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Reality Caught Up To ‘Climate Change’
Reality Caught Up To ‘Climate Change’
Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness,
For decades, the monolithic and sacrosanct international climate change hierarchy went unquestioned.
Western nations in particular spent trillions of dollars over the past half-century to subsidize expensive but erratic wind and solar energy while demonizing carbon fuels as toxic threats to the planet.
Like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion dogma, climate change orthodoxy was embedded into every aspect of Western culture, from the corporate boardroom to the university campus.
Question whether man-made global warming was truly responsible for increased temperatures rather than natural, often centuries-long cycles of heating and cooling of the planet, and one was labeled a climate crank.
Everything from declining fertility to forest fires was ridiculously attributed to climate change.
But the causes of both demographic crises and charred landscapes were more likely the result of new affluent lifestyles that saw child-rearing as too expensive and time-consuming, and misguided forest policies or underfunded firefighting.
Yet reality has caught up with the near-religious climate change cult.
One, the left-wing tech billionaires—exemplified by former climate change zealot Bill Gates—have become apostates of the green movement.
Now they do not warn of a planet threatened by too much man-made heat but rather by too little man-made kilowattage.
They believe artificial intelligence will prove as transformative as the Industrial Revolution. But to win the AI revolution will require vast increases in electricity production, of up to a staggering 100 gigawatts a year of additional capacity.
Such enormous demand—to build the equivalent of a hundred huge power plants per year—is far beyond the ability of “renewables” alone.
Instead, the only solution is an “all of the above” strategy of building more nuclear, natural gas, clean-coal, wind, and solar generation plants.
Two, ascendant China’s massive arms buildup and its bullying Belt and Road imperialism have finally put international “climate accords” into question.
Even the environmentalist King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden has recently let it slip that he is troubled by why Europe sandbagged its own economy by shutting down its formerly efficient nuclear and fossil fuel plants. He reminded the world that the European Union nations contribute only six percent of the planet’s carbon emissions.
The West finally realizes that a cynical China has been playing it for years by funding green propaganda abroad.
Indeed, Beijing guilt-tripped Europe and the U.S. on global warming while it exported billions of dollars of cheap wind and solar generation products—often below its own cost of production.
Meanwhile, China plows ahead, building two to three coal and nuclear generation plants per month.
Under the propagandistic banner of “climate change,” China hopes that its Western competitors invest in inefficient and high-priced renewable energy. Meanwhile, its own expanding fossil fuel and nuclear industries ensure it will enjoy global price advantages in both trade and armament.
Three, the global climate crisis shakedown has become shameless.
Formerly third-world nations now demand from the West hundreds of billions of dollars in “climate reparations” for carbon emissions released decades ago.
Yes, the West burned more oil and gas. But it also provided the rest of the world with carbon-fueled cars, factories, and modern consumer goods.
Green critics fail to concede that almost all global technology and modern industrial products come from either the West or westernizing copycats.
Four, energy production is at the nexus of conflict and can mean life or death for nations.
To the degree the United States and its allies produce lots of natural gas and oil, they can protect the West from crippling embargoes and cutoffs from anti-Western energy producers.
During the Ukraine War, America exported liquefied natural gas to Europe, not solar panels or turbine blades. And it will be increasingly essential to keep Europe afloat as Russia turns off its export spigot.
When oil and natural gas are affordable, thanks to the fossil fuel production of Western nations, then illiberal and bellicose oil-exporting countries like Iran and Russia have less money to spend on aggressive wars or subsidizing their global terrorists.
Five, science is not fossilized in amber but dynamic and changing.
Increasingly, climatologists are no longer afraid of being bullied by global green scolds.
They point out that while accurate temperature recording is only a couple of centuries old, the planet has been here for over 4 billion years. And it reveals plenty of evidence of natural climate volatility.
Extreme heat and cold spells lasted in nature for centuries—and did so long before humans appeared, little more than 300,000 years ago.
So, the public is sick of pseudoscientific activists peddling their doom-and-gloom wares for their own particular and profitable agendas.
Elite green gurus often buy seaside estates while warning of devastating tidal waves to come. They fly in carbon-spewing private jets while ordering the poor to turn down their air conditioners.
In sum, carbon is dead, long live carbon!
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:25
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/reality-caught-climate-change
Barrett anota canasta decisiva y Raptors vencen 110-108 a Hornets
TORONTO (AP) — RJ Barrett anotó la canasta que rompió el empate con 18 segundos restantes en el último cuarto, Brandon Ingram y Scottie Barnes realizaron bloqueos cruciales en los momentos finales y los Raptors de Toronto ganaron por octava vez en nueve partidos al vencer 110-108 a los Hornets de Charlotte la noche del lunes.
Ingram anotó 27 unidades, Barnes y Barrett sumaron cada uno 16 e Immanuel Quickley añadió 15 tantos y diez rebotes mientras Toronto lograba su cuarta victoria consecutiva.
Ingram puso al público de pie con una impresionante volcada en el cuarto período sobre el novato de los Hornets, el pívot Ryan Kalkbrenner.
Después de la canasta de Barrett que puso a Toronto por delante, Ingram mantuvo la ventaja bloqueando a Kalkbrenner desde atrás. En la última posesión, Barnes lo aseguró bloqueando el intento de Collin Sexton en el último segundo.
Jakob Poeltl anotó 13 puntos y Gradey Dick tuvo diez para Toronto.
Kon Knueppel logró 24 unidades, Miles Bridges añadió 22 y LaMelo Ball tuvo 20, pero los Hornets perdieron por sexta vez en siete partidos. Charlotte tiene un récord de 1-6 como visitante.
Kalkbrenner lideró a Charlotte con diez rebotes.
Los Hornets lanzaron diez de 40 desde la línea de tres puntos, su porcentaje de tiro más bajo desde larga distancia esta temporada.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Trump-Style Conservative Favored Against Communist Candidate As Chile Enters Presidential Run-Off
Trump-Style Conservative Favored Against Communist Candidate As Chile Enters Presidential Run-Off
The consensus out of a closely watched presidential race in Chile is that the Right is rising and holds the upper hand, after a Sunday vote produced no clear winner between Jeannette Jara of the Communist Party, and José Antonio Kast, an ultraconservative lawyer who has expressed admiration for Donald Trump.
A run-off is now scheduled for December 14. Sunday’s election, in which neither secured the necessary majority to be declared winner, saw the left-wing Jara finish slightly ahead in the initial round.
However, Kast is favored in the run-off election given that the vote on the right was divided among several candidates, while Jara was the only one on the far Left. But now the lone contender representing the Right, Kast is expected to sweep up these additional votes in December.
José Antonio Kast, presidential candidate of the right/conservative Republican Party, via Reuters.
The supporters of the now eliminated center-right Senator Evelyn Matthei and libertarian Congressman Johannes Kaiser are expected to get behind former lawmaker Kast for president. In total the three right-wing candidates got over 50% of the vote compared to results in the low 30% range for the left.
This would mark yet another rightward turn in Latin American politics generally, which could also suggest the broader regional influence of Trump messaging.
Kast declared on election night Chile must avoid continuing what he lambasted as “a very bad government – perhaps the worst in Chile’s democratic history.”
The Associated Press describes his staunch conservative platform as follows:
José Antonio Kast, an ultraconservative lawyer opposed to abortion and same-sex marriage, appears to be in pole position after nearly 70% of votes went to right-wing candidates in Sunday’s first round, as many Chileans worry about organized crime, illegal immigration and unemployment in one of Latin America’s safest and most prosperous nations.
Kast is a surprise front-runner who speaks fondly of aspects of the country’s period of dictatorship and broke with the traditional conservative party to found his own Republican Party.
And The New York Times talks about Kast’s ‘Trump-style’ approach:
José Antonio Kast, the main conservative contender in Chile’s presidential election and a candidate who has borrowed liberally from President Trump’s playbook, secured second place in voting Sunday, advancing to a runoff that polls predict he will win.
If the polls prove correct, Chile will join a series of Latin American countries, including Argentina and Bolivia, that have shifted to the right in recent years.
As for Jara, she has declared Kast as a ‘threat’ to the country. “Democracy in our country must be protected and valued. We worked hard to regain it, and today it is under threat.”
The “Javier Milei” trend continues…
Chile’s Presidential Election:
🔴Jara 26.7% (Far Left)
🔵Kast 24.1% (Right Wing)
🟡Parisi 19.5% (Right Wing)
🟣Kaiser 13.9% (Right Wing)
🟢Matthei 12.6% (Right Wing)
70%+ went right wing.
Kast is a huge favorite vs. Jara in the runoff. pic.twitter.com/mlJuCpr3Nx
— Geiger Capital (@Geiger_Capital) November 17, 2025
The question of rising crime on Chilean streets alongside increased immigration has been high on the agenda and featured heavily in public debate. Like with the US, Venezuela has been a name front and center in the immigration discourse.
Of Chile’s nearly 20 million people, at least 1.9 million are foreign nationals. International outlets have calculated this marks an increase of over 46% since 2018. And many of the some 330,000 estimated undocumented migrants are from Venezuela. This has sparked anger and uncertainty among Chileans, especially those in the center and which lean right.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 23:00
California: Acusan formalmente a un hombre por naufragio de barco de migrantes que dejó 4 muertos
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Funcionarios federales acusaron formalmente el lunes a un hombre que se cree que era el capitán de una embarcación que transportaba migrantes y naufragó cerca de San Diego, causando la muerte de cuatro pasajeros.
El hombre, de nacionalidad mexicana, enfrenta dos cargos por ingresar personas ilegalmente al país.
Agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza de Estados Unidos recibieron un reporte a eso de las 11:30 de la noche del viernes sobre una pequeña embarcación que cruzaba la frontera marítima desde México.
La Patrulla Fronteriza encontró el bote de madera entre las olas frente a Imperial Beach después de que naufragó por el intenso oleaje. Poco antes de la medianoche se localizó a seis personas en la playa, una de las cuales fue declarada muerta y otra más fue rescatada luego de ser descubierta debajo de la embarcación.
Unas dos horas después las autoridades recibieron un reporte de que había alguien en el agua cerca del muelle de Imperial Beach. Una tripulación de la Guardia Costera respondió y encontró a tres personas, todas muertas.
Los cinco sobrevivientes fueron trasladados a un hospital para recibir atención médica.
Varios pasajeros relataron que el barco tenía problemas con el motor, de acuerdo con la denuncia. Le pidieron al capitán que regresara a México, pero él se negó.
Un hombre quedó atrapado dentro de la cabina bajo cubierta cuando el barco volcó y se hundió con él y varias otras personas dentro, según la denuncia. Fue liberado después de que agentes de la Patrulla Fronteriza enderezaron la embarcación. Otro hombre resultó herido después de quedar atrapado debajo el bote y un trozo de metal le perforó la pierna.
El presunto capitán enfrenta posibilidad de cadena perpetua o la pena de muerte en caso de ser declarado culpable.
“El contrabando marítimo es extremadamente peligroso, y procesaremos con todo el peso de la ley a cada individuo responsable de estas tragedias evitables”, declaró el fiscal federal Adam Gordon en un comunicado de prensa.
Uno de los pasajeros fue acusado por tratar de ingresar ilegalmente a Estados Unidos luego de ser deportado. Fue expulsado del país por primera vez en 2012 y más recientemente el 3 de noviembre de este año.
Los migrantes están recurriendo cada vez con mayor frecuencia a la arriesgada alternativa que ofrecen los contrabandistas para viajar por mar y evitar las fronteras terrestres. Las embarcaciones salen de México en plena noche y a veces recorren cientos de kilómetros (millas) hacia el norte.
En los últimos años se han registrado varios incidentes de embarcaciones de migrantes que naufragan en su camino hacia California.
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Esta historia fue traducida del inglés por un editor de AP con la ayuda de una herramienta de inteligencia artificial generativa.
Duren anota 31 puntos en su regreso y Pistons logran 10ma victoria consecutiva al ganar a Pacers
DETROIT (AP) — Jalen Duren anotó 31 puntos en su regreso tras una lesión de tobillo y Daniss Jenkins añadió 26 unidades mientras los Pistons de Detroit, con una plantilla reducida, ganaron su décimo partido consecutivo, venciendo a los Pacers de Indiana, el peor equipo de la NBA, 127-112 el lunes por la noche.
Los Pistons están en su racha ganadora más larga desde una serie de 11 victorias en la temporada 2007-08, a pesar de jugar los últimos tres partidos sin varios jugadores clave. Cade Cunningham (cadera), Tobias Harris (tobillo) y Ausar Thompson (tobillo) estuvieron entre los ausentes contra Indiana.
Mientras tanto, los Pacers, con un récord de 1-13, han perdido ocho partidos consecutivos. Los finalistas de la NBA del año pasado están sumidos en su racha de derrotas más larga desde la temporada 2014-15.
Diez jugadores anotaron para Detroit, con cinco alcanzando doble dígito de puntos. Javonte Green anotó 20 puntos desde el banquillo. Duncan Robinson tuvo 13 e Isaiah Steward diez.
Pascal Siakam lideró a los Pacers con 29 tantos. Benedict Mathurin añadió 25 mientras Indiana cayó a 0-8 como visitante.
Detroit tomó la delantera de manera definitiva con siete minutos por jugar en el primer cuarto cuando Robinson encestó un triple, uno de los tres que logró en la noche. Indiana se mantuvo cerca de los Pistons en el primer cuarto, entrando al segundo con una desventaja de cinco gracias a los triples de Siakam y Jay Huff.
Los Pacers respondieron con una fuerte segunda mitad, incluso superando a Detroit 56-55 después del descanso. Pero no fue suficiente para evitar que los Pistons fueran el primer equipo en la Conferencia Este en ganar 12 partidos.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
‘My full 100%’: South Elgin’s Matthew Lipp is the 2025 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Soccer Player of the Year
Junior midfielder Matthew Lipp underwent a personal transformation this season for South Elgin.
Like a sculptor, Lipp worked on creating the chameleon, bending and conforming his clay to fit into the classic mold of a scorer and creator. And through it all, his artistry shined for the Storm.
“I played multiple positions, even some I personally don’t like,” Lipp said. “But when you’re playing on such a high-level team and all the boys are working together, it makes everything easier.
“The team flows so well I can be put anywhere and it’ll still work.”
Lipp, the 2025 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Soccer Player of the Year, worked wonders while taking South Elgin to unprecedented heights in the program’s 20th anniversary season.
In 2006, in their first year of competition, the Storm lost every game they played. They entered this season with only one regional championship in program history.
South Elgin’s Matthew Lipp (9) and Streamwood’s Andy Benitez, right, collide during an Upstate Eight conference game in Streamwood on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (H. Rick Bamman / The Beacon-News)
Lipp emerged by scoring 17 goals with a team-best 13 assists as South Elgin (22-4-1) earned its first sectional title. He validated his increased roles on offense and as a leader.
Success stripped apart from team achievement is an empty exercise.
“I mean, it means everything to me,” Lipp said. “Playing the sport, I give everything I have. The friends I’ve made, everybody on that team, I just want to play for them and win every single game.
“It means so much to be their leader and take them under my arms. It’s a great feeling.”
South Elgin’s Matthew Lipp (9) heads the ball in front of Streamwood’s Adrian Chavez (14) during the second half of an Upstate Eight Conference game in Streamwood on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (H. Rick Bamman / The Beacon-News)
The 6-foot-1 Lipp always had the physical tools and presence on the ball make an impact.
“Converting him to a more offensive threat was a challenge,” South Elgin coach Jerzy Skowron said. “He came into the season ready and poised to embrace it. He knocked it out of the park.”
The personal success begat a level of confidence that everyone around him noticed, according to senior defender Jack Schmidtke.
“He’s very confident in himself, but not in a cocky way,” Schmidtke said of Lipp. “I’d word it that he has a very positive and strong mindset level.
South Elgin’s Matthew Lipp (9) and Streamwood’s Adrian Chavez (14) battle for the ball in the first half of an Upstate Eight Conference game in Streamwood on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (H. Rick Bamman / The Beacon-News)
“It was the kind of mindset that you want a player to have, and this ability brought him great success as a player and captain of our team.”
Lipp’s double-figure assist total underscored his open and unselfish style of play. Even his mother, Violet Komperda, got on him about being more aggressive in looking for his shot.
“She’s got that Polish blood in her and she has always pushed me to be the best player I could be,” Lipp said. “Growing up, she’d tell me stories about her father and what a great player he was.
“I wasn’t scared of scoring, but I could never quite pull the trigger. This year opened up for me. Over the summer, I got more confident and started scoring goals. I’m grateful I was able to produce.”
South Elgin’s 2-0 loss to Glenbrook North on Nov. 4 in the Barrington Supersectional was likely his last in a Storm uniform.
He’s leaving at the semester break to start a new chapter with FC Dallas Academy.
South Elgin’s Matthew Lipp (9) scores on a penalty kick against Streamwood during the second half of an Upstate Eight Conference game in Streamwood on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (H. Rick Bamman / The Beacon-News)
“I want to play Major League Soccer,” Lipp said. “I’m also open to playing in college. There is a lot of thinking to do. Soccer is my whole life. I dedicate my full 100% to it.
“I’m always going to do my best for the sport because it holds a special place in my heart.”
Regardless of the next step, Lipp has remarkable memories of his time with South Elgin.
“The journey was beautiful,” he said. “I wish I could relive it. It was one of the most fun seasons I’ve ever had — being part of that team and winning the games we won.
“It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I’m so grateful it happened.”
Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
If Demographics Are Destiny… We’re Screwed!
If Demographics Are Destiny… We’re Screwed!
Authored by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,
Demographics don’t lie. The governments of the world and their captured bureaucrats can manipulate inflation data, unemployment data, GDP data, and numerous other data based figures to make things appear better than they are. It’s called propaganda and manipulation to create a false narrative beneficial to their interests. But, demographic data can’t be massaged to provide a happy ending for the psychopaths in suits, running the show.
They can ignore the data and pretend it doesn’t exist, but you can’t change the ages of the people inhabiting this planet.
The data is dire for the Western world and Asia, particularly China, Taiwan, South Korea, and Singapore.
The U.S. fertility rate is at an all-time low, down 55% from its peak in 1957. It is down 40% since the early 1970s, when women, brainwashed by feminist tripe, joined the workforce in droves, and murdered 63 million of their unborn children, in the name of women’s rights.
This is what the woman’s movement, created by the globalist cabal to advance their agenda of destroying the western world and replacing it with their one world order, has wrought.
Their plan has been to replace the educated white people in western countries with low IQ 3rd world parasites, as a means to their end of controlling the masses in a digital prison of their making. Feminism was designed to convince women to stop having children, stop marrying strong men, and believing their lives were more fulfilled working 60 hours a week rather than raising children. The cultural destruction of America is almost complete.
Our globalist overlords have succeeded spectacularly in destroying the social fabric and community mores of our nation and other “developed” countries. And, as designed, the gene altering Pfizer/Moderna jabs are causing global fertility rates to plummet further, exacerbating the already dire trend. I wonder why very few 3rd worlders received the toxic covid jabs. Maybe the globalist controllers wanted to keep their fertility rates high.
The charts and maps below paint a bleak picture for the citizens of the world, but an absolute windfall for the totalitarians seeking to imprison us in their social credit, CBDC techno-gulag world of the future. The illiterate, mud hut dwellers are pumping out more illiterate 3rd worlders at a rate five to six times as high as the rich developed world countries. With a required replacement rate of 2.1, in order to maintain a static population, the U.S. and most of the countries in the developed world are in a self imposed death spiral. With 6,000 Boomers dying per day, the U.S. spiral is accelerating.
The world’s fertility rate continues its steady decline, averaging 2.25 children per woman, a 6.2% drop from 2019. The map reveals a striking global divide: countries in sub-Saharan Africa still record some of the world’s highest birth rates, with Chad leading at 6.03, while nations in East Asia and Europe see record lows, led by South Korea at just 0.73.
Despite this overall slowdown, some countries have bucked the trend. Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, and Armenia saw notable increases, while Niger, Uganda, and Kuwait experienced the sharpest declines.
These shifts reflect the complex mix of economic, cultural, and policy factors influencing family planning worldwide.
As more countries fall below the population replacement rate of 2.1, the implications for labor forces, ageing populations, and future economic growth are becoming increasingly clear; signaling that the world’s demographic balance is rapidly changing.
The elimination of high IQ, highly productive whites and Asians, and replacing them with low IQ parasitical african and muslim dregs, guarantees the degradation of our society, culture, and financial viability. The open borders and purposeful importation of the riffraff, scum and rabble from Africa and Middle East is part of the Great Reset agenda. The social welfare costs of maintaining these lazy good for nothings will bankrupt the developed world, causing a global financial Armageddon. This will lead to the masses begging their overlords for CBDCs, a living stipend, tiny government issued hovels, and technological monitoring of all their communications.
You will come to love your servitude in this brave new world.
“Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.”
– Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
We took the world we had for granted. Now we will pay the price.
Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.
Tyler Durden
Mon, 11/17/2025 – 22:35
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/if-demographics-are-destiny-were-screwed
Tyrese Maxey y los 76ers remontan para ganar 110-108 a James Harden y los Clippers
FILADELFIA (AP) — Tyrese Maxey anotó 39 puntos, Paul George tuvo nueve y siete rebotes en su debut de temporada, y los 76ers de Filadelfia se recuperaron para una victoria de 110-108 sobre los Clippers de Los Ángeles, que jugaron mermados, el lunes por la noche.
Quentin Grimes añadió 19 unidades y Andre Drummond tuvo 14 puntos y 18 rebotes mientras reemplazaba a Joel Embiid.
James Harden anotó 28 tantos para los Clippers, que han perdido ocho de nueve. Harden se convirtió en el undécimo jugador en superar los 28.000 puntos en su carrera con una bandeja en el primer cuarto.
Derrick Jones Jr. no jugó tras lesionarse la rodilla en la derrota del domingo 121-118 en Boston. Los Clippers también estuvieron sin Kawhi Leonard (esguince de tobillo/pie) por séptimo juego consecutivo.
Embiid (manejo de lesión en la rodilla derecha) se ausentó por tercer juego consecutivo y octavo de 13 esta temporada.
Los Ángeles controló los primeros tres cuartos y medio y lideró 91-81 con 8:44 restantes gracias a un tiro de larga distancia de Ivica Zubac. Pero Filadelfia utilizó una racha de 14-3 en los siguientes 2:49, culminada por una bandeja de Maxey, para ponerse al frente 95-94. Fue cerrado desde ese punto.
Drummond encestó dos tiros libres para poner a los 76ers adelante 110-106 con 1:08 por jugar. Kobe Sanders encestó un par de tiros libres con 13,8 segundos restantes para acercar a los Clippers a dos antes de que los oficiales señalaran una falta de Kris Dunn sobre Maxey. Pero eso fue revertido a un robo de Dunn tras un desafío de los Clippers, dando a LA una oportunidad de empatar o ganar.
Harden falló en dos intentos de tres puntos en los segundos finales.
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Deportes en español AP: https://apnews.com/hub/deportes
Introducing the 2025 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Soccer All-Area Team
Pair of players who led Streamwood to Class 2A third-place finish highlight first and second teams.
First Team
Mason Aguirre, West Aurora, senior, forward: Scored 13 goals and added an assist for sectional qualifier. All-conference and all-sectional.
Hugo Arista, Dundee-Crown, senior, midfielder: Emerged with 28 goals and three assists for sectional qualifier. All-conference and all-sectional.
Heitor Bannwart, Harvest-Christian, senior, forward: Scored 32 goals and added 17 assists for sectional finalist. All-sectional.
Ashton Goetell, St. Charles North, senior, defender: Disruptive stopper scored two goals and led a back line that totaled five shutouts for sectional finalist. All-state. All-conference.
Caleb Kelly, Geneva, senior, forward: Scored 23 goals and added seven assists. All-state. All-conference.
Dustin King, Oswego, junior, defender: Two-way standout produced 14 goals and 11 assists. Also powered back line that recorded 11 shutouts. All-conference and all-sectional.
Oliver Kosciolek, Bartlett, senior, forward: Finished with 23 goals and seven assists for sectional qualifier. All-state. Named conference MVP.
Matthew Lipp, South Elgin, midfielder, junior: Scored 17 goals with a team-high 13 assists for team that reached supersectional. All-state. All-conference.
Vakaris Majus, Oswego East, senior, midfielder: Scored nine goals and posted a program-record with 18 assists. Also named all-conference and all-sectional.
Colten Pariso, St. Charles East, junior, defender: Athletic stopper contributed an assist and powered back line that recorded nine shutouts. Named team MVP. All-conference and all-sectional.
Christopher Tapia, Marmion, senior, goalkeeper: East Aurora transfer tallied 11 shutouts and 1.22 goals-against average in 1,725 minutes for sectional qualifier. All-conference and all-sectional.
Streamwood’s Andy Benitez (11) winds up for a shot on goal against during a Class 2A state semifinals game at Hoffman Estates on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025. (Rob Dicker / The Beacon-News)
Second Team
Ethan Arbetman, Metea Valley, senior, forward: Tallied six goals and two assists. All-conference and all-sectional.
Nate Barsch, Batavia, senior, defender: Scored two goals and added two assists as defensive leader. All-conference and all-sectional.
Andy Benitez, Streamwood, senior, forward: Came through with team-best eight goals and six assists as Sabres finished third in Class 2A. All-conference and all-sectional.
Chris Cardenas, Streamwood, junior, defender: Had a spectacular playoff run, powering Sabres to third place in Class 2A. Added an assist for back line that posted six shutouts.
Manuel Hernandez, Dundee-Crown, senior, goalkeeper: Recorded 10 shutouts and registered 0.95 goals-against average for sectional qualifier. All-state. All-conference.
Sebastian Kopanicak, Bartlett, senior, forward: Scored 18 goals and contributed nine assists for sectional qualifier. All-conference and all-sectional.
Alan Munoz, South Elgin, junior, forward: Scored program-record 22 goals and added six assists for team that reached supersectional. All-conference and all-sectional.
Ben Murphy, Geneva, senior, midfielder: Tallied 14 goals and added five assists. All-conference and all-sectional.
Jordan Peinada, Marmion, senior, forward: Produced 22 goals and eight assists for sectional qualifier. Al-conference and all-sectional.
Sawyer Smith, Hinckley-Big Rock, senior, forward: Converted defender erupted for 38 goals and seven assists. All-conference and all-sectional.
Matthew VanDeman, Aurora Central Catholic, senior, forward: Scored 21 goals and added eight assists. Finished with 80 goals in four-year career. All-conference and all-sectional.
Marmion’s Jordan Peinado (19) takes a shot and scores a goal against Aurora Central Catholic during a Class 2A regional championship game in Aurora on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2025. (Jeremy Toney / The Beacon-News)
Honorable Mention
Sergio Barrera, Streamwood, senior, forward.
Jamin Berman, Marmion, junior, forward.
Andrew Deegan, Jacobs, senior, defender.
Noe Del Rio, West Aurora, senior, midfielder.
Connor Dineen, Aurora Central Catholic, senior, defender.
Carlos Fabela Jr., East Aurora, junior, goalkeeper.
Grayson Hedderich, Hampshire, senior, midfielder.
Oliver Longosz, St. Charles North, junior, forward.
Lucas Menezes, Harvest-Westminster, junior, forward.
Cole Ondrejcak, Waubonsie Valley, senior, midfielder.
Noah Rosborough, Burlington Central, senior, midfielder
Patrick Z. McGavin is a freelance reporter for The Beacon-News.
Mitchell anota 37 puntos y lidera a Cavaliers en victoria sobre Bucks; Antetokounmpo sale lesionado
CLEVELAND (AP) — Donovan Mitchell anotó 37 puntos y los Cavaliers de Cleveland remontaron para lograr una victoria de 118-106 sobre los Bucks de Milwaukee, quienes vieron al alero All-Star Giannis Antetokounmpo abandonar el partido del lunes por la noche debido a una lesión.
Antetokounmpo se dirigió inmediatamente al vestuario con 3:03 restantes en el segundo cuarto y no regresó debido a una distensión en la ingle izquierda. El veterano de 14 años llegó al juego empatado en el segundo lugar de la liga y liderando la Conferencia Este en anotaciones con 32,6 puntos por partido.
El coach Doc Rivers dijo que habría más pruebas para Antetokounmpo el martes.
Antetokounmpo fue listado como probable en el informe de lesiones debido a una tendinopatía rotuliana en la rodilla izquierda, pero terminó con 14 puntos, cinco rebotes y cuatro asistencias en 13 minutos.
Mitchell, segundo en la Conferencia Este en anotaciones con 30,4 puntos por partido, tuvo 25 unidades en la primera mitad. Es la quinta vez esta temporada que ha tenido al menos 35 tantos en un juego.
Sam Merrill agregó 20 puntos, incluidos seis triples, para los Cavaliers, quienes han ganado tres de sus últimos cuatro. Merrill tuvo 11 unidades en los últimos 12 minutos mientras Cleveland tomaba el control.
Los Bucks, que han perdido tres de cuatro, tuvieron siete jugadores con cifras de doble dígito. Ryan Rollins lideró con 22 puntos y Myles Turner agregó 15.
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