Boys basketball: January 2008 Archives

In the IHSA Class 3A Antioch Sectional Complex, the clear top 4 teams are North Chicago, Grayslake Central, Chicago Senn, and Lakes – probably in that order.

Having spent the first two-thirds of this prep boys basketball season lamenting the fact that Waukegan’s Bulldogs were one quality player short, we now can all hope and pray that the missing piece to the team’s puzzle has been found.

Having spent the first two-thirds of this prep boys basketball season lamenting the fact that Waukegan’s Bulldogs were one quality player short, we now can all hope and pray that the missing piece to the team’s puzzle has been found.

Chris Wroblewski is an outstanding choice. Besides being the best player on the area’s second-best team, he’ll be playing next year at Cornell University in the Ivy League. Clearly, he knows the game.

Currently, Stevenson and Zion-Benton are tied for first place in the North Suburban Conference Lake Division boys basketball standings.

After this area’s top teams struggled on Friday night, Saturday was a great one for area prep boys basketball teams.

Two four-letter words of advice for Waukegan High’s boys basketball team.

Now that North Chicago High’s boys basketball team has set a school record for points in a game with 114 on Saturday night (114-71 over Round Lake), what can Hawks coach Gerald “King” Coleman’s squad do for an encore?

Somewhere out there, actor Kevin Bacon is smiling. Borrowing from his degrees of separation theory, here’s how we arrive at the point where the mighty Rams of Grayslake Central are this area’s top prep boys basketball team

Seems like a couple of years back, when Warren High was the area super-power, it was Lake Forest – led by Bulls GM John Paxson’s kid, if the memory hasn’t completely faded – that was first in this area to knock the Blue Devils off the top perch. Turns out that history DOES repeat itself.

With Monday’s huge win over Cary-Grove, the Lakes High Eagles have now won 10 boys basketball games in a row.That streak will last …

Over here in The Locker Room, we luv the Lakes Eagles and their school-record nine-game winning streak. But, do we luv ‘em enough to pick ‘em to extend their winning streak to 10 tonight?

Which area prep boys basketball teams are going to be sizzling during the second half of this season?

How’s that saying go? If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Well, somebody needs to do so some serious planning really quickly regarding two upcoming games involving Zion-Benton High’s undefeated boys basketball team.

With a 10-2 record and seemingly nine sure wins still on the regular-season schedule, let’s look at the games that will determine whether this is a boys basketball season to remember at North Chicago High, or just another nice season.

On Monday, Jan. 21, Zion-Benton (currently 15-0) will play at Hononegah (currently 13-0) in the final game of the Martin Luther King holiday tournament that Hononegah is hosting.