#24 Lincoln Park makes it to first Chicago Public League title game since 1904 got get back on Hyde Park Academy. #4 Curie got their own get back on rival Kenwood Academy in semifinals!!!

Top peformances in state tonight as well. Two seniors had huge gams tonight in losses. Torey Baskin of Hoffman Estates put up a 42 piece extra crsipy in Mid Suburban Conference title game loss to #16 Fremd (Palatine). Donovan "Donny" Williams of Stevenson (Lincolnshire) put up a 36 piece extra crispy in loss to Waukegan.

Game 1:

#24 Lincoln Park 52 Hyde Park Academy 43:

Lincoln Park came into the season highly hyped. I've been waiting for their arrival for four years, since I saw a few practices in this group's freshman year under previous Coaching staff of Antwon "AJ" Jennings, and Ronald "Fatty" Duling. They were let go and Head Coach Josh Anderson took over with a lot of pressure and a lot of talent in the program. People were watching to see if he would move the program forward. Putting your stamp on the program takes time, he lost some talented players to transfer to prep schools, and got to the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 of city and came up short. This senior group of Ahmad Lee, Larry Harris, and Jaylen Dickerson stuck around. They lost in December in this building to Hyde Park Academy in a surprise to most. Then they lost twice to Whitney Young, and most of us were not sure they would get over the hump. Then they beat highly regarded Richwoods (Peoria) going into the Chicago Public League playoffs. They are playing well at the right time of the year. Lee is playing like he can't be sped up, Harris is playing with his hair on fire, using his King of Bounce athleticism to have a double/double of 17 points 17 rebounds tonight. Dickerson is playing as steady and consistent like he's been all season. Add Glenbard West senior transfer Ashton Flowers, and sophomore Alvin Robinson III, and they have a rhythm. Hyde Park led 12-10 after one, then Lincoln Park took control with defense in the second quarter outscoring Hyde Park 14-4 to lead 24-16 at halftime and didn't look back.

Lincoln Park takes a 21-7 record into title game on Friday trying to make history on the North Side. Hyde Park Academy drops to 21-8 and goes into the Class 3A playoffs as a #1 seed in the DeLaSalle (Chicago) Sectional.

Curie 64 Kenwood Academy 50:

Kenwood Academy beat Curie three times last season including the Chicago Public League Title game. Curie got their get back tonight and all the senior stars Justin Oliver, Kendall Holliday, and Saquan Commings said as much after the game. They had fire in their eyes to put Kenwood out of the city playoffs and they did with precision, teamwork, and hustle, staples of the Condor program. Curie took over the game from the start leadng 15-10 after one quarter, 34-21 at recess, 47-36 after three. Curie never trailed in this game as Justin Oliver controlled the game with nice passes on drives to the rim, and half court offense. Had 4 assists to 2 turnovers.

Curie takes a 25-1 record into the title game on Friday vs Lincoln Park. They'll be trying to win their second title in three years. Kenwood Academy drops to 17-8 and goes into the Class 4A playoffs as a #7 seed in the Mount Carmel (Chicago) Sectional.

Top performances in the state:

Torey Baskin, Hoffman Estates 42 points 3 steals

Donovan "Donny"" Williams, Stevenson (Lincolnshire) 36 points

Trey Toussaint, Johnsburg 32 points (10 3PT) 5 assists

Head Coach Healy of Warrenville South (Wheaton) gets his 400th win

Jett Karrick of Porta AC scored his 1000th point tonight

Jayden Riley, Christian (Yorkville) 21 points 7 rebounds 8 assists (Southern Illinois Edwardsville commit)

Tray Alford, Christian (Yorkville) 16 points 5 rebounds 2 steals (junior)

Ethan Schuting, East Dubuque 22 points (14 in fourth quarter) 9 rebounds

Beau Dolan, East Dubuque 20 points 10 rebounds (double/double) (sophomore)

Gavin Stewart, East Dubuque 15 points (junior)

Richie Darr, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) 21 points

Karter Kurtsinger, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) 19 points

Callaghan O'Connor, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) 18 points

Oturo Redento, Glenbard North (Carol Stream) 20 points (junior)

Matt Welch, Glenbard North (Carol Stream) 20 points

Lamari Carpenter, Glenbard North (Carol Stream) 18 points (junior)

Donovyn Simmons, Catholic Academy (Joliet) 23 points (junior)

Eli Passhemi, Catholic Academy (Joliet) 15 points

Darron Greer Jr, Argo (Summit) 16 points

Jordan Williams, Fremd (Palatine) 21 points 6 rebounds (Illinois State commit)

Tommy Moffett, Fremd (Palatine) 20 points (3/6 3PT)

Rafael Pinto, Fremd (Palatine) 17 points 5 rebounds

Hunter Brown, Griggsville-Perry-Pleasant Hill 18 points

Vince Cramsey, Liberty 17 points

Simereon Carter, Waukegan 19 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Jaali "Rico" Love, Waukegan 15 points 5 rebounds 2 blocks

Matthew Oppenheimer, Francis Parker (Chicago) 20 points

Brady Harris, Francis Parker (Chicago) 12 points 10 assists (double/double)

Emran Alispahic, Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) 18 points (freshman)

Marshall Ledbetter, Hinckley Big Rock 19 points (junior)

Enrique Morales, DePue 31 points

Diego Perez, DePue 18 points

Connor Deering, LaMoille 18 points

Harley Blair, LaMoille 17 points

EJ Hazelett, Kankakee 20 points 5 rebounds (Indiana State commit)

Lincoln Williams, Kankakee 18 points 8 rebounds 3 blocks

Cole Goodley, Annawan 21 points

Pierce Childs, Annawan 15 points

Nathan Palmer, Geneva 22 points

Joey Kramer, Marmion Academy (Aurora) 16 points

Collin McEniry, Marmion Academy (Aurora) 10 points 10 rebounds (double/double)

Josiah Mitchell, Sycamore 25 points 5 rebounds