Michael O'Brien: December 2006 Archives

Semifinals: Simeon 56, West Aurora 40; Warren 52, Oak Park 51

Simeon 67, Lockport 34...

Oak Park 70, Bloomington 68...

Warren 58, Joliet 56...

Demetri McCamey and Evan Turner go off again...

Simeon beats Jacksonville 80-39...

Jamal Jones led the Pirates with 20, Jacob Pullen scored 16.

Rose has decided to play in Simeon's first round game against Jacksonville...

TF North 55, Von Steuben 50...

Lockport 57, United 48...

Blue Devils 54, Peoria Manual 51

Joliet 62, Schaumburg 52

Bloomington 82, Niles West 70...

Bocot has 11 points and three high-flying slam dunks as the Purple Raiders lead Niles West 40-24 at the half...

Huskies will face winner of Bloomington vs. Niles West tomorrow...

It's an early morning foul fest...

Illinois assistant coach Tracey Webster is on hand to watch Oak Park star Iman Shumpert...

Bloom blows a 63-47 lead and loses in overtime.

Young 56, Peoria Central 48...

Bryan Hall and Chris Colvin leading the way...

Elliott Jones and Justin Berry’s names don’t show up on recruiting websites, they don’t get invited to shoe company all-star games or prestigious camps. But Wednesday at the Proviso West Holiday Tournament the two seniors willed No. 5 Hillcrest to a 55-51 win over Fenwick...

Hillcrest 25, Fenwick 25...

Hillcrest vs. Fenwick is coming up and Taylor is in street clothes...

St. Joseph 73, Julian 61...

St. Joseph leads Julian 37-28 at the half...

Proviso West 59, Homewood-Flossmoor 56

Andrew Fair leads the way with 10 points...

All the info from the morning session...

We've been having technical difficulties, but things are working now and the Holiday Tournament updates will begin shortly...

Rose will miss today's game on Comcast SportsNet...

The Panthers knocked off San Antonio Central Catholic 71-70...

The Stars have plenty of young talent...

Thornwood 21, Rich South 19...

T. F. North leads Leo 32-13 at the half...

Leo heads down to Calumet City...

No. 13 Lincoln Park beats No. 11 Young 58-51...

J.J. Henley isn't playing...

Juice vs. Rompza and J. J. Henley vs. Dwight McCombs...

Reviewing week four...

The Hillcrest star, who transferred from Rich Central last year, was off to a hot start this season...

Kellen Thornton, No. 9 Hillcrest’s 6-6 center, has heard all the talk about being too soft. He’s mastered the art of flexibity however, bending, twisting and finessing for 19 points and 12 rebounds against the No. 13 Thunderbirds...

Kellen Thornton has six for the Hawks...

Keyon Smothers hits one of three free throws with 2.7 seconds left to win it for the Minutemen.

Michael Haynes has 10 for Washington, Kevin Dillard has seven for H-F, but the Big Ticket picked up three fouls.

Bulldogs win 56-53 on Brendan Styler's layup with five seconds to play...

The Blazing Trojans lead Richards 32-17 at the break...

D. J. Dantzler's three-point attempt with three seconds to play rims out and the Saxons win 65-63...

Joliet's D. J. Dantzler terrific in the first half, scores 17 points...

Thornton beats Bloomington 66-57...

Bloomington leads 34-30 at the half...

Panthers beat Stagg 68-53...

Stagg staged a second half comeback to get back in the game..

Michael Horton, Deonte Lundeen and Mike Di Nunno lead the way...

The Panthers are on fire...

Jarrell Turner scores 19 points, grabs nine rebounds to lead the Trojans...

Another bad game for Humphrey, but Josh Crittle and Kevin Hicks stepped up to help Hales beat No. 20 Fenwick...

Spartans lead Fenwick 25-24 at the half

The Friars head to the South side...

Illinois is in good position to land three of the nation's top football prospects within the next 10 days, a Christmas present that would give coach Ron Zook one of the top 20 recruiting classes in the nation...

Last season, six teams from the Pontiac tournament advanced to supersectionals...

Reviewing week three...

Lincoln Park wins, 69-50...

Lincoln Park leads Leo 40-29...

St. Joseph loses in overtime...

T. F. North leads 35-30 with 3:32 to play...

Dolphins win 62-53...

Young leads Homewood-Flossmoor 25-22 at the break

Panthers win 38-26, second half was a bit of a yawner...

Simeon defensive end Martez Wilson and Hubbard running back Robert Hughes are on an official visit to Illinois...

Panthers 20, Spartans 16...

Check back this afternoon for live updates from Chicago State...

He's the best sophomore prospect in the state...

Hales and Loyola battle on the North Shore...

Saxons defeat visiting Hoffman Estates 56-52...

Hawks up by nine points, sophomore Tom Dombrowski has 10 points...

and John Koschnitzky was so good that I learned how to spell his name...

Tonight I'm off to see Rich East and Oak Forest...

Jacob Pullen scores 15 in the first half.

Batavia earns the top seed...

Reviewing week two...

Von Steuben, Curie and Washington all winners....