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Red-North Boys Basketball Standings After Week 2

2 weeks into the boys basketball season the Schurz Bulldogs surprisingly have a 4-2 record. Schurz is led by players like captain Deven Weathers(5-7,160lbs) and David Marron(5-8,140lbs). Schurz opens conference play December 11 versus Taft. (Sz. HS photo)

standings as of 12/1/12

1. Lincoln Park 1-0
1. Von Steuben 1-0
1. Foreman 1-0
4. Schurz 4-2
5. Prosser 3-2
6. Uplift 2-3
7. Lane Tech 2-3
8. Taft 1-4
9.  Amundsen 0-1
10. Mather 0-4

 

Pictures Now - 2011 Mather Track Invite

Some photos from the upcoming Photo Album

2nd heat 800 meter action. The meet featured over 17 schools. Many developing programs. Lane won the boys team race.

Jackie Bynes(so) from Lane wins the fast heat of the 800 meter dash. Lane girls dominated the girls team race.

Danny Lorden(fr) of Jones leads Andrew Zotti(jr) of Lincoln Park in 3200 meter action. Jones, as expected looked strong in distance events with a solid base of young and developing distance runners like Lorden. A preview of Jones cross country in the fall?

 

Steinmetz, Schurz promoted to Red-North Next Year

Steinmetz and Schurz finished first and second in the Blue-North basketball conference. Thus, they will both move up to the tougher Red-North conference. Steinmetz was the conference champion with a undefeated conference record of 9-0. Schurz finished 8-1 with their only conference loss was a 54-49 loss to Steinmetz last week.

Steinmetz should be able to compete somewhat in the Red-North next year as they will return captain Frank Bland (5-6, 130lbs, jr). Don't be deceived by Bland's size. He can play. He averaged 10.6 points and 2.4 steals a game for Steinmetz. That means he can score and play some defense. 2.4 steals/game is impressive. Steinmerz also returns versatile Derek Rice  (guard/forward, 6-1, 170lbs).

Moving down to the Blue North will be Payton who finished last in the Red-North with an 0-9 conference record. I'm not sure who the other team will be that will go down to the Blue. Senn, Von Steuben, Uplift, and Lane all finished tied 2nd to last with conference records of 3-6 and I'm not sure what the tie breakers are.

Can someone tell me what the tie breakers are and who will be sent down?

 

Good Ol Times at the Old Weber High School Gym

LT basketball players(left to right): Eric Butler (sr), Matt Villanueva (sr), and Dillan Torres (sr). (photo M. Villanueva via facebook)

Yesterday, some mostly CPS teams played some games at the old Weber High School gym on the Northwest Side. Weber was a Catholic School that had a rich history, but was closed down about 10+ years ago (or more). Here are the results of the games:

Providence-St. Mel 48, Taft 47
Despite the loss, Taft is showing me it can compete. I'd love to see how Taft performs at the upcoming Luther North Tournament.

Schurz 52, St. Benedict 42
Schurz is now an impressive 11-2. This is not a very tall team, with few if anyone abouve 6-3. But the Bulldogs are winning and are absolutely one of the contenders along with Steinmetz, to win the Blue-North Conference this year

Von Steuben 57, Brookfield Academy (Wis.) 48
A much needed win for the Panthers who are now 3-3 and still have to play in the rugged Proviso West Tournament. They will be lucky to even get a win in that tournament.

Libertyville 52 Lane 42
recap by Matt Villanueva

All of us had been looking forward to this game in our schedule because it would take place in "The Old Weber" gym. This is the court Coach Krzyzewski started his basketball career as his grammar school home games would be played in this gym. With all the exitement out of us, we took the court against a solid Libertyville team. Early on, we were doing good breaking down their 1-3-1 defense and our offense as a whole seemed to be fine as we cruised to a one point first half lead. The second half was a different story. Libertyville seemed to be taking advantage of our lazy defense and got the ball up the court before we could set up on defense and scored on several fast breaks. Eric Butler (senior guard) (22 points) rallied us back to within 3 with agressive takes to the rim and accurate free throw shooting but us being unable to get back on defense in transition proved to be key. Senior Forward Jeremy Brick led Libertyville's balanced scoring with 12 points. We now look forward to the Luther North tournament with a chance of once again making it to the Championship Game.

CPS Week 2 Schedule w/ Neilski's Line

Schurz wide receiver Moses Baba (sr)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

NONCONFERENCE
Austin vs. Corliss at Gately, 3:30 - Austin by 3
Dyett vs. Kelvyn Park at Hanson, 5:30 - Kelvyn Park by 6
King vs. Vocational at Gately, 7 - King by 7
Marine vs. Washington at Lane, 5:30 - Washington by 3
Taft vs. Gage Park at Rockne, 3:30 - Taft by 35

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3


NONCONFERENCE
Ag. Science at Tinley Park, 7 -Tinley Park by 20
Amundsen at Brother Rice - Brother Rice by 38
Bronzeville vs. Carver at Gately, 3:30 - Carver by 3
Brooks at Lake Forest - Lake Forest 14
Chicago Academy at Aurora Christian - Aurora Christian by 17
Curie at Sterling - Sterling by 16
Farragut vs. Golder at Hanson, 3:30 - Farragut by 7
Gary West (Ind.) vs. Robeson at Gately, 7 - Robeson by 7
Harlan at Maine East - Harlan by 3
Hubbard at Shepard, 7 - Hubbard by 6
Julian at Deerfield - Deerfield by 19
Kennedy vs. Lake View at Lane, 3:30 - Lake view by 6
Lane at Glenbrook North - Glenbrook North by 13
Little Village vs. Foreman at Hanson, 7 - Foreman by 10
Manley at Geneseo Geneseo by 46
Payton at Evergreen Park, 7 - Evergreen Park by 18
Raby at Vernon Hills - Vernon Hills by 48
St. Francis de Sales vs. Bowen at Eckersall, 3:30- St. Francis de Sales by 21
Senn vs. Mather at Winnemac, 3:30 - Mather by 2
South Shore vs. Young at Rockne, 3:30 - Whitney Young by 40
Steinmetz at Ottawa - Ottawa by 28
Sullivan at Round Lake - Round Lake by 45

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4

NONCONFERENCE
Bogan at Edwardsville, 7 Edwardsville by 17
Bremen vs. Perspectives-Calumet at Stagg, 11 a.m. - Bremen by 21
Douglass vs. Lincoln Park at Hanson, 7 - Douglass 1
Englewood vs. Uplift at Winnemac, 3 - Englewood by 3
Hirsch vs. UIC at Lane, 11 a.m.- UIC by 3
Hyde Park vs. Harper at Stagg, 3 - Harper by 4
Kelly vs. Schurz at Lane, 7 - Schurz by 6
Kenwood vs. Westinghouse at Westinghouse, 2 Westinghouse by 12
Marshall vs. Crane at Rockne, 3 - Marshall by 6
Morgan Park vs. Geneva at Gately, 7 - Morgan Park by 1
Noble Street vs. Clemente at Hanson, 11 a.m. - Clemente by 14
Phoenix at LaPorte LaLumiere (Ind.), 2 Laporte by 19
Prosser vs. Orr at Orr, 2 Orr by 10
Reavis vs. Clark at Hanson, 7 Reavis by 36
Roosevelt vs. Rowe-Clark at Winnemac, 11 a.m. Roosevelt by 23
Simeon vs. St. Louis Imagine Academy (Mo.) at East St. Louis, 7 - Simeon by 21
Thornton vs. Urban Prep at Gately, 11 a.m. Thornton by 34
Wells vs. Pritzker at Hanson, 3 - Wells by 5

Game previews coming soon...

Schurz Bulldogs Added to CPSfan.com School Store

I added a Schurz High School store page at the CPSfan.com school store page.

Other schools:

Lane Tech
Northside Prep
Payton
Whitney Young