Conference titles are a wierd entity in highschool basketball. Some colleges don’t appear to care about them a lot in any respect, they're centered on metropolis or state titles or one other native rivalry. That isn’t the case in Country Club Hills. Don Houston’s program is constructed on convention supremacy. Hillcrest has gained no matter convention it has performed in for 31 of the final 32 years. The South Suburban Blue title was on the road Friday in Oak Forest. A win would give the Hawks a share. A loss would give the Bengals their first convention title since 1987. “We wouldn’t have been able to go to sleep tonight if we lost,”
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Blackhawks rating: Hawks collapse after Duncan Keith scores
ST. LOUIS — Duncan Keith has sacrificed loads of his offensive inclinations this season for the sake of the Blackhawks’ protection. On Tuesday, Keith lastly hit the 100-career-goal milestone he’s sat on the cusp of for months, however the Hawks protection correspondingly collapsed in a 6-5 loss to the Blues. Keith’s power-play rocket previous Blues goalie Jordan Binnington within the first interval made him simply the fourth Hawks defenseman and, fittingly, 100th NHL defenseman all-time to attain 100 targets. The aim prolonged the 36-year-old blue-liner’s level streak to 4 consecutive video games — a streak that already included his 500th profession help and 600th profession level on Friday. It additionally jumpstarted the Hawks’ energy play, which
Blackhawks-Golden Knights last rating: Hawks’ offensive
LAS VEGAS — If the Blackhawks had been enjoying hockey like a marathon earlier this season, they’re now enjoying it like a 100-yard sprint. The Hawks and Golden Knights traded probabilities as if a 3-on-Three time beyond regulation prolonged right into a full 60-minute recreation Wednesday, and but once more, the chaos paid off in a 5-Three win. “I don’t think we were giving up a ton, we were able to get going the other way and I think the quality of our chances was good,” Jeremy Colliton mentioned. Colliton’s choice to unleash the transition offense — which supposedly entailed solely pushing their weak-side winger greater within the defensive zone, however appears to have modified the
Blackhawks-Sharks remaining rating: Hawks’ offensive futility
SAN JOSE, Calif. — The Blackhawks have spent a lot of autumn maligning their incapacity to create second probabilities on offensive possessions. For a lot of Tuesday’s 4-2 loss to the Sharks, they appeared unable to create offensive possessions in any respect, a lot much less translate them into scoring probabilities. Despite an admirable late push, slicing the deficit briefly to 1 purpose, the general effort was once more removed from enough. The Hawks suffered via a stretch of 27 minutes, 42 seconds — lasting from early within the first interval to halfway via the second — with only one shot on purpose. Through two durations, that they had been out-attempted 44-17, although they did eat
Blackhawks 3, Jets 2 (OT): Scrambled Hawks nonetheless winless in
The Blackhawks modified all the pieces they might Saturday: ahead strains, defensive pairings, goaltender. Yet they nonetheless squandered an brisk begin, nonetheless spent too lengthy on the ice every shift, nonetheless dedicated a brutal defensive breakdown at an important time, and nonetheless completed the night time winless on the season after a 3-2 time beyond regulation loss to the Jets. “As a group, we have to have that character to close out games and step on their throat when they’re down,” Brandon Saad mentioned afterwards. Clearly, via three video games — every painful defeats in their very own methods — the Hawks don’t have that but. Leading 2-Zero after the primary interval and 2-1 midway
Atlanta Hawks’ Twitter Account Got Pretty Cocky Before Patriots’ Super Bowl Comeback
The Atlanta Hawks learned the hard way Sunday night you can’t ever count out Tom Brady and the New England Patriots — and no, that’s not a typo: We’re talking about the NBA team — not the NFL team, the Falcons, which blew a 25-point lead in the biggest Super Bowl choke of all time. The Hawks have one of the NBA’s most active (and sometimes aggressive) Twitter accounts. Often times, the Hawks’ social media team is downright funny. But they got a little carried away Sunday night while tweeting about Super Bowl LI. Here’s how the Hawks started the night: Bold move. Comparing a first-round NBA playoffs series to the Super Bowl is
Celtics Left Searching For Answers After Another Rough Start Vs. Hawks
For all the ugly statistics to come out of the Boston Celtics’ Game 2 loss to the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday — trust us, there were plenty — there’s one that possibly provides hope: If you take away both first quarters, the Celtics have outscored the Hawks by 10 points so far. Of course, that stat is little solace for a Boston team that managed just 72 points at Philips Arena on Tuesday to fall into an 0-2 hole in the best-of-seven opening round series. It also ignores the elephant in the room: the Celtics’ extreme aversion to the first quarter. The C’s have been outscored by a combined 28 points in both first quarters