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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...
At The Old Barn at Joliet Central High School, Plainfield Central (11-15, 5-6) coach Armond Frazier and his Wildcats got off the bus and went out to shock the world in an SPC East game in Joliet. Trailing 10-7 in the closing minutes of the first quarter, the Wildcats closed out the quarter on a 6-0 run and grab a 13-10 lead after one quarter on sophomore Tykara Harrison's hoop. Joliet Central (22-4, 11-2) coach Laura Brumfiel turned up the Steelwomen's suffocating defense and Joliet Central held the 'Cats to just four second...
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...
Heading into her senior bastketball season, Mia Bertino was already a decorated athlete as a four-time state qualifier for the Joliet Catholic Academy tennis team. On January 19 against Providence Catholic at the Bishop McNamara MLK Day tournament, she added to her accomplishments when she became one of a handful of players in Angel lore to record 1,000 career points. “It was a surreal moment,” she said. “I didn’t know I was at 1,000 at that point, I thought I still had a w...
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...
Maine South and Niles West high schools are separated geographically by less than six miles, but this season, their girls basketball teams are separated by light years. The Hawks are built around a core group of two seniors and three juniors who gained varsity experience together a season ago. The Wolves, on the other hand, have only two seniors on a junior-dominated roster. West is working on replacing 10 seniors from last season's team, including Enterprise Publications...
As February soon approaches and the great high school basketball teams start to pull away from being labeled as good, Joliet West seems to be a part of that great category. The Tigers (15-2, 10-0), under coach Jeremy Kreiger seem to have a different mojo than last year. This year, the Tigers last lost came against the No. 1 team in the state of Illinois, Curie. With a veteran roster, led by University of Toledo commit Jamere Hill (20 points), the Tigers confidence is at an...
Winning streaks are hard in sports, especially when that streak is at 13 consecutive games. That is what the Joliet West (19-3, 9-1) basketball team has done so far in the 2019-20 season. "One thing about this girls is that they're both very intelligent on and off the court," said coach John Placher. "It's starting to get really fun here watching these kids play." In the Tigers most recent 73-45 victory against Plainfield North (12-10, 5-5), senior guard Jazz Evans led the way...
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...
Lewis University’s women’s basketball team extended its winning streak to seven and remained unbeaten in Great Lakes Valley Conference play with an 86-77 win at Illinois Springfield on Monday evening. The Flyers are now 11-5 overall and 8-0 in the GLVC while the Prairie Stars fall to 6-10, 1-7 GLVC. Lewis came out firing shooting over 71 percent (10-for-14) while holding UIS to just 3-of-15 shooting in the opening quarter. After the Prairie Stars tied the score at nine, the Flyers finished the quarter on a 16-0 run. Lewis ext...
The 2020 National Women's Soccer League Draft has concluded, with Chicago acquiring forward Rachel Hill and making five Selections. The Red Stars began the draft by acquiring the second and third overall selection in exchange for the 4th and 5th overall pick in the 2020 NWSL Draft and allocation money. Chicago then acquired the 15th and 16th overall selections in the 2020 NWSL Draft and allocation money from the Portland Thorns in exchange for the 2nd overall selection in the...
Of the hundreds of nominees for the 2020 McDonald's All-American basketball game, 44 combined boys and girl nominees reside in the state of Illinois. Two of those play for Bolingbrook High School. On the boys side, Darius Burford is one of only 13 guys from the Land of Lincoln to be nominated for the game, while Treasure Thompson is one of 31 Illinois ladies on the list. The 2020 McDonald's All-American Games selections from this nominee list will be revealed on Jan. 23 at 2...