High School Confidential

Girls dunking in eighth grade? Yep.

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:48:42 -0600

Check out this video. Her name is Amber McLin, she's an eighth grader at St. Thomas on the west side and she could be the state's next superstar girls basketball player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaYn9EX4XpE

Shootout at the Hill schedule released

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:12:04 -0600

Hillcrest coach Don Houston announced the schedule for his annual shootout today.

December 19
Session one
Tinley Park vs. Thornwood, 9 am
Rich Central vs. Lincoln-Way East, 10:30 am
Bloomington vs. Maine South, noon
Bloom vs. Leo, 1:30 pm

Session two
Crete-Monee vs. Orr, 4 pm
H-F vs. Thornton, 5:30 pm
Hillcrest vs. Curie, 7 pm

Watch out for DePaul?

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:37:05 -0600

We've got a bit of shocker in Midnight Madness news. According to Mac Irvin Fire coach Mike Irvin, Mike Shaw, Wayne Blackshear, Phil Jackson and Jabari Parker are all in attendance at the Blue Demons' festivities.

Dwayne Evans chooses St. Louis

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:29:06 -0600

According to Illinois Warriors club coach Larry Butler, Neuqua Valley senior Dwayne Evans made an oral commitment to St. Louis on Wednesday.

Evans chose St. Louis over Illinois State, Northern Illinois, Northwestern, Western Michigan, Drake, Kent State, Toledo.

Decision day for Fenwick's Liston

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:59:15 -0600

Fenwick G/F Tricia Liston, who helped lead the Friars to a state title in 2007 and is the highest-rated senior Illinois girls basketball player in the state, gave a verbal commitment to Duke Friday. Liston chose the Blue Devils over DePaul and Wisconsin,

Decision day for Fenwick's Liston

Sat, 05 Sep 2009 12:59:15 -0600

Wayne Blackshear will visit Louisville again

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:56:37 -0600

Morgan Park star Wayne Blackshear has scheduled a second visit to Louisville. According to Jody Demling at the Courier-Journal, Blackshear will be on campus for the Sept. 5 football game. Read all about it here.

Recruiting notes: Heldring to William and Mary

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 16:03:37 -0600

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.

Peoria gets 5 more years of March Madness

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:46:36 -0600

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

Morgan Tuck suffers ACL tear

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:17:22 -0600

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

Schedule for the shootout in Champaign on Sunday

Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:24:18 -0600

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

Jereme Richmond not heading to Findlay

Fri, 29 May 2009 15:42:51 -0600

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.

Riverside-Brookfield shootout this weekend

Tue, 26 May 2009 13:40:40 -0600

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...

New schools in the mix for Blackshear, Shaw and Thompson

Wed, 20 May 2009 17:00:33 -0600

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.

2009 Kickoff Classic date and times

Wed, 20 May 2009 16:59:12 -0600

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