#4 Curie wins Chicago Public League Red Title for second time in three years! Senior Justin Olive makes clutch plays in win over #24 Lincoln Park! Top performances in the state!

Kenwood Academy takes third place over Hyde Park. Two players get a 40+ piece extra crispy in same game in Southern Illinois. Maddox Rizel calls game in Nashville win over Webber Township, scores 45. 3000+ point scorer Nathaniel Marrow scores 46. Here we go:

Curie 59 Lincoln Park 50:

CREDIT UNION ONE ARENA:

These were considered the top two teams in the Chicago Public League preseason. Curie lived up to it all year, while Lincoln Park took a bumpy road but still ended up here. Made history making title game for first time in 122 years. This game was sloppy, bad shooting, lots of turnovers, instense atmosphere with a huge crowd. Both bands were here and played some bumping music. Lots of luminaries honored from Mark Aguirre, to 2005-2006 Simeon State Title teams that featured Derrick Rose, and Jimmy "IN THE GYM" Smith. Onto the game. Lincoln Park stayed in contact most of the game, cutting it to one a couple of times but couldn't get over the hump. Senior Justin Oliver made clutch plays from a coule of lobs to fellow senior Kendall Holliday, to scoring himself. Senior big man Keith Collins crashed the glass as well as senior Saquan Commings making clutch plays on both ends. Collins came off the bench when senior Joshua Hurley got into early foul trouble and crashed the offensive glass. Curie led 22-18 after one, 29-23 at recess, and 40-35 after three. Lincoln Park was hurt by senior forward Larry Harris being in foul trboule all night, as well as getting beat on the glass to the tune of 31-22 for the game. Justin Oliver's steal and dunk with 2 minutes left clinched it.

Curie ups it's record to 28-1 and goes into State Playoffs as #1 seed in Class 4A Mount Carmel (Chicago) Sectional. Lincoln Park drops to 20-8 and goes into the State Playoffs as #6 seed in Loyola Academy (Wilmette) Sectional.

NOTE: Curie also won the Junior Varsity title to double up.

Top performances:

Curie:

Senior Justin Oliver 15 points 7 assists 4 steals

Senior Kendall Holliday 13 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 1 steal 2 blocks

Senior Keith Collins 11 points 7 rebounds 2 blocks

Lincoln Park:

Senior Jaylen Dickerson 17 points 1 steal 1 block

Sophomore Alvin Robinson III 12 points (4/7 3PT) 3 steals

Senior Ahmad Lee 9 points 1 steal

Kenwood Academy 56 Hyde Park 49:

Kenwood Academy gets third place as junior Damari Stephens had 21 points 9 rebounds 2 blocks as junior Osiris Bell didn't play. Seniors Jordan Walker had 16 points and Prince McCord had 14 points. Hyde Park Academy was led by senior Amare LeFlore's 13 points.

Top performances in the state:

Maddox Ritzel, Nashville 45 points (game winner) (single game school record) (single season scoring record) (all time scoring record)

Nathaniel Marlow, Webber Township 45 points

Luke Blackford, Calvary (Springfield) 42 points (scored his 1000th rebound) (Illinois Springfield commit)

Keison Peoples, Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin 37 points (Winona State commit)

Rylan White, Heritage 20 points 17 rebounds (double/double) 5 assists

Brayden Jones, Heritage 18 points

Dillon Jones, Heritage 14 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 6 assists

Head Coach Will Rey of Northridge Prep (Niles) wins his 500th game

Tyler Thompson of Triad (Troy) became first player in school history to win 100 games

Caebrin Lee of Mroa-Forsyth scored his 1000th point

Chrales Schlicht, Grant Community (Fox Lake) 17 points (junior)

DJ Stitts, Grant Community (Fox Lake) 15 points (junior)

Stephen Brown, Marist (Chicago) 24 points 7 rebounds (NC State football commit)

Kennedy, Morris 16 points

Carson Goss, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 19 points

Khordell Gregory, Rochester 18 points (sophomore)

Eli Cox, Rochester 16 points

Joe Hoekstra, Streator 18 points 11 rebounds (double/double) (single season rebounding leader)

Hoagland, Porta AC 20 points

Richie Darr, Bishop McNamara (Kankakee) 18 points

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

Peter Primbas, Shepard (Palos Heights) 17 points 4 steals

Amir Beasley, Danville 17 points (sophomore)

Eddie Smajic, Columbia 18 points

Brody Landgraf, Columbia 16 points 13 rebounds (double/double)

Chris Bolte, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) 25 points (Yale commit)

Napoleon "Nico" Harris III, St Ignatius College Prep (Chicago) 17 points

Mekhi Slaughter, Bulls College Prep (Chicago) 16 points 5 rebounds

Elijah Frankie, Bulls College Prep (Chicago) 16 points (junior)

Noah Corro, St Laurence (Burbank) 24 point (sophomore)

Logan Brown, St Laurence (Burbank) 20 points (sophomore)

Markese Peoples, St Laurence (Burbank) 18 points 16 rebounds (double/double) (junior)

Dawson Charles, St Viator (Arlington Heights) scored his 1000th point

Grant Smith, Lyons Township (LaGrange) 28 points 6 rebounds 2 steals (sophomore)

Adam Flowers, South (Downers Grove) 22 points

Jace Wilkinson, Collinsville 20 points

Jordan Taylor, Collinsville 15 points

Luke Lettvin, Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) 23 points

Emran Alispahic, Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) 19 points (freshman)

Carmen Meccia, Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) 18 points

Carter Brown, Sherrard 19 points

Brylan Bender, Sherrard 15 points

Jacob Baumann, Christian (Aurora) 17 points

Z Zapia, Christian (Aurora) 15 points

Grant Roberts, Eureka 16 points

Jace Allensworth, Notre Dame (Quincy) 20 points

Cooper Knowles, West Hancock (Warsaw) 21 points

Wade Gooding, West Hancock (Warsaw) 18 points (junior)

Vasilas Stratigos, Prospect (Mount Prospect) 20 points

Jackson Bohm, Mahomet Seymour 24 points 9 rebounds

Brady Hairald, Minooka 20 points 14 rebounds (double/double) 2 steals

Javeon Seargent Williams, Kennedy (Chicago) 16 points 8 rebounds 8 assists

Kylen Henderson, Kennedy (Chicago) 15 points 7 rebounds 8 assists

Josh Abushanab, Glenbard West (Glen Ellyn) 21 points

Logan Kurtz, Tuscola 25 points

Isaiah Nelson, Taft (Chicago) 18 points

Diesel McFadden, Taft (Chicago) 17 points 7 rebounds

Nate Serrano, Taft (Chicago) 16 points 7 assists 5 steals

Mekhi House, Marion 23 points (sophomore)

Cooper Casserton, Elk Grove 15 points (junior)

Isaac Muze, Huntley 21 points 5 rebounds (sophomore)

Tereik Hurd, Sacred Heart Griffin (Springfield) 18 points