Friday, February 14, 2014

Round 3 outcome

58-10  Six victories, including Matthew.  Two draws: Christian and James.

It ain't easy being top seed.  Evanston, #3, played 70th seed in Rd 3 and swept 68-0.  So did several other top ten teams.  (I will explain the accelerated pairings that lead to this in another post)
But 1 seed Whitney Young played 14 seed Glenbrook South, and NCP played Highland Park, 27 seed who just got done upsetting 12th-seeded Waubonsie Valley.  HP wrestled us to a couple of draws.
Why do I bring up Whitney Young, too?
You know them, the ones with the highest-rated Illinois high school player in memory (higher than Eric Rosen - perhaps the highest since Florin in the late nineties?)
Well, Glenbrook South is a perennial nemesis for Whitney Young.  They took WY to the wire, and scored 27.5 points against them.  I believe this is the best any team has done against WY since last year's City Championship, when Northside narrowly lost 32-36.  And how did they do it?  Ever heard of Gavin McClanahan?  You have now -- he beat Sam Schmakel!

2 comments:

  1. Succinct analysis, coach Caldwell

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  2. I've certainly heard of Gavin, and so has Sam. I'm not surprised to hear Gavin played Sam toe-to-toe.
    mb

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