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Friday’s high school basketball scoreson February 20, 2021 at 12:22 am

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Friday, February 19, 2021

BIG NORTHERN

Mendota at Winnebago, 7:00

North Boone at Rock Falls, 7:00

Oregon at Byron, 7:00

Rockford Christian at Genoa-Kingston, 7:00

Stillman Valley at Rockford Lutheran, 7:00

CATHOLIC – CROSSOVER

De La Salle at Brother Rice, 7:00

Marmion at Mount Carmel, 7:00

Montini at Loyola, 6:30

Providence at St. Laurence, 7:15

Providence-St. Mel at St. Rita, 7:00

St. Ignatius at DePaul, 7:00

St. Joseph at Leo, 7:00

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – NORTH

Maine West at Maine East, 5:30

Niles North at Deerfield, 5:30

Vernon Hills at Highland Park, 5:30

CENTRAL SUBURBAN – SOUTH

Maine South at Niles West, 5:30

Glenbrook North at Evanston, 5:30

Glenbrook South at New Trier, 5:30

CHICAGO PREP

Walther Christian at Hope Academy, 6:30

DU PAGE VALLEY

Naperville Central at DeKalb, 7:00

Waubonsie Valley at Neuqua Valley, 7:00

EAST SUBURBAN CATHOLIC

Benet at Marian Central, 7:00

Carmel at Nazareth, 7:00

Joliet Catholic at St. Patrick, 7:00

Marist at Notre Dame, 7:00

FOX VALLEY

Crystal Lake South at McHenry, 7:00

Dundee-Crown at Crystal Lake Central, 7:00

Hampshire at Burlington Central, 7:00

Huntley at Jacobs, 7:30

Prairie Ridge at Cary-Grove, 7:00

ILLINOIS CENTRAL EIGHT

Herscher at Wilmington, 7:00

Lisle at Reed-Custer, 6:45

Manteno at Coal City, 7:00

Streator at Peotone, 7:00

INTERSTATE EIGHT

Kaneland at LaSalle-Peru, 6:00

Ottawa at Morris, 6:00

Rochelle at Plano, 6:00

Sycamore at Sandwich, 6:00

KISHWAUKEE RIVER

Johnsburg at Woodstock, 7:30

Marengo at Harvard, 7:30

Richmond-Burton at Woodstock North, 7:30

LITTLE TEN

Hiawatha at Indian Creek, 6:45

Hinckley-Big Rock at DePue, 7:00

LaMoille-Ohio at Earlville, 7:00

Newark at Leland, 7:00

Serena at Somonauk, 7:00

METRO SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Aurora Central at Aurora Christian, 7:30

Elmwood Park at Timothy Christian, 7:00

McNamara at Wheaton Academy, 7:30

Ridgewood at St. Francis, CNL

St. Edward at Riverside-Brookfield, 7:00

Westmont at IC Catholic, 7:30

MID-SUBURBAN – EAST

Buffalo Grove at Elk Grove, 7:30

Rolling Meadows at Hersey, 7:30

Wheeling at Prospect, 7:30

MID-SUBURBAN – WEST

Conant at Hoffman Estates, 7:30

Fremd at Barrington, 7:30

Palatine at Schaumburg, 7:30

NORTHEASTERN ATHLETIC

Schaumburg Christian at Christian Liberty, 7:30

RIVER VALLEY

Gardner-So. Wilmington at St. Anne, 7:00

Grace Christian at Grant Park, 7:00

Illinois Lutheran at Donovan, 7:00

Tri-Point at Beecher, 5:30

SANGAMON VALLEY

Cissna Park at Watseka, 7:30

Clifton Central at Momence, 7:00

Iroquois West at Paxton-Buckley-Loda, 7:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – BLUE

Hillcrest at Tinley Park, 5:00

Oak Forest at Lemont, 7:00

Thornton Fr. South at Bremen, 5:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – RED

Argo at Reavis, 7:30

Eisenhower at Evergreen Park, 7:30

Shepard at Oak Lawn, 6:00

SOUTH SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Richards at Thornton Fr. North, 6:00

SOUTHLAND

Crete-Monee at Thornton, 5:00

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – EAST

Joliet Central at Plainfield Central, 7:00

Joliet West at Plainfield South, 7:00

Romeoville at Plainfield East, 7:00

SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE – WEST

Minooka at West Aurora, 7:00

Oswego East at Plainfield North, 7:00

Yorkville at Oswego, 7:00

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – BLUE

Bolingbrook at Sandburg, 6:15

Lincoln-Way East at Lockport, 6:30

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – RED

Andrew at Lincoln-Way Central, 6:30

Stagg at Bradley-Bourbonnais, 6:45

SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Lincoln-Way West at Homewood-Flossmoor, 6:30

TRI-COUNTY

Henry-Senachwine at Roanoke-Benson, 7:00

Lowpoint-Washburn at Putnam County, 5:30

Marquette at Seneca, 7:00

Woodland at Midland, 7:00

UPSTATE EIGHT

Bartlett at Elgin, 7:30

Larkin at West Chicago, 7:30

South Elgin at Glenbard South, 7:30

Streamwood at Glenbard East, 7:30

WEST SUBURBAN – GOLD

Addison Trail at Willowbrook, 5:00

Downers Grove South at Proviso East, 7:00

Morton at Hinsdale South, 7:00

WEST SUBURBAN – SILVER

Hinsdale Central at York, 7:00

Oak Park-River Forest at Downers Grove North, 7:3

Proviso West at Glenbard West, 7:00

WEST SUBURBAN – CROSSOVER

Leyden at Lyons, 6:00

NON CONFERENCE

Latin at Lake Forest Academy, 6:15

Mundelein at Round Lake, at Magee MS, 7:00

Northridge at Chicago Christian, 7:30

Orr at Christ the King, 7:30

Young at Taft, 6:00


Many schools livestream games on the NFHS Network, which often charges fans to watch. However, several local schools stream games on their own that are free to watch. Some schools do all the games, some just home games and some select games.

If your school streams games, please send a link to the channel or home page to [email protected]. Here’s a list of all the schools that have submitted links so far.

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Marshall’s girls basketball team and coach Dorothy Gaters opt out of seasonon February 19, 2021 at 10:49 pm

There’s hardly a place Dorothy Gaters would rather be than in the gym, coaching another group of Marshall girls basketball players.

But when the Public League season gets underway, Gaters and the Commandos will be on the sideline.

Gaters, the state’s winningest basketball coach (boys or girls) with 1,155 victories in 45 years, has opted out of the season.

“I’m definitely going to miss it,” Gaters said. “All of my adult life has been spent coaching in some form or another. But with this pandemic, you have to get used to a lot of things.”

Gaters said the decision to not play this season was not made without careful thought.

“I listened to the reports,” she said. “I see all the professional teams and the college teams are having a heck of a time trying to keep their athletes safe. (And) we don’t have the protocols they have. …

“Everything told me, don’t even try.”

This would have been a rebuilding season for the Commandos, who graduated nine players from a 22-11 team that finished second in Class 2A. It was Gaters’ fourth state runner-up trophy to go along with 10 titles, five thirds and two fourths.

She’s looking forward to getting back to competition later this year.

“I’m optimistic that next season will be better and safer,” she said. “A lot more is being known about this disease, Things will be a lot better.”

Gaters won’t be stepping away from the game entirely. As Marshall’s athletic director, she’s working with the Commando boys program, which will be playing.

And she’s still watching plenty of games on TV.

“I can’t stay away from that,” Gaters said. “I watch a lot of basketball. It’s always good to pick up new things.”

Some definite appointment TV will be Sky games now that former Naperville Central star Candace Parker has joined her hometown WNBA team.

“I’m so glad for the city of Chicago and for Candace,” Gaters said. “We played her team when she was in high school. She’s always been such a nice young lady and so talented.”

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of its men’s basketball tournament in Indiana and later rounds of its women’s tournament in Texas.

The governing body said Friday it is permitting 25% capacity at the men’s tournament venues to allow for social distancing. That figure will include all participants and essential staff along with the family members of team players and coaches.

On the women’s side, the NCAA will allow a capacity of up to 17% at each venue from the Sweet 16 to the Final Four. Games taking place for the first two rounds will limit attendance to team guests.

In each case, attendees must wear face coverings, while cleaning and disinfecting efforts will be emphasized at venues in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols. The NCAA said it acted in conjunction with local health officials for each tournament.

NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline said the decision for the men’s tournament also followed conversations with the organization’s medical advisory group and will rely on testing and monitoring services from the Indiana University Health system.

“The No. 1 priority for decisions around the tournament continues to be the safety and well-being of everyone participating in the event,” Hainline said.

The NCAA had previously announced the 68-team tournament will be played entirely in Indiana because of the pandemic, with most games in Indianapolis. The tournament will begin with First Four games on March 18 at home arenas for Big Ten Conference schools Purdue and Indiana, with those venues located about a one-hour drive — in opposite directions — from downtown Indianapolis.

At Indiana, the school said it will allow up to 500 fans for tournament games at Assembly Hall with some seats reserved for local medical workers and first responders who have been vaccinated.

The Final Four takes place in Indianapolis on April 3. The national championship game follows two days later.

For the women, the 64-team tournament is being held in the San Antonio region, with first-round games beginning March 21. The Final Four will be held in the Alamodome in San Antonio on April 2, followed by the national championship game on April 4.

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Seven firefighters were injured, one of them critically, in an extra-alarm fire Friday morning in Bridgeport on the South Side, according to police.

Crews responded to the blaze about 6:50 a.m. at home in the 2700 block of South Lowe Avenue, Chicago police and fire officials said.

At least one firefighter jumped from the building to escape the flames and a mayday call was issued, but all firefighters were accounted for, officials said.

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One firefighter was taken to a hospital in critical condition from burns and smoke inhalation, police said. Six others suffered minor injuries and were hospitalized in good condition.

A 77-year-old man was able to escape the inferno with his two dogs without injuries, police said.

Firefighters couldn’t go inside the building because of a lack of “structural integrity,” a fire official said at the scene.

Aerial footage from WGN-TV showed a firefighter leap from the roof of the house to a second-story porch on the building next door, as flames billowed out of the back of the house. It wasn’t clear if that was the firefighter who was hospitalized in critical condition.

“They’re gonna be OK,” the fire official said of the injured. Crews began clearing the scene shortly before noon.

Four hours after the blaze started, smoke was still pouring out of the front windows of the house, which is set back on the lot on the west side of Lowe Avenue.

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A woman who lives a block south of the scene said she heard fire trucks barreling down the block about 7 a.m. The elderly man who escaped the flames lives alone with his dogs, and mostly stayed on the first floor of the building, according to the neighbor, who asked not to be named.

The man didn’t need medical attention. He was taken to a warming center where he met relatives, the neighbor said. His dogs are OK, too.

But the scorched home is a lost cause, one firefighter at the scene said. Crews continued blasting all sides of the house with water in the frigid cold. The north wall of the house was almost completely toppled, along with the front entrance and windows.

Water and natural gas service was shut off for homes on the block, a routine precaution taken by firefighters when battling a serious fire. With wind chills hovering in the single digits, it was expected to be shut off for a few hours, neighbors said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA will allow a limited number of fans to attend all rounds of next month’s men’s basketball tournament in Indiana.

The governing body said Friday it is permitting 25% capacity at the venues to allow for social distancing. That figure will include all participants and essential staff along with the family members of team players and coaches.

Attendees must wear face coverings, and cleaning and disinfecting efforts will be emphasized at venues in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols.

The NCAA said in its statement it acted in conjunction with state and local health officials. NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline said the decision also followed conversations with the organization’s medical advisory group and will rely on testing and monitoring services from the Indiana University Health system.

“The No. 1 priority for decisions around the tournament continues to be the safety and well-being of everyone participating in the event,” Hainline said.

The NCAA had previously announced the 68-team tournament will be played entirely in Indiana because of the pandemic, with most games in Indianapolis. The tournament will begin with First Four games on March 18 at home arenas for Big Ten Conference schools Purdue and Indiana, with those venues located about a one-hour drive — in opposite directions — from downtown Indianapolis.

At Indiana, the school said it will allow up to 500 fans for tournament games at Assembly Hall with some seats reserved for local medical workers and first responders who have been vaccinated.

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