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Wes Wolfe roars, Aurora Christian reaches semis

By  Laura Funk
   
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If Aurora Christian’s Wes Wolfe becomes an actor, he has the idea of motivation down pat.

“As a shooter I know what aggravates me, so I try to do the same: stick on them, get in their face, basically annoy non-stop,” Wolfe said after his second straight game of teaming with brother Jack to limit an opponent’s top scorer.

The Wolfe-led Eagles withstood a late barrage of threes Saturday for their eighth straight, a 77-69 victory over LaSalle-Peru in the quarterfinals of the 52nd annual Plano Christmas Classic.

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