Eric Anderson was a McDonald's All American, Mr Basketball in Illinois in 1988. Played college ball at Indiana and 3 years in the NBA. Tragically passed away in 2018 at 48 years old. He's the most famous athletic alum from St Francis DeSales. He's everywhere in the school. His jersey, his number is on the warmup uniforms. St Francis De Sales won a sectional last year with an under 500 record. They are looking to do the same this year. Record is currently 13-19 and they are a 7 seed but play in the tough Chicago Catholic League White Division. That schedule has made them dangerous for higher seeded teams. They ran through their regional including this game. Fabulous freshman Michael Woods was injured till recently. Just returned for the playoffs. I will go over notes and top performances. Here we go:
#7 seed St Francis De Sales (Chicago) 83 #5 seed Unity Christian Academy (South Holland) 58: This game was St Francis De Sales from the start though freshman Michael Woods committed two fouls within the first two minutes. Sims took over as he was in everything the entire game. Scoring, rebounding, assisting, steals, and blocked a shot. St Francis DeSales led 23-10 after one quarter, 40-20 at half, and 59-32 at the end of three quarters. Unity Christian fought and kept the score under 30 point margin in the fourth quarter. Woods came back in the second quarter and did a little bit of everything the rest of the game. Made his presence known in every category. It's obvious St Francis De Sales was under seeded. They move on to IHSA Class 1A Sectional semifinal to play 1 seed Hope Academy (Chicago) on Wednesday with a 13-19 record. Unity Christian Academy ends it's season at 18-11.
Top performers for St Francis De Sales (Chicago):
Jerimiya Sims, 6'2" senior combo guard: He was everywhere filling out the stat sheet. Scoring, rebounding, assisting, steals, and a block. Showed energy and aggressiveness looking for his shot and getting deflections in the press. Stat line: game high 23 points 2 rebounds 2 assists 3 steals and 1 block.
Michael Woods, 6'1" freshman point guard: Definitely one of the best freshman in the state, has flown under the radar all year. Overcame some early foul trouble. Scores at all three levels, has quick hands to get steals, hits the defensive glass, and made some nice passes full court and in traffic. Can get where he wants off the dribble and finishes strong at the rim. Stat line: 12 points (1/2 from three, 5/8 from the floor) 6 rebounds 5 assists 4 steals and 1 block.
Davonte Doty, 6'8" senior wing: Put up good numbers only played a half as he tweeted his ankle and was not needed in the second half. Stat line: 9 points 1 rebound 3 steals and 4 blocks.
Eric Johnson, 6'1" senior combo guard: Stat line of 10 points 2 rebounds 2 assists and 2 steals.
Sivante Stokes, 6'3" freshman wing: He came off the bench and provided great energy putting up a stat line of 14 points 6 rebounds and 1 block.
Top performances for Unity Christian Academy (South Holland):
Shamar Coleman, 6'1" senior wing: Stat line of 17 points (4/5 from three) 3 rebounds 2 assists and 1 steal
Aiden Robinson, 6'1" sophomore wing: Hustled on both ends for 14 points 4 rebounds 3 assists 1 steal and 3 blocks
Kenyun Mazique, 6'2" senior combo guard: Stat line: 8 points 9 rebounds 4 assists 1 steal and 1 block
Notes:
Evergreen Park won it's first regional in 50 years
Richwoods (Peoria) survives Morton Township
All defending state champs won regionals: Moline (4A), Metamora (3A), DePaul College Prep (Chicago) (2A though they are now in 3A), and Gibault Catholic (Waterloo) (1A).
Chicago Public League showed out. 11 teams won regionals including Simeon Career Academy's upset of Riverside Brookfield
Most high seeds that played on the road in Regional Final won with execution of Michele Clark (Chicago) who was upset by Latin (Chicago)
Kenwood Academy (Chicago) wins a regional after a week of IHSA Hearings, injunctions filed, and players ruled ineligible. Freshman Devin Cleveland took advantage and went off.
The top freshman had their teams win regionals:
Jaxson Davis of Warren Township (Gurnee) 25 points
Davion Thompson of Bolingbrook 18 points 4 rebounds
Devin Cleveland, Kenwood Academy (Chicago) 18 points
Michael Woods, St Francis DeSales (check above)
Howard Williams, Whitney Young (Chicago) 15 points 11 rebounds (double/double)
Beecher stays undefeated at 31-0 won their second regional title in history
Hononegah (Rockton) upsets Guilford (Rockford) prevents them from playing in their own sectional
Class 1A #1 ranked St Anthony (Effingham) is upset by Arcola
Lots of buzzer beaters around the state as Belleville West upsets Collinsville as Daylen Byrd hits buzzer beater to send game into overtime, then hits the game winner. Third straight buzzer beater for them.
Treyvon Taylor of Moline hits game winning free throw with 1.4 seconds left to beat bradley Bourbonnais for second time this season.
Quentin McCoy of Lindblom Math and Science Academy (Chicago) scored his 1000th point
TOP PERFORMANCES:
Elijah Lovemore, Bloom Township (Chicago Heights) another triple double 10 points 10 rebounds 12 assists 5 steals
Marko Visnjevac, McHenry 26 points
Derek Bishop, Mundelein 23 points (junior)
Jaheem Webber, Normal Community 15 points
AJ Levine, York Community (Elmhurst) 21 points
Richie Armour, Serena 24 points 13 rebounds (double/double)
Carson Baker, Serena 17 points
Ross Robertson, South Beloit 21 points (junior)
Nick Feather, Heyworth 23 points
Jordan Davis, St Anne 37 points
AJ Demirov, South (Crystal Lake) 26 points 7 assists 4 steals (junior)
Christian Rohde, South (Crystal Lake) 12 points 12 rebounds (double/double) 4 assists 6 blocks
Adyn McGinley, Beecher 26 points
JayLin Murphy, Central (Joliet) 20 points
JT Pettigrew, Bolingbook 14 points 15 rebounds (double/double) 3 blocks (junior)
Jason Lawani, Bolingbrook 10 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Nick Taylor, Glenbrook South (Glenview) 23 points
Anestis Hadjistamoulou, Glenbrook South (Glenview) 15 points (junior)
Josiah Hortin, Tuscola 22 points 4 steals
Tre Dowdell, Evergreen Park 32 points
Cason Newton, Byron 17 points (sophomore)
Ryan Tucker, Byron 16 points
Will Gonzalez, Curie (Chicago) 24 points
Taevion Collier, Curie (Chicago) 14 points 13 rebounds (double/double)
Britt Williams, Marshall (Chicago) 17points 4 rebounds
Tommie Wells, Perspectives MSA (Chicago) 15 points
Patton, Loyola Academy (Wilmette) 21 points
Drew Willis, Catholic Academy (Joliet) 18 points
JJ Sterrett, Catholic Academy (Joliet) 15 points
Cam Thomas, Mount Carmel (Chicago) 28 points (junior)
Jalen Carter, Christian (Aurora) 17 points
TJ Seals, Johnson College Prep (Chicago) 27 points 17 rebounds 3 blocks (junior)
Antonio Munoz, Whitney Young (Chicago) 6 points 11 rebounds 6 blocks
Stefan Cicic, Riverside Brookfield 20 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Lane Provance, Seneca 26 points
Connor May, Palatine 26 points
Jordan Williams, Fremd (Palatine) 25 points 3 assists (sophomore)
Connor Williams, Stagg (Palos Hills) 16 points 5 rebounds 4 assists
Nick Allen, Bradley Bourbonnais 17 points (junior)
Agsan Branch, Lindblom Math and Science Academy (Chicago) 11 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 1 steal 1 block
Je'Shawn Stevenson, Lindblom Math and Science Academy (Chicago) 8 points 10 rebounds 5 assists 3 steals
Marquis Vance, Marist (Chicago) 23 points 14 rebounds (double/double) (junior)
Stephen Brown, Marist (Chicago) 20 points 6 rebounds (sophomore)
Lathan Sommerville, Richwoods (Peoria) 22 points 16 rebounds (double/double)
Gus Rugaard, Morton Township 19 points
Wes Gudeman, Morton Township 16 points
Jurrell Baldwin, Hyde Park Academy (Chicago) 18 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
Brady Sehlhorst, Notre Dame College Prep (Niles) 23 points (junior)
Calvin "CJ" Worsham, Christ The King (Chicago) 24 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 7 assists
Darien Green, Christ The King (Chicago) 24 points 6 rebounds 5 assists (junior)
Jamorie Wysinger, Collinsville 19 points
Amari Hudson, Westinghouse College Prep (Chicago) 12 points 13 rebounds (double/double)
DJ Bolden, Westinghouse College Prep (Chicago) 19 points
Malachi Persinger, Christian (Peoria) 17 points
Damontae May, Kankakee 18 points 6 assists
Lincoln Williams, Kankakee 10 points 14 rebounds (double/double) 4 assists 4 blocks
Davon Grant, DeKalb 25 points (sophomore)
Sean Reynolds, DeKalb 19 points (junior)
Amir Danforth, Auburn (Rockford) 19 points (sophomore)
Chris Kirkpatrick, New Trier (Winnetka) 22 points (sophomore)
Logan Feller, New Trier (Winnetka) 15 points
Justin Bowen Jr, Oak Park River Forest 15 points (junior)
Nick Moore, Camp Point Central 20 points
Tanner Jacob, St Joe Ogden 20 points
Lyncoln Koester, Mount Zion 17 points
JC Anderson, Mount Zion 24 points (sophomore)
Jakob Blakely, Walter Payton College Prep (Chicago) 23 points 5 rebounds
Zack Sharkey, Marian Catholic (Chicago) 15 points
Payton Edwards, Bloom Township (Chicago Heights) 17 points
Jaden Clark, Bloom Township (Chicago Heights) 17 points
Drew King, West (Joliet) 12 points 17 rebounds (double/double) 3 blocks
Justus McNair, West (Joliet) 19 points
Joseph Worthington, Waukegan 23 points
Braden Freeman, Moline 15 points (junior)
Jayden Wright, Benet Academy (Lisle) 21 points (4/6 from three) (sophomore)
EJ Horton, Wendell Phillips (Chicago) 22 points 10 rebounds (double/double)
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