03/23/2013, 11:00pm CDT, By Mike Clark mclark@suntimes.com
Jones' Jamison Dale ran away from the competition in Saturday's 1,600 meters at the Illinois Top Times indoor meet at Illinois Wesleyan. Dale posted a time of 4:17.34, finishing more than 3.5 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.
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Jared Brownridge scored 20 points and Bryan Jefferson added 15 points, seven assists and six rebounds as Waubonsie Valley won for the 10th time in its last 11 games, crushing Lake Park 74-49.
After a tight first half, the Neuqua Valley offense exploded in the third quarter, sparked by Jabari Sandifer’s 13 points, and the Wildcats ran away with a 72-46 win over Lake Park Thursday.
A stingy Lake Park defense limited East Aurora to 33 percent shooting from the floor Thursday night, and the visiting Lancers came away with a 44-37 win.
Carmel guard Greg Edkins had 13 points, four rebounds and three steals to lead the Corsairs to a 42-36 victory against Lake Park Wednesday in the opening round of the Wheeling Hardwood Classic.
Jared Brownridge poured in a game-high 26 points — including a personal 7-0 run in the fourth quarter — to lead Waubonsie Valley to a 68-60 road victory over Lake Park.
Leading by two at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Neuqua Valley went on a 8-0 run to pull away from Lake Park and earn a 48-38 victory on Saturday.
Metea Valley used a strong transition game and a hounding defense that forced 28 turnovers to pull away from Lake Park, 64-39, in Upstate Eight Valley Conference play.