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At Whitney Young High School on Chicago's West Side, the sounds of Oliva-Newton-John's 1981 hit, "Let's Get Physical", is probably heard everyday, at Dolphin practices. On Thursday night in the Class 4A Proviso West Sectional Championship Game, between Whitney Young and Downers Grove North the ultra-physical Dolphin defense forced 25 Trojan turnovers that would be the difference in Whitney Young's 53-47 sectional championship victory. Playing in her last game for Downers Grove North stand-out senior guard Ellie Gross went...
For Joliet Catholic boys basketball coach Joe Gura and the Hilltoppers, the 2019-20 regular season has not been a lot of fun. Playing in the East Suburban Catholic Conference, which is heavily considered the second toughest basketball conference in the state, the Hilltoppers won one league game. Entering the IHSA Class 2A Manteno Regional, the Hilltoppers limped in with an 11-19 overall record. Having battled the Associated Press' current, Class 3A No.1-ranked and the ESCC co-champion Notre Dame (26-5), ESCC co-champion...
Opening up the IHSA Class 4A Joliet West Regional on Monday night, the Minooka Indians (8-24) put on a show, beating Bradley-Bourbonnais 54-37. The reward for the Indians' impressive victory on Monday night is a Tuesday night date with the host Joliet West Tigers (27-3), at 6 p.m. The host Tigers have won 22 consecutive games and are the 2019-2020 Southwest Prairie East champions. IHSA CLASS 4A REGIONALS MAINE EAST Von Steuben 46 Maine East 44 The Blue Demons lost a heart-breaker to Von Steuben (14-6) at home in Park Ridge....
BOYS 1. Notre Dame 26-4 Dons stunned at Benet 2. Joliet West 23-4 Tigers slip past Steelemen at "The Old Barn" 3. Benet Academy 20-8 Redwings take down No.1 Dons 4. Bolingbrook 22-5 Raiders struggle past LW East in 2 OT 5. Plainfield North 18-7 10 in a row for red-hot Tigers! 6. Maine South 16-13 Hawks finish home season, with Minooka win 7. Romeoville 15-13 Spartans clinch 2nd-place in SPC East 8. Plainfield Central 14-11 Wildcats Valentine's Day loss to Romeoville 9. Lockport 12-15 Porters beat arch-rival Sandburg 10. DG...
After taking down the Associated Press' Illinois Class 3A No.1 Notre Dame, on Friday, Benet Academy (20-8) hosted the La Lumiere Prep (19-3) from LaPorte, Indiana. The Lakers checked in at No.12 in the MaxPreps.com Excellent USA Writer's Poll this week. The Lakers starting front line consists of 6-foot-10 Treyton Thompson (four points), 6-foot-8 Jeremy Sochan (11 points) and 6-foot-7 Kamari Lands (seven points). Battling the tall Lakers was the Redwing 6-foot-8 senior Colin Crothers, who put on a show, scoring a game-high 22...
With the 7-degree temperature outside, the IHSA Class 2A Girls Lisle Regional championship game along the very frozen banks of the DuPage River turned into a hotly-contested game. With the host Lions (26-7) comfortably ahead 30-18 in the middle of the third quarter, the very youthful Chargers made things very interesting. St. Joseph (10-15), who's starting lineup consists of three freshmen and two juniors, closed to within 33-27 with 6:08 on the clock. With all the momentum, it looked like the youthful Chargers were going to...
Since losing to Joliet West 66-39 on Jan. 20, red-hot Plainfield North (18-7, 10-4) has run off 10 consecutive victories. On Friday night in Plainfield, the Tigers took-apart West Aurora 70-52. The Tigers led 19-18 after one quarter. The North defense held the Blackhawks (8-18, 6-8) to just five second-half points to open up a 32-23 lead at the half. The Tigers extended the lead to 51-37 after three quarters and finished off the Blackhawks. With the win, the Tigers kept pace with Oswego East (18-9, 11-3) in the Southwest Prai...
Earlier this season Joliet Catholic Academy senior Mia Bertino became the newest member of the JCA 1,000 career-point club. Known for her deadly three-point shooting accuracy, she will always be remembered as one of the all-time great Angels. On Thursday night, in the Angels' IHSA Class 2A Chicago Christian Regional championship game versus Chicago's Butler Prep (21-9), Bertino scored 14 consecutive points between the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter. Her long-range bombardment paced the Angels...
On Tuesday night, before a capacity crowd at Joliet West High School and a WJOL1340-AM listening audience, the girls of Joliet West and Joliet Central put on a show on Joliet's West side. With the huge crowd and the two powerhouse Joliet hoops squads, the game had the feel of an IHSA Class 4A sectional championship game. Winning their 22nd consecutive game, West (27-3,15-1) held off the Steelwomen (26-5, 13-3) 44-41 to take home the 2019-20 Southwest Prairie Conference Eastern Division championship. The Tigers and Steelwomen...
Back on December 21, 2019 in the District 99 Crosstown Classic at Downers Grove South, the Downers Grove North girls cruised past the host Mustangs, 55-29. In a West Suburban Conference postseason crossover game between the Gold and Silver Divisions' third-place teams on Monday, the Trojans did it to their crosstown-rivals again, this time, 41-21. The Trojans (25-6, were led by their 6-foot sophomore center Eleanor Harris and all-everything senior guard Ellie Gross. Harris, poured in 14 points and hauled down 13 rebounds,...
After defeating the 16-13 St. Francis, 62-58 on Jan. 25, Joliet Catholic Academy (15-17), closed out its 2019-20 regular season with a five-game losing streak. Playing in what many people consider to be the best girls high school basketball conference in the state, the East Suburban Catholic Conference, the Angels ran through a gauntlet to close out the season. In a nine day period between Jan. 27 and Feb. 5, the Angels lost to Nazareth Academy (18-12), Marian Catholic (23-7), and the Associated Press' Class 4A No.1-ranked Be...
Before an almost capacity-crowd at Maine South High School in Park Ridge on Tuesday, the Associated Press' Illinois Class 3A No.1-ranked Notre Dame took on the young and talented Maine South. The top-ranked Dons hopped on their bus for the short bus ride to Maine South and ran into a buzz saw from the host Hawks. Fired up by their huge, raucous student section, the young Hawks led 13-12 after one quarter and would only trail 28-24 at the half. Notre Dame, behind senior Jimmy...
Back on December 9 at "The Old Barn" on the campus of Joliet Central High School; Central girls varsity basketball coach the Steelwomen defeated the Tigers, 47-44. Placher's Tigers (26-3, 14-1), have not lost a game since. They have won 21 consecutive games, and 14 of the consecutive games have come in the Southwest Prairie East Conference. The Tigers take a one-gam, Southwest Prairie East lead over Joliet Central (26-4, 13-2) into Tuesday's "Joliet Rumble" at West at 6:30 p.m. The Steelwomen have won 23 of their last 24,...
BOYS 1. Notre Dame 25-3 Dons' smash Shamrocks to clinch ESCC tie 2. Joliet West 22-4 Without 3 starters, Tigers rally past Hillcrest 3. Bolingbrook 21-5 Raiders ambushed by hot-shooting Vikings 4. Benet 18-7 Redwings fall at Marian Catholic; host Dons Friday 5. Plainfield N. 16-7 8 in a row for SPC West 2nd-place Tigers 6. Maine South 15-12 Win battle of Park Ridge vs. Maine East 7. Plainfield C 14-10 Beat South in OT, fall to mighty Neuqua Valley 8. DG North 12-12 Back to .500 for the young Trojans 9. Romeoville 14-13 Up...
Winning for the 22nd time in 23 games, Joliet Central (25-4, 13-2) received a battle in the first half from Romeoville (7-21, 2-13) before exploding for a 55-29 Southwest Prairie East victory. With the SPC East win, the big game is all set up for Tuesday night on Joliet's West Side between the SPC East leaders from West (26-3, 14-1) and the Steelwomen at 6:30 p.m. The host Tigers have won 21 consecutive games since losing to Central on Dec. 9, 47-44 at Joliet Central. Behind nine, first half points, from Lindsay Novak, the...
SATURDAY Notre Dame 65 Hersey 48 The top-ranked Dons (25-3), led 24-15 after one quarter, 43-32 at the half and 59-41 after three quarters at Hersey (8-16) in Arlington Heights on Saturday. Bolingbrook 68 West Aurora 56 The Raiders (21-5) bounced back from Friday's loss at H-F by rallying past West Aurora (8-17) at the Ernie Kivisto Shootout at East Aurora. The two teams were deadlocked at 15-15 after one quarter. The Brook led 29-27 at the half. The Blackhawks soared into the lead at 34-32 after three quarters. Enter the Rai...
Again depleted by injuries, health problems, etc., state-ranked Joliet West (22-4), was playing at Lewis University in Romeoville on Saturday afternoon Last week in the Will County Invitational Shootout, without leader Jamere Hill and standout junior Jaiden Lee, the Tigers were hit by an 18-2 fourth-quarter run by Bolingbrook (20-4) and lost to the Raiders 74-67. Saturday afternoon in the 'Ville" Shootout, Hill was still out and was joined on the bench by the Tigers' double-double machine, junior Ashawn Burbridge. Tiger...
In the final game of the day, in the five-game, The 'Ville Shootout at Lewis University in Romeoville, the host Spartans (14-13) took to the court against the Willowbrook. Led by 35 points from senior guard Everett Stubblefield III, the Warriors rallied past the Spartans and 70-55. Stubblefield knocked down seven shots from beyond the arc. The Warriors (10-16) also received 17 points, including three 3 's, from senior guard Sam Tumilty. Romeoville was led by their Fresno State-bound senior Destin Whitaker, with 24 points,...
On Thursday, the Bolingbrook Raiders (20-6,6-1) traveled to Orland Park in search of win No. 20 for the season at Sandburg (17-10, 1-6). The Lady Raiders won the game 63-51. The Southwest Suburban Blue victory pulled Bolingbrook to within one game of SWSC Blue leader, Homewood-Flossmoor (21-4, 7-0). The two SWSC Blue powers will clash for the conference title at Bolingbrook on Tuesday. Bolingbrook coach Chris Smith experimented with some lineup changes tonight to get the Lady Raiders ready for the upcoming IHSA Class 4A Girls...
On Wednesday night, Lisle, The Arboretum Village became the Village of Champions. That was after the conference championship-winning efforts of Lisle Senior High School and Benet Academy girls' basketball teams. At home in Lisle, along the frozen banks of the DuPage River, the Lions had to play an extra four-minute overtime session against Wilmington - defeating the Wildcats 43-40. With the win, the Lions claim the inaugural Illinois Central Eight championship. In Arlington Heights on a snowy Wednesday night, the Redwings...
The first three quarters of the nightcap of the Will County Hoops Invite at Lewis University, the game was an individual, three-point shooting contest between Lockport junior Matas Deksnys and Cougar senior Devin Jones. After three, hard-fought quarters of play, the Porters clung to a 42-40 lead. Deksnys buried four three point bombs, while Jones had matched the Porter sharpshooter with four of his own. With the Porters up 44-40 with 6:22 remaining, Deksnys (17 points, five...
On Wednesday, the Associated Press released its Illinois Boys' High School Basketball Rankings. Sitting atop the AP Illinois Class 3A Boys Rankings are the Dons of Notre Dame. On Friday night in Niles, the Dons (22-3, 6-0) rolled out to a 26-8 lead after one quarter. At the half, they extended their lead to 53-29 and rolled to their sixth consecutive ESCC victory 68-46 over Nazareth (9-15, 3-3). Benet Academy (17-5, 5-1), St. Patrick (16-5, 5-1) and Marian Catholic (17-6, 5-1) all won on Friday to remain one game behind the D...
Downers Grove North (22-5, 8-2) easily won its West Suburban Silver game at Proviso West (5-14, 2-8) in Hillside 54-29. Then the girls of Troy received great news from Elmhurs, where Lyons Township (14-8, 7-3) stunned the WSC Silver leaders from York, 61-51. With York's (21-6, 9-2) home loss to the Lions, the Trojans are now just a half game behind the Dukes in the WSC Silver conference race. On February 4 York invades the Purple Gym in Downers Grove for a battle for WSC Silver supremacy. CENTRAL SUBURBAN LEAGUE SOUTH MAINE S...
The Chicago Public League Red South-Central Division is considered by many to be the best boys' basketball conference in the state. Simeon leads the conference with seven IHSA state championships. Morgan Park has taken home four IHSA state titles. Curie won two, but had to forfeit, one championship because of illegalities and Bogan placed second in Class 3A last season. On December 15, 2019, Notre Dame defeated Bogan 58-56 in a Team Rose Shootout game at Mount Carmel. The...
In Bolingbrook's (16-6, 3-1), heartbreaking, 47-43, Southwest Suburban Blue showdown defeat at Homewood-Flossmoor (18-4, 4-0) the Lady Raiders, went to the free throw line 24 times in the game - connecting on only 12 of the attempts. Add to that, the nine missed lay-ups and it was not too surprising the Raiders could not get out of Flossmoor with a victory over the Associated Press' Illinois Class 4A No. 9-ranked Lady Vikings. The Lady Raiders entered the SWSC Blue showdown...