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Time and time again, ranked teams have had head scratching losses, and top seeds have bowed without even winning a regional, but Maine West (29-1) and Loyola (25-5) have overcome those troubling odds to set up a much anticipated matchup between two top-10 teams.
Podcast for the week of 2/19
Girls basketball post-regional championships
Live updates from the “Battle of the Border”
Simeon’s 64-53 win over Whitney Young sets up their much anticipated matchup with Orr
Less than two months ago, New Trier were coming off their worst stretch of the season, losing four of six games which included a double digit loss to Trinity. Since that point of the season, the Trevians have gone on a tear, rattling off 10 straight wins capped off by 67-42 win over Trinity to claim another regional title.
Another week, another releasing of seeds. Since everyone seemed to enjoy our predictions for the girls seeding, we though we would try our luck with the boys side.
Photo gallery from Whitney Young vs. Morgan Park
Once again we are sponsored by Village Inn in Skokie, so thank you so much for your support. In this episode we discuss… -Public League Playoffs -Girls regional predictions -A … Continue Reading Illinois Preps Podcast Ep. 22: A long time coming
Playoffs are just around the corner, so we put together our final regular season rankings.
Lane Tech vs. Orr, Public league playoffs round 2. Photos courtesy of Jack Lydon: www.jacklydon.com
From turnovers, to poor free throw shooting, and even book errors, the upstart Lions were never able to get anything going against a suffocating Kenwood defense and were soundly beaten by the Broncos 57-42 before the game was called with 12 seconds remaining.
Once again thanks to Jack Lydon for the pictures. His website is https://www.jacklydon.com/
Kenwood knocked off St. Ignatius 52-43 in what could be a preview of next week’s regional final
Though Payton’s playoff appearance was promptly ended by Uplift 75-63, aside from one poor stretch of play the Grizzlies gave the Uptown powerhouse all it could handle.
Episode 21 of the podcast