Boys basketball: Mike Helfgot’s Week 14 Top 20
Records through Sunday; Last week's rankings in parentheses. 1. Simeon 24-3, 4A (3) Three-day sweep of Morgan Park, Evanston and Kenwood. 2. Morgan Park 22-3, 3A (1) Week off to...
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Boys basketball: Kenwood, Curie gearing up for postseason play
Winning two of three down-to-the-final-possession games against Curie meant an awful lot to Kenwood this season. The regular-season split allowed Kenwood to repeat as Red Central champions, and Friday night's...
Boys basketball: No. 3 Simeon takes down No. 6 Evanston, ready for another test Sunday
Two down, one city championship game to go. Between Friday night's Public League semifinal against its archrival and Sunday's title game, No. 3 Simeon gave itself an opportunity for a...
Boys basketball: Charlie Moore takes over in No. 1 Morgan Park’s win over No. 11 Riverside-Brookfield
Charlie Moore said he hasn't second-guessed his decision to drive rather than go for the game-winning 3-pointer at the end of No. 1 Morgan Park's two-point loss to No. 3...
Ben Coupet big as Simeon holds off Morgan Park in Public League semis
After 31-plus minutes of high-level action that surpassed the considerable hype, Ben Coupet was too much for Morgan Park. And although the frenetic final sequence was more of a comedy...
Boys basketball: No. 3 Simeon outlasts No. 1 Morgan Park in Public League semis
The 31-plus minutes of really high-level action surpassed the considerable hype. The frenetic final sequence was more of a comedy of errors, but it only added to the entertainment value...
Boys basketball: Nick Robinson lifts No. 5 Kenwood past No. 4 Curie in wild CPS semifinal
The third game was like three games in one, maybe more, with the same wild momentum swings that characterized the first two. It's fair at this point to surmise that...
Helfgot’s blog: The season’s best weekend promises plenty of top-tier matchups
It's the kind of weekend sometimes-weekly picks blogs were invented for, easily the best three-day stretch of games on your 2015-16 high school basketball calendar. Most of the teams featured...
Boys basketball: Marian Catholic’s diminutive Chase Adams comfortable carving his own path
It's the year of the little point guard in and around Chicago. Charlie Moore, Mike Smith and Evan Gilyard are the leaders of the Nos. 1-3 teams in the Tribune...
Boys basketball: No. 13 Marian Catholic finds way to edge St. Viator
Forcing the ball out of Chase Adams' hands put St. Viator in position to complete an improbable comeback. Keeping it away from the sophomore point guard was another matter. No....