The Vedette

By Jeff Vorva Manteno’s girls basketball team has some “guarded” optimism after opening the Chicago Christian Knight Tournament with two big wins. If the guards start leading the charge for the Panthers, they will be hard to beat. The Panthers opened the tournament on Dec. 26 scoring a season high in points with a 61-31…

By Jeff Vorva Even though the holiday tournaments have not gotten into full swing for boys and girls basketball yet, it’s not too soon to think about the postseason. The Illinois High School Association released its assignments for the playoffs, which begin in February. Beecher, which is off to the best start in program history…

By Jeff Vorva Old gym? New gym? It doesn’t seem to matter. The results are still the same. Beecher’s boys basketball team played in its old gym for a throwback game December 8 and came away with a lopsided 81-36 River Valley Conference win over Donovan. The Bobcats wore jerseys from 2012-13, and fans were…

By Jim Piacentini On Thursday, November 30, the Lady Bobcat varsity girls basketball team held conference foe Tri-Point close but, in the end, the difference was 4 points, favoring Tri-Point, 47-43. Both teams were shooting three pointers but, in the paint, Tri-Point had more rebounds, though not by much. At one point, Tri-Point had a…

CRETE – Crete-Monee celebrates its IESA sectional championship on Nov. 29. Photo from Crete Monee School District 201-U By Jeff Vorva A furious fourth-quarter rally by the Crete-Monee Middle School’s seventh grade girls team fell short. The Warriors made it to the Illinois Elementary School Association Class 4A quarterfinals but suffered a 29-25 setback to…

By Jim Piacentini The Bobcats played Gardner-South Wilmington in a home conference game on Tuesday, November 28. The first quarter started off with the teams trading baskets, but towards the end of that first quarter, Adyn McGinley took charge – scoring 11 points. From then on the Bobcats were in control with 11 points from…