From Scott Powers:

New Trier's 6-foot-10 center Fred Heldring committed to William and Mary on Thursday. He also considered Cornell, Davidson and Loyola.

"Things are easy for Fred," Rising Stars coach Mike Weinstein said. "He can shoot and pass the ball. He has a chance to be a really good player. He can guard 3, 4, 5 because of his athleticism."

Weinstein also noted that New Trier's Alex Rossi was down to Northwestern, Notre Dame, California and Virginia and could make a decision as early as next week. 

Mundelein star Ben Brust is also considering Stanford, Iowa, Northwestern, Butler and Virginia, according to Weinstein.

According to the Peorial Journal Star, the boys basketball state tournaments will be in Peoria for another five years...

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x1091024741/JS-Exclusive-Peoria-scores-5-more-years-of-March-Madness

Bolingbrook freshman Morgan Tuck tore the ACL in her left knee during a scrimmage Saturday at the USA Basketball trials in Colorado.

Check out ESPN's story:

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/recruiting/basketball/womens/news/story?id=4228896

Assembly Hall
11:00 a.m.: Carbondale Brehm Prep vs. Bowman (Ind.) Academy
11:50: Waukegan vs. St. Charles (Mo.) West
12:40 p.m.: Brehm Prep vs. Whitney Young
1:30: Peoria Notre Dame vs. Gary (Ind.) Lew Wallace
2:20: Simeon vs. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.)
3:10: Bowman Academy vs. Carmel (Ind.)
4:00: Waukegan vs. Chicago Mt. Carmel
4:50: Whitney Young vs. Bowman
5:40: St. Charles West vs. Broad Ripple (Ind.)
6:30: Peoria Central vs. Robinson

Ubben 1
11:00 a.m.: Carmel vs. Peoria Notre Dame
11:50: Simeon vs. Broadripple (Ind.)
12:40 p.m.: Carmel (Ind.) vs. Robinson
1:30: Waukegan vs. Broad Ripple (Ind.)
2:20: Brehm Prep vs. Robinson
3:10: Peoria Notre Dame vs. Broad Ripple
4:00: Simeon vs. Peoria Central
4:50: Carmel vs. Gary (Ind.) Lew Wallace
5:40: Waukegan vs. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.)

Ubben 2
11:00 a.m.: Whitney Young vs. Lew Wallace
11:50: Chicago Mt. Carmel vs. Hamilton Southeastern (Ind.)
12:40 p.m.: Bowman Academy vs. Peoria Central
1:30: St. Charles West vs. Mt. Carmel
2:20: Whitney Young vs. Peoria Central
3:10: St. Charles West vs. Lew Wallace
4:00: Brehm Prep vs. Hamilton Southeastern
4:50: Robinson vs. Peoria Notre Dame
5:40: Simeon vs. Mt. Carmel

According to a source at Illinois, the report that Jereme Richmond is leaving Waukegan for Findlay prep is not true. At least not yet. Richmond is waiting on his grades. It still could happen, but they are hoping Richmond gets to play his senior year for the Bulldogs.

The source also confirmed that Crandall Head is staying at Crane for his senior year.

UPDATE: Just spoke with Jereme's father Bill. He said Jereme will be at Waukegan next year.

The shootout is still taking place this weekend, but according to R-B, the list of teams previously published is not totally correct. Check back for updates...

According to Mac Irvin Fire coach Mike Irvin, some new high-major programs are in the mix for three Class of 2011 stars.

Louisville and Florida are now in on Morgan Park's Wayne Blackshear and De La Salle's Michael Shaw. Kentucky, which is already involved with Blackshear and Shaw, is now also recruiting Young's Sam Thompson.

Friday, August 28 at Soldier Field

2:30 pm: De La Salle vs. Lane
5:15 pm: Mount Carmel vs. Simeon
8 pm: Brother Rice vs. Morgan Park

-Former DePaul assistant coach Gary DeCesare is the new basketball coach at St. Rita. DeCesare had a long, successful career as a high school coach at St. Raymond in New York.

-The long-awaited ESPN Outside the Lines feature on Wayne Blackshear finally aired this morning. Check it out here: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/index

The Demons submitted this writeup earlier in the week, if any other club teams would like to do the same this spring/summer, go ahead and email the info to mobrien@suntimes.com

"The Chicago Demons 17-U made huge strides as a traveling basketball team with their impressive play at the Howard Pulley Sabes Invitational in Minnesota.

Led by All-Tournament team member Jamal Dantzler, the Chicago Demons proved that they are a force to be reckoned with on the travel circuit for 2009.

Pool play started out bleak for the Demons, as the coaching staff juggled with the line-up searching for a winning combination. As a result, the team lost their first two games; and found themselves down 20 in the third game. It was then that coaching staff shifted gears and installed a variety of full court pressure tactics. The Demons went on a 22-3 run, before Jamal Dantzler hit a buzzer beating 3-pointer to send the game into overtime. After trading baskets in overtime, the game was eventually won on a buzzer beating 3-pointer by Jermaine Hiler.

It was the aforementioned series of events that sparked more enthusiastic play from the team throughout the remainder of the tournament, including a playoff victory over in-state rival RBS.

This weekend, Jamal Dantzler proved to be one of Chicago's elite prospects from the class of 2010 as he scored points in a variety of ways. Jamal's offensive arsenal was on full display as he knocked down midrange shots, 3-pointers, dunks and free-throws.

Contributing to the success of the Demons were Jermaine Hiler, Floyd Campbell, Osay Williams, Justin Parnell, Keenan Blanks and Brandon Bates (5-5 on three-pointers in the OT win versus Iowa Attack).

The playoff run was disrupted by a strong host team, HP White, in the quarterfinals."

Just wondering
Do non-boundary schools (Brother Rice, Regina) etc. have to catch 1.65 times heavier fish?

Tom Dineen, who won a state championship and more than 650 games as the girls coach at Buffalo Grove, was named the new girls basketball coach at Stevenson