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121 results for "high school basketball"
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Morgan Park, Simeon high school basketball head coaches suspended...
Scott PowersMorgan Park coach Nick Irvin and Simeon coach Robert Smith have each been suspended four games due to their conduct following their game on Jan. 16, according to a Chicago Public Schools spokesperson on Wednesday.
Story | Conversation | January 23, 2013 -
Chicago teen Tyrone Lawson fatally shot after high school basketb...
Scott PowersMorgan Park student Tyrone Lawson, 17, was fatally shot after his school took on powerhouse Simeon and top player Jabari Parker in a contentious game Wednesday night at Chicago State.
Story | Conversation | January 17, 2013 -
Chicago's best to face nation's best at UIC
Scott PowersIllinois' best high school basketball teams have often had to travel outside of the state to face the nation's best. On Saturday, the country's elite will come to Chicago as five of the nation's top squads will face five of Illinois' top ones in t...
Blog | November 29, 2012 -
Illini benefiting from Simeon relationship
Scott PowersCHICAGO -- If a college basketball coach is going to have one close relationship with any high school in Chicago, Simeon would be the desirable place. The Wolverines have owned Illinois high school basketball for nearly a decade. Simeon has won fi...
Blog | November 15, 2012 -
Fields more than a cautionary tale
Scott PowersThe name Ronnie Fields can ignite a basketball conversation in Chicago to this day. It's been 16 years since Fields, a 1996 McDonald's All-American, last soared through the air in a high school basketball game, but people recall his feats as if they...
Blog | August 01, 2012 -
Parker lists 10 schools as favorites
Scott PowersSimeon forward Jabari Parker, the Class of 2013 high school basketball star whom Sports Illustrated recently labled the top prep talent since LeBron James, released a list of 10 colleges he was considering over Twitter on Wednesday night, and somewha...
Blog | July 11, 2012 -
Jabari Parker, nation's top basketball recruit, is considering 10...
Scott PowersJabari Parker's list of favorites excludes Illinois.
Story | Conversation | July 11, 2012 -
Parham ready to sell Illini to Chicago
Scott PowersNewly-named Illinois assistant coach Paris Parham can remember a time when most Chicago high school basketball players considered the Illini as a possible destination. That's changed over the years, but Parham said Friday he's confident Illinois c...
Blog | July 06, 2012 -
Parker's star continues to rise on GMA
Scott PowersFrom three-time state champion to a Sports Illustrated cover to an appearance Thursday on Good Morning America, Jabari Parker's high school basketball career continues on its meteoric ascendency. And he has yet to begin his senior year at Chicago'...
Blog | June 14, 2012 -
Simeon's Parker featured on SI cover
Scott PowersSimeon junior forward Jabari Parker, ESPN's No. 1 ranked Class of 2013 player, is featured on Sports Illustrated's most recent cover and is deemed "the best high school basketball player since LeBron James." Parker joins James and Sebastian Telfai...
Blog | May 16, 2012 -
Hoops Classic to honor Royall's memory
Scott PowersEven though Hillcrest senior Jayon'e Troutman witnessed Ryan Royall killed by a stray bullet in June of 2011, it took Troutman months to realize his close friend and high school basketball teammate was truly gone. "I was in disbelief for two month...
Blog | May 04, 2012 -
Pearl apologizes to former foe Collins
Scott PowersJimmy Collins said he received an apology from Bruce Pearl in New Orleans on Friday dating back to when Pearl accused Collins in the late 1980s of offering money to a high school basketball recruit while Collins was an Illinois assistant. Collins...
Blog | March 31, 2012 -
Years after both were at the center of a recruiting controversy B...
Scott PowersBruce Pearl has apologized to Jimmy Collins for an incident in the 1980s.
Story | Conversation | March 31, 2012 -
UIC coach not fan of four classes in IHSA
Scott PowersPEORIA, Ill. -- UIC coach Howard Moore, a former Chicago prep star, expressed his displeasure with four-class Illinois high school basketball during the state tournament on Saturday. Moore graduated from Taft in 1990, and his high school career w...
Blog | March 17, 2012 -
Simeon makes final without its best effort
Scott PowersPEORIA, Ill. -- Illinois high school basketball fans will get what they've been dreaming about all season -- a Proviso East vs. Simeon matchup in the Class 4A state championship --- but neither team was exactly impressive in setting it up. One gam...
Blog | March 17, 2012 -
Watch the 3A/4A Semifinals live
Scott PowersHigh school basketball fans can watch all of the action from IHSA Championship Weekend on ESPN3. Friday, March 16 - Previews: 3A | 4A 3A Semifinal No. 1: Lanphier vs. No. 8 North Chicago, 12:15pm 3A Semifinal No. 2: No. 7 Hillcrest vs. Peoria Ce...
Blog | March 16, 2012