February 2008 Archives

Truth be told, the eyes in The Locker Room could see Mundelein over Warren and Waukegan over Lake Forest coming. It wasn’t the eyes that failed, it was the heart. Didn’t have the ticker to pick the underdogs. As a result, The Locker Room picks are 9-4 this tourney season with five tough ones to call on Friday night.

OK. Tell the truth. Who in The Locker Room saw Lake Zurich smokin' defending sectional champion Stevenson by 15 points in a regional semfiinal? That game ruined an otherwise perfect night of picks. Tuesday: 7-1 ... 10-2 overall so far this tournament. As for tonight ...

After going 4-1 in picking Monday night’s prep boys basketball games in the IHSA Class 3A and 4A tournaments, The Locker Room talk is that there’s no excuse for not being perfect tonight.

Which area prep boys basketball teams will live to play another day in the IHSA Class 3A and Class 4A regional tournaments, and which schools can schedule indoor baseball practice in the school gym on Tuesday?

This entire thing has:1) given me a giant headache; 2) made me feel very, very sad; 3) made me feel very, very disappointed. 4) All of the above.

In our world of prep basketball, the top three feel-good stories of the year are:

In case you’re wondering why the Chicago Public League has 60 high schools and five of them are powerhouses in boys basketball, five are powerhouses in girls basketball, and the vast majority stink in both sports, wonder no longer.

Wednesday night, Zion-Benton High will play at North Chicago in the North Suburban Conference boys basketball championship game. Between Zion, Waukegan, North Chicago and Gurnee, there are at least 8,000 people who would pay the five bucks to watch that game in a gym that holds about 1,800.

Baseball had its New York Yankees, pro basketball had its Boston Celtics, and the NFL had the Green Bay Packers. Dynaties all. But the dynasty that is developing in NASCAR is going to kill fan interest in the sport

After three days of IHSA Class 3A and Class 4A girls basketball action, here are some things we know that we didn’t know before.

There is way too big of a gap between the top teams and the second-tier teams in high school girls basketball. Actually, it’s the exact same way in college, but we aren’t talking college here.

Along comes Monday night, a first-ever victory for Lakes High’s girls basketball team after 84 consecutive losses. And just how did the Eagles celebrate on the court after the game?

Laugh if you will, but when the pairings were announced for the IHSA Class 4A Barrington Sectional, the decent team that seemed to have landed in a good spot was Waukegan. Here’s why:

Waukegan High’s entire boys basketball team scored 32 points in a game against an Evanston team that was there for the taking on Friday night. Heck, you’d think that Jereme Richmond would score 32 points a game by himself?

This is just one guess on how th IHSA will the 21 teams for the IHSA Class 4A Barrington Sectional.

When the seedings were announced for the IHSA Class 3A Anticoh Sectional boys basketball tournament, the smile on North Chicago coach “King” Coleman’s face had to be “King” size, so to speak.

The Stevenson Patriots, who routed Lake Forest by 25 points on Tuesday night in a game played IN Lake Forest.

Maybe we can put the blame on the fact that it costs zillions of dollars to purchase a 30-second TV commercial during the Super Bowl.

In the spirit of full disclosure, let the record show that nobody in The Locker Room plays golf at Orchard Hills, and nobody in The Locker Room has any kids involved in Waukegan’s youth soccer program