Suburban Sprawl recognizes a Big Ten freshman on the rise
It wasn’t hard to find news about Minnesota guard Cam Christie this week. The Rolling Meadows grad was named Big Ten freshman of the week, then scored 19 points in a victory over Michigan State on Tuesday.
Christie has averaged 17 points and 6.7 rebounds in the past three games, all Gophers victories. His older brother, Max, played at Michigan State two years ago, so the latest win had extra meaning.
New play-caller in town
Wheaton Warrenville South grad Tim Lester shared some thoughts, now that he’s the new offensive coordinator at Iowa. Lester was previously head coach at Western Michigan.
Classroom contributor
Montini grad Sydney Prochaska had a nice segment talking about being an academic star at SIU...
Winning time
Plenty of hardware being won on the basketball court, starting with yet another Mid-Suburban League title for Fremd:
Our John Leusch added some context...
A century of wins
Congrats to Maine South for winning the Central Suburban League title game, but there’s more to the story. According to @MaineSouthGBB, the Hawks’ JV, freshman A&B squads were a combined 72-1 this season. So that’s 100-2 for the program.
Glenbard East girls won a share of the Upstate Eight, securing an elusive conference title.
Glenbard South took the other half of the Upstate Eight crown, with both teams finishing 17-1 in league play...
Grayslake Central finished off a Northern Lake County title...
Stevenson girls concluded a perfect season in the North Suburban Conference under first-year head coach Regan Carmichael.
Downers Grove North matched a school record for wins...
Lake Park boys clinched a conference title.
Glenbrook North boys clinched the CSL South title...
Spring is near
Didn’t see many basketball highlights in the X-osphere the past few days, but here’s a nice dunk from Antioch’s Marshall Gehrke...
Football commits
This one was announced a few weeks ago, but St. Charles North TE/DE Jake Furtney made it official by signing with Illinois on Wednesday.
IC Catholic QB Dennis Mandala originally accepted a preferred walk-on offer from Texas A&M. This week, he wrote that he’ll play two sports at North Central.
Neuqua Valley WR/DB Miles Miskel committed to Central State (Ohio)...
York QB Sean Winton to Dayton...
Maine South offensive lineman Luke Pedersen to Butler...
Glenbrook North RB/DE John Mock to Dubuque...
Former Barrington QB Peter Anderson has officially transferred to Winona State from North Dakota State...
Baseball commits
Hersey catcher Bryk Barnard to Arizona...
Hersey’s Drew Phillips to Miami, Ohio...
Willowbrook’s Jake Kutella is headed to Central Michigan, after playing at Triton...
Basketball milestones
St. Viator’s Mia Bergstrom already made the Sprawl for career scoring, now it’s the single-season record.
Dayton commit Molly O’Riordan reached 1,500 points...
Carmel’s Ashley Schlabowske, who is headed to Wisconsin-Whitewater, hit 1,000 career points.
Coaching victories
On the coaching side, Libertyville HS grad Teri Rodgers hit a large number at New Trier.
Stevenson’s Will Benson, who has also coached at Harvard, Marengo and Huntley, snared victory No. 200. Anyone keeping track of assistant coach wins by Paul Swan? Must be 2,000 by now.