Around State: Super Sectional Monday Recap

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><em>***Use Code “ScottyB30” for 30% off your subscription***</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Super Sectional Monday certainly lived up to the billing as there were a ton of classic games decided at the buzzer determining which team goes to state!&nbsp; PHI has you covered with not only a ton of specific game coverage, but an overall recap in Around the State!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>4A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Top ranked Benet cruised to a 69-42 win over Rockford Auburn on Monday night.&nbsp; The defending 4A champs got 23 points and 10 rebounds from top 5 junior [player_tooltip player_id='2323620' first='Ed' last='Stasys'] while Eastern Illinois commit [player_tooltip player_id='2105390' first='Jayden' last='Wright'] chipped in 16 points.&nbsp; Benet also had 9 points out of sharp shooter Ethan MacDermot.&nbsp; North Dakota State commit [player_tooltip player_id='1845353' first='Amir' last='Danforth'] finished his career with a 20 point outing.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Who awaits Benet is just the three time defending state champs in DePaul Prep as they won 57-45 over Hersey.&nbsp; The Big 3 carried them as usual with Brown commit [player_tooltip player_id='1435692' first='Rykan' last='Woo'] dropping a cool 17 points while [player_tooltip player_id='2323334' first='AJ' last='Chambers'] and [player_tooltip player_id='1845360' first='Rashaun' last='Porter'] each had 12 points.&nbsp; In the loss it was football star QB [player_tooltip player_id='3427255' first='Jake' last='Nawrot'] leading the way with 13 points while [player_tooltip player_id='1552439' first='Logan' last='Luxem'] (12 points) and [player_tooltip player_id='2416503' first='Charlie' last='Pomis'] (10 points) capped off their careers with solid games.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>York stuns St. Ignatius 58-56 at UIC.&nbsp; If you would have said York would be the team to knock off Iggy during this post season run you should go buy a lotto ticket.&nbsp; They did just that in OT behind 20 points from [player_tooltip player_id='2839900' first='Joseph' last='Lubbe'].&nbsp; Sawyer Asgedom had 11 points while Jackson Rennick dropped 9 points in a win.&nbsp; For St. Ignatius [player_tooltip player_id='2531962' first='Amir' last='Tucker'] definitely arrived during this playoff run as the state got to see why he has been a top 2028 point guard from the day he stepped foot in high school.&nbsp; He had 21 points including a three to send it to OT.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Marist won 56-53 against Richwoods in a game that went down to the wire.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1845350' first='Stephen' last='Brown'] got the big bucket on a steal and dunk to take the lead late.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1552445' first='Charles' last='Barnes Jr']. and [player_tooltip player_id='2323300' first='TJ' last='Tate'] each had 12 points.&nbsp; Richwoods star 2028 [player_tooltip player_id='2531961' first='Amarion' last='Smith-Holley'] had 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>3A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>East St. Louis topped Decatur MacArthur in an absolute thriller 51-49.&nbsp; Penn State commit [player_tooltip player_id='1873523' first='Jamison' last='White'] set the tone early and later with his defense finishing with 11 points.&nbsp; Super senior sleeper gem [player_tooltip player_id='2822953' first='Alex' last='Johnson'] dropped 21 points.&nbsp; MacArthur star [player_tooltip player_id='2323268' first='Tishawn' last='Clemmons'] had 18 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Leo cruised to a win over Hyde Park 54-33.&nbsp; They got 22 points from [player_tooltip player_id='2632058' first='Karon' last='Shavers'] while [player_tooltip player_id='2532329' first='Jeremiah' last='Echols'] added 14 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Deerfield took care of business topping Wheaton St. Francis 51-36 behind their 1-2 punch of [player_tooltip player_id='2217962' first='Evan' last='Nagler'] (22 points) and Dartmouth commit [player_tooltip player_id='1552404' first='Jake' last='Pollack'] (11 points).&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2389886' first='Ben' last='Whorlow'] led St. Francis with 10 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Kaneland remains undefeated as they won a nail biter against Morton 49-47 as their star junior [player_tooltip player_id='2391672' first='Jeffrey' last='Hassan'] sealed off for the game winning bucket with two seconds left scoring a pair of his 17 points.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='1552428' first='Marshawn' last='Cocroft'] came up huge in this one with 15 points.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2393974' first='Evan' last='Frieders'] had 11 points.&nbsp; Morton got 7 points from [player_tooltip player_id='3430180' first='Brendan' last='Petty'].</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>2A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Quincy Notre Dame cruised over Benton 55-36.&nbsp; Jace Allensworth had 23 points to take his team to state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Tolono Unity won over Bishop McNamara 77-70.&nbsp; Tre Hoggard notched 22 points and 7 rebounds.&nbsp; Tyler Henry had 16 points while Dan Eisenmenger scored 14 points.&nbsp; For Bishop McNamara it was 20 points from [player_tooltip player_id='2407304' first='Coen' last='Demack'] to lead the way while [player_tooltip player_id='2411845' first='Karter' last='Krutsinger'] had 18 points and [player_tooltip player_id='2437681' first='Richie' last='Darr'] finished his career with 14 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Manual cruised against Johnsburg winning by a finale of 75-41.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2734472' first='Reginald' last='Postlewaite'] had 17 points.&nbsp; They also got 14 points each from [player_tooltip player_id='2734423' first='Jaquan' last='Brown'] and Josh Humbles while [player_tooltip player_id='3430159' first='Tahj' last='Tolliver'] had 12 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Farragut topped Crane in a CPS battle 49-47.&nbsp; The state will get to see a fun guard in [player_tooltip player_id='1845355' first='Latrell' last='Kelley'] who is a bucket!</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>1A</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Lawrenceville blew out Leroy 48-26.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='2481675' first='Jayden' last='Goff'] dropped 21 points in the victory.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Goreville moved on over Routt 60-43.&nbsp; Garrett Church finished with 21 points in the win.&nbsp; [player_tooltip player_id='3360906' first='Bryson' last='Mossman'] finished his career with 16 points in this game for Routt.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Marshall won over Indian Creek 45-31.&nbsp; DJ Laye and Ed Humes each had 11 points while QJ Gibson dropped a double double of 10 points and 10 rebounds.&nbsp; Indian Creek was paced by Isaac Willis with 16 points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eastland makes it back to Champaign with a narrow 47-45 win over Tremont.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->