024 postseason. The…
Read MoreWho will survive and advance?
A new season has tipped off for high school boys basketball, and it’s win or go home from now on. In Class 3A, Waterloo (15-16) limped into the postseason on…
Read MoreDown the stretch they come
The high school boys basketball regular season is in the stretch run, with local teams trying to hit that extra gear ahead of the playoffs. Gibault (15-11) won a close…
Read MoreGavin Kesler | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is Gibault Catholic High School basketball player Gavin Kesler. The senior leads the Hawks this season in scoring and rebounding at 15.8 points and…
Read MoreHoopsters finding their shot
Local high school boys basketball teams are trying to find their footing early as the 2023-24 season begins to round into shape. Columbia (4-2) lost last Tuesday at home to…
Read MoreBoys hoops season starting up
It’s time for local high school boys basketball teams to hoop it up this Thanksgiving holiday, with multiple teams taking the court for the first time this season. Waterloo is…
Read MoreSoccer regionals get kickin’
The goal is simple from now on for the three local high school boys soccer squads: just keep winning. The Gibault Catholic High School soccer squad opened Class 1A Carlyle…
Read MoreSoccer rivalry goes into PKs
chool soccer rivals went to penalty kicks Thursday night at Columbia High School, with the host Eagles edging the Gibault Hawks, 3-2. Micah James and Carson Mueth netted the regulation…
Read MoreGibault wins first state hoops title
History was made Saturday in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign. The Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team defeated Scales Mound, 65-45, to capture…
Read MoreHawks to play for state title Saturday
The amazing season continues for the Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team, and will conclude Saturday in the IHSA Class 1A state final. Twenty-four years since the school’s last…
Read MoreHawks to state on wing and a prayer
Break out the Champaign. The Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team trailed much of the game Monday night against Illini Bluffs, but a buzzer beater by Kameron Hanvey gave…
Read MoreHawks survive OT thriller for sectional title
The Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team lives to play another day by the slimmest of margins. The Hawks (29-7) won 58-56 over Springfield Calvary in overtime Friday night…
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