Top players at recent events I attended!!!!!

Big Tim

3 days ago4 min read

I've been to a few recent events and here are some of the top players at them:

HOOPS FOR HUNGER:

Thanks to Christian Sotos for putting on a great event and support from the Food Suppository.

This was at Welsh/Ryan Arena on campus of Northwestern University on January 18th, 2025:

Game 1: West (Joliet) 56 Manual (Peoria) 47:

Ethan Hillsman, West (Joliet) had 18 points (9/13 FT) (6'7" junior)

Zion Gross, West (Joliet) had 13 points and 6 rebounds (6'5" senior)

Dietrich Richardson, Manual (Peoria) 16 points (6'7" senior) (Bradley commit)

Josh Humbles, Manual (Peoria) 10 points 4 rebounds 1 block (6'1" junior)

Game 2: Bolingbrook 68 Lemont 48:

Davion Thompson, Bolingbrook 27 points (20 in first half) 4 rebounds 1 steal (6'3" sophomore)

JT Pettigrew, Bolingbrook 16 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 3 blocks 1 steal (6'7" senior) (Valparaiso commit)

Trey Brost, Bolingbrook 8 points 7 assists 1 steal (6'0" junior)

Game 3: Lane Tech College Prep (Chicago) 60 New Trier (Winnetka) 47:

Dalton Scantlebury, Lane Tech College Prep (Chicago) 13 points 10 rebounds (double/double) 2 blocks (6'10" senior) (Penn commit)

Zack Mazanowski, Lane Tech College Prep (Chicago) 11 points 12 rebounds 4 assists (6'7" senior)

Drew Bartolai, Lane Tech College Prep (Chicago) 13 points 1 block (6'3" senior)

Chris Kirkpatrick, New Trier (Winnetka) 15 points 6 rebounds 5 assists 5 steals (6'3" junior)

Danny Houlihan, New Trier (Winnetka) 11 points (6'3" junior)

Colby Smith, New Trier (Winnetka) 10 points (6'4" senior) (Wash U St Louis commit)

WHEN SIDES COLLIDE:

This was at Benet Academy (Lisle) on January 25th, 2025. Joe Hendrickson of the Chicago Sun Times once again made some excellent matchups. All eight teams in the event are ranked. Great day of basketball put together:

Marist (Chicago) 65 Waubonsie Valley (Aurora) 56:

Marist knocked Waubonsie Valley out of the ranks of the unbeaten.

Rokas Zilys, Marist (Chicago) game high 25 points 1 block 1 steal (6'3" junior)

Stephen Brown, Marist (Chicago) 13 points 5 rebounds 1 steal (6'7" junior)

Karson Thomas, Marist (Chicago) 13 points (7/7 FT) 1 block (6'3" junior)

TJ Tate, Marist (Chicago) 6 points 5 assists 1 steal (5'9"junior)

Tyreek Coleman, Waubonsie Valley (Aurora) 24 points 5 rebounds 3 steals (6'2" senior) (Illinois State commit)

Moses Wilson, Waubonsie Valley (Aurora) 15 points 2 steals 1 block (6'5" senior)

Warren Township (Gurnee) 82 Bolingbrook 71:

Jaxson Davis dominated this game on both ends of the court.

Jack Wolf, Warren Township (Gurnee) 20 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 2 steals (6'4" senior)

Jaxson Davis, Warren Township (Gurnee) 23 points 5 rebounds 7 assists 1 steal (6'1" sophomore)

Braylon Walker, Warren Township (Gurnee) 20 points (4 3PT) 1 steal 1 block (6'0" junior)

Zach Ashburn, Warren Township (Gurnee) 10 points 6 rebounds (6'8" senior)

Davion Thompson, Bolingbrook 20 points 5 rebounds 1 block (6'3" sophomore)

JT Pettigrew, Bolingbrook 17 points 4 steals 5 blocks (6'7" senior) (Valparaiso commit)

Brady Pettigrew, Bolingbrook 11 points 1 block (6'4" freshman)

Kendall Cutler, Bolingbrook 14 points (4 3PT) (6'4" senior)

Homewood Flossmoor 62 DePaul College Prep (Chicago) 61:

Rashaun Porter of DePaul College Prep took it the length of the floor off a free throw miss. Got to about 5 feet from the basket, shot it off the glass, and missed. Impressive getting it coast to coast in 4.6 seconds to get a decent shot.

Jayden Tyler, Homewood Flossmoor 23 points 1 steal (6'0"senior) (Wofford commit)

Arden Eaves, Homewood Flossmoor 17 points (4 3PT) 6 rebounds (Lewis commit)

Brent Taylor, Homewood Flossmoor 10 points 6 rebounds (6'3" senior)

Rashaun Porter, DePaul College Prep (Chicago) 22 points (14 in 4th quarter) 6 rebounds (6'7" junior)

Makai Kvamme, DePaul College Prep (Chicago) 13 points 5 assists 1 steal (6'2" senior) (Western Illinois commit)

Rykan Woo, DePaul College Prep (Chicago) 11 points 2 steals (6'1" junior)

Benet Academy (Lisle) 73 Rich Township (Richton Park) 56:

Benet controlled this game from start to finish.

Blake Fagbemi, Benet Academy (Lisle) 22 points 11 rebounds (double/double) 7 assists 2 steals (6'1" senior) (Truman State commit)

Daniel Pauliukonis, Benet Academy (Lisle) 14 points (6'9" senior) (Southern Illinois Carbondale commit)

Jayden Wright, Benet Academy (Lisle) 17 points (4 3PT) 2 steals (5'11" junior)

Colin Stack, Benet cademy (Lisle) 15 points 9 rebounds 5 blocks (7'1" junior)

Al Brooks Jr, Rich Township (Richton Park) 12 points 7 rebounds 6 assists 3 steals 2 blocks (6'7" senior)

Jayden Williams, Rich Township (Richton Park) 13 points 1 steal (6'3" junior)

BREAST CANCER SHOOTOUT:

I was there for the second day January 26th, 2025 and saw four games that day. Thanks to Carlos Enriquez and this cause is very close to his heart. 16th year of the event. It started at Orr (Chicago) and is now at Rich Township (Richton Park).

Guilford (Rockford) 63 Wendell Phillips Academy (Chicago) 52: