Covered Wheaton North's 70-67 victory over West Aurora tonight in Wheaton - game wasn't as close as the final....

Long time West observers said the team hasn't started this poorly since the early 1990s...

Blackhawks soph. swingman Juwan Starks is on track to be the next great WA player - he's already getting letters from schools in the Big Ten and Big East...he dropped 28 on 12 of 14 shooting to go with 4 blocks, 2 steals and 6 rebounds....

Starks is also emerging as a vocal leader for this team - here's what he had to say about the Blackhawks' poor defensive effort:
"We need to work harder in practice and stop going through the motions, work hard and stop goofing around in practice. We tried to do help side (defense) but the man would kick to the ball out to the 3-point line and we had trouble getting that rotation up. We have to work on that in practice."

This team is in need of a point guard. Badly. The players they have handling the job now are OK - but when it matters bad decisions and turnovers ensue...

Freshman PG Jaquan Lee, right now, is the better dribbler, penetrator and passer. But in the sophomore game he tended to fall asleep defensively. This is probably what is preventing him from getting a nod on varsity...

But let's be honest - West coach Gordon Kerkman will have to do something soon.