– Three Illinois players-Chicago Vocational`s Juwan Howard, Gordon Tech`s Tom Kleinschmidt and Peoria Manual`s Howard Nathan-were named to the 40-member Parade High School All-America Basketball team.
– Oak Park-River Forest has named Jack McInerney, the former head football coach at Westmont, as its new head football coach.
– East Aurora basketball coach Scott Martens on Friday`s game between his Tomcats and Benet Academy: ”Both teams would like to play West Aurora next week. Why, I don`t know.”
– Glenbard East coach Jim Carter celebrates his 38th birthday tonight for Glenbard. His present: a game against second-ranked West Aurora.
– Glenbard North`s basketball team has outrebounded opponents 854-588 this year.
– Riverside-Brookfield coach Tom McCloskey after his team`s 101-34 loss to top-ranked Proviso East Tursday: ”They`ve got four of the best players in the country. What can you do?”
– From Batavia coach Jim Roberts: ”I feel blessed to have unselfish players. Senior leadership keeps the kids` heads where they should be.”
– Two coaches who retired after losing games Tuesday: Naperville North`s Dick Whitaker and Oak Lawn`s Len Scaduto.
– Pittsburgh basketball coach Paul Evans regarding former King guard, and current Pitt freshman, Ahmed Shareef: ”He`s doing real well. He`s doing good in the classroom. He`s getting a lot of quality minutes, he even started a couple games for us recently. That`s important because we have a veteran backcourt and I`m looking for him to start next year. So it`s working out well. He`s also one of the nicest kids I`ve ever met. He`s just a phenomenal kid.”
