Eight is not enough: Whitney Young girls shoot for their fourth state title
Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram The Whitney Young Dolphins’ gym was unusually cheerful last Wednesday, the first day of practice after the team brought home its eighth straight city title Feb. 7. During the warmups, senior point guard Kiara Lewis and teammate Breanna Beck broke into a quick hip-hop routine to Drake’s “Hotline Bling.”
Wildkits honor fallen teammate on Senior Night
by Julia Cardi Tiffany Rice cherishes the smallest details about her son, Dajae Coleman. She remembers how his impressions of Stewie Griffin from “Family Guy” would bring her to laughter no matter her mood. “That’s what made him Dae,” said Rice, laughing again at the memory. “He had this good sense of humor that he […]
New Roosevelt additions expect to be in mix next season
By Abbas Haleem It’s about next year for two new Roosevelt players. There are only three games left this season for Roosevelt basketball team, and it is unlikely Thomas Cutts and Jake Asquini will play in either of them. However, teammates say the transfer players have displayed the skill needed to compete in the Chicagoland Collegiate […]
Former Michigan State guard gets defensive in Denver
By Michelle R. Martinelli As Denver Nuggets shooting guard Gary Harris establishes himself in the team’s starting lineup, the defensive lessons taught by his college coach, Tom Izzo, still impact his approach to each game. Harris hasn’t forgotten what he learned in his two seasons at Michigan State, especially since he and Izzo are still […]
Elyjah Williams: Broken foot, unbroken spirit
By Julia Cardi Elyjah Williams pushes himself up from his perch in a wheeled office chair on the court sideline and limps to the basketball net a few yards off, away from his teammates running drills on the opposite end of the floor. He starts shooting free throws and lay-ups. The boot on his right […]
Meet the Irvins, the South Side’s basketball dynasty
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram Mac Irvin elbowed his older brother, Nick Irvin, so he could dunk the basketball on the makeshift backyard court of his South Side house. He smirked at him and pointed to his T-shirt, which read “Mac Irvin Fire,” the name of his late father’s Nike-sponsored AAU team. Competition runs deep in […]
Chicago Sky’s Tamera Young and singer Michelle Williams jazz up Whitney Young practice
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram The Whitney Young Dolphins don’t usually wear make up with their practice uniforms. But this wasn’t an ordinary practice Friday. Chicago Sky’s forward Tamera Young and pop-star Michelle Williams were on hand for a special conversation with the team. Their excitement was palpable, as the players wanted to look good for […]
Weakness not an option for Chicago guards
By Grant Miller Soft is a four-letter word and toughness is the standard in Chicago basketball, especially if you’re a guard from the West Side. That’s why Illinois Institute of Technology’s Anthony Mosley talked trash with the opposing bench during his team’s loss to Oberlin College on Monday. Mosley grew up on Chicago’s West Side, […]
Christ the King claims conference title
By Jasmine Cannon Tears and cheers. In only a matter of minutes, Christ the King girls basketball team went from watching senior point guard Mia Farris sobbing on the bench, to celebrating its fourth consecutive Chicago Prep regular season conference title with a 63-53 victory Tuesday night over Chicago Hope. It was not the only […]
Being Kiara Lewis: the girl with a killer dribble
By Aishwarya Kumar Lakshminarayanapuram Watching 5-foot-9 point guard Kiara Lewis go after an opponent is like watching a tiger go after its prey. The 17-year-old is “a terror on the basketball court,” said former girls’ coach Joyce Kenner, now the principal of Whitney Young High School. She attacked the ball even as a second grader […]
