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Holiday Tournament Scores-Saturday 12/29

Lane Tech head coach Nick Logalbo (center) talks to his players. Admir Suljic(jr, F) of Lane Tech hit a 3 pointer a couple steps behind the top of the key to give Lane a slim 49-48 win over a feisty UIC Charter School team. Lane led almost the entire game before UIC took a 2 point lead with 2 minutes to play. In the last minute of the game,  UIC turned the ball over twice, missed a lay up, and missed a potential game winning 3 at the buzzer. Lane snaps its 6 game losing streak and prevents an embarrasing loss to UIC from the Noble Street Charter School conference.

@York
Lane Tech 49 UIC 48
Kenwood 36 Lane Tech 25

@Proviso West
Glenbrook North 61 Von Steuben 48

@Luther North
Maine East 49 Taft 36
Mather 46 Guerin 44

Note: Jones College Prep and Gordon Tech play Sunday for the Luther North championship

Sprinters at the Frosh-Soph Meet

Little known (for now) Javier Morrison (so) of UIC College Prep is a sprinter really looking to make a name for himself. He will likley run at the frosh-soph meet.

The CPS frosh-soph prelims are this Saturday. I do not have the formal entries yet but here is my take on some of the top frosh-soph sprinters. Of course when the entrie are released this list will be updated.

Surely will run varsity
Antonio Abreu (so) - Lane Tech
Nathaniel Agharese(so) - Northside
Jamal McNeely(so) - Kelvyn Park
Deshaun Jordan (so) - North Lawndale
Carl Young(so) - Orr
Lonnie Washington(so) -Calumet
David Bradley (so)- Whitney Young

Will likely run at the frosh-soph level
Absalom Boyd(so) - Westinghouse
Byron Kelly(so) - Brooks
Alejandro Reyes(so) - Lane Tech
Edgar Gomez(so) - Von Steuben
Victor Taylor(so) - King
Antonio Robinson(so) - Corliss
Eric McMiller(fr) - Lane Tech
Allante Hughes (fr) - Foreman
Devon Sanders(so)- Robeson
Amery Fredricks(fr) - Lane Tech
Javier Morrison(so) - UIC
Terry McGee(fr) - North Lawndale

Am I missing someone?

I may be going on a bit of a limb here, but I feel that out of the group that will likely run at the frosh-soph meet I think that Javier Morrison(so) of UIC will be someone that could really emerge. Morrison, the starting running back on the UIC football team (yes they have a team), has really bulked up since last year. He is much bigger, stronger, and faster. UIC has not run too many meets this year but in one meet he finished a close second to talented Jamal McNeely- another talented sophomore.

Also keep an eye out on Lane's Eric McMiller and Amery Fredricks, and Westinghouse's Absolom Boyd.

If I were to rank the top 4 sprinters in the group likely to run at the frosh-soph meet it would look something like this:

1. Javier Morrison(so) - UIC
2. Absalom Boyd(so) - Westinghouse
3. Byron Kelly(so) - Brooks
4. Eric McMiller(fr) - Lane Tech

 

 

Pictures Now - CPS Freshman Meet 2010

I know it's a bit late...

Javier Morrison (left-freshman) of UIC leads his heat of the 100 meter dash.

Photo Album

Freshman City Championship This Saturday

Javier Morrison of UIC is looking to make a name of himself at this Saturday's freshman city championship. Sprints seem strong this year.

What: CPS Boys Freshman City Championship
Where: Hanson Stadium
When: Saturday, May 1, 2010, Field Events Starts at 2:00pm
Who: Freshman only, entire CPS

Freshman Week

These next few days, I'm going to do my best to give you my take on the freshman city championship. Every year it is a frosh-soph city championship. This year is unique in that it is a freshman only city championship. Obviously no sophomores allowed. What this means is that either some sophomores will be shut out this year from running a championship. Or, they will run up at the varsity level.

This puts the spotlight on freshman. The absence of sophomores does not mean that times will be seriously watered down.

Heet sheets are not up yet. As soon as I get them available I will put them up. Or if someone get's them sooner than I do, please email them to Publisher@LaneTechfan.com or put a link in the comments.

IHSA considering changes to cross country regional format

Teams like UIC College Prep (above) made it to sectionals this year, but if the IHSA alters the regional format, borderline sectional schools like UIC will have to work a lot harder to get in.

According to a DyeStat IL message board posting:

IHSA Cross-Country Advisory Board Minutes

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The advisory committee met on Tuesday, December 1, and it appears the only moderately controversial issue discussed was the following:

1. There were no Proposed Changes to the Current Terms and Conditions. However a motion was passed to have Ron McGraw review options to possibly reconfigure the Regional structure. The committee feels that since the implementation of the three class system, the number of teams assigned to each regional results in most teams and individuals automatically advancing on to the sectional meets. It was suggested that the number of regional meets may need to be reduced (increasing the number of teams in each) so that the regional meets actually serve as a qualifying meet as they were originally intended to be. Options will be prepared and submitted to thecommittee for their review when they reconvene after the 2010 season.

It short, what they are looking to do is reduce the number of regional meets but increase the teams in each regional. What this will do, in theory, is make each regional more competitive to make it more of a qualifying meet. There were some regionals this year where there were only 5,6,or 7 complete teams. So it was relatively easy to qualify for sectionals. For example, the Riverside Brookfield boys class AA regional had only 5 complete teams participating in it. The last two complete teams Little Village and North Lawndale, got a free pass to sectionals just by having 5 guys. If they change the regional format, LIttle Village and North Lawndale would have to work at it more to advance to sectionals.

City Frosh-Soph Predictions

Danny Gonzalez (so) of UIC College Prep should be challenging for a top 10 individual finish.

Teams (top 10)

1. Lane Tech
2. Whitney Young
3. Mather
4. Payton
5. Northside
6. Noble Street
7. Kennedy
8. Harlan
9. Jones
10. Kelly

Individuals

1. Mike Schaible (so) - Whitney Young
2. Taro Salinas (fr) - Whitney Young
3. Pedro Medrano (so) - Lane Tech
4. Kevin Perez (so) - Lane Tech
5. Victor Maldonado (fr) - Mather
6. Marcelo Burbano (fr) - Lane Tech
7. Dominique Crutcher (so) - Harlan
8. Aldair Solano  (so) - Juarez
9. Danny Gonzalez (so) - UIC College Prep
10. Eduardo Chavez (so) - Lake View
11. Michael Morin (so) - Lane Tech
12. Patrick Duffy (so) - Northside Prep
13. Tommy Komendzinsky (so) - Payton
14. Aidrous Ahmed (so) - Mather
15. David Timlin (so) - Lane Tech
16. Marco Benitez (fr) - Chicago Math and Science Academy
17. Sukrins Shreshta (so) - Mather
18. Nathan Beltran (so) - Whitney Young
19. Jonathon Kamel (so) - Payton
20. Leon Holden (so) - Lane Tech

I have Lane Tech favored to win the frosh-soph city championship. Pictured above is Kevin Perez (so), who will be running with the front-runners.