Crosstown Classic Holiday Shootout: Steve’s Notebook

Steve Parham November 21, 2023 @ 11:24 AM

First night of the season was spent out at the old Rich South Campus. Rich Township hosted the Crosstown Classic Holiday Shootout. The first night had several interesting matchups.  Here are the games I watched and the results from the rest.   Phillips 70 - Proviso East 67   This matchup was a fast-paced old fashion scoring race. Both teams traded buckets and the lead throughout this game. Proviso had a huge lift from Isiah Perkins who scored many points on transition plays and he hit a pair of threes in the second half finishing with 23 points which wasn't enough. Phillips got a lift from Florida transfer [player_tooltip player_id='2321368' first='EJ' last='Horton'] who looked great playing free hitting multiple three-pointers and using his athleticism to score over players on fastbreaks. His biggest play was on the defensive end when he chased down a layup to block it out of bounds. Finished with 20 points. The biggest player for Phillips was the smallest player on the court in St Rita transfer [player_tooltip player_id='1385290' first='Amari' last='Edwards'] who was all over the court making shots from all three levels. What I liked most about Edwards was his passing on the move and how well he crashed the boards on missed shots as he finished with 21 points in the win.   Kenwood 77 - Hansberry 54   The #1 team in the city got a scrappy Hansberry squad that was looking to make a name for itself in the city. Led by brothers [player_tooltip player_id='1766460' first='Al' last='Brooks'] Jr. and [player_tooltip player_id='1766465' first='Ikee' last='Brooks'] the Bengals tried to jump out early.  [player_tooltip player_id='1766460' first='Al' last='Brooks'] was the catalyst as he scored by attacking the rim off the dribble finishing with tough layups. He at times looked like the best prospects on the court blocking several shots off the backboard. He ran out of gas because the Broncos had too many weapons to contest with. He finished with 18 points. Ikee was able to use his speed later in the game to score at the rim. He made a pair of threes late and finished the game with 20 points. The Broncos were led by DePaul Commit [player_tooltip player_id='1284852' first='Chris' last='Riddle'] who splashed 5 three-pointers as well as several dunks to lead all scorers with 26 points. Kenwood also was able to get a lift from transfer [player_tooltip player_id='1845363' first='Rajan' last='Roberts'] who looked good scoring from all three levels.  His drives to the rim were strong as he used spin moves and step-through moves to evade defenders going for16 points.    Other Results from the Shootout:    Lincoln Park 68 - Lindblom 67   Lincoln Park- [player_tooltip player_id='2105222' first='Chayse' last='Turner'] 14 pts   Lindblom- [player_tooltip player_id='1750599' first='Je'Shawn' last='Stevenson'] 31pts   Whitney Young 78 - Springfield Lanphier 44   Young - [player_tooltip player_id='1385300' first='Antonio' last='Munoz'] 23 pts    Manley 76 Urbana 72    Manley- [player_tooltip player_id='1373442' first='Jonathan' last='Calmese'] 28 pts   Manley- [player_tooltip player_id='1845356' first='Jaali' last='Love'] 21 pts   Urbana- Jaylen McElmurry 26 pts   Farragut 52 - Leo 44   Farragut- Jerrold Brock 16 pts   Leo - Emmanuel Walker 11 pts    Rich Township 59 - Bogan 54   Rich - Angelo Coleman 12 pts   Rich - Jamson Coutler 11 pts   Bogan - Jarvis McNeal 25 pts

First night of the season was spent out at the old Rich South Campus. Rich Township hosted the Crosstown Classic Holiday Shootout. The first night had several interesting matchups. Here are the games I watched and the results from the rest.