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Article: East Aurora 77, Neuqua Valley 71

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February 22, 2003
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NAPERVILLE -- Their reputation and record is that of an outstanding basketball team, yet East Aurora continued to have this nagging little stigma of coming up short against the state's top-tier teams. Not anymore. The Tomcats finally conquered a mountain of their own Friday night and sent Upstate Eight Conference leader Neuqua Valley tumbling with a high-octane, 77-71 victory.

East (18-4 overall, 9-3 UEC) avenged an earlier, nine-point loss to Neuqua (21-3, 10-2) but also served notice. With three of East's losses coming to teams rated among the top 25 in Chicagoland (Neuqua, West Aurora, Waubonsie Valley), the victory gave legitimacy to the Tomcats' claims that they, too, belong in that ...

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