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Three people, including a child, were hurt after a fire broke out at a high-rise Saturday on the Southwest Side.

The blaze was reported about 12:30 p.m. at an apartment building in the 4300 block of West Ford City Drive, Chicago fire officials said.

Firefighters encountered heavy smoke inside and extinguished the fire by 1:28 p.m., officials said.

A child and two adults were taken to Holy Cross Hospital in fair-to-serious condition, officials said. Details on their injuries were not released.

The blaze was contained to one apartment and appears to have started in the kitchen, officials said.

Two other people refused medical attention, officials said.

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Mount Carmel’s football team, which was told on Wednesday that it wouldn’t be allowed to practice until March 15, was back at practice on Saturday and plans to play its Week 1 game against Montini.

“No football player was involved in the case at Mount Carmel this week,” Mount Carmel Athletic Director Dan LaCount said in an email. “Under the guidance of our team physician, our varsity and freshman practiced today safely in cohorts or pods.”

Multiple sources confirmed that Mount Carmel president Edward Hughes emailed the school’s faculty and staff Wednesday, saying the campus and all sports are shut down until March 15.

According to the email, Mount Carmel was on remote learning last week after a student tested positive for COVID-19. The school returned to in-person learning this week, but then another student tested positive.

That put an immediate end to the basketball season and appeared to signal the Caravan’s football team, the defending Class 7A state champions, would miss Week 1 of the football season and may have missed Week 2.

Mount Carmel’s basketball team finished the season with a 4-4 record after losing to DePaul Prep on Wednesday. The football team is scheduled to open the season March 19 at Montini and then travel to Loyola on March 27.

Illinois High School Association rules require 12 practice days (Sundays not included) to play a game.

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Saturday, March 6, 2021

CATHOLIC – BLUE

Fenwick at St. Rita, 5:00

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

Marmion at DePaul, 3:00

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – NORTH

Highland Park at Deerfield, 4:00

Maine West at Niles North, 4:00

Vernon HIlls at Maine East, 4:00

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH

Glenbrook South at Niles West, 4:00

Maine South at Glenbrook North, 4:00

New Trier at Evanston, 4:00

DU KANE

Batavia at Glenbard North, 6:00

St. Charles East at Wheaton-Warr. South, 6:00

St. Charles North at Geneva, 6:00

Wheaton North at Lake Park, 6:00

DU PAGE VALLEY

Waubonsie Valley at Metea Valley, 3:00

INTERSTATE EIGHT

Kaneland at Morris, 1:00

LITTLE TEN

Earlville at DePue, 10:00

METRO SUBURBAN

McNamara at Elmwood Park, 11:00

St. Edward at Aurora Central, 12:00

St. Francis at IC Catholic, 11:30

Timothy Christian at Chicago Christian, 3:30

Westmont at Ridgewood, 12:00

Wheaton Academy at Aurora Christian, 7:30

MID-SUBURBAN – EAST

Buffalo Grove at Prospect, 7:30

NIC – 10

Auburn at Belvidere North, 1:00

Belvidere at Freeport, 1:00

Boylan at Harlem, 1:00

Guilford at Hononegah, 1:00

Jefferson at Rockford East, 1:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – BLUE

Bulls vs. Muchin at Hales Fran, 1:00

Noble Street vs. Rauner, at Rowe-Clark, 11:00

NOBLE LEAGUE – GOLD

Hansberry vs. Comer, at Hales Fran, 11:00

Johnson at Butler, 12:30

NOBLE LEAGUE – WHITE

Baker at ITW-Speer, 9:00

DRW at Rowe-Clark, 9:00

Golder vs. Noble Academy, 11:00

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Alden-Hebron at Parkview Christian, 4:00

Christian Liberty at South Beloit, 6:00

Harvest Christian at Christian Life, 1:00

NORTHERN LAKE COUNTY

Grayslake Central at Grayslake North, 1:15

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED SOUTH-CENTRAL

Curie at Morgan Park, 11:30

Hyde at Brooks, 11:30

Kenwood at Phillips, 11:30

Simeon at Bogan, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE RED WEST-NORTH

Clark at Orr, 11:30

Farragut at Young, 2:30

Lincoln Park at Westinghouse, 11:30

Marshall at North Lawndale, 11:30

Schurz at Lane, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-CENTRAL

Catalyst-Maria at Kennedy, 1:00

Hubbard at Dunbar, 11:30

Lindblom at King, 12:00

Solorio at Tilden, 11:30

Urban Prep-Englewood at Richards (Chgo), 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-NORTH

Foreman at Lake View, 11:30

Senn at Mather, 1:00

Sullivan at Von Steuben, 11:30

Taft at Northside, 2:00

Uplift at Prosser, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-SOUTH

ACE Amandla at Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 11:30

Dyett at Fenger, 11:30

Perspectives-Lead at Harlan, 11:30

South Shore at Agricultural Science, 1:30

Vocational at Carver, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE WHITE-WEST

Austin at Collins, 3-8 PPD

Clemente at Jones, 11:30

Crane at Raby, 11:30

Wells at Perspectives-MSA, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-CENTRAL

Harper at Horizon-Southwest, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-NORTH

Chicago Academy at DuSable, 11:30

Marine at Amundsen, 11:30

Steinmetz at Rickover, 11:30

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-SOUTH

Bowen at Washington, 11:30

Julian at Goode, 2:00

PUBLIC LEAGUE BLUE-WEST

Douglass at Phoenix, 11:30

Ogden at Manley, 11:30

SANGAMON VALLEY

Momence at Cissna Park, 7:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Oak Forest at Richards, 11:00

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – CROSSOVER

Minooka at Joliet Central, 7:00

Oswego at Plainfield East, PPD/CNL

Oswego East at Plainfield South, 7:00

Plainfield North at Plainfield Central, 7:00

West Aurora at Romeoville, 7:00

Yorkville at Joliet West, 4:00

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – RED

Lincoln-Way West at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 6:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Lockport at Lincoln-Way Central, 12:00

UPSTATE EIGHT

Bartlett at East Aurora, 7:30

Elgin at Glenbard South, 3:00

Fenton at Glenbard East, 1:00

Streamwood at Larkin, 1:00

West Chicago at South Elgin, PPD

NON CONFERENCE

Antioch at Warren, 11:30

Bolingbrook at St. Francis, 6:00

Carmel at Mundelein, 5:00

Christ the King at Leo, 3:30

Dwight at Midland, 7:00

Fasman Yeshiva at Hope Academy, 9:30

Grayslake Central at Grayslake North, 1:15

Indian Creek at East Dubuque, 6:00

Indian Creek at Scales Mound, 3:15

Iroquois West at Milford, 1:30

Lake Forest at Lakes, 12:15

Libertyville at Lake Zurich, 10:00

Loyola at Notre Dame, 5:00

Oak Lawn at Sandburg, 11:00

Paxton-Buckley-Loda at Rantoul, 3:30

Providence at Lincoln-Way East, 2:45

Riverside-Brookfield at Nazareth, 3:30

Somonauk at Sandwich, 1:00

Stevenson at Palatine, 2:30

University High at Lake Forest Academy, 2:00

Watseka at St. Teresa, 1:00

Westlake Christian at Northridge, 5:15

Woodland at Flanagan-Cornell, PPD/CNL

Woodstock at Wauconda, 4:30

Woodstock North at Burlington Central, 10:30

BIG NORTHERN TOURNAMENT

Mendota at Oregon, 6:00

Rock Falls at Rockford Lutheran, 6:00

Stillman Valley at Byron, 7:15

Dixon at Genoa-Kingston, 1:00

Winnebago at Rockford Christian, 3:00

FOX VALLEY TOURNAMENT

Hampshire at Crystal Lake South, 1:00

Crystal Lake Central at McHenry, 1:00

RIVER VALLEY TOURNAMENT

Gardner-So. Wilmington at Beecher, 5:30

Illinois Lutheran at Grace Christian, 3:00

St. Anne at Grant Park

Tri-Point at Donovan, 1:00

WEST SUBURBAN TOURNAMENT

at Addison Trail

Addison Trail vs. Glenbard West, 1:30

Lyons vs. Willowbrook, 1:30

Losers, 3:00

Winners, 3:00

at Leyden

Leyden vs. Proviso East, 1:00

Proviso East vs. Downers Grove North, 3:00

Leyden vs. Downers Grove North, 5:00

at Hinsdale Central

Hinsdale Central vs. Hinsdale South, 1:00

York vs. Downers Grove South, 1:00

Losers, 3:00

Winners, 3:00

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Northern Illinois is set to name Arizona State Associate Head Coach Rashon Burno as its next head basketball coach, according to multiple sources.

Burno, who starred at DePaul two decades ago, will replace Mark Montgomery, who was fired in January after going 124-170 in 10 seasons.

A veteran and established assistant coach, Burno has been rising through the college coaching ranks and has spent the past six seasons as Bobby Hurley’s assistant at Arizona State. He was given the associate head coach tag in 2016.

He spent three seasons on Billy Donovan’s staff at Florida, where he was part of a Final Four team in 2014.

While Arizona State has struggled this season with a 10-12 record, Burno has been part of a resurgent Sun Devils program over the past six years. Arizona State went to back-to-back NCAA Tournaments in 2018 and 2019. Last season the Sun Devils were likely headed to a third straight tournament before Covid canceled the postseason.

Known for his recruiting prowess, Burno helped Arizona State to a top 10 recruiting class in the country in 2020, which included Burno being the lead recruiter on a pair of five-star recruits: Joshua Christopher and Marcus Bagley.

Burno also spearheaded top 20 national classes in 2018 and 2019 that included local star Alonzo Verge, who was the 2017 Sun-Times Player of the Year while at Thornton.

Burno began his basketball coaching career in 2007 as the head coach at Marmion in Aurora.

As a player, Burno played his high school basketball for legendary coach Bob Hurley, Sr. at national powerhouse St. Anthony High School in Jersey City in the 1990s.

Burno was then a part of DePaul coach Pat Kennedy’s heralded recruiting class in 1998 that included Burno, Quentin Richardson, Bobby Simmons and Lance Williams. He was a three-year captain for the Blue Demons and was the starting point guard of DePaul’s 2000 NCAA Tournament team.

He takes over a program that wrapped up its season Friday night with a win over Central Michigan but finished just 3-16 overall and 2-12 in the Mid-American Conference.

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The Chicago Blackhawks just announced the retirement of Brent Seabrook. That is going to free up a lot of cap space for Chicago as they look to retool their roster. We already went over how awesome it would be if the Hawks found a way to have Jack Eichel play for them. He would slot in perfectly on this team right now because he is a young superstar looking to win. The Buffalo Sabres haven’t done much of that over the years and he is tired of it.

The Chicago Blackhawks would love to have a player like Jack Eichel.

The core that won the three Stanley Cups in six seasons is dwindling. There are still some really good players left on this team but they are a shell of the glory days. However, injecting a player like Eichel into the mix could change everything for a long time. They have some stud young defensemen, decent wingers, and a good goaltender.

We don’t know the long-term status of Jonathan Toews but Kirby Dach will be back. When he is back, he would look awesome forming a center duo with Eichel. There are also plenty of good wingers that are there to match up with these good centers. One or two of them would probably have to go back to Buffalo in a trade but it would be worth it.

Adding a player like Eichel isn’t just adding any old player. He is an elite superstar. He isn’t Connor McDavid who was the first pick in the 2015 Draft that Eichel went second in but he is right below him. He has the same career points per game as someone as elite as Nathan MacKinnon. The only difference is Eichel is stuck in Buffalo who just refuses to win. Just so you know, it would cost a lot to acquire this type of player. If the Hawks wanted to pull off a massive trade, it might look something like this:

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The Hawks honored their longtime defenseman’s retirement Friday with a win over the defending Stanley Cup champions.

The Blackhawks responded after a devastating defeat Thursday, rallying from two deficits in regulation and surviving a haywire overtime to beat the Lightning 4-3 in a shootout Friday night at the United Center.

Even on his first day of retirement, Brent Seabrook’s prints were all over the gritty performance.

The longtime defenseman watched from his own suite above the ice. After a sluggish start by the Hawks, a Seabrook tribute video during the first TV break — and the ensuing standing ovation from both benches — seemed to jump-start the hosts.

After the emotional win, Seabrook was in the Hawks’ locker room addressing the team. Winger Patrick Kane also addressed Seabrook in front of the team.

“This win was for him,” defenseman Adam Boqvist said.

Added coach Jeremy Colliton: “It definitely meant something to the guys. It’s good for our group to feel [Seabrook’s] support. He wants us to win. He’s not going to be here every day, but he is still part of the group. And that’s worth something.”

A sequence of huge saves by Malcolm Subban in overtime and an upper-shelf snipe by center Philipp Kurashev in the third round of the shootout gave the Hawks their first victory this season over the defending Stanley Cup champions.

Two goals from winger Alex DeBrincat — moving him into a tie for second in the NHL with 14 this season — and a rebound strike from winger Dominik Kubalik in the third period helped the Hawks overcome deficits of 2-0 and 3-2, respectively.

The Lightning nonetheless controlled most of the game and had sizable advantages in shots on goal (40-27) and scoring chances (49-29). Defenseman Calvin de Haan’s departure with an injury also hurt. Colliton said he didn’t think it would be a long-term issue, but it could jeopardize his availability for Sunday’s series finale.

The Hawks owed the win to a few timely plays, Subban’s late heroics and a crucial penalty kill to survive OT.

“We weren’t good,” Colliton said. “We didn’t play very well. But we found a way. And that’s a big confidence-booster.”

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