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PONTIAC—It didn’t take lengthy for the primary upset to happen within the 89th Pontiac Holiday Tournament. Warren, which entered as an entire afterthought, knocked off No. Four seed Peoria Manual 54-45 within the second first spherical on Thursday. The Rams have been a controversial alternative because the 4 seed, however nobody noticed 3-6 Warren pulling off the upset. It does make some sense why it took the Blue Devils a very long time to get issues going this season although. Only two gamers scored for Warren within the fourth quarter: Juan Delacruz and Seamus Mellican. Both are soccer gamers that have been key members of the Blue Devils’ squad that misplaced to Lincoln-Way

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Bloom’s Dante Maddox, Jr., defends as Marian Catholic’s Yemi Elutilo (5) holds the ball. | Allen Cunningham/For the Sun-Times Three groups be a part of after the primary week of the season. That was one heck of every week. It’s been a very long time for the reason that first week of the season packed such a punch. There have been two heavyweight battles (Morgan Park vs. Young, Marian Catholic vs. Bloom) and several other gamers jumped out of the gates early to ascertain themselves as stars (taking a look at you Brandon Weston and Christian Shumate). Just a few underneath the radar groups additionally had eye-opening begins. Hinsdale South, Proviso