George M. Wilcox – Page 9

Year with Junior Hornets laid groundwork for Hinsdale South seniors’ success

June 12, 2018 at 3:26 a.m.

Hinsdale South's top boys basketball players this season began to come together as a unit when they were in eighth grade. After years of playing for their separate junior high...

Lyons freshman Shines, right, protects the ball from Hinsdale Central's Peter Blust.

Lyons looking at fresh faces to build its boys basketball program

June 11, 2018 at 6:49 a.m.

Through his first seven seasons as Lyons boys basketball coach, Tom Sloan never had a freshman play on any of his varsity teams. This season, he has two of them....

St. Joseph's Nick Rakocevic drives along the baseline against a Wasatch Academy defender at T.F. North on Jan. 9.

St. Joseph looking to reach new heights during flight to Hoophall Classic

June 11, 2018 at 6:42 a.m.

Gene Pingatore has coached St. Joseph since 1970, but the state's all-time winningest boys basketball coach has never put his team on an airplane for a game. That is scheduled...

Assistant coach Steve Gross listens in as Glenbard South head girls basketball coach Morgan Kasperek instructs her team during the Wheaton North Tournament.

Former Hinsdale Central girls basketball coaches reunite at Glenbard South

June 9, 2018 at 2:10 a.m.

Last month, Morgan Kasperek returned to Wheaton North's Bill Neibch Falcon Holiday Classic for the second time as a head coach. The Hinsdale Central graduate and one-time coach of the...

Hinsdale Central's Jack Hoiberg knocks the ball away from Oak Park-River Forest's Isaiah Fuller on Dec. 11.

Jack Hoiberg is bullish on Hinsdale Central basketball

June 11, 2018 at 6:46 a.m.

Jack Hoiberg's family is known for basketball, but it was actually golf that helped introduce the Hinsdale Central transfer to the area. Before his family moved to the area, Jack...

St. Joseph's Nick Rakocevic and Lavon Thomas chase down a loose ball.

Boys hoops: Utah power Wasatch overwhelms St. Joseph in Hambric Shootout

June 12, 2018 at 3:02 a.m.

St. Joseph coach Gene Pingatore said he didn't know anything about his opponent Saturday, Jan. 9, until he watched a highlight clip on YouTube earlier in the week. What he...

Fenwick's Kate Moore tries to dribble between Trinity's Sheahen Dowling and Alexandria Fanning.

Girls hoops: Trinity, Fenwick hinge their future on talented sophomores

June 11, 2018 at 6:55 a.m.

The rivalry between Catholic girls schools Fenwick and Trinity has seen better days. Trinity, in River Forest, has dominated recent meetings while its neighbor two miles away in Oak Park...

Leyden junior Cherish Sepulveda (23) put up 18 points against St. Viator during the St. Viator Blenner Family Holiday Invite.

Status report: Where do the area’s girls basketball teams stand at the start of 2016?

June 12, 2018 at 3:17 a.m.

Coach Mike Valente considered Trinity's first trip to the Nike Tournament of Champions a success. The Blazers finished second in their division after losing 55-51 to ThunderRidge in the championship...

York's Joseph Martucci cuts down the net after the Dukes won the championship game of the 42nd Jack Tosh Holiday Classic on Dec. 31.

Status report: Sorting out the area’s boys basketball teams for 2016

June 9, 2018 at 4:55 a.m.

The championship game at the 2014 Proviso West Holiday tournament featured the eventual state champions in Class 4A (Stevenson) and Class 3A (St. Joseph). This year, the area's top two...

Naperville North players cheer on the bench during the championship game of the 42nd Jack Tosh Holiday Classic on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2015 at in Elmhurst, Ill.

York’s Ryan Camp earns Jack Tosh MVP following championship win over Naperville North

June 9, 2018 at 5:00 a.m.

It takes a team effort for the York boys basketball to succeed and Ryan Camp's honor as the Most Valuable Player at the 42nd annual Jack Tosh Holiday Classic is...

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