A few more news and notes...

FINALLY: Homewood-Flossmoor will become the first team from the south suburbs to advance to the Class AA state finals other than a team from Sandburg or either of the Lincoln-Ways. And outside of Providence's appearance in Class A a few years back, no other south suburban program has advanced to the state quarterfinals.

THE POWER OF THE VIDEO: After losing to Fenwick in consecutive Class A sectional finals a few years ago, St. Ignatius coach Aaron Carpenter showed his team a video of the Bulls finally beating the Pistons in the NBA Playoffs back in the early 1990s. The Wolfpack went on to beat Fenwick that year. And guess what Carpenter pulled out of the video room on Monday before St. Ignatius played in its third consecutive supersectional game? That's right - the same video.

TOUGH LUCK: You sort of have to feel for Lemont coach Rick Prangen today. His team fell to H-F in a shootout last night, which was the latest tough defeat in a supersectional game for one of his squads. But it also marked another step forward for the girls program with the supersectional appearance. On the boys side, he suffered a handful of tough supersectional losses to Rich East and Lincoln-Way Central before leading his first boys team to the state quarterfinals last fall.