Category: Clear-Ridge Reporter Prep Sports

It didn’t take long for Shepard to assert itself against Argo on Thursday night. It was 4-0 after 45 seconds and 10-0 before 150 seconds had been played. Naturally, Jessica Manley was right in the middle of it. The 5-foot-8 junior scored the second, fourth and fifth baskets, the first six points of her 23-point […]

Most teenagers like to spend their summers hanging out with their friends and doing typical kid stuff. If everything goes well, Argo basketball player Darron Greer Jr. will be spending this summer doing something completely different. The 6-foot-4 junior forward has been invited to attend the Euro Youth Basketball Cup that will take place in […]

Sandburg is looking for a football coach following Troy McAllister’s departure after four years to take over at Homewood-Flossmoor. H-F, like Sandburg a member of the Southwest Valley Conference for football, announced McAllister’s hiring as football coach and physical education teacher on Jan. 21. McAllister was 19-20 in four seasons at Sandburg with three IHSA […]

Pretty much everyone in Nazareth’s gym was waiting for this particular moment. With 7:27 left in the fourth quarter of a Jan. 18 game against York in Coach Kipp’s Hoopfest, Nazareth’s Stella Sakalas went to the line to shoot two free throws. She made the first and the P.A. announcer revealed what the big deal […]

Brother Rice’s boys and Lyons’ girls remain No. 1 this week. Boys Records through Jan. 19 1. Brother Rice (17-2) Tough loss at the buzzer vs. St. Ignatius. 2. Mount Carmel (17-3) Lost by three to DePaul Prep, bounced back to beat Rolling Meadows. 3. Curie (13-5) Had eight-day layoff before heading into a four-game […]

Shannon Earley is taking charge for the Chargers in her final high school basketball season. The 6-foot-2 Stagg senior committed to Division III Carroll University in Wisconsin back in November. Picking a college early has allowed her to play in the moment and help get her current team some wins. “I love that I chose […]

Sandburg’s Malachi Perkins was barely in elementary school when Jalen Brunson was competing for state titles at Stevenson. But that is who Perkins tries to emulate while on the court. “I really like Jalen Brunson,” Perkins said. “The way he gets to the lane lane and just the way he plays the game like coming […]

There’s a secret to Donte Montgomery’s passion for basketball. It runs in the family. In fact, it is the family. “I’ve got my own student section,” Montgomery said after his 23-point showing in Oak Lawn’s 56-47 victory over TF South in the Spartan gym on Jan. 17. “There’s probably 10 people (from his family) here […]

As gifted an offensive player as St. Laurence’s EJ Mosley is, he’s not used to missing — at least on the court. After spending his first two seasons as a Viking, Mosley transferred to Romeoville where he played last season. But the 5-foot-11 senior guard missed being around his teammates and friends in Burbank. So […]