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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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Bryce Hopkins didn’t totally get a breather Friday against No. 5 DePaul Prep, but the No. 16 Friars didn’t require any special heroics to earn a 66-56 victory in Oak Park. 

Fenwick senior Bryce Hopkins has been posting monster numbers for three seasons. The Kentucky recruit isn’t one of those college prospects everyone says will be more effective at the next level. He dominates games right now.

Hopkins didn’t totally get a breather Friday against No. 5 DePaul Prep, but the No. 16 Friars didn’t require any special heroics to earn a 66-56 victory in Oak Park.

Gabe Madej scored 19 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead Fenwick (10-2, 9-1 Catholic League Blue). The 6-5 junior made four three-pointers in the first quarter to help the Friars open a 14-point halftime lead.

‘‘My teammates got me the ball where I need it, and the shots just went in,’’ Madej said.

Loyola recruit TY Johnson scored 12 consecutive points for the Rams (7-2, 6-2) in the third quarter to cut Fenwick’s lead to 44-41, but Hopkins responded immediately. He got to the basket for a foul and two free throws. Then he found junior David Gieser for an assist before closing the third quarter with a jumper. DePaul Prep didn’t threaten seriously again.

‘‘We came out good,’’ said Hopkins, who scored 16 points. ‘‘Last year they defended me the same way. They were cutting off driving lanes and helping on screens and just pressuring me a lot. So I knew I was going to trust in my teammates to make shots, and they did a great job of that, especially Gabe.’’

Gieser finished with 10 points and five rebounds, and junior Denium Juette added 16 points and six rebounds for Fenwick.

Johnson finished with 26 points and five rebounds for the Rams, but he shot 8-for-28. Rasheed Bello added 14 points and 6-10 senior Brian Mathews six points and nine rebounds for DePaul Prep.

‘‘Johnson can really shoot it, but sometimes our gym can be hard to shoot in for opposing teams,’’ Friars coach Staunton Peck said. ‘‘And we did a good job of switching and making them take difficult shots.’’

Fenwick’s gym has a very small footprint. That isn’t usually ideal, but it has been perfect for livestreams during COVID-19. Something about the small gym translates well to watching high school basketball on the internet.

So it feels as though the Friars’ season has been a little more high-profile than those of most teams. They experienced a couple of heartbreaking losses, including one on a three-quarter-court game-winner in overtime by Notre Dame senior Louis Lesmond.

Peck, however, said the team rebounded quickly from the tough loss.

‘‘With the way we played in that game, I think we got closer,’’ Peck said. ‘‘It’s the best game we’ve played since I’ve been here. We just got a little bit unlucky.’’

Hopkins would have been one of the major draws this season under normal circumstances. Fenwick was scheduled to play in several high-profile events. But, like most kids, he’s just happy to have any season at all.

‘‘It’s been great,’’ Hopkins said. ‘‘A couple of months ago, we didn’t think we would have any season. I’m grateful to put my jersey on and play with my teammates this last year.’’

Fenwick and DePaul Prep are two of the eight teams participating in the Chipotle Classic next weekend. Simeon, Young, St. Patrick, Notre Dame, Mundelein and the Central Suburban League winner (likely Evanston or Glenbrook South) are the others. The bracket will be revealed Sunday.

Watch the final minute of DePaul Prep at Fenwick:

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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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The longtime Chicago playwright joins a new mini-renaissance of aural drama.

In Willy Russell’s 1980 play Educating Rita, the title character (a working-class hairdresser taking Open University literature courses in London) responds to the question “Suggest how you might resolve the staging difficulties inherent in a production of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt” with “Do it on the radio.” Debates and speculation continue to unspool about whether or not online theater is really theater and whether it can (or should) continue after the pandemic ends.…Read More

Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien answer questions from the listener mailbag and give their Two Takes.

On the latest episode of No Shot Clock Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien answer questions from the listener mailbag and give their Two Takes, a regular weekly feature of commentary and opinion on high school basketball.

The podcast concludes with a look at the week ahead.

Topics include:

-How good is Glenbard West and why they aren’t in the Chipotle Classic

-More shot clock debate

-Should the overtime format be changed?

-Is Bryce Hopkins the best Catholic League player since Corey Maggette?

-Why can’t schools just hold their own state tournament?

-Is this the most offensive firepower ever in the Mid-Suburban League East?

-Thoughts on the East Suburban Catholic

-Debating the area’s best rivalry and best student sections

-First impressions of Kenwood sophomore JJ Taylor

-Are Simeon and Young the state’s two best teams? And by how much?

-Curie, once again, is surprisingly good despite a lack of experience. What is the ceiling for the Condors?

All that and more.

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The huge bear lumbered to the edge of the pool, crashed into the water and paddled by, its creamy yellow-white fur brushing the viewing glass.

But 2-year-old Jack Schmidt looked about as interested as if a gnat had landed on his stroller. Perhaps that’s because Jack, trapped in his own pandemic-inflicted enclosure for much the last year, didn’t quite know what to make of the polar bear Friday. It was his first trip to Lincoln Park Zoo.

“He was really excited when were looking at the zebras and the giraffes, but somehow the polar bears aren’t doing it for him,” said his mother, Jessica Schmidt, visiting from the Jefferson Park neighborhood, with her 5-month-old son Pierce strapped to her chest. “He’s pretty chill, and he also gets kind of shy.”

Polar bears aside, the animals could have been forgiven for perhaps being a little shy too. The zoo reopened Friday after a two-month closure. With blue skies and only shrinking patches of snow scabbing the walkways leading to the zoo, it was a perfect day to get outside.

A dozen or so people were lined up at the west entrance — nannies pushing strollers, dads with toddlers up on their shoulders — before the zoo opened at 10 a.m. Though the zoo remains free, visitors were required to make reservations and capacity is capped at 25%.

Visitors appeared to be following the social distancing rules, although the site of the zoo’s two polar bears — Siku and Talini — churning up the water brought a tight cluster of wide-eyed children and adults up to the glass.

But not Charlie Maraccini, 3, who was there with his younger sister, Annie, and his parents Jenny and Nick Maraccini, who live in the Uptown neighborhood. As Charlie played with some dried hydrangea blooms, his father periodically yelled, “Charlie, you’re missing the polar bear!”

Charlie’s mama was just glad to be rid of the snow and the bitter cold.

“It feels nice to be outside without snowpants on,” she said.

If you were thinking about heading to the zoo this weekend, you’ll need to make other plans. All of the weekend reservations were taken as of 2 p.m. Friday.

To make a zoo reservation for another date, visit lpzoo.org/welcome or call (312) 742-2000.

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