Senior LJ McIntosh put in a layup at the buzzer in overtime Tuesday to lift Marist to a thrilling 62-60 victory over Hyde Park in a Class 4A Mount Carmel Regional semifinal. Up next for the RedHawks, a date with Simeon.
Up one in the second quarter, Hyde Park went on a 16-3 run midway through the period to break open its game against Kenwood and cruise to a 59-47 win Thursday.
Marcus Smith scored 13 of his team-high 17 points in the first half, and Hyde Park withstood a St. Joseph comeback to pull out a 52-50 victory in the Bob Hambric Coaches Against Cancer Shootout at T.F. North in Calumet City Saturday night.
Hyde Park 6-foot-8 center Moshawn Thomas suffered a right knee injury on an alley-oop attempt two minutes into the game and did not return, but the Thunderbirds still managed a 68-60 Red-West win against host Harper.
St. Rita started slow but finished strong to pull out a 59-50 win over Hyde Park on Sunday at the Team Rose Shootout at the Kroc Corps Community Center.
Hyde Park raced out to a 21-point first-quarter lead en route to an 86-43 victory over Carver in a Public League crossover game of Red division teams. The Thunderbirds had five players score in double-digits.
08/30/2012, 12:57pm CDT, By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
If teachers go on strike, Chicago Public Schools officials want the games to continue. CPS announced on Thursday that the state's largest school district has asked the Illinois High School Association to waive its rule prohibiting sports teams from practicing and playing during a strike.