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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Girls highschool basketball: Simeon beats Kenwood, wins
Simeon’s Aneesah Morrow believes Chicago is large enough to have greater than two ladies basketball powerhouses. Marshall and Young are synonymous with the game within the metropolis, however the Morrow and the Wolverines are prepared to affix the dialog. “We want to add our name to that list,” Morrow mentioned. “Simeon has never won a state title before, so that is our goal: to win city and state.” The Wolverines are midway there after rallying from 13 factors down within the first half Sunday to beat Kenwood 69-63 within the Public League title sport at Jones Armory. Morrow, a junior ahead averaging 24.5 factors a sport, missed her first 4 photographs earlier than discovering a groove.
Anthony Roberts, Riverside Brookfield High School worker,
A employees member at Riverside Brookfield High School has been charged with sending inappropriate movies to a pupil on Snapchat. Anthony P. Roberts, 30, is charged with a misdemeanor depend of illegal dissemination of dangerous materials, in accordance with a press release from Riverside police. A Riverside resident and her 17-year-old daughter filed a criticism with police on Dec. 30, 2019, after somebody despatched the lady “videos showing nude, male genitalia,” police mentioned. Investigators obtained a warrant for the Snapchat account that despatched the movies and finally recognized the suspect as Roberts.
Fire at college bus yard prompts HazMat response in Gresham
A fireplace broke out Tuesday at a faculty bus yard in Gresham, prompting a hazardous supplies response within the South Side neighborhood. The fireplace occurred about 10:56 p.m. within the 8500 block of South Vincennes Avenue, in keeping with the Chicago Fire Department. Sunrise Transportation is situated at 8500 S. Vincennes Ave. 2233 Still Alarm, 2238 Box, 211 @ 2256, 311 @ 2324, Level 1 Haz Mat 100 X 150 extraordinary fireplace by way of the roof with roof collapse three grasp streams, four handlines on facet A establishing one other grasp stream being arrange on facet C no accidents no transports all corporations working pic.twitter.com/n0RJOCMn3y— Chicago Fire Media (@CFDMedia) January 15,
Oak Park and River Forest High School reviews 6 circumstances of
Oak Park and River Forest High School in west suburban Oak Park has reported six circumstances of whooping cough since November. Families had been notified of a sixth confirmed analysis of the illness, also referred to as pertussis, in a message despatched by faculty officers Tuesday. “Because we have had multiple cases of pertussis in recent weeks, our buildings and ground staff are diligently performing extra sweeps to clean and sanitize the building,” officers stated. Five college students and one grownup have come down with the illness, in accordance with a spokeswoman for the highschool. Families and employees had been notified concerning the first case on Nov. 20. Whooping cough is
Chicago highschool basketball: Michael O’Brien’s pocket book,
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
Previewing the 2019 Pontiac vacation highschool basketball
Pontiac is the one remaining top-tier vacation event within the state. Proviso West is a shell of its former self, the Big Dipper is on life help and Hinsdale Central nonetheless hasn’t caught on with followers. Centralia, Pekin and Bloomington proceed to roll on efficiently, however no event within the state comes near matching the sphere at Pontiac. Part of the issue is that many of the elite Public League applications don't have any allegiances to in-state vacation tournaments. Curie and Simeon are fixtures at Pontiac and Proviso West has held on to Bogan however Young, Orr, Lincoln Park and Morgan Park are all leaving Illinois for the vacations. The neighborhood