Mt. Carmel beats Stevenson 23-16
Markell Brown and the Mount Carmel defense heard the talk all week that they needed to step up and deliver. With Stevenson facing a fourth-and-3 with just over a minute to go, a big rush by Brown forced an incompletion and gave the Caravan a 23-16 victory in the second round of the IHSA Class 8A playoffs Friday night at Gately Stadium. 
She hasn't even begun her first season as head girls varsity basketball coach at Zion-Benton, and already Tanya Johnson seems to have things backward. "I'm the lucky one here," said the Hall of Famer following Tuesday's practice. From the outside looking in, quite the opposite would appear to be true. It's the players and their families who are blessed.
Lake Forest High's defense had been spot-on with no goals allowed
during its four-game win streak in the IHSA Class 4A boys soccer
playoffs. But two defensive lapses in the first half of Tuesday's
Round of 8 super-sectional here at Loyola University against defending state-champion New Trier proved costly to the Scouts in a 2-1 loss.
Living six doors away from each other since the sixth grade, Vernon Hills High football stars DaVaris Daniels and Evan Spencer have found enough in common through the years to become best friends. Juniors on a successful 8-2 Cougars team that has already racked up an IHSA Class 5A playoff win, the pair are also sons of prominent NFL fathers. DaVaris' dad is Washington Redskins defensive end Philip Daniels and Evan's dad is Bears running-backs coach Tim Spencer.
Scoring touchdowns the first five times they touched the ball, the Vernon Hills Cougars enjoyed a Class 5A opening round football blowout with a 48-0 win over the Brooks Eagles of the Chicago Public League. Six different Vernon Hills players scored on the day, as the Cougars (8-2) rushed to a 42-0 halftime lead and a merciful running clock for the visitors. 
At home on the road?
Waukegan will play just six games in the Dog Pound during the regular season -- one game against each Central Suburban League South Division opponent and a game the Dogs are required by league rules to play against a team from the league's North Division.
Extra Points
News you can use ... or maybe not. From the better-late-than-never department of sports, a tip of the Lakes cap goes to Eagle senior Abbie Horan, who fired an amazing 68 at Vernon Hills Golf Course to win the Vernon Hills Invite by eight strokes earlier this month.
Players must relax
It wasn't until Sunday night that the basketball buzz finally started to dim a bit. All day/night Saturday and into Sunday morn, just about everywhere you went in Waukegan -- drugstore, Jewel, Wal-Mart, bank, oil-change place, post office, gas station -- literally everywhere, smiling people wanted to talk about high-school hoops.
This was one for the ages
This reporter received an e-mail on Friday afternoon from former North Chicago boys basketball coach Tom Gregorin scolding me on my enthusiasm for basketball in Lake County this season.
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