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Quick Analysis @ St. Pat's - Frosh-Soph Girls

The frosh-soph girls race traditionally kicks off the St. Patricks's Invite. This picture was taken 100 yards into the race.

Unofficial Top 3 teams

Frosh-Soph Girls- Team(1.9 miles?)
1. Whitney Young
2. Lane Tech
3. Northside College Prep

This picture was taken at about the 3/4 mile mark of the 1.9(?) mile race. The first thing any long time cross country fan would notice is the St. Joseph girl in the lead. I first noticed her warming up with her teammates. She had a very natural and powerful looking stride that stood out amongst her other teammates. I thought she was a varsity runner, but it bodes well for St. Joseph to have a runner like her at the lower level.

St. Joseph has always been known as a basketball school and I have never heard of stand out a cross country runner boy or girl come from that school. She eventually finished in 2nd place. The winner was the Whitney Young girl right behind her. I do not recognize her - she is probably a new runner. She had  a great finishing kick. Definitely another prospect for the already rich Dolphins.

Another thing you notice in this picture is that there are a lot of Lane and Whitney Young colors.  At this point Lane was in the lead for the team race. Whitney Young ended up keeping it's pack near the top and Lane kind of spread out a bit. It ended up being a convincing win for the Dolphin.

There's a reason why Lane and Whitney Young are consitently the best distance schools in the city for girls cross country - they have great frosh-soph teams.

St. Patrick Invite....some very unofficial results

Front pack of the boys varsity race near the 3/4 mile mark. Charlie Laubuz of St.Pat's leads but Abe Haji(sr-right) of Mather eventually won the race in a very unofficial time of 14:40 for 2.85 miles.

Frosh-Soph Girls- Team(1.9 miles?)
1. Whitney Young
2. Lane Tech
3. Northside College Prep

Frosh-Soph Boys- Individual (1.9 miles?)
1. ?- Northridge Prep
2. Jonathan Vera(so)- Lane Tech - 10:38
3. Claudio Flores(so)- Mather
4. Colston(sp?) - Mather
5. Connor McDermott(so) - Lane Tech - 11:14

JV Girls (1.9 miles)
1. Clarissa Frayn(jr)- Lane Tech

JV Boys (1.9 miles)
1. Matthew Grygo(sr) -Lane Tech - 10:38
2. Sean Mythen(sr) - Lane Tech - 10:44

Varsity Girls- Individual (2.85 miles?)
1. Joanna Podosek(so) - Lane Tech
2. Thea Bloom - Lane Tech
3. Hannah - Resurrection
4. Trinty runner
5. Jocelyn Moreno (sr)- Lane Tech
6. Karla Perez - Kelvyn Park
7. Margaret - Whitney Young
8. Alejandra Lopez(sr)- Lane Tech
9. ? - Whitney Young

Varsity Girls- Team
1. Lane Tech- 27
2. Whitney Young -60
3. Northside Prep - 102?

Varsity Boys - Individual (2.85 miles?)
1. Abe Haji(sr)- Mather - 14:40?
2. Marcelo Burbano(jr)- Lane Tech -14:57
3. David Timlin(sr)- Lane Tech - 14:59
4. Lucas Beltran(sr)- Lane Tech - 15:04
5. Charlie Labuz - St. Patrick
6. Avieles(sp?)- Fenton
7. Bana Negash(sr)- Mather
8. Danny Zimny-Schmitt(sr)- Lane Tech - 15:25
9. Deivi Tahiraj(so)- Mather
10. Alex Gaona(sr)- Mather

Varsity Boys- Team
1. Lane Tech - 28
2. Mather - 40
3. Fenton - 85
4. Northside College Prep - 94

Week 2 CPS Football Schedule

Kevonta Mcintyre (sr, RB) of Curie had14 carries for 208 yards for three touchdowns and didn't play the whole fourth quarter in Curie's  39-13 week 1 win over Argo. Curie plays downstate Sterling this Saturday night at Lane stadium.

(Neilski's picks in bold)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,  2011

Ag. Science vs. Marine at Rockne, 3:30
Corliss vs. Vocational at Gately, 3:30
Gage Park vs. Taft at Lane, 7
Juarez vs. Hirsch at Eckersall, 3:30
Kennedy vs. Lake View at Lane, 3:30
Robeson vs. Harlan at Gately, 7
Sullivan vs. Rowe-Clark at Hanson, 7

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

Amundsen at Maine East, 7:30
Carver vs. Bronzeville at Gately, 3:30
Chicago Academy at Aurora Christian, 7
Crane vs. Senn at Winnemac, 3:30
Dunbar at Lincoln-Way East, 7
Glenbrook North at Lane, 7:15
Harper vs. Hyde Park at Eckersall, 3:30
Hubbard at Shepard, 7
Julian vs. Hope at Stagg, 3:30
King at North Chicago, 7
Lindblom at St. Laurence, 7
Little Village vs. Young at Rockne, 3:30
Manley at Geneseo, 7:30
Morgan Park vs. Mount Carmel at Gately, 7
Payton at Evergreen Park, 7
Perspectives-Calumet at Bremen, 7
Prosser vs. Marshall at Hanson, 3:30
Raby at Reavis, 7
Roosevelt vs. Comer at Univ. of Chicago, 7
Steinmetz at Ottawa, 7:30
T.F. South vs. Collins at Hanson, 7
Urban Prep-Englewood at Libertyville, 7:30
Washington at Winnebago, 7

SATURDAY, SEPT. 3, 2011

Bogan at Edwardsville, 7
Bowen vs. St. Francis de Sales at Clark (Ind.), 1
Bulls Prep vs. Lincoln Park at Winnemac, 1:15
Clemente vs. Pritzker at Winnemac, 4:30
Dyett vs. Kelvyn Park at Hanson, 4:30
Farragut vs. Phoenix at Lane, 10 a.m.
Foreman vs. DuSable at Eckersall, 3
Glenbard North vs. Fenger at Gately, 3
Kenwood vs. Brooks at Gately, 11 a.m.
Mather vs. South Shore at Eckersall, 11
Muchin vs. Golder at Rockne, 10
Noble Street vs. Austin at Hanson, 1:15
Orr vs. Clark at Hanson, 7:30
Phillips at Walther Lutheran, 1
Richmond-Burton at Westinghouse, 2
Schurz vs. Kelly at Rockne, 1:15
Sterling vs. Curie at Lane, 7
T.F. North vs. North Lawndale at Lane, 1:15
UIC Prep vs. Urban Prep East Garfield at Rockne, 4:30
Uplift vs. TEAM Englewood at Stagg, 3
Woodlawn vs. Rauner at Hanson, 10

SUNDAY, SEPT. 4, 2011

Simeon vs. Jefferson City (Mo.) at East St. Louis, 2

Robert Gregory of Simeon Commits to Arkansas

   Robert Gregory(sr, QB, 6-3, 185lbs) of Simeon commited to play football for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks.

Gregory is my number one ranked quarterback in the Chicago Public League and one of the top football prospects in the entire state of Iliinois.

Gregory choose Arkansas over Illinois, Toledo, Minnesota, Kansas, Iowa, and other schools that offered him a scholarship.

Personally, I feel this is a great move for Gregory. Gregory has all the tools necessary to develop into a great quarterback. He's got a good frame to work with at 6-3. I've been watching him play since his sophomore year after he transferred from Hales. Between sophomore and junior year he developed nicely. He's always had an arm, but his accuracy improved tremendously over 1 year. Add the scrambling and running component of his game and he's the complete package.

For an SEC school like Arkansas to recruit him from down south also says something of his talent.

 

Gregory will play in the big time environment at Arkansas! (sportsfan blog photo)

Teams to Watch After Week 1

 
Robeson running back Devon Sanders(jr) ran for 120 yards and 4 touchdowns against rival Julian. Robeson seems to not to have declined a bit after the graduation of the Pipkin brothers. Look at the shoulders of Sanders - these Robeson boys lift!

Hyde Park- Hyde Park, from the Chicago Conference beat CVS 36-20 from the Illini Conference. I know CVS has been a bit down since Juice WIlliams graduated from there about 6 years ago. Still, anytime that a Chicago conference school beats an Illini school it's news. I don't know too much about Hyde Park except that they seem to be moving in the right direction after a win less season 2 years ago. Last year they finished 2nd to Julian with a 6-4 record and lost only 53-24 to Richards in the state playoffs.

Fenger- slammed Reavis 40-19. The person you will hear most associated with Fenger is quarterback Darrien Boone. Boone a 6-2, 175lb quarterback could be the top underclassman quarterback in the CPS. Fenger plays in the Illini-Land of Lincoln. That conference has King, Julian, Harlan, Raby and Clark. Surprisingly after week 1 Harlan and Julian sit at the bottom of the conference. Raby, Clark, King, and Fenger all looked good after week 1 and will make things interesting in the Land of Lincoln. Fenger will be over matched next week as Glenbard North takes a rare trip to Gately to face Fenger.

Hubbard - Hubbard turned the ball over 3 times inside the 5 yard line in their 21-18 loss to Proviso West. Needless to say that is a game they should have won. Next up for the Greyhounds is Shepard which disposed of Payton 27-0. Expect nothing less than a 21 point Hubbard win.

Foreman - Don't take too much from their 67-0 win over Farragut. Almost anyone would have done the same. I do know that Foreman has the makings of a solid team. I hear they worked hard over the summer and has one of the top quarterbacks in the Chicago Conference in Sergio Serrano. Serrano is part of a pass happy offense. Foreman plays Dusable next week then opens conference play with Taft the following week.

Marshall- Former Senn coach Jarve Lewis-Bay won a conference championship for Senn last year then promptly switched to head up Marshall. I knew Marshall would be improved under Jarvis-Bay, but I didn't;t think it would show in their record this year. Well, after Marshall's surprising 60-0 domination over Dyett, they already have half the wins they had last year. I'll know a whole lot more about Marshall after they play Prosser this week.

 

Neilski's Top 20 CPS Football Rankings

1. Simeon (0-1, lost to Mt.Carmel 23-14) Defense looks improved over last year. Played state ranked Mt. Carmel well for the first half.

2. Curie- (1-0, won 39-13 over Argo). Great start for #2 Curie.

3. Hubbard (0-1, lost 21-18 to Proviso West) should have won this game against a good Proviso West team.

4. Dunbar- (0-1, lost 58-34 to Vernon Hills) scored 34 points vs a tough Vernon Hills defense. Vernon Hills had only a 37-34 lead in the 3rd quarter. Vernon Hill coach Tony Monken called the Harris brothers of Dunbar "special athletes". This Dunbar team is for real.

5. Robeson- (1-0, won 34-6 over Julian) Junior running back Devon Sanders scored 4TD's and ran for 120 yards against rival Julian.

6. Morgan Park-(0-1, lost 21-6 to Providence)  Offensively Morgan Park moved the ball decent, but turnovers killed them. They better work on turnovers as they face Mt. Carmel this week.

7. Harlan (0-1, lost 28-6 to Richards) - Give Harlan some time, I hear coach Brookshire is doing some good things over at Harlan.

8. Whitney Young (0-1, lost to St. Ignatius 27-14)- Played St.Ignatius somewhat close.

9. Lane Tech (0-1, lost to DeLaSalle 35-7)  Lane could not stop the DeLaSalle running game. Not a good sign for the Indians if they cannot stop the run.

10. Julian-(0-1, lost 34-6 to Robeson) wind was taken out of sails after QB DaeShaun Hurley was ruled ineligible for this game. He should be eligible next week.

11. Orr (0-1, lost to Brother Rice 41-6) WIll quickly shake off the Brother Rice loss when they face against a more evenly match-up vs Clark next week.

12. King (1-0, won 56-6 over St, Joseph)- Could give Harlan and Julian fits during Illini-Land of Lincoln play.

13. Hyde Park(1-0, won 36-20 over CVS) Big win over CVS, solidifies my pick as them being a pre-season conference favorite.

14. Amundsen -(0-1, lost 41-15 to PLainfield Central)  Will face sme relief when they play Maine East next week.14. Bogan (0-1, lost to Tinley Park 56-6) Bogan was dominated in every phase of the game. I thought they would play better. The loss was expected the margin was not

15. Foreman-(1-0, won 67-0 over Farragut) I'll know more if Foreman' s lofty ranking is justified after they play DuSable next week.

16. CVS (0-1, lost 36-20 to #7 Hyde Park) Disappointing loss to Hyde Park from the Chicago conference. CVS will have a rough time in the rugged Illini-Red Bird.

17. Kenwood (1-0, won 22-0 over Bronzeville)- My pre-season pick to win the Chicago Second City Conference took care of business in a 22-0 win over Bronzeville

18. Fenger (1-0, won 40-19 over Reavis) I know it's Reavis. But Reavis has a school twice the size of Fenger. A rare CPS win over a suburban opponent.

19. Clark (1-0, won 33-20 over Taft) Clark's win over Taft puts them in the top 20.

20. Harper (1-0, won 50-0 over Phoenix) I got a feeling Harper will rise much higher in the rankings as the season progresses.

On the verge: Collins, Marshall, Schurz, Westinghouse, Pritzker, TEAM Englewood, Bogan, Taft

Jones Runs "Practice" Meet with St. Ignatius

Jones College Prep and St. Ignatius ran a "practice" dual meet at Washington Park yesterday. The two schools decided to go for an early season 2 mile time trial, race, practice meet, dual meet, or whatever you want to call it.

The official distance is probably more around 2.04 miles according to Jones coach Andrew Adelmann. St. Ignatius's Jack Keelan won the race in 9:52, followed by Jamison Dale(jr) of Jones in 10:23. Luke O'Connor(jr) ran a 10:38 and Kirby Lawson ran a 10:50.

Jones runs in their first big meet of the season this Tuesday, August 30, 2011 when they take a few select athletes to the Sycamore Invite in DeKalb, IL.

The first big non-Jones CPS meet wll be this Wed, August 31, 2011 at the St. Patrick Invitational. Lane, Northside, and Mather open at that meet.

Pictures Now - King vs. St. Joseph

Photo Album

King's starting quarterback Nathaniel Powell(6-0, 160lbs, so) throws a two point conversion pass to an awaiting Robert Tucker(5-8, 155lbs, WR, fr).

The scene at St Joseph High School in Weschester, IL.

Lance Robinson (5-10, 165lbs, fr, RB/DB) runs it in for a score in King's 56-6 win.

St. Joseph cheerleaders

Saturday Football Scores

King pounded St. Joseph 56-6

Brother Rice 41, Orr 6
Bulls Prep 20, Golder 0
Collins 54, Kelvyn Park 12
DuSable 20, Ag. Science 0
Gordon Tech 54, Lakeview 0
Hirsch 26, Crane 12
King 56, St. Joseph 6
Noble Street 24, Roosevelt 0
Pritzker 18, Lindblom 14
Prosser 27, Douglass 6
Rochelle 49, Corliss 0
Rowe-Clark 12, Gage Park 6
Steinmetz 19, South Shore 12
Sullivan 47, Rauner 6
TEAM Englewood 14, Clemente 6
Washington 16, St. Francis de Sales 0
Woodlawn 28, UIC Prep 10

Neilski's take

• Kelvyn Park did not look good at all in their disappointing 54-12 pounding by Collins. Maybe there is a reason why Collins is in the Illini. The only good news for Kelvyn Park came in that fellow Inter-City conference 1 foe Lake View lost even bigger in a 54-0 goose egg over Lake View.
• Roosevelt, also from the Inter-City 1 lost to Noble Street Charter from the Inter-City 3 conference 24-0. Maybe, it's best that Roosevelt's Jeffrey Rector- start trying to concentrate on cross country.
• Lindblom, expected to challenge in the Chicago Great Lakes conference lost 18-14 to Pritzker of the Inter-City 1. Maybe the Inter-City 1 conference is stronger than I initially thought?

King 42 St. Joseph 0 - Halftime Score

St. Josephs Dominique Richards and Demetrius Morrow stop King running back Devonte Rimmer(sr, RB, 5-7, 155lbs) on this play.....

.....but St. Joseph could not stop him in the first quarter as Rimmer scored 3 first quarter TD's.

Most people have #7 Harlan or #10 Julian pegged as the pre-season favorite to win the Illini-Prairie State conference. After today's performance by #12 King, can we now include King in that conversation? I think it is still premature to say for certain because St. Joseph is not exactly a football school.

I do know that King completely dominated this game in every phase of the game from the onset.

I left the King vs. St. Joseph match up with King leading 42-0 at the half. The King defense held St. Joseph to negative yardage the first half and did not allow a single first down. Meanwhile the King offense scored at will. King running back DeVonte Rimmer(#5, 5'7, 155lb, sr) scored on 1 yard and a 40 yard touchdown run and a 50 yard punt return for a touchdown all in the first quarter to give King an insurmountable 22-0 first quarter lead. In the 2nd quarter the underclassmen got into the scoring binge as sophomore starting quarterback Nathaniel Powell (6-0, 160lbs, so, QB) on a 60 yard touchdown run on a quarterback draw. Then freshman running back Lance Robinson (5-10", 165lbs, fr, RB/DB) scored on touchdown runs of 10 and 1 yards.

I saw some good play from some individual talent. #7 Kahari Logan(6-0, 205lbs, RB/LB,sr) looked good at the line backer position. #55 Darold Freeman(6-3, 230lbs, OL/DL) dominated on both sides of the line.

A more realistic test of how good King is will come next week when they play North Chicago.

#81 Cedric Malone (5-11-170lbs) accidently gets kicked in a spot he does not like.