Boys hoops: Ryuji Aoki helps Stevenson trip up Zion-Benton
It would border on blasphemy in these parts to suggest that Jalen Brunson might not have been the best pure shooter on Stevenson's 2014-15 Class 4A championship team. Ryuji Aoki...
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Memphis recruit Charlie Moore struggles as Morgan Park falls to Simeon
Morgan Park's Charlie Moore shrugged it off as quickly as he does opponents. The senior point guard provided the best review Thursday by saying "we just had a bad game."...
Boys hoops: Evan Gilyard shines in No. 3 Simeon’s win at No. 1 Morgan Park
Evan Gilyard was tired of the extended buildup to the twice-postponed "Battle of Vincennes" and all the attention the other member of the rivalry has been receiving. The Simeon junior...
Boys hoops: Lorenzo Edwards keeping Lake Forest in NSC Lake hunt
Forty percent of last year's Tribune All-State first team came from the North Suburban Lake, as did a second-teamer. Stevenson's Jalen Brunson, Lake Forest's Evan Boudreaux and Zion-Benton's Admiral Schofield...
Boys hoops recruiting: Kenwood’s Nick Robinson, Zion Morgan decide to wait it out
Nick Robinson's physical maturation has been evident for some time, but the Kenwood senior got a bit ahead of himself when he committed to Indiana State in late October. "I...
Boys hoops: Lorenzo Edwards leads Lake Forest’s upset of No. 17 Lake Zurich
Everything about the way Lorenzo Edwards shot the ball from the perimeter looked good. The result of those shots couldn't have been worse, but the 6-foot-7 Lake Forest senior does...
Mike Helfgot’s blog: Morgan Park-Vocational the latest round of CPS musical chairs
After lengthy debate and a proposed boycott of the Morgan Park-Simeon game, school officials, parents and coaches agreed to have the game played Thursday at Morgan Park. But that caused...
Boys hoops: Mike Helfgot’s Week 10 Top 20
Records through Sunday; Last week's rankings in parentheses. 1. Morgan Park 15-1, 3A (1) Seven wins over Top 10 teams. 2. Fenwick 17-2, 3A (4) Huge week for Mike Smith....
Boys basketball bits: Riverside-Brookfield hopes to benefit from backloaded schedule
Riverside-Brookfield rarely gets challenged in its own conference. Following 14 straight Metro Suburban Conference titles and with four returning starters from the school's first sectional championship — plus a much...
Boys hoops: Nojel Eastern helps No. 7 Evanston hold off No. 15 Young
Nojel Eastern had eight points before Young made a shot, but it did not lead to one of the Evanston junior's explosive offensive games. Battling a cold, he was outstanding...