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Mike Clark

Mike Clark

Joined: Dec 22, 2022

Mike Clark has covered Illinois and Indiana high school sports for decades with a focus on football, basketball, wrestling, track and field and baseball. He has covered high school sports for SBLive Sports since 2022.

Kenwood girls basketball celebrates its first state title after beating Fremd 65-44 in the IHSA Class 4A final on March 8 at CEFCU Arena in Normal.
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Illinois (IHSA) high school girls basketball state championship roundup

NORMAL, Ill. — Kenwood girls basketball coach Andre Lewis won't forget his latest win. And it's not because it was his 300th at the school or the 500th overall.

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Justin Oliver of Curie tries to make a move against New Trier in a quarterfinal game at the 93rd Pontiac Holiday Tournament.
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Top 25 Illinois high school boys basketball rankings (3/6/2025)

Homewood-Flossmoor and DePaul Prep move into the top three. Elsewhere, seven teams enter the rankings: Normal, Downers Grove North, Loyola, Warren, Waukegan, Gl

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High School on SI's top 25 Illinois high school girls basketball rankings
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Top 25 Illinois high school girls basketball rankings (3/5/2025)

Kenwood moves back to No. 1 after eliminating Nazareth and Young en route to their first trip to state. Glenbard West, Montini and Nashville join the rankings.

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Cayden Masching of Pontiac looks for help as DePaul Prep's Rashaun Porter defends in the opening round of the 93rd Pontiac Holiday Tournament.
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Top 25 Illinois high school boys basketball rankings (2/27/2025)

After some upsets in the final week of the regular season, Marist moves up to No. 2 while Homewood-Flossmoor, St. Laurence and Bolingbrook also rise one spot ea

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DePaul Prep is back up to No. 2 in this week's Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball Rankings.
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Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings (2/202/2025)

With Kenwood stiil entrenched at No. 1, DePaul Prep and Marist climb withing the Top 3; Rock Island and West Aurora earn a place in the Top 25.

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Nazareth is the new No. 1 girls basketball team in Illinois
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Top 25 Illinois Girls High School Basketball State Rankings (2/18/2025)

Nazareth, riding a 21-game winning streak, takes over at No. 1; Young jumps five spots to No. 5; No. 11 Huntley improves to 32-0.

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After three more wins last, the Quincy Blue Devils are now 25-2 as they move up to No. 5 in this week's Top 25 Illinois Boys Basketball State Rankings.
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Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings (2/13/2025)

Quincy moves into the top five, while Fremd, Curie, Lake Forest and Stevenson join the rankings.

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Kenwood has made the jump up to No. 1 in this week's Top 25 Illinois Girls High School Basketball State Rankings. The Mustangs are 27-2.
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Top 25 Illinois Girls High School Basketball Rankings (2/11/2025)

Kenwood ascends to the No. 1 spot in the Top 25; Homewood-Flossmoor and Breese Central enter the Top 25.

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Brother Rice have moved up to No. 5 in this week's Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings.
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Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings (2/6/2025)

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Fenwick, which won three games last week to improve to 17-6, is one of two new teams in this week's Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball Rankings.
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Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings (1/30/2025)

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Marist drove past several teams in this week's Illinois Top 25 boys basketball state rankings, moving from No. 15 to No. 12.
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Top 25 Illinois boys high school basketball state rankings (1/23/2025)

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Rich Township made a huge jump up the Illinois state rankings, climbing 20 spots to No. 2 after five wins, including a win over then-No. 2 Kenwood.
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Top 25 Illinois Boys High School Basketball State Rankings (1/2/2025)

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