Championship game is set after Ottawa remains perfect at 13-0 with a 60-39 win over Northridge Prep. Ottawa will take on PND (10-3) in an epic championship game at 8pm tomorrow.
JV
All-Tournament Team
2021 JV MVP Myles Lowe BC
Armando Martinez Plano
Brad Franck Kaneland
Chance Lange Sandwich
TJ Gorman Northridge Prep
Kaevian Johnson YC
Jory Boley YC
Matthew Falk Kaneland
Caden West BC
Cooper Knoll Ottawa
Jack Wheeler Morris
Landon Roop HBR
This years varsity teams: Coal City, Mendota, Kaneland, Plano, Sandwich, Newark, HBR, Morris, Streator, Lisle, Yorkville Christain, PND, Northridge Prep, Burlington Central, Ottawa and LaSalle Peru
Stay tuned tonight as we will have 1st round matchups for the 57th Annual Christmas Classic. The seeding meeting is tonight at 7pm. Brackets should be available around 9pm.
First day of the sophomore tournament after 16 games is in the books. The following teams are in the final 8: Aurora Christian, Kaneland, Coal City, Indian Creek, Wheaton Academy, Ottawa, Northridge Prep and Burlington Central advance to the elite 8.
This years classic will feature:
#1
Team in 1A (Yorkville Christina)
#4
Team in 2A (Longwood)
#3
Team in 3A (Peoria ND)
And number
#17
(Burlington Central)
2nd Semi-Final Game
#4
3A ☘️Peoria Notre Dame (7-1) will use their 1-2-2 Defense to try and 3peat but will Get tested by 🗡(10-2) Northridge Prep and their 1-3-1 Defense. PND is led by Iowa & Illinois recruit Cooper Koch
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Game 2: 10:30am Kaneland (1-7) vs Burlington Central (5-3)
The defending champions bring back high scoring guard Patrick Mayfield and a welcome addition in Jake Lenschow who is coming back from an injury. Kaneland has struggled out of the gate but don’t count them out.
16 games down for the sophomore tournament and we had 3 buzzer beaters and we saw the number 1,2,4 & 5 seeds go down. Can’t wait to see what Tuesday bring!!!🏀
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