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BOYS 1. Notre Dame 22-3 at Maine South Tuesday; St. Pat's Friday! 2. Bolingbrook 19-4 18-2 run shocks Joliet West, H-F, Friday in Flossmoor 3. Joliet West 20-4 Short-handed Tigers' melt-down vs Brook, no prob 4. Benet 17-6 Huge ESCC road game at Marian Catholic Friday 5. Plainfield North 14-7 Ellinghaus free-throws, extends winning streak to 6 6. Maine South 14-10 Hawks look to shock the Dons Tuesday 7. Plainfield Central 13-9 Wildcats hope to finish strong in SPC East! 8. Romeoville 13-12 Spartans fall at Oswego, at Joliet...
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 Murphy and juniors Troy D' Amico (15 points, eight...
On the road in Naperville, red-hot Plainfield North (15-7) was in search of its seventh consecutive victory. The Tigers grabbed a 15-10 lead after one quarter and watched the hosts from Naperville North (11-12) crawl back within 28-26, at the half. Both teams scored 18 third quarter points and the fourth quarter, was an all-out war. Final Score Plainfield North 64, Naperville North 60. The Tigers were led by 6-foot-3 senior Cooper Bridges, who scored 18 points. The Tigers 6-foot-8 senior Colin O'Rourke scored nine points and...
On Joliet's West Side Tuesday night, 20 was the big number at Joliet West High School. The white-hot Tiger girls basketball team were taking on Plainfield Central in search of their 20th consecutive victory. The Tigers didn't waste any time in pursuit of their 20th consecutive win. Joliet West (25-3, 14-1) streaked out to a 19-8 lead after one quarter and put this one away in the second quarter. Holding the Wildcats (12-16, 6-7) to just four second quarter points, the Tigers stormed into their halftime locker room up 34-12....
For the Lady Raiders' 6-foot-2 senior Treasure Thompson, her 2020 senior night before a huge home crowd in Bolingbrook that honored five Lady Raider seniors was beyond special. All Thompson did was score 20 points, haul down 20 rebounds, block five shots, three steals and dish out two assists to lead Bolingbrook (18-6) past the Associated Press' No. 5-ranked Marist Redhawks, 62-57. Danyel Middleton (six points, four steals, three assists), Jayden Marable (13 points, six rebounds), Kyla Matthews (seven points, three rebounds)...
Plainfield North 70 Wheaton North 66. Two minutes remaining in the first overtime of Saturday's non-conference battle between the host Tigers and their guests from Wheaton North. Plainfield North's 6-foot-1 junior, Carlos Conley, went on a personal 5-0 run to erase a 66-65 Falcon lead and give his Tigers a 70-66 lead with two minutes remaining in overtime. Wheaton North (10-11) tied the game at 70. With seconds remaining in OT, the always reliable Tiger senior, Blake Ellinghaus, was fouled and went to the free-throw line....
The No.1 girls hoops team in the Associated Press' Class 4A Illinois State Rankings, Benet Academy (24-2, 6-0), won for the ninth consecutive time defeating Joliet Catholic Academy 60-36 on Saturday. With the win, the Redwings clinch a tie for another East Suburban Catholic Conference championship. With a win at St. Viator (10-13, 3-1) on Wednesday, the Redwings will win the outright ESCC title. JCA (14-15, 1-5) will conclude their ESCC schedule at home versus Marist (22-3, 4-1) on Wednesday. Due to the great respect coache...
On Tuesday night, the Southwest Prairie Conference West leaders Oswego (17-3, 7-2 West) hosted the SPC East's second-place team, Romeoville (13-11, 8-3 East) in an important SPC Crossover game. Despite turning the ball over 26 times and being out-rebounded 42-26, allowing 19 offensive rebounds and a little luck, the host Panthers came away with the 65-59 victory in overtime. Shooting just 28 percent from the floor for the game and turning the ball over 17 times themselves did not help the Spartan cause. Fresno State-bound...
Between January 9 and 11, Maine South boys basketball played three games in 36 — but not just any three games. The Hawks faced state-ranked teams Glenbrook South (19-3), Normal Community (15-6) and Chicago Bogan (19-2). After more than 500 miles on their bus and losses to all three — Glenbrook South 53-40, Normal 47-42 and Bogan 67-42, the Hawks had a 7-9 record on January 11. The Hawks have not lost since. On Monday night in Park Ridge, Maine South (14-9) outscored Chicago Sullivan 20-9 in the fourth quarter and rolled to th...
Joliet West girls' 18th-consecutive victory did not come easy. The Girls Catholic Athletic Conference White Division co-leaders, Providence Catholic (20-7), were in town and the Tigers (21-3) needed an extra four minutes to extend the streak to 18-games. West was prevailed for a heart-wrenching 50-47 victory. The Tigers were led by senior Jazz Evans (16.9 points-per-game), sophomore Grace Walsh (10.9 points-per-game) and their freshman Lisa Thompson (15.9 points-per-game). The Tigers (21-3, 10-1) have not lost since a 47-44...
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. Back on December 15, 2019, Notre Dame defeated Bogan 58-56 in a Team Rose Shootout Game at Mount Carmel....
EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE Notre Dame 71 Marian Central Catholic 33 The top-ranked Dons (21-2, 5-0) made it 14 consecutive victories with the ESCC win at MCC (4-18, 0-5) on Friday. The Dons started burying their shots soon after stepping off the bus after their 90-minute bus ride to Woodstock. The Dons, jumped out to a commanding 24-12, after one quarter and 44-20 at the half. The Dons' "D" held the Hurricanes to just 11 second half points on their way to their 14th consecutive victory. Benet Academy 75 Carmel 53 The R...
CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH Maine South 74 Glenbrook North 44 20 wins for the season. Nine consecutive victories, For the Maine South Hawks (20-5, 6-2), Friday night was a special night at home in Park Ridge. Junior Niamh Gardiner buried the Spartans (11-10, 2-6) with seven long-range, three-point bombs among her game-high 23 points. Sister Nicole Gardiner had eight points but joined Niahm with the long-range shooting display with two from beyond the arc. Sophomore Emily Pape hit double-figures with 10 points SUBURBAN PRAIRIE...
Since getting beat up by Dowling (IA) Catholic 69-58 in Benet Academy's own Chicagoland Invitational on January 4, the top-ranked Redwings have been winning — but just barely. On January 8, without Wisconsin-bound senior Brooke Schramek, the Redwings picked up maybe their most impressive win of the season, defeating No. 6 in Illinois, Chicago Simeon 51-48. Simeon is 22-2 for the season. Trailing 22-7 in the first half at Marian Catholic (19-6), Benet escaped with a 39-36 victory on January 10. This weekend, a pair of t...
The No. 2-ranked Raiders,traveled to Aurora for a date with East Aurora Tomcats at historic Ernie Kivisto Gymnasium. Kivisto was the legendary IHSBCA Hall of Fame head coach of the Tomcats from 1967-1981. Kivisto won 300 games at East, including finishing in fourth-place in the old single-class IHSA State Tournament in 1969 and then finishing in third-place in the first year of Class AA hoops in 1972. Kivisto moved his family to the Tucson, Arizona-area and win four Arizona state basketball championships in the final stop of...
Back on December 10, Plainfield East defeated its District 202 rivals from Plainfield South 55-53 in a Southwest Prairie Conference East Division battle. On Monday in an 8th Annual Wheaton Warrenville South MLK Tournament consolation semifinal, they met again. When Plainfield South's senior, Timmy Williams (seven points) scored to give the Cougars a 57-46 lead with 3:31 remaining, everything was bright for the Cougars. It was starting to appear, that Plainfield South would be...
In a Wheaton Warrenville South, MLK Tournament quarterfinal gameSaturday evening, the area's No.4-ranked Redwings of Benet Academy (13-4) took on No. 9-ranked Downers Grove North (10-8). In their first-round game, at 9:30 a.m, the Redwings, started slow but would cruise past Plainfield East 59-42. The Trojans had to rally past Glenbard North 49-44 in a game that was played at 11 a.m. to set up the quarterfinal match-up between the two neighboring rivals. The two schools are...
In the Derril Kipp Hoopfest at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park, Plainfield Central head coach Armond Frazier and his girls kick started their MLK weekend off in style. Jumping out to a 23-11 lead after one quarter, the Wildcats (11-12) went on to crush Timothy Christian 71-49. Wildcat sophomore Tykara Harrison poured home 22 points, had four steals, three assists and buried three long-range bombs to take home the MVP of the Game Award. Senior Kachae Donald was back on target with four bombs from beyond the arc among...
Oswego (13-7, 7-2 West) put a stunning end to Joliet Central's 16-game winning streak on Friday night in Oswego, 42-41. Trailing 38-37 late in the game, Joliet Central's Jalysa Stokes (17 points) and Ashanti Brown (10 points) scored consecutive baskets to put the Steelwomen up 41-38 with one minute remaining. With under a minute left, Oswego's Jennah Rogers' free-throw pulled the Panthers within 41-39. A foul called on Brown led to a Jennelle Rogers', game-tying basket. Seconds later, a foul on Alexander led to Julia...
It was Senior Night Frida at Bolingbrook High School as the Raiders hosted the Lincoln-Way East in both school's Southwest Suburban Conference Blue-opener. Lincoln-Way East (12-3, 0-1) gave the Raiders all they could handle as Bolingbrook (15-4, 1-0) clung to a 31-30 lead at halftime. "I was very unhappy with the way we played defense in the first half," Bolingbrook coach Rob Brost said. "I let them know how unhappy I was with their first-half performance and challenged them to do better. They responded. It was very...
With offers from NCAA women's basketball powers, Stanford and Oregon State (No.7), Naperville North's 6-foot junior Greta Kampschroederwas a concern for Downers Grove North coach Stephan Bolt and his Trojans. With 6:11 remaining in the the Trojan-Huskie battle on Thursday night, Kampshroeder (16 points), made one of two free-throws to give the Huskies a 28-27 lead. Led by senior Ellie Gross and the smothering, in your-face, defensive-minded Trojans, Kampshroeder and the Huskies would not score another point. Two layups from T...
In Tuesday's,girls' Southwest Prairie Conference crossover game at Plainfield North, between the host Tigers guests from Plainfield Cental, the two rivals were involved in a tight battle in the third quarter. Leading 31-22 with 4:37 left in the quarter, Tiger senior Natalie Bearbower (16 points, six rebounds) drove to the basket and scored. On the basket, Bearbower was fouled and completed the old-fashioned three-point play for a 34-22 Tiger lead. Bearbower's heroics ignited a third-quarter-closing 17-2 Plainfield North run,...
After the Plainfield North girls had defeated Plainfield Central in the opening game of the Southwest Prairie Conference crossover, girls-boys double-header at North on Tuesday, Central needed a win to split. Wildcat 6-foot-3 senior Mekhi Lunford made sure Plainfield Central got the split. Dropping 31 points on the then-SPC West co-leading Tigers (8-6, 6-3 West), Lunford scored from everywhere on the court. He buried seven three-point bombs. Hauling down eight rebounds, four on the offensive glass, the senior Wildcat scored...
In 1981, the Australian-born singer, Oliva Newton-John, had a No. 1 hit with her song, "Let's Get Physical". The Aussie's No.1 hit, could have been the title of Wednesday night's nonconference girls high school basketball game between Maine South and York (14-5). When visiting York High School a word to the wise to visiting girls hoops teams is as follows: bring shoulder pads and a couple of extra members of your training staff. Forcing numerous fourth quarter turnovers with their lightning-quick defense, Maine South (14-5)...
After taking apart state-ranked Fenwick 58-45 on Tuesday in Niles, the Enterprise Newspapers No.1 ranked boys basketball team, Notre Dame, hosted St. Viator (11-5, 2-1) on Friday night. Before a huge and raucous crowd, the Dons returned to East Suburban Catholic Conference action. As they did against Fenwick on Tuesday, the vaunted Dons' defense shut down the high-scoring Lion offense Friday. The Dons (17-2, 3-0), behind Troy D'Amico (14 points, five rebounds, two blocked shot...