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Benet cleans up on glass, slips past Naperville North

By Naperville Sun

Colin Bonnett couldn’t see very well out of his right eye late in Monday night’s game.

However, the Benet senior liked what he saw earlier.

Bonnett got poked in the eye in the fourth quarter, but by then the Redwings had pretty much sealed a 63-52 victory over Naperville North in a Hoops for Healing Tournament game in Naperville.

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