Illinois HS Basketball News: Issue 47
November 17, 2021
Day two of the girls season and I’m back with more content.
I’ll keep it short and sweet as I spent the evening adding calendars and updating scores on our Girls Scoreboard. Two of the biggest performances of the night came from underclassmen at Batavia and Glenbard West (Game Stories section).
27 stories today, including a number of season previews. If you missed yesterday’s newsletter, there are another 40+ season preview stories in that one.
I’m traveling, so there won’t be newsletters every morning this week. Still, if you know someone who would appreciate basketball stories in their inbox, I’d love for you to send it their way. Final to-do: Follow our new account that’s just for game scores: @ill_hoop_scores.
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Season Preview Stories
“Girls Northern Suburbs Preview: 10 Teams to Watch” (Kaleb Carter/Illinois-Basketball.com)
"News-Sun preseason girls basketball rankings (Bob Narang/Chicago Tribune)
(Northwest suburbs) 2021-22 Girls Basketball Season Previews (Dion Martorano/Journal & Topics)
“Ranking the top 12 girls basketball teams in the Peoria area” (Adam Duvall/Peoria Journal Star)
“Here are the top 11 girls basketball teams in the Springfield area” (Bill Welt/The State Register-Journal)
“Here are the top 10 Rockford-area girls basketball teams” (Matt Trowbridge/Rockford Register Star)
“Scouting the Mid-Suburban West” (John Leusch/Daily Herald)
“Scouting the Mid-Suburban East” (John Leusch/Daily Herald)
“Girls basketball 2021-2022: Scouting the DuPage Valley Conference” (Stan Goff/Shaw Media)
“Scouting the DuKane Conference” (Jake Bartelson/Shaw Media)
“Scouting the Southwest Prairie Conference” (Steve Soucie & Joshua Welge/Shaw Media)
Tuesday’s Game Stories
“Girls Basketball: ‘She lit up the world tonight’ Brooke Carlson’s 32 points lead Batavia to season-opening win over Neuqua” (Chris Casey/Shaw Media) (Photos)
“Freshman Julia Benjamin’s fantastic finish leads Glenbard West to a near improbable win over Naperville Central” (Matt Le Cren/Shaw Media)
Oak Lawn vs. Shepard: “Mia Kennelly didn’t have to score every single point for Oak Lawn. And she was loving it: ‘I like seeing my teammates have success.’” (Tony Baranek/Chicago Tribune)
“Turnovers doom United Township girls in season-opener to PND” (Drake Lansman/Dispatch-Argus)
“Wheaton Warrenville South stays poised, holds off Schaumburg” (Bill Esbrook/Daily Herald)
“Romeoville beats Lockport in season opener” (Randy Whalen/Shaw Media) (Photos)
“St. Charles East's 3-point shooting sinks Fremd” (Bob Narang/Daily Herald)
“Maine East starts fast, runs past Lakes” (John Leusch/Daily Herald)
“Bradley-Bourbonnais boils Thornton Fractional North in season opener” (Cody Smith/Daily Journal)
“Second day of Cissna Park, Reed-Custer girls hoops tournaments highlight schedule” (Daily Journal)
“Girls basketball: Third quarter run sinks Huntley in 47-40 loss to Hononegah” (Michal Dwojak/Shaw Media) (Photos)
“Galesburg High School's girls basketball team opens 2021-22 season with win” (Matthew Wheaton/Galesburg Register-Mail)
“L-P, ACC, Somonauk all win on 2nd day of Tim Humes Breakout Tournament” (Brian Hoxsey/Shaw Media)
Father McGivney vs. Waterloo: “Shorthanded Griffins fall to Bulldogs” (Matt Kamp/Edwardsville Intelligencer)
“PHOTOS: Silver Streaks down Limestone 66-49 in season opener” (Galesburg Register-Mail)
Feature Stories
“Simone Sawyer and Ava Bardic have grown up together. Stevenson’s fourth-year varsity standouts ‘have come a long way in the game of basketball and in life.’” (Bob Narang/Chicago Tribune)
“New coach, Piasa Birds hope to solve hard math” (Mike Shashack/Alton Telegraph)