Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete Of Month: Taurean Valentine Has Been Big Player For Warriors Boys Basketball Team
COLLINSVILLE - Taurean Valentine, a senior guard and forward for the Granite City High boys basketball team. scored eight points in the Warriors' 52-47 overtime win over Mundelein on Dec. 28, 2024, Granite's win in this year's Collinsville Prairie Farms Holiday Classic, but it was an important win, as the Warriors kept plugging away, and took the close game in the consolation quarterfinals. Valentine is currently averaging 4.5 points, and 3.8 rebounds-per-game, going along with a team-leading 24 assists and also making 10 steals, second most on the Warriors thus far. He helps provide leadership and encouragement to his teammates, many of whom didn't have varsity experience before this season. Valentine is a Stillwater Senior Living Male Athlete of the Month for the Warriors. In a postgame interview after the win over the Mustangs, Valentine felt good about the Granite win, and was also quick to praise his teammates for their help. "I"m feeling good," Valentine said. "There's
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