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Lack of height, experience concerns for Red Raiders

By GENE CHAMBERLAIN For The Courier-News — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

At least early in the season, Huntley's basketball team will need to get a lot of production from its starting five players. Considering the rest of the roster is younger than many sophomore teams, the Red Raiders will need that veteran leadership after a 15-13 season that ended two points shy of a regional title.

Short on veterans, Golden Eagles will learn on the job

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

A new era for the Jacobs boys basketball program begins this season. For the first time in seven years there won't be a member of the Moran family playing for the Golden Eagles.

Hawks prepared to deliver balanced production

By ANDY ROHR For Sun-Times Media — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

After seeing their leading scorer from a year ago graduate, many would assume that the Bartlett Hawks might see a decrease in scoring. Coach Jim Wolfsmith doesn't see it that way at all.

A no-win situation

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

The Bears were going to let their play speak for themselves after turning down NBC for pregame interviews last week. They had talked and talked during a skid that saw them lose four of their previous five games and, as they explained, there wasn't much else to say.

Sabres could make push at winning mark

By Gene Chamberlain for the courier-news — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

Whether the talent exists for Streamwood to achieve its first winning season in more than a decade is not the question facing coach Tim Jones. The question is whether they can harness the talent which has been building up over the previous two seasons.

Maroons prepare to up the tempo

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Elgin High is ready for another change of pace. While third-year coach Mike Sitter wouldn't mind seeing his team keep the same hard-nosed attitude it employed a year ago, he thinks points won't be as hard to come by this season.

ND misses golden chance to get out of purgatory

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis held his usual news conference Sunday alone and with no news about his future employment status. Weis said he and Swarbrick have not had any such meeting. They saw each other only briefly in the locker room Saturday, after Notre Dame dropped to 6-5 with a 33-30 home loss in overtime to Connecticut (5-5).

A physical education

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01 CST

Few teams can match the Los Angeles Lakers and Denver Nuggets when it comes to having multiple long, athletic big men, but you can bet other teams will try to copy the game plan the Lakers and Nuggets successfully used to produce blowout wins against the Bulls in the last two games.

Plethora of options a strength for SCE

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

St. Charles East has a little bit of everything on its roster this season.

High-scoring Suchy paces G-K attack

By ANDY ROHR For Sun-Times Media — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:00 CST

The Genoa-Kingston teams of the last three years have enjoyed lots of regular-season success, but still have something stuck in their craw -- the lack of a regional championship title.