Young, Stevenson, Marian Catholic, Curie and North Chicago return big-time players and will all be loaded next season, while defending champ Simeon, St. Rita, Morgan Park and Orr will each roll out intriguing lineups. So who will be the preseason No. 1 team?
It was a total team effort on both ends of the floor for Orr as the Spartans cruised to a 63-49 win over North Chicago at the Class 3A Hoffman Estates Supersectional Tuesday.
Emmanual January came off the bench to score 13 points, grab 10 rebounds and spark the Warhawks' 21-4 second-quarter run in a 65-46 Class 4A sectional title victory over Carmel at Antioch on Friday.
JaVairius Amos-Mays led North Chicago with 23 points and Jamero Shelton added 13 in the Warhawks' 86-52 Class 3A sectional semifinal victory over Uplift at Antioch on Wednesday.
Emmanuel January scored a team-high 16 points off the bench to lead host North Chicago to an 84-41 victory over Northside in a Class 3A regional final on Friday.
North Chicago welcomed JaVairius Amos-Mays and Arnold Shead back to the team on Wednesday, as the Warhawks began their quest for a Class 3A state basketball title with a full complement of players and a 78-37 win over Antioch.
Senior Erin Gavin dropped in a game-high 20 points for Regina, which also got 15 points from sophomore Maggie Palmer in a 63-56 Class 3A sectional-semifinal victory over North Chicago at Vernon Hills on Tuesday.
Tineesha Coleman scored 28 points and pulled down 17 rebounds as North Chicago made history by upsetting No. 2 seed Carmel, 64-60, Friday night at Johnsburg.
After two subpar performances, North Chicago’s boys basketball team was back in top form on Tuesday, tuning up for next Wednesday’s North Suburban Conference title game by thrashing host Round Lake 100-58.
Justin Bergeron scored 18 points and knocked down the game-winning basket to propel Lakes to a 67-66 overtime win over North Chicago, which suspended five players before the game on Friday.
North Chicago defeated T.F. North 59-57 in the Martin Luther King Dream Classic Monday at Young, completing its sweep of a city team, a suburban team and a Catholic League team over the holiday weekend.