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Girls Varsity Basketball Fights Hard Against Mother McAuley

Molly Magill, Staff Writer
November 18, 2016
Molly Magill
Maggie O’Sullivan blocks a shot, as Claire Keefe chases after the ball.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, the varsity girls basketball team played Mother McAuley at Buffalo Grove High School in their season opener. Though ahead through most of the game, in the end, the Wildcats lost, 58-49.

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