A have a look at the motion forward this week at Proviso West and Wheeling.
Proviso West Vacation Event
Dates: Dec. 23, 26, 27, 28
The favourite: Warren
A yr in the past the Blue Devils burst on the scene with a match title and MVP efficiency from Jaxson Davis. The crew and sophomore star are each higher. Now coach Zack Ryan’s poised and assured crew is available in with a bullseye on its again as true headline attraction. Can it maintain off the Public League to win back-to-back titles?
High contenders: Younger and Lincoln Park
Younger, contemporary off a formidable win over Simeon on the highway, options an impactful duo in junior guard Marquis Clark and 6-6 athlete Antonio Munoz. In what’s weird bracketing on this 16-team match, the Dolphins would get Warren in a second-round sport.
Lincoln Park, which has notched spectacular wins over Younger, Curie and St. Laurence so far, has a large open path to the title sport. Search for Ahmad Lee, Chayse Turner and the Lions to take full benefit of it.
Sleepers: Views-Management and Rockford Guilford
Coach Justin Rhymes is within the infancy stage of constructing his Views-Management program related. With high-scoring senior Phoenix Childs, a semifinal look is doable and something extra can be a press release.
Control Guilford. The Vikings jumped out to a quick 8-1 begin that included wins over a number of Chicago space groups, together with Neuqua Valley, West Aurora and Hinsdale Central.
Storyline: Might this be the true coming-out occasion for Lincoln Park?
Sure, it’s a bonafide high 25 crew that may flirt with high 10 standing all season. However final yr the Lions had been walloped by Warren at Proviso West. There have been additionally extra puzzling losses to Lane, Payton and Westinghouse a yr in the past.
This yr must be totally different — coach Josh Anderson’s crew is older and higher defensively — and a win over a crew like Warren within the closing can be a big step in displaying that.
Wheeling Hardwood Basic
Dates: Dec. 23, 26, 27, 28
The favourite: Downers Grove North
The very fact Downers Grove North is even a slight favourite on this match is a credit score to the successful mentality this program has established and the job coach Jim Thomas has carried out with this crew.
The Trojans, who returned only one starter from a yr in the past, have already exceeded early-season expectations, although a lopsided loss to Hinsdale Central Friday evening has cooled the momentum. Gamers like 6-5 Bobby Grganto and 6-4 Jack Crowley performed small roles a yr in the past however have risen to the event and impressed as seniors.
High contender: Fremd
First-year coach Mike Brown has Fremd buzzing alongside properly, because of senior guards Samuel Hirsch and Ryan Brown who’re lengthy on expertise and wingspan at 6-4. However promising 6-6 junior Jordan Williams is the participant who can take this crew to a different stage.
Sleepers: Stevenson and Libertyville
Though it’s been a little bit of a bumpy begin for Stevenson with three losses, the Patriots, who’re led by veteran level guard Aidan Bardic, are greater than able to placing 4 wins collectively.
Nobody has been speaking a lot about Libertyville — but. The Wildcats, nonetheless, have a senior guard in Liam Hanson and an rising junior in 6-7 Bryce Wegrzyn which have propelled them to a quick, spectacular begin to the season.
Storyline: Which crew goes unscathed at Wheeling and establishes itself as a legit contender? There are a handful of high quality groups who with 4 wins right here would transfer the needle from pretender to contender of their respective convention.
