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DuSable in Control of Group C

Quincie Johnson Leads Dusable to Group C Lead After 9 Events


Quincie Johnson(jr) of Dusable prepares to make a long jump at the Group C Indoor City Meet Championship.

After 9 events Dusable leads the CPS Group C Indoor Boys Track championships over 2nd place Clark and 3rd place Urban Prep Bronzeville. Much of their points have come from talented junior Quincie Johnson(jr). Johnson won the triple jump (37'4"), long jump (18'-10.5"), and 2nd in the 55 meter hurdles (8.34). Dusable also got a 4th place finish from Tyron Jordan(jr) in the 55 meter dash(7.24), a 6th place finish in the 4x200 (1:44.42), a 3rd place finish in the 400 (58.56) from Atone Joryman(jr), and a 1st place finish from Demonte Anglin  in the high jump (5-8).

Dusable an ancient but small school with a developing track program. They showed me some good things. Johnson is only a junior and is showing signs of how great an athlete he is. At the CPS sophomore outdoor meet last year he made the finals in the long jump, placed 4th in the 110 high hurdles, and won the triple jump.

"The triple jump is my best event," said Johnson.

Some other results:

• Hubbard won the 4x8 with a time of 9:10. They held off Taft who finished at 9:11.45.
• Clark's Paris Hilliard (jr) wins the 55 meters in 6.68.
• Taft's Matt Tomaszeski(sr) won the 800 meters in 2:10.86.

More coming soon...

Boys Basketball Sectional Semi-Finals Scoreboard

No. 1 Simeon 52, No. 20 Young 42
St. Francis 64, Crane 51
DuSable 51, No. 17 St. Ignatius 44

The most hyped up game was #1 Simeon vs Whitney Young. Simeon had to rally after being down by 3 at the half for the big win.

But the biggest surprise out of all the results was Dusable's 51-44 upset of St. Ignatius(23-6) at St. Ignatius. St. Ignatius is a state ranked team Catholic League North champion and was a solid pre-playoff favorite to make it at least to the supersectionals. Instead, St. Ignatius season ends in the sectional semi-finals to a Dusable team that finished 5th in the Red-Central conference with a 4-5 conference record. Then again, DuSable did win games this season against Crane and Proviso West.

Dusable is a much smaller team than St. Ignatius. Their point guard Malik Williams(jr) is only 5-7. St. Ignatius has players like 6-8 forward Peter Ryckbosh. But Dusable won it with heart and making shots. Dusable hit 9 of 10 key free throws in the 4th quarter - in a game which Dusable led by only one to start the 4th quarter.

This just show you how deep the Chicago Public League is in boys basketball. Dusable plays this Friday at the St. Ignatius Sectional final against the winner of tomorrow's Dunbar versus Jones match up.

Beat the Streets - Doing its part to help CPS Wrestling

Photo from the World Sport Wrestling Festival in Navy Pier last June. DuSable was in the house. (BTS photo)

Wrestling is one of those sports that the CPS as a whole has a ways to go. There are about 80 high schools in the CPS and tons of raw talent to develop. In the winter, not every athlete can make the basketball team and Indoor track does not start until February. So in November and December, wrestling is a good sport to take.

However, wrestling takes time to develop. One organization doing its part to develop wrestling in the CPS is Beat the Streets: http://www.btschicago.org/

Their mission from it's website cites:

The Beat the Streets Youth Wrestling Program (BTS) has been dedicated to improving the lives of children and has helped hundreds of Chicago’s youth for over 11 years to build character, discipline and self-esteem. The 5-year BTS objective is to establish 60 elementary programs in coordination with the Chicago Public School league as a feeder program to the existing Chicago public High Schools.

Pictures Now - CPS Indoor Track Meet 2011

Burning Speed
Some of the fastest sprinters in the city (from left to right): Dakari Howard (jr) of Whitney Young, Damarius Reed (sr) of Simeon, Tyshaun Beane (sr) of Fenger, Lonnie Washington(so) of Calumet, and Devon Sanders(so) of Robeson.

Group C hurdles action

Group B 800 meter girls

Photo Album