Prep boys basketball practice starts on Nov. 9.
That said, which area high schools figure to be missing hoops players at practice that date because the school's football team is still alive & in the second round of the IHSA playdowns?
Here's a short list: Vernon Hills & Antioch from the NSC Prairie; Lake Zurich & Stevenson from the NSC Lake: Carmel from the ESCC.
There's your Fab Five.
By the way, This will be the 21st straight year that Stevenson High coach Bill Mitz will have gotten the Patriots into the grid playoffs.
The coach most likely to better that record? Tony Monken at Vernon Hills.
