The Class 3A and 4A girls basketball are in the thick of things with sectional championships on the line tonight. Sportstownchicago saw Mother McAuley and Whitney Young earn convincing victories their sectional semifinal wins. Young defeating Bogan 66-26 while forcing 39 turnovers, looks to be the team beat as they are ranked number 2 by the Sun Times for a reason. Mother McAuley defeated St. Ignatius 57-44 in a battle of Catholic League regional winners. Now it will be Catholic vs. Chicago Public as the Mighty Macs try to pull of the upset over the Dolphins and advance to the supersectional at St. Xavier.
The boys begin their playoffs next week, but we will not wait to get another game in for Friday Night Hoops. We had a thriller last week with Wheaton Academy nipping host Aurora Christian 67-66, avoiding their second loss of the season. This week we return for the second time to East Aurora (20-5) to see them take wrap up the season with an Upstate 8 crossover game against Batavia (13-11). East Aurora is currently ranked number 18 by the Sun Times and has won the Upstate 8 Valley title.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
Game of the Week!
Thursday, January 27th had the game of the week, possibly the entire regular season as Loyola Academy (19-4) took on Marist (19-4). It was the game of the week for several media outlets including SportsTownChicago.com.
You never know what will happen when the lights are on, the camera's rolling, band playing, and crowd rocking. JeTaun Rouse went off for 18 first half points for Marist and though only a sophomore, she stepped it up in prime-time. That was only the start of the dominating performance for Marist. Holding Loyola to 32 points was quite impressive...14 at half. Putting up 62 was also impressive, but no where near as impressive as the rebounding for the Redhawks.
For Loyola it was an off night. Not the first time we've seen Loyola play, and it was clear that it was an off night. The hustle and effort was there but the shots were not falling. Loyola will be fine moving forward, they work hard and played hard in this game, the ball was just not dropping through the net at Marist.
Marist was able to get their 20th win and will be the 2 seed in their regional. This win has to be a confidence booster and if their defense can continue to play at the high level we witnessed, they'll be very dangerous come the post-season.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Beating the Cold
Despite the cold winter weather of Chicago, that has not stopped sportstownchicago from covering high school basketball. Since the start of the new year, we have seen some top teams and top players.
Some of the top players include Snoop Viser and Ryan Boatright of East Aurora as they took care of business pouring in 88 against Waubonsie Valley on January 7. Benet Academy, despite limited action from Dave Sobolewski vs. St. Viator, defended their home court in East Suburban Catholic action on January 18 with an easy victory. Seven-footer Frank Kaminsky gave no easy shots in the paint all night long.
Friday Night Hoops January 14 game at Oswego did not have the big named players, but the competition of the game was not sub par. Oswego edged Plainfield North 59-56.
In girls action on Martin Luther King Day, the top-rated Bolingbrook Raiders won convincingly over Montini, another top-ranked team (Sun Times #3) 79-63. The Raider victory snapped Montini's 36-game winner streak, and extended Bolingbrook's to 50 against Illinois opponents.
Some of the top players include Snoop Viser and Ryan Boatright of East Aurora as they took care of business pouring in 88 against Waubonsie Valley on January 7. Benet Academy, despite limited action from Dave Sobolewski vs. St. Viator, defended their home court in East Suburban Catholic action on January 18 with an easy victory. Seven-footer Frank Kaminsky gave no easy shots in the paint all night long.
Friday Night Hoops January 14 game at Oswego did not have the big named players, but the competition of the game was not sub par. Oswego edged Plainfield North 59-56.
In girls action on Martin Luther King Day, the top-rated Bolingbrook Raiders won convincingly over Montini, another top-ranked team (Sun Times #3) 79-63. The Raider victory snapped Montini's 36-game winner streak, and extended Bolingbrook's to 50 against Illinois opponents.
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
New Year
Tuesday night is now the night for sportstownchicago.com to cover high school girls basketball. We have seen some good games so far: Wheaton North 55 Glenbard South 50 from Dec 14, Walther Lutheran 30 Immaculate Conception 29 from Dec 21, and Montini 52 Columbus (IN) 35 from Dec 28.
Our January 4 game to kick off the new year was between two top 20 teams: number 6 Bartlett (15-1), and number 11 Geneva (11-4) (rankings reflect the Chicago Sun Times).
The Hawks of Bartlett had control early in the game and at the start of the 3rd quarter, but a tenacious Geneva full-court press gave Bartlett problems, and disrupted the flow of their offense. The Vikings were down as many as nine points, but took a one point lead into the 4th quarter. However, the Hawks were able to rally back and hold on to a two point 54-52 victory.
The Vikings were led by Kat Yelle, who had 17 points and six steals, while the Hawks were led by Jacki Gulczynski who had 11 points and 16 rebounds.
Our January 4 game to kick off the new year was between two top 20 teams: number 6 Bartlett (15-1), and number 11 Geneva (11-4) (rankings reflect the Chicago Sun Times).
The Hawks of Bartlett had control early in the game and at the start of the 3rd quarter, but a tenacious Geneva full-court press gave Bartlett problems, and disrupted the flow of their offense. The Vikings were down as many as nine points, but took a one point lead into the 4th quarter. However, the Hawks were able to rally back and hold on to a two point 54-52 victory.
The Vikings were led by Kat Yelle, who had 17 points and six steals, while the Hawks were led by Jacki Gulczynski who had 11 points and 16 rebounds.
Friday, December 17, 2010
Friday Night Hoops is back!!!
Old Man Winter has shown is ugly face again,and that can only mean one thing: Friday Night Hoops on sportstownchicago.com is back. Every friday night at 5 p.m. tune in to hear the most wall-to-wall coverage on local Chicago-land basketball. With a pre-game round table where our experts discuss everything from NBA,college,and high school hoops. Also,our talent has been known to get a little off subject talking about such things as fantasy football,movie reviews,great food,and much more!!! You never know what your going to get. Also featured on Friday Night Hoops is a weekly game of the week. This game usually matches up two of the area's top teams ina weekly battle for bragging rights. We here at sportstownchicago.com are very excited to be back in the swing of things during basketball season. We look forward to you joining us all season long,we will do our best to keep you up to date on all your local prep knowledge. Thank you for your time and talk to you soon.
Chris Jones
Friday Night Hoops- 12/17/2010
As we now near a month into the IHSA Basketball season there have been a few great storylines thus far.
12th ranked East Aurora (6-1) has soared up the rankings this season thanks in large part to four star Connecticut bound recruit Ryan Boatright. At just 5'10, 150 he has not only become one of the top players in the state, but also in the country.
Boatright is coming off back to back spectacular games in which he dropped 63 and 39 points respectively. He is listed as the 11th best Point Guard in the country as well as the 48th ranked player in the country.
East Aurora has to be considered a sleeper to go down state because of the superstar play from Boatright, however there are quite a few other teams who have to be mentioned.
Simeon is ranked number one in the state and after demolishing Wallace HS out of Gary,IN 85-38 on ESPNU, some question if Simeon will lose a game this season.
Two teams that I love a lot this year are the 10th ranked Glenbard East Rams and the 3rd ranked Benet Academy Red Wings.
Glenbard East is led by Zach Miller who is committed to Northern Illinois and Jon Hill who has committed to Illinois State.
Benet has arguably the best big man (listed at 7 feet) in the state as Frank Kaminsky has led the 3rd ranked Red Wings to an undefeated season so far.
There is still a long way to go in the basketball season, but make sure you stay tuned to sportstownchicago.com every Friday starting at 5pm as we have our weekly Friday Night Hoops show covering IHSA Basketball as well as college and professional sports. At Sportstown Chicago we are in a league of our own!
-Danny V-
12th ranked East Aurora (6-1) has soared up the rankings this season thanks in large part to four star Connecticut bound recruit Ryan Boatright. At just 5'10, 150 he has not only become one of the top players in the state, but also in the country.
Boatright is coming off back to back spectacular games in which he dropped 63 and 39 points respectively. He is listed as the 11th best Point Guard in the country as well as the 48th ranked player in the country.
East Aurora has to be considered a sleeper to go down state because of the superstar play from Boatright, however there are quite a few other teams who have to be mentioned.
Simeon is ranked number one in the state and after demolishing Wallace HS out of Gary,IN 85-38 on ESPNU, some question if Simeon will lose a game this season.
Two teams that I love a lot this year are the 10th ranked Glenbard East Rams and the 3rd ranked Benet Academy Red Wings.
Glenbard East is led by Zach Miller who is committed to Northern Illinois and Jon Hill who has committed to Illinois State.
Benet has arguably the best big man (listed at 7 feet) in the state as Frank Kaminsky has led the 3rd ranked Red Wings to an undefeated season so far.
There is still a long way to go in the basketball season, but make sure you stay tuned to sportstownchicago.com every Friday starting at 5pm as we have our weekly Friday Night Hoops show covering IHSA Basketball as well as college and professional sports. At Sportstown Chicago we are in a league of our own!
-Danny V-
Week 3 Fast Break
It's Friday Night, and another great High School Hoops matchup will be featured on SportsTownChicago.com with pregame coverage starting at 5 PM! This week's match-up will feature the Dukes of York going to Lyons Township to take on the Lions. It's a good West Suburban Silver Conference matchup early in the season!
On Tuesday, the previous High School Hoops coverage on SportsTownChicago.com it was a first as Girl's Basketball was covered. The Glenbard South Raiders fell to 9-1 on the season as they lost to the Wheaton North Falcons. It was an exciting match-up that ended 55-50 and went down to the wire. It was a great way to start the week off as tonight's match-up should also go down to the wire.
Remember it all starts tonight with the pre-game show at 5 PM followed by the York at Lyons Township match-up at 7:30 PM on SportsTownChicago.com.
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