Around the State: Thursday Notable Performances

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Time to go around the state and look at some of the contests in Illinois on Thursday night in Around the State!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Wheeling topped Elk Grove 59-53.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1552484' first='Peter' last='Kulig'] and Zach Neukirch led the victors with 12 points a piece.&nbsp; Elk Grove got 14 each from Cooper Casterton and Khaleel Khan.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Whitney Young scored a 75-45 win against Walter Payton.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1552475' first='Marquis' last='Clark'] had a massive game of 30 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 dimes.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2125591' first='Caden' last='Crudup'] went for 9 points while freshman TJ Jamison had 8 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hoffman Estates got the win against Buffalo Grove 63-54.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2865852' first='Torey' last='Baskin'] continues to cook as he had 28 points with [player_tooltip player_id='2836173' first='Ramon' last='Rosario'] and Cameron James each getting 13 points.&nbsp; Buffalo Grove star post [player_tooltip player_id='2323618' first='Alex' last='Sirbu'] had 24 points and 13 rebounds while guard [player_tooltip player_id='2411146' first='Edwin' last='Karnauchovas'] had 13 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rich Township got the 49-44 win over Thornton. Kavon Ammons had 21 points and 6 rebounds.&nbsp; Jahmir Brown notched 8 points. For Thornton their 2028 DeAndre Higgs had 14 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kennedy got their first win of the year over Hubbard 54-17 as Kylen Henderson had 17 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hersey won 60-43 against Prospect.&nbsp; Football star Jake Nawrot had a double double of 19 points and 10 rebounds.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2416503' first='Charlie' last='Pomis'] went for 13 points while Ethan Gries had 11 points.&nbsp; Prospect was led by [player_tooltip player_id='2123656' first='Quinn' last='Zinzer'] with 13 points and [player_tooltip player_id='2834320' first='Danny' last='Simon'] who had 12 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Prosser got the 56-12 W against Al Raby.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2948455' first='Laterryon' last='Lee'] is a fast rising junior who had 14 points and 9 rebounds.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Hyde Park doubled up Englewood STEM 64-32.&nbsp; Amare Leflore dropped 16 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2962331' first='Lonnie' last='Mosley'] had 13.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Curie got an impressive W against Crane 78-60.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2734369' first='Justin' last='Oliver'] had 16 points, 7 dimes, and 5 rebounds.&nbsp; Senior post [player_tooltip player_id='2823632' first='Kendall' last='Holliday'] notched 14 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Dunbar won behind 21 points from Tyler Nixon while Jordan Wordlaw had 18 points and Zaid Shine went for 15.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lakes cruised over Woodstock North 70-44.&nbsp; Junior guard [player_tooltip player_id='2413791' first='Carter' last='Martin'] had 16 points while his fellow 2027 prospect [player_tooltip player_id='2829440' first='Ben' last='Newcomb'] also had 16.&nbsp; On the Woodstock North side it was [player_tooltip player_id='2125626' first='Ethan' last='Richardson'] dropping 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lemont won over Richards 63-55.&nbsp; Per usual [player_tooltip player_id='2749990' first='Zane' last='Schneider'] led the way with 15 points.&nbsp; They also got 11 each from [player_tooltip player_id='2617407' first='Julian' last='Overton'] and Luke Glotzbach.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Palatine got a win over Rolling Meadows 42-26.&nbsp; Illini football commit [player_tooltip player_id='2823585' first='Tony' last='Balanganayi'] had 15 points leading them to victory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Taft lost a close game to Northside Prep 60-57.&nbsp; Diesel McFadden had 13 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2441084' first='Noah' last='Hester'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2765530' first='Isaiah' last='Nelson'] had 12 points and 11 points respectively.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Butler Prep blew out Johnson 72-22.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2932896' first='Blake' last='McPherson'] had 20 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2891720' first='Julius' last='Hamlin'] had 12 points, 10 rebounds, and 7 dimes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mather topped Sulivan 88-36.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1874668' first='Adin' last='Smajlovic'] had 21 points.&nbsp; Casey Fleming dropped 12 points and Max Joway had 11 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Bulls Prep lost 61-59, but had a monster game from senior Jamir Seymore with 24 points.  Bright Ayensu went for 13 points while Mekhi Slaughter had 12 points and 6 dimes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->