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High school basketball schedule for Nov. 25 to Dec. 1

Jack Gleason updates the schedule daily at his website.

Monday, November 25, 2024

NON CONFERENCE

Alcott at UC-Woodlawn, 5:00

Alden-Hebron at Trinity Oaks, 7:00

Amboy at DePue, 5:30

Christian Life at Rock County Christian (WI), 5:00

Fenger at Tinley Park, 6:00

Geneseo at Dixon, 7:00

Harlan at Hansberry, 1:00

Illinois Lutheran at Kankakee Trinity, 7:00

Kankakee at Mahomet-Seymour, 7:00

Little Village at St. Rita, 7:00

Muchin at U-High, 6:00

ANDREW / LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL

at Andrew

Eisenhower vs. Shepard, 5:00

Andrew vs. Marist, 6:30

at Lincoln-Way Central

Lincoln-Way Central vs. MCC Academy, 5:00

Englewood vs. Perspectives-Lead, 6:30

BATAVIA

Streamwood vs. Marmion, 6:00

Mooseheart vs. Batavia, 7:30

BLOOM / MARIAN CATHOLIC

at Bloom

Hillcrest vs. TF South, 5:00

Longwood vs. Bloom, 6:30

at Marian Catholic

St. Francis de Sales vs. Homewood-Flossmoor, 5:00

Marian Catholic vs. Hammond Central (IN), 6:30

BOYLAN

Boylan vs. Marshall, 5:30

CHRIST THE KING

Christ the King vs. DRW Prep, 5:30

Sullivan vs. Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 7:00

COAL CITY / MANTENO

at Coal City

Morris vs. Timothy Christian, 5:30

Coal City vs. Gardner-So. Wilmington, 7:00

at Manteno

IC Catholic vs. Peotone, 5:30

Beecher vs. Manteno, 7:00

CORLISS

Lindblom vs. Dyett, 3:30

TF vs. Proviso West, 5:00

Clark vs. Proviso East, 6:30

Rich vs. Kenwood, 8:00

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL

Belvidere vs. Harvest Christian, 5:30

Grayslake Central vs. Hononegah, 7:00

DE LA SALLE / ST. IGNATIUS

at De La Salle

De La Salle vs. Jones, 5:00

Benet vs. King, 6:30

at St. Ignatius

St. Ignatius vs. Hope Academy, 5:00

Westinghouse vs. Yorkville Christian, 6:30

DEPAUL PREP

Lane vs. Phillips, 5:30

DePaul Prep vs. Niles North, 7:00

DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Metea Valley vs. Richards, 6:00

Downers Grove North vs. Lombard CPSA, 7:30

DWIGHT / WOODLAND

at Dwight

Grant Park vs. Momence, 5:30

Earlville vs. Dwight, 7:00

ELLISON

Catalyst-Maria vs. Chicago Tech, 10:30

Hubbard vs. Ellison, 11:45

Chicago Tech vs. Hubbard, 1:00

ELMWOOD PARK

Aurora Central vs. Francis Parker, 5:30

Walther Christian vs. Elmwood Park

FENTON

Rolling Meadows vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South, 6:00

Fenton vs. Montini, 7:30

GENEVA

Downers Grove South vs. Prairie Ridge, 5:30

Geneva vs. South Elgin, 7:00

GLENBARD WEST

Glenbard East vs. Glenbard North, 6:00

Glenbard South vs. Glenbard West, 7:30

GLENBROOK NORTH / ST. PATRICK

at Glenbrook North

Glenbrook North vs. Dunbar, 5:15

Conant vs. Senn, 7:00

at St. Patrick

Niles West vs. Payton, 5:30

Unity Christian vs. St. Patrick, 7:00

GOODE

Goode vs. ACERO-Garcia, 12:00

Back of the Yards vs. Horizon-McKinley, 1:30

Kelly vs. Morgan Park Academy, 3:00

HOFFMAN ESTATES

Addison Trail vs. Collins, 5:30

Hoffman Estates vs. Maine West, 7:00

HORIZON-SOUTHWEST

Juarez vs. Horizon-Southwest, 10:00

Manley vs. Legal Prep, 5:30

Farragut vs. Raby, 7:00

JOHNSBURG

Barrington vs. North Chicago, 5:00

Buffalo Grove vs. Crystal Lake South, 6:30

LAKES

Jacobs vs. Notre Dame, 5:30

Lakes vs. Lake View, 7:00

LOYOLA / NEW TRIER

at Loyola

Loyola vs. Bulls Prep, 5:00

Mount Carmel vs. Taft, 6:30

at New Trier

New Trier vs. Lake Zurich, 5:00

Lake Forest vs. Lake Forest Academy, 6:30

LYONS

Lincoln-Way East vs. Maine South, 6:00

Lyons vs. Morton, 7:30

MUNDELEIN

Mundelein vs. Carmel, 5:30

Deerfield vs. Grant, 7:00

NORTH LAWNDALE

Disney vs. North Grand, 10:00

Chicago Richards vs. Corliss, 11:30

DuSable vs. Amundsen, 1:00

Perspectives-MSA vs. Mather, 2:30

Brooks vs. Foreman, 4:00

Crane vs. Prosser, 5:30

North Lawndale vs. Curie, 7:00

NORTHRIDGE

Vernon Hills vs. Wheeling, 6:00

South Shore vs. Schurz, 7:30

OAK LAWN / REAVIS

at Oak Lawn

Agricultural Science vs. Crete-Monee, 5:00

Oak Lawn vs. Bremen, 6:30

at Reavis

Sandburg vs. Chicago Christian, 4:30

Reavis vs. Kennedy, 6:00

OREGON

Marian Central vs. North Boone, 5:30

OSWEGO / OSWEGO EAST

at Oswego

West Aurora vs. Neuqua Valley, 5:30

Guilford vs. Oswego, 7:00

at Oswego East

Hinsdale Central vs. Naperville Central, 5:30

Butler vs. Oswego East, 7:00

OTTAWA

Sterling vs. Plano, 5:00

Ottawa vs. Pontiac, 6:30

LaSalle-Peru vs. Streator, 8:00

PALATINE

Hersey vs. Huntley, 6:00

Stevenson vs. Lake Park, 7:30

PEORIA HEIGHTS

Midwest Central vs. Peoria Christian, 6:00

Princeville vs. Brimfield, 6:00

Knoxville vs. Peoria Heights, 7:30

Midland vs. Tremont, 7:30

RIDGEWOOD

Maine East vs. Naperville North, 5:30

Wheaton North vs. Highland Park, 5:30

Ridgewood vs. Elk Grove, 7:00

Northside vs. Leyden, 7:00

RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD

Brother Rice vs. Thornwood, 5:30

Zion-Benton vs. Joliet West, 7:00

ROCKFORD AUBURN

Jefferson vs. Morgan Park, 4:00

Belvidere North vs. Bogan, 5:30

Rockford East vs. Hyde Park, 7:00

SERENA

Newark vs. Somonauk, 5:00

Marquette vs. Erie-Prophetstown, 6:30

Hall vs. Seneca, 8:00

ST. CHARLES EAST

Thornridge vs. Schaumburg, 5:30

St. Charles East vs. East Aurora, 7:00

ST. VIATOR

Prospect vs. Libertyville, 5:30

Antioch vs. St. Viator, 7:00

STAGG

Argo vs. Nazareth, 4:30

Plainfield South vs. Stagg, 6:00

WELLS

Clemente vs. Golder, 12:00

Rauner vs. Wells, 1:30

Wolcott vs. Noble Street, 3:00

Holy Trinity vs. Ogden, 4:30

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Westminster Christian vs. Elgin, 4:30

Aurora Christian vs. St. Edward, 6:00

Hancock vs. Schaumburg Christian, 7:30

WETHERSFIELD

Bureau Valley vs. Stark County, 5:00

Elmwood vs. Annawan, 6:30

Wethersfield vs. Putnam County, 8:00

WHEATON ACADEMY

Plainfield North vs. Oak Park, 5:30

Bartlett vs. Wheaton Academy, 7:00

WJOL / ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Minooka vs. Lincoln-Way West, 5:00

Bradley-Boubonnais vs. Plainfield Central, 6:45

Providence at Lemont, 7:00

Lockport vs. Joliet Central, 8:30

WOODSTOCK / WOODSTOCK NORTH

at Woodstock

Cary-Grove vs. Wauconda, 5:30

Woodstock vs. Grayslake North, 7:00

at Woodstock North

Kaneland vs. Warren (JV), 5:30

Woodstock North vs. McHenry, 7:00

Tuesday, November 26, 2024

NON CONFERENCE

Cissna Park at Clifton Central, 7:30

Corliss at Intrinsic-Downtown, TBA

Cristo Rey at Lycee Francais, 5:30

Cristo Rey-St. Martin at Rochelle Zell, 7:00

Hancock at Tinley Park, 6:00

Round Lake at Harvard, 6:45

Schaumburg Christian at Ida Crown, 7:00

ANDREW / LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL

at Andrew

Shepard vs. Marist, 5:00

Andrew vs. Eisenhower, 6:30

at Lincoln-Way Central

Lincoln-Way Central vs. Perpectives-Leadership, 6:00

Englewood vs. MCC Academy, 7:30

BATAVIA

Waubonsie Valley vs. Streamwood, 6:00

Mooseheart vs. Marmion, 7:30

BLOOM / MARIAN CATHOLIC

at Bloom

Longwood vs. Hillcrest, 5:00

TF South vs. Bloom, 6:30

at Marian Catholic

Homewood-Flossmoor vs. Hammond Central (IN), 5:00

St. Francis de Sales vs. Marian Catholic, 6:30

BOYLAN

Lincoln Park vs. St. Charles North, 6:00

Thornton vs. Freeport, 7:30

CHRIST THE KING

DRW Prep vs. Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 5:30

Christ the King vs. Sullivan, 7:00

COAL CITY / MANTENO

at Coal City

Gardner-So. Wilmington vs. Morris, 5:30

Coal City vs. Timothy Christian, 7:00

at Manteno

Beecher vs. Peotone, 5:30

IC Catholic vs. Manteno, 7:00

DE LA SALLE / ST. IGNATIUS

at De La Salle

De La Salle vs. King, 5:00

Benet vs. Jones, 6:30

at St. Ignatius

Westinghouse vs. Hope Academy, 5:00

St. Ignatius vs. Yorkville Christian, 6:30

DECATUR

Bolingbrook vs. O’Fallon, 7:30

DE PAUL

Lane vs. Niles North, 5:30

DePaul vs. Phillips, 7:00

DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Metea Valley vs. Proviso East, 6:00

Downers Grove North vs. Richards, 7:30

DWIGHT / WOODLAND

at Dwight

Momence vs. Earlville, 5:30

Grant Park vs. Dwight, 7:00

at Woodland

St. Bede vs. Flanagan-Cornell, 6:30

Ridgeview vs. Woodland, 8:00

ELLISON

Chicago Tech vs. Ellison, 10:30

Hubbard vs. Catalyst-Maria, 11:45

Ellison vs. Catalyst-Maria, 1:00

ELMWOOD PARK

Francis Parker vs. Walther Christian, 5:30

Aurora Central vs. Elmwood Park. 7:00

FENTON

Montini vs. Rolling Meadows, 4:30

Latin vs. Evanston, 6:00

Fremd vs. Willowbrook, 7:30

GENEVA

Prairie Ridge vs. South Elgin, 5:30

St. Francis vs. Downers Grove South, 7:00

GLENBARD WEST

Glenbard North vs. Glenbard South, 6:00

Glenbard East vs. Glenbard West, 7:30

GLENBROOK NORTH / ST. PATRICK

at Glenbrook North

Senn vs. Dunbar, 5:15

Conant vs. Glenbrook North, 7:00

at St. Patrick

Payton vs. Unity Christian, 5:30

Niles West vs. St. Patrick, 7:00

GOODE

Horizon-McKinley vs. Kelly, 12:00

ACERO-Garcia vs. Back of the Yards, 1:30

Morgan Park Academy vs. Goode, 3:00

HERSCHER

McNamara vs. Reed-Custer, 5:30

Herscher vs. St. Anne, 7:00

HORIZON-SOUTHWEST

Horizon-Southwest vs. Alcott, 11:30

Legal Prep vs. Raby, 4:00

Southland vs. Manley, 7:00

JOHNSBURG

Waukegan vs. Buffalo Grove, 5:00

Johnsburg vs. North Chicago, 6:30

LAKES

Lake View vs. Jacobs, 5:30

Lakes vs. Notre Dame, 7:00

LISLE

Westmont vs. Evergreen Park, 5:30

West Chicago vs. Lisle, 7:00

LOYOLA / NEW TRIER

at Loyola

Loyola vs. Lake Zurich, 5:00

Taft vs. Lake Forest, 6:30

at New Trier

New Trier vs. Bulls Prep, 5:00

Lake Forest Academy vs. Mount Carmel, 6:30

LYONS

Maine South vs. Morton, 6:00

Lyons vs. Lincoln-Way East. 7:30

MUNDELEIN

Warren vs. Carmel, 5:30

Grant vs. Mundelein, 7:00

NORTH LAWNDALE

Amundsen vs. Foreman, 10:00

Disney vs. Mather, 4:00

DRW Prep vs. North Grand, 1:00

North Lawndale vs. Brooks, 4:00

Prosser vs. Fenger, 5:30

NORTHRIDGE

Wheeling vs. Schurz, 6:00

Vernon Hills vs. Northridge, 7:30

OAK LAWN / REAVIS

at Oak Lawn

Bremen vs. Crete-Monee, 5:00

Oak Lawn vs. Agricultural Science, 6:30

at Reavis

Sandburg vs. Kennedy, 4:30

Reavis vs. Chicago Christian, 6:00

OSWEGO / OSWEGO EAST

at Oswego

Guilford vs. Neuqua Valley, 5:30

Oswego vs. West Aurora, 7:00

at Oswego East

Butler vs. Naperville Central, 5:30

Hinsdale Central vs. Oswego East, 7:00

OTTAWA

Pontiac vs. Sterling, 5:00

Ottawa vs. Plano, 6:30

Oak Forest vs. Princeton, 8:00

PALATINE

Hersey vs. Lake Park, 4:30

York vs. Hampshire, 6:00

Palatine vs. Glenbrook South, 7:30

RIDGEWOOD

Elk Grove vs. Highland Park

Northside vs. Maine East, 5:30

Highland Park vs. Elk Grove, 5:30

Ridgewood vs. Wheaton North, 7:00

RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD

Fenwick vs. Hinsdale South, 5:30

Riverside-Brookfield vs. Julian, 7:00

ROCKFORD AUBURN

Perspectives-MSA vs. Jefferson, 4:00

Hyde Park vs. Larkin, 5:30

Young vs. Spring Leacy (TX), 7:00

Bogan vs. Rockford East, 8:30

SERENA

Pakrview Christian vs. Serena, 6:30

ST. CHARLES EAST

East Aurora vs. Thornridge, 5:30

Schaumburg vs. Plainfield East, 7:00

STAGG

Nazareth vs. Plainfield South, 4:30

Argo vs. Stagg, 6:00

WASHINGTON (IL)

DeKalb vs Metamora, 5:45

Romeoville vs. Washington (IL), 7:15

WELLS

Clemente vs. Rauner, 12:00

Noble Street vs. Wells, 1:30

Golder vs. Holy Trinity, 3:00

Ogden vs. Wolcott, 4:30

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Aurora Christian vs. Westminster Christian, 4:30

Providence-St. Mel vs. UIC Prep

WHEATON ACADEMY

Oak Park-River Forest vs. Bartlett, 5:30

Wheaton Academy vs. Plainfield North, 7:00

WOODSTOCK / WOODSTOCK NORTH

at Woodstock

Consolation Semi-Final, 5:30

Semi-Final, 7:00

at Woodstock North

Consolation Semi-Final, 5:30

Semi-Final, 7:00

Wednesday, November 27, 2024

NON CONFERENCE

Vocational at Leo, 6:30

ANDREW / LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL

at Andrew

Marist vs. Eisenhower, 3:00

Andrew vs. Shepard, 4:30

at Lincoln-Way Central

Lincoln-Way Central vs. Englewood, 10:00

MCC Academy vs. Perspectives-Leadership, 12:00

BATAVIA

Waubonsie Valley vs. Mooseheart, 6:00

Marmion vs. Batavia, 7:30

BLOOM / MARIAN CATHOLIC

at Bloom

TF South vs. Longwood, 1:30

Hillcrest vs. Bloom, 3:00

at Marian Catholic

St. Francis de Sales vs. Hammond Central (IN), 1:30

Marian Catholic vs. Homewood-Flossmoor, 3:00

BOYLAN

Marshall vs. Rockford Lutheran, 3:30

Richwoods vs. Thornton, 5:00

Freeport vs. Lincoln Park, 6:30

Boylan vs. St. Charles North, 8:00

CHRIST THE KING

DRW Prep vs. Sullivan, 11:00

Christ the King vs. Urban Prep-Bronzeville, 12:30

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL

Belvidere vs. Grayslake Central, 11:00

Harvest Christian vs. Crystal Lake Central, 12:30

DE LA SALLE / ST. IGNATIUS

at De La Salle

Jones vs. King, 1:30

De La Salle vs. Benet, 3:00

at St. Ignatius

Hope Academy vs. Yorkville Christian, 1:30

St. Ignatius vs. Westinghouse, 3:00

DE PAUL

Niles North vs. Phillips, 5:30

De Paul Prep vs. Lane, 7:00

DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Downers Grove North vs. Proviso East, 12:30

Lombard CPSA vs. Richards, 2:00

DWIGHT / WOODLAND

at Dwight

Grant Park vs. Earlville, 5:30

Momence vs. Dwight, 7:00

at Woodland

St. Bede vs. Ridgeview, 6:30

Flanagan-Cornell vs. Woodland, 8:00

ELLISON

Third Place

Championship

ELMWOOD PARK

Aurora Central vs. Walther Christian, 1:00

Francis Parker vs. Elmwood Park, 2:30

FENTON

Latin vs. Fremd, 4:30

Evanston vs. Willowbrook, 6:00

Fenton vs. Wheaton-Warrenville South, 7:30

GENEVA

South Elgin vs. St. Francis, 5:30

Geneva vs. Prairie Ridge, 7:00

GLENBARD WEST

Glenbard South vs. Glenbard East, 4:30

Glenbard North vs. Glenbard West, 6:00

GLENBROOK NORTH / ST. PATRICK

at Glenbrook North

Dunbar vs. Conant, 5:15

Glenbrook North vs. Senn, 7:00

at St. Patrick

Niles West vs. Unity Christian, 5:30

Payton vs. St. Patrick, 7:00

GOODE

Fifth Place, 11:00

Third Place, 12:30

Championship, 2:00

HERSCHER

St. Anne vs. McNamara, 5:30

Reed-Custer vs. Herscher, 7:00

HOFFMAN ESTATES

Maine West vs. Addison Trail, 12:00

Hoffman Estates vs. Collins, 1:30

HORIZON-SOUTHWEST

Alcott vs. Universal, 10:00

Little Village vs. Richards (Chgo), 11:30

Orr vs. Fenger, 1:00

Southland vs. Farragut, 7:00

JOHNSBURG

Waukegan vs. Crystal Lake South, 5:00

Barrington vs. Johnsburg, 6:30

LAKES

Notre Dame vs. Lake View, 5:30

Lakes vs. Jacobs, 7:00

LISLE

Evergreen Park vs. West Chicago, 5:30

Westmont vs. Lisle, 7:00

LOYOLA / NEW TRIER

at Loyola

Taft vs. Lake Forest Academy, 9:30a

Lake Zurich vs. Bulls Prep, 11:00

Mount Carmel vs. Lake Forest, 2:00

Loyola vs. New Trier, 5:00

LYONS

Lincoln-Way East vs. Morton, 6:00

Lyons vs. Maine South, 7:30

MUNDELEIN

Carmel vs. Deerfield, 1:00

Mundelein vs. Warren, 2:30

NORTHRIDGE

South Shore vs. Wheeling, 4:00

Schurz vs. Northridge, 5:30

OAK LAWN / REAVIS

at Oak Lawn

Agricultural Science vs. Bremen, 5:00

Oak Lawn vs. Crete-Monee, 6:30

at Reavis

Reavis vs. Sandburg, 1:00

Kennedy vs. Chicago Christian, 2:30

OSWEGO / OSWEGO EAST

at Oswego

West Aurora vs. Guilford, 2:00

Butler vs. Hinsdale Central, 3:30

Naperville Central vs. Oswego East, 5:15

Neuqua Valley vs. Oswego, 7:15

PALATINE

Huntley vs. Stevenson, 3:00

Glenbrook South vs. York, 4:30

Palatine vs. Hampshire, 6:00

RIDGEWOOD

Naperville North vs. Leyden, 7:00

Leyden vs. Maine East, 5:30

Elk Grove vs. Wheaton North, 5:30

Ridgewood vs. Highland Park, 7:00

RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD

Zion-Benton vs. Brother Rice, 2:30

Joliet West vs. Thornwood, 4:00

Fenwick vs. Julian, 5:30

Riverside-Brookfield vs. Hinsdale South, 7:00

ROCKFORD AUBURN

Larkin vs. Perspectives-MSA, 2:30

Belvidere North vs. Morgan Park, 4:00

Young vs. Auburn, 5:30

SERENA

Hall vs. Somonauk, 1:00

Seneca vs. Newark, 2:30

Marquette vs. Parkview Christian, 4:00

Erie-Prophetstown vs. Serena, 5:30

ST. CHARLES EAST

East Aurora vs. Plainfield East, 5:30

St. Charles East vs. Thornridge, 7:00

ST. VIATOR

Libertyville vs. Antioch, 5:30

Prospect vs. St. Viator, 7:00

STAGG

Plainfield South vs. Argo, 1:00

Nazareth vs. Stagg, 2:30

SYCAMORE

Sycamore vs. Sandwich, 7:30

Dundee-Crown vs. Harlem, 6:00

Dixon vs. Burlington Central, 4:30

Rochelle vs. Yorkville, 3:00

WASHINGTON (IL)

DeKalb vs. Paideia School (GA), 9:45a

Romeoville vs. St. Francis Espicopal (TX), 12:45

WELLS

Wolcott vs. Golder, 11:00

Ogden vs. Rauner, 12:30

Holy Trinity vs. Wells, 2:00

Clemente vs. Noble Street, 3:30

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Hancock vs. Providence-St. Mel, 4:30

UIC Prep vs. Schsumburg Christian, 6:00

Elgin vs. St. Edward, 7:30

WJOL / ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Lemont vs. Joliet Central, 3:00

Plainfield Central vs. Minooka, 4:45

Lincoln-Way West vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais, 6:30

Lockport vs. Providence, 8:15

WOODSTOCK / WOODSTOCK NORTH

at Woodstock

Seventh Place, 11:00

Third Place, 12:30

at Woodstock North

Fifth Place, 11:00

Championship, 12:30

Thursday, November 28, 2024

QUINCY

Dunlap vs. St. Laurence, 5:30

Lindblom vs. Quincy, 7:00

Friday, November 29, 2024

ANDREW / LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL

at Lincoln-Way Central

Seventh Place, 10:00

Fifth Place, 11:30

Third Place, 1:00

Championship, 2:30

BATAVIA

Marmion vs. Waubonsie Valley, 6:00

Streamwood vs. Batavia, 7:30

BLOOM / MARIAN CATHOLIC

at Marian Catholic

Seventh Place, 10:00

Fifth Place 11:30

Third Place, 1:00

Championship, 3:00

BOYLAN

St. Charles North vs. Freeport, 2:30

Marshall vs. Richwoods, 4:00

Boylan vs. Rockford Lutheran, 5:30

Thornton vs. Lincoln Park, 7:00

COAL CITY / MANTENO

at Coal City

Gardner-So. Wilmington vs. Timothy Christian, 5:30

Coal City vs. Morris, 7:00

at Manteno

Beecher vs. IC Catholic, 5:30

Peotone vs. Manteno, 7:00

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL

Harvest Christian vs. Grayslake Central, 11:00

Hononegah vs. Crystal Lake Central, 12:30

DECATUR

Consolation Semi-Final, 1:00

Consolation Semi-Final, 2:30

Semi-Final, 6:00

Semi-Final, 7:30

DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Richards vs. Proviso East, 2:00

Metea Valley vs. Lombard CPSA, 3:30

FENTON

Wheaton-Warrenville South vs. Montini, 2:30

Willowbrook vs. Latin, 4:00

Fremd vs. Evanston, 5:30

Fenton vs. Rolling Meadows, 7:00

GALESBURG

Little Village vs. Limestone, 11:30

Madison vs. Wells, 1:00

Little Village vs. East Moline, 3:00

Wells vs. Moline, 7:30

GENEVA

Prairie Ridge vs. St. Francis, 1:00

Geneva vs. Downers Grove South, 2:30

GLENBROOK NORTH / ST. PATRICK

at St. Patrick

Seventh Place, 12:00

Fifth Place, 12:00

Third Place, 1:30

Championship, 1:30

HERSCHER

St. Anne vs. Reed-Custer, 4:00

McNamara vs. Herscher, 5:30

HOMETOWN COMMUNITY – ECSI

Comer at Pekin, 6:30

TF North at Illinois Valley Central, 6:30

JOHNSBURG

Fifth Place, 12:30

Third Place, 2:00

Championship, 3:30

LISLE

Westmont vs. West Chicago, 5:30

Evergreen Park vs. Lisle, 7:00

MUNDELEIN

Carmel vs. Grant, 12:00

Deerfield vs. Warren, 1:30

NORTHRIDGE

Schurz vs. Vernon Hills, 4:00

South Shore vs. Northridge, 5:30

OAK LAWN / REAVIS

at Oak Lawn

Pool Playoff, 4:30

Pool Playoff, 6:00

at Reavis

Pool Playoff, 1:00

Pool Playoff, 2:30

OREGON

South Beloit vs. Marian Central, 7:00

OSWEGO / OSWEGO EAST

at Oswego

Seventh Place, 2:00

Fifth Place, 3:30

Third Place, 5:15

Chcampionship, 7:00

OTTAWA

Streator vs. Princeton, 11:30

LaSalle-Peru vs. Oak Forest, 1:00

Plano vs. Pontiac, 2:30

Oak Forest vs. Streator, 4:00

Princeton vs. LaSalle-Peru, 5:30

Ottawa vs. Sterling, 7:00

PALATINE

Lake Park vs. Huntley, 12:00

Hampshire vs. Glenbrook South, 1:30

Palatine vs. York, 3:15

Stevenson vs. Hersey, 4:45

QUINCY

Lindblom vs. St. Laurence, 5:30

Dunlap vs. Quincy, 7:00

RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD

Thornwood vs. Zion-Benton, 12:00

Brother Rice vs. Joliet West, 1:30

Hinsdale South vs. Julian, 3:00

Riverside-Brookfield vs. Fenwick, 4:30

ROCK ISLAND

Rockridge vs. Bowen, 11:00

St. Rita vs. Rock Island, 12:30

Dyett vs. Bowen, 2:00

Rockridge vs. St. Rita, 5:30

Dyett vs. Rock Island, 7:00

ROCKFORD AUBURN

Memphis Central (TN) vs. Bogan, 10:00

Lanphier vs. Rockford East, 11:30

Larkin vs. Memphis Douglass (TN), 1:00

Belvidere North vs. Clark, 2:30

Morgan Park vs. Memphis Central (TN), 4:15

Bogan vs. Lanphier, 5:45

Memphis Douglass (TN) vs. Auburn, 7:15

SERENA

Hall vs. Newark, 4:00

Somonauk vs. Seneca, 5:30

Marquette vs. Serena, 7:00

ST. CHARLES EAST

Schaumburg vs. East Aurora, 4:30

St. Charles East vs. Plainfield East, 6:00

ST. VIATOR

Antioch vs. Prospect, 4:00

Libertyville vs. St. Viator, 5:30

SYCAMORE

Consolation Semi-Final, 4:30

Consolation Semi-Final, 3:00

Semi-Final, 7:30

Semi-Final, 6:00

WASHINGTON (IL)

Romeoville vs. Florence Wilson (SC), 10:30

DeKalb vs. St. John Bosco (CA), 1:30

Benet vs. Gary West Side (IN), 4:45

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Hancock vs. UIC Prep, 2:30

Providence-St. Mel vs. Schaumburg Christian, 4:00

Aurora Christian vs. Elgin, 5:30

Westminster Christian vs. Elgin, 7:00

WHEATON ACADEMY

Bartlett vs. Plainfield North, 5:30

Oak Park vs. Wheaton Academy, 7:00

WJOL / ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Plainfield Central vs. Lincoln-Way West, 2:30

Joliet Central vs. Providence, 4:15

Lemont vs. Lockport, 6:00

Bradley-Bourbonnais vs. Minooka, 7:45

Saturday, November 30, 2024

NON CONFERENCE

Farragut at Gary West Side (IN), 9:00

Simeon at Notre Dame, 3:00

Stillman Valley at Richmond-Burton, 12:30

BATAVIA

Streamwood vs. Mooseheart, 6:00

Waubonsie Valley vs. Batavia, 7:30

BOYLAN

Lincoln Park vs. Rockford Lutheran, 1:30

Freeport vs. Marshall, 3:00

St. Charles North vs. Thornton, 4:30

Boylan vs. Richwoods, 6:00

COAL CITY / MANTENO

at Coal City

Seventh Place, 12:00

Fifth Place, 1:30

Third Place, 3:00

Championship, 4:30

CRYSTAL LAKE CENTRAL

Harvest Christian vs. Hononegah, 11:00

Crystal Lake Central vs. Belvidere, 12:30

DE LA SALLE / ST. IGNATIUS

at De La Salle

Seventh Place, 11:30

Fifth Place, 1:00

Third Place, 2:30

Championship, 4:00

DECATUR

Seventh Place, 1:00

Fifth Place, 2:30

Third Place, 6:00

Championship, 7:30

DOWNERS GROVE NORTH

Lombard CPSA vs. Proviso East, 2:00

Downers Grove North vs. Metea Valley, 3:30

DWIGHT / WOODLAND

at Dwight

Seventh Place, 3:30

Fifth Place, 5:00

Third Place, 6:30

Championship, 8:00

FENTON

Seventh Place, 2:30

Fifth Place, 4:00

Third Place, 5:30

Championship, 7:00

GALESBURG

East Moline vs. Wells, 9:00a

Little Village vs. Moline, 10:30

Wells vs. Galesburg, 1:30

Little Village vs. Galesburg, 6:00

GENEVA

South Elgin vs. Downers Grove South, 1:00

Geneva vs. St. Francis, 2:30

HOFFMAN ESTATES

Maine West vs. Collins, 5:30

Hoffman Estates vs. Addison Trail, 7:00

HOMETOWN COMMUNITY – ECSI

Comer at Illinois Valley Central, 11:00

TF North at East Peoria, 11:00

Comer at East Peoria, 6:00

Jefferson at Illinois Valley Central, 6:00

TF North at Pekin, 6:00

LOYOLA / NEW TRIER

at Loyola

Seventh Place, 10:00

Fifth Place, 11:45

Third Place, 1:30

Championship, 3:15

MARTINSVILLE

Grace Christian vs. Cissna Park, 12:00

Martinsville vs. Cissna Park, 1:30

MUNDELEIN

Warren vs. Grant, 12:00

Mundelein vs. Deerfield, 1:30

NORTHRIDGE

Vernon Hills vs. South Shore, 4:00

Wheeling vs. Northridge, 5:30

OREGON

9th Place Semi-Final, 11:00

9th Place Semi-Final, 11:00

5th Place Semi-Final, 12:30

5th Place Semi-Final, 12:30

Semi-Final, 2:00

Semi-Final, 2:00

11th Place, 4:00

9th Place, 4:00

7th Place, 6:45

5th Place, 5:30

Third Place, 5:15

Championship, 7:00

OTTAWA

Seventh Place, 12:00

Fifth Place, 1:30

Third Place, 3:00

Championship, 4:40

PALATINE

Seventh Place, 11:00

Fifth Place, 12:30

Third Place, 2:15

Championship, 3:45

PEORIA HEIGHTS

Seventh Place. 2:00

Fifth Place, 3:30

Third Place, 5:00

Championship, 6:30

QUINCY

Dunlap vs. Lindblom, 5:30

St. Laurence vs. Quincy, 7:00

RICH

Leo vs. Gary 21st Century (IN), 12:30

Crane vs. Hammond Morton (IN), 2:00

Christ the King vs. Hamtramck (MI), 3:30

Kenwood vs. Detoit King (MI), 5:00

Rich vs. Summit Academy (MI), 6:30

RIDGEWOOD

Naperville North vs. Northside, 7:00

Seventh Place, 10:00

Fifth Place, 11:30

Third Place, 10:00

Championship, 11:30

RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD

Seventh Place, 12:00

Fifth Place, 1:30

Third Place, 3:30

Championship, 5:00

ROCK ISLAND

St. Rita vs. Dyett, 11:00

Bowen vs. Rock Island, 12:30

Rockridge vs. Dyett, 2:00

St. Rita vs. Bowen, 5:30

Rockridge vs. Rock Island, 7:00

ROCKFORD AUBURN

Lanphier vs. Morgan Park, 10:00

Clark vs. Memphis Douglass (TN), 11:30

Belvidere North vs. Memphis Central (TN), 1:00

Rockford East vs. Larkin, 2:45

SERENA

Seventh Place, 1:00

Fifth Place, 2:30

Third Place, 4:00

Championship, 5:30

ST. CHARLES EAST

Plainfield East vs. Thornridge, 4:30

St. Charles East vs. Schaumburg, 6:00

SYCAMORE

Seventh Place, 3:00

Fifth Place, 4:30

Third Place, 6:00

Championship, 7:30

WASHINGTON (IL)

Pool Play Crossover

WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN

Seventh Place, 2:30

Fifth Place, 4:00

Third Place, 5:30

Championship, 7:00

WJOL / ST. FRANCIS UNIVERSITY

Seventh Place, 10:00

Fifth Place, 11:45

Third Place, 1:30

Championship, 3:15

Sunday, December 1, 2024

NON CONFERENCE

Cristo Rey at Fasman Yeshiva, 5:00

DePaul Prep vs. Kenwood, at Quest Multisport, 3:00



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DePaul Prep beats Coal City, completes a Cinderella run to the 4A state title game

DePaul Prep senior Michael Casper never expected to spend the Saturday before Thanksgiving surrounded by friends and family, celebrating a trip to the Class 4A state championship game.

The Rams haven’t finished a season with more wins than losses since 2015. They won just four games last year.

“I knew we were going to have a great season but coming this far was definitely a stretch,” Casper, a senior defensive lineman, said.

The game came down to the final drive. Coal City had the ball and 2:32 seconds to tie or win the game. DePaul Prep’s defense stood strong. The Rams didn’t allow the host Coalers into the red zone and earned a 21-14 win in the Class 4A semifinals.

“That was definitely the top moment of my life right there,” Casper said. “I knew all my boys had my back and we could win that football game.”

DePaul Prep (10-3) took the lead on a nine-yard touchdown run by Nick Martinez with 6:42 to play. Martinez had 18 carries for 89 yards and two TDs.

Coal City (10-3) tied the game twice but never led.

“We are all brothers and we got together and put our hearts together,” Casper said. “We knew we had to get it done. We’d been dreaming of this moment for the past three years and the bond is there.”

DePaul Prep quarterback Juju Rodriguez was 12-for-15 for 213 yards. He connected with Matthew Osterman for a 28-yard TD with 3:22 left in the third quarter.

Osterman had three catches for 79 yards. Senior Braden Peevy caught six passes for 116 yards for the Rams.

Landin Benson led Coal City with 33 carries for 183 yards and two TDs. The Rams didn’t allow a big play. The Coalers’ longest run was 14 yards and the longest pass was 21 yards.

“We knew their run game was the focus so we tried to nail that down,” Casper said. “That made it tough for them to pass.”

DePaul Prep will play the winner of Saturday night’s Mt. Zion vs. Normal U-High semifinal in the Class 4A title game on Friday at ISU’s Hancock Stadium.



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Water utility Aqua Illinois customers to see bill increase in the new year

SPRINGFIELD — Following almost a year of legal battles and fierce public opposition from many customers, water utility Aqua Illinois is set to raise its rates in 2025.

The privately owned water utility has not released an estimate of the exact impact the increase will have on customer bills in 14 northern Illinois counties. But the approved increase represents a 43% reduction from the utility’s original request, which would have raised bills by an estimated $30 per month, according to the Citizens Utility Board consumer advocacy group.

State regulators at the Illinois Commerce Commission approved the rate increase on Thursday — but not before the drastic reduction. In its initial requested rate hike from January, Aqua wanted to collect an additional $19.2 million from customers to pay for infrastructure upgrades, costs associated with taking over existing water systems and paying out a 10.8% return to investors.

But regulators cut the overall request, allowing the company to collect $11.6 million from customers while paying out a 9.6% return to investors.

The company argued throughout the case that the increase was necessary to recover costs from upgrading water systems to ensure safe water delivery.

Aqua Illinois President David Carter listens to Aqua customer Dixie Payne give a public comment at an August forum in Bourbonnais.

Aqua Illinois President David Carter listens to Aqua customer Dixie Payne give a public comment at an August forum in Bourbonnais.

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“In the six years since our last rate increase, we made significant upgrades to water and wastewater facilities and infrastructure across Illinois,” Aqua said in a statement to Capitol News Illinois. “This rate decision highlights Aqua’s commitment to aggressively invest in infrastructure to improve service and reliability for our customers.”

ICC Commissioner Stacey Paradis said after the decision Thursday that the five-member panel “did not come to this decision lightly.”

“The commission regulates large water utilities and ensures they provide safe and adequate service,” Paradis said. “Transparent infrastructure investments and long-term planning are essential to ensure water and wastewater service meets regulatory requirements, environmental goals and customer needs.”

ICC commissioners also approved a new scheme for Aqua’s low-income customers. Starting in July, eligible customers with household incomes below 150% of the federal poverty level — about $48,000 for a family of four — will be able to receive a 70% discount on the portion of their bill that’s based on water usage.

Paradis noted that this move “is just a first step.” In explaining the ICC’s decision, ICC Chair Doug Scott said that, despite approving Aqua’s proposed formula for calculating rates, the commissioners worried that the company “may be unnecessarily shifting costs to residential ratepayers.”

To that end, the ICC is requiring Aqua to begin the process of creating a discount program for the entire bill with multiple tiers based on income. Those changes must be proposed by Jan. 1, 2027, or as part of Aqua’s next rate case, whichever is sooner.

This mirrors similar requirements recently placed on gas utilities by the ICC. Those discount programs, which went into effect last month, offer low-income households up to between 75% and 83% off their entire bill, depending on their income and which company they buy gas from.

“Illinoisans shouldn’t have to choose between groceries or running water when funds are tight,” Scott said in a Thursday statement. “Aqua’s new low-income discount rate will help keep water flowing for customers who are struggling to pay their utility bills.”

A similar bill discount program is expected to be announced for electric utilities in 2025, according to a statement from the ICC last month.

The ICC sent shockwaves last year when it unexpectedly sided with consumer advocates in several high-profile cases. Those included starting an investigation into a gas infrastructure program in Chicago and rejecting electric utilities’ plans for how to manage the grid as the state transitions away from relying on fossil fuels.

Consumer advocates had called on the state to cut the increase even more but reacted to the Aqua decision with cautious approval. The head of the Citizens Utility Board, which advocates for consumers in rate cases like this, said the Aqua decision is a “step in the right direction.”

“We believe that a 9.% profit rate for shareholders is still too high, but we are pleased that regulators rejected the company’s outrageous 10.8% proposal,” CUB Executive Director Sarah Moskowitz said in a statement.

Moskowitz also noted she and CUB were “encouraged” by the move to lower rates for low-income customers.



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Woman drives through storefront in Austin, injuring 4

Four people were injured after a woman drove an SUV into the front of a liquor store in Austin early Saturday morning, according to Chicago police.

The woman, 33, was driving an SUV northbound in the 300 block of North Cicero Avenue at 1:30 a.m. when she swerved into the front of a liquor store, police said. Four people were taken to nearby hospital with “non-life-threatening injuries” and the driver and passengers of the SUV refused medical treatment.

Citations are pending, police said.



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Illinois stuns Rutgers on Pat Bryant’s 40-yard TD reception with 4 seconds left

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Luke Altmyer found Pat Bryant for a catch-and-run, 40-yard touchdown pass with 4 seconds left, sending No. 24 Illinois to a wild 38-31 victory over Rutgers on Saturday.

Illinois (8-3, 5-3 Big Ten) was down 31-30 when it sent long kicker Ethan Moczulski out for a desperation 58-yard field goal with 14 seconds to go. Rutgers coach Greg Schiano then called for a timeout right before Moczulski’s attempt was wide left and about 15 yards short.

After the missed field goal was waved off by the timeout, Illinois coach Bret Bielema sent his offense back on the field. Altmyer hit Bryant on an in cut on the left side at the 22, and he continued across the field and scored untouched in a game that featured three lead changes in the final 3:07.

Rutgers (6-5, 3-5) gave up a safety on the final kickoff return, throwing a ball out of bounds in the end zone as players passed it around hoping for a miracle touchdown.

Altmyer was 12-of-26 passing for 249 yards and two touchdowns. Bryant finished with seven receptions for 197 yards.

Altmeyer put Illinois in front with a 30-yard TD run with 3:07 to go. He passed to Josh McCray on the 2-point conversion, making it 30-24.

Rutgers responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive. Athan Kaliakmanis had a 15-yard run on fourth down. He passed to running back Kyle Manangai for a 13-yard TD with 1:08 remaining.

Illinois then drove 75 yards in eight plays for the unexpected win.

Kaliakmanis was 18 for 36 for 174 yards and two touchdowns. He also had 13 carries for 84 yards and two TDs. Monangai had a career-high 28 carries for 122 yards.

Kaliakmanis found Ian Strong for a 2-yard touchdown in the final seconds of the first half, and he scored on a 1-yard run to lift Rutgers to a 24-15 lead early in the fourth quarter.

Illinois responded with Aidan Laughery’s 8-yard TD run, setting up the roller-coaster finish.

The start of the second half was delayed because of a scrum between the teams. There were no punches thrown and the officials called penalties on both schools.

Monangai’s day

Monangai become the third player in Rutgers history to rush for 3,000 yards when he picked up 4 on a third-and-1 carry early in the second quarter. The defending conference rushing champion joins Ray Rice and Terrell Willis in hitting the mark.

The takeaway

Illinois: The great finish keeps the Illini in line for its first nine-win season since 2007 and a prestigious bowl game this season.

Rutgers: The Scarlet Knights were seconds away from their first in-conference three-game win streak since joining the Big Ten in 2014.

Up next

Illinois: At Northwestern next Saturday.

Rutgers: At Michigan State next Saturday.



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33rd annual Magnificent Mile Lights Festival brings holiday crowds to downtown Chicago

Hundreds got into the holiday spirit Saturday as they danced to house music, snagged free goodies and snapped pictures with Santa — kicking off the holiday season in the city.

Now its 33rd year, the Wintrust Magnificent Mile Lights Festival starts in the morning with family activities in the plaza. In the evening, a parade caps off the festivities, bringing floats, balloons and live performances through the streets of downtown Chicago.

“This helps us keep Chicago on the international stage, the national stage, reminding folks of the great city that we all get to call home,” said Kimberly Bares, president and CEO of The Magnificent Mile Association, which organized the event.

Bares estimated “up to about 1 million people” will attend the fest this year.

Donna Pajak, from Brookfield, comes to the festival every year, and her family always looks forward to it.

“We just love the city. We love downtown,” Pajak said. “We’re gonna be here for the parade, for the lights, the fireworks, everything.”

Her family brought some color to the crowd. While other attendees bundled up in winter coats and scarves, Pajak took inspiration from one of her favorite Christmas movies — each family member wore a lime-green Grinch onesie.

“My kids are grouchy sometimes, so no better person to be than the Grinch,” she said.

Visitors mill around during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Visitors mill around during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville on Saturday.

Sisters Terry Shreve and Sherry Carman, who were among the crowd around the cheesecake-decorating station for Eli’s Cheesecake enjoying slices, said the festival is a family event. They explored the booths with seven other family members.

Carman is from Waukegan, but Shreve drove in from Wisconsin.

“It’s kind of a tradition that we all get together with whoever can come to Chicago,” Carman said. “This is the fun part, the week before Thanksgiving.”

Beth Flores interacts with her son Levi, who is nine months old, during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Beth Flores smiles at her 9-month-old son Levi during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville on Saturday. The family came up from Danville to enjoy the holiday festivities.

Jhovany Perez and his wife, Beth Flores, brought their nine-month-old son Levi to Pioneer Court. Originally from Mexico, the family recently moved to Danville, so the festival was a chance to learn about the Chicago area, Perez said.

“We were … working hard all week. Now, we want some fun,” Perez said. “This is the perfect moment to live life.”

In the plaza, attendees of all ages danced along to house music. DJ Chip E., one of the early artists of Chicago’s house music movement, performed on stage, along with international DJs.

“I love to see people move,” he said. “Chicago is my hometown. I’m so Chicago that my birthday is 312.”

In the evening, he will also be “rocking it out” down Michigan Avenue, he said. He was set to perform on a red double-decker bus during the parade.

“I’ve got some songs that I know are crowd-pleasers, but I’m going to play it by ear,” DJ Chip E. said. “I feed off the energy of the crowd.”

DJ Chip E. plays during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

DJ Chip E., one of the early artists of Chicago’s house music movement, performs on stage, along with international DJs.

The holiday parade is the largest evening parade and third largest parade in the country, according to Bares. It will feature usual appearances from Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, but also new floats, like a 60-foot Santa Kermit The Frog balloon.

The parade also includes a lighting spectacle along Magnificent Mile. On each block, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse will lead a countdown to light up the trees, Bares said.

“It’s one of the very few places that people can experience the magic of Disney outside of Disneyland, Walt Disney World Resort,” Bares said.

Aaden Pajak smiles during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

Aaden Pajak was all smiles during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court as he eagerly anticipated the evening festivities — and hopefully some Skittles. The festival is an annual tradition for the Pajak family.

Attendees in Pioneer Court looked forward to the parade. Pajak’s son Aaden, 7, said he wanted to be there when candy will get passed out — fingers crossed for Skittles, he said.

Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) said the festival is the “highlight of the year” for downtown, the area he represents. Hopkins, who has been involved with the festival since 1999, said his 9-year old son Ryan is looking forward to the “Disney magic.”

“I’m the luckiest alderman in Chicago. No other alderman has an event like this, literally in his front yard,” Hopkins said.

But planning for the festival requires extensive planning, Bares noted.

“It’s our 33rd year, and as soon as this event ends, we’ll start planning for the 34th,” Bares said.

An attendee dances during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville, Saturday, Nov. 23, 2024. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times

An attendee dances during Lights Festival Lane at Pioneer Court in Streeterville on Saturday.



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What’s next for Rahm Emanuel?

WASHINGTON — He’s not done.

U.S. Ambassador to Japan and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is in the mix for Democratic National Committee chair — and if there are vacancies — governor and senator. He told the Sun-Times he is weighing his options about the next “best way to serve.”

Emanuel texted me: “First come home second talk and listen to folks at home about best way to serve and build what we care about.”

Emanuel ponders his future from Tokyo as Democrats are at a low point, reeling from Donald Trump taking the White House again and bringing with him a Republican Senate and House.

I’ve talked to people who know about some of the conversations Emanuel is having, and what is clear is, I’m told, he is interested in another political role. Emanuel’s been a House member, White House chief of staff, mayor and is winding up a stint as an ambassador. Emanuel, who turns 65 on Nov. 29, is not about to retire.

He is exploring opportunities that may be available in the 2026 cycle. But it’s not all up to him.

Gov. JB Pritzker, 59, has to decide if running for a third term in 2026 makes him, if he wins reelection, a stronger contender in his expected entry into the 2028 Democratic presidential primary.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., who turned 80 on Thursday, and was first elected to the Senate in 1997, has yet to announce whether he will be seeking a sixth term.

The 2024 elections were snoozers in Illinois. There were no statewide contests to fight over. The Illinois political landscape will likely be much different in 2026. There could be big primary brawls if Pritzker and Durbin don’t run again. There is a lot of pent-up demand among Democrats — and I’m talking about every statewide official and some members of Congress — wanting to move up.

Let’s break this down:

Emanuel and the race for Democratic National Committee chair

The race is already on for the next chair of the Democratic National Committee. Committee chair Jamie Harrison is not expected to seek a second term.

This is an inside election, where the chair is voted on by committee members. Announced candidates so far are Ken Martin, the Minnesota Democratic chairman, and Martin O’Malley, the former Maryland governor. Other names mentioned include Ben Wikler, the Wisconsin Democratic chairman and Michael Blake, a former committee vice chair and ex-New York State Assembly member. I got to know Blake in 2007 when he was in Iowa as an early volunteer for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign.

Democratic strategist David Axelrod, Emanuel’s longtime friend, floated Emanuel’s name on his “Hacks on Tap” podcast this month.

“If they said, ‘Well, what should we do? Who should lead the party?’ I would take Ambassador Rahm Emanuel,” he said.

There is some interest in Emanuel, I’m told, among elements of the party who see him as a leader able to figure out how to revive the Democrats after the 2024 debacle. He’s a strong strategist, extraordinary fundraiser and an effective messenger.

But Emanuel has his detractors. As Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, posted on X about Emanuel running for DNC chair, “The DNC needs an organizer who gets people. Not someone who sends fish heads in the mail.”

That’s a reference to a famous story about Emanuel once sending a political enemy a dead fish.

The DNC has yet to set an election date to select a new chair. It has to be done before March 1. The DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee meets Dec. 12 to determine the nomination and election process.

Emanuel’s next step may depend on if Pritzker, Durbin seek reelection

It’s not clear where Emanuel’s interests lie. Seems senator or governor would fit better, in my analysis, than Democratic National Committee chair.

Pritzker is more likely to stay put than Durbin.

Durbin, I’m told, is getting annoyed with people asking him if he is going to retire. I get it. As he considers running again, he also has to reckon with a Senate under Republican control come January and Trump in the White House.

Durbin is the No. 2 leader in the Senate, elected to the “whip” post for every session since 2005. He’s also the Senate Judiciary Committee chair, busy these past days in getting judges confirmed before time runs out.

But he is 80. Durbin would be 82 at the end of this term. Voters just went through dealing with an aging President Joe Biden.

Before Durbin goes public with his decision about running again — he’s got another election coming up, an internal vote among the Democratic senators in December for their leadership spots. Durbin wants to stay as the Democratic whip. And as the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee.

Emanuel is making calls. He’s talking about more than one thing. He’s exploring.

He’s not done.



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Connor Bedard stymied again as Blackhawks blow lead, lose to Flyers

For a brief moment Saturday, Connor Bedard looked like his usual self.

The struggling Blackhawks star darted in on a power play and ripped a hard, well-placed shot that beat Flyers goalie Aleksei Kolosov, rang off the post and nearly bounced in off Kolosov’s back.

It was the kind of play Bedard made almost every night last season. It also resembled his October form earlier this season, when he was playing fairly well but just not getting much luck. If he kept it up Saturday, the outcome might’ve been different.

Tentativeness crept back into Bedard’s game as the afternoon progressed, however, and he yet again finished with zero shots on goal — albeit on six attempts — as the Hawks lost to the Flyers 3-2 in overtime after blowing a two-goal lead.

“We just spent too much time in our [defensive] zone,” coach Luke Richardson told reporters in Philadelphia. “Our goalie was great all game, but just a couple breakdowns on faceoffs in the ‘D’-zone [cost us]. [There was] a little bit of panic in our game when we got the puck in the ‘D’-zone. We were not making plays; we were just flipping it out and not getting through that neutral zone.”

On a third-period rush, Bedard’s lagging confidence was evident when opted to try a cross-ice pass with a very low probability of success instead of testing Kolosov with his one-of-a-kind shot.

And on two offensive-zone entries to begin overtime, Bedard turned the puck once and missed the net with a shot the second time. That miss led Hawks defenseman Alex Vlasic to take a holding penalty, and the Flyers converted the ensuing power play.

Richardson — as has become a habit — switched Bedard’s linemates halfway through the game, moving him away from Jason Dickinson and Joey Anderson’s checking line and putting him back at center between Taylor Hall and Teuvo Teravainen. Playing him with Teravainen makes a lot more sense than with Anderson, but it’s not surprising that the new trio didn’t click immediately, considering how little time they’ve had to build chemistry.

Bedard, whose goal drought extended to 12 straight games, has now gone consecutive games with zero shots on goal for the first time in his young career; he had previously been held without only five times in 87 games. He did unleash one tight-angle shot late in the second period that looked on-goal but was ruled not.

Furthermore, he has tallied only six shots on goal in his last seven games combined, and opponents have outshot the Hawks 58-28 cumulatively during his five-on-five ice time. In other words, he has been thoroughly stifled for multiple weeks now.

Flyers rookie Matvei Michkov buried the overtime winner after Nick Foligno, who was on the ice for all three Flyers goals, lost coverage on the penalty kill. Back in the third period, the Flyers had scored twice in less than three minutes to tie the game.

It was fitting — and painful — that Michkov scored the winner, considering how frequently he and Bedard will be compared throughout their careers. They were the two most-discussed prospects in the 2023 draft class, and off the ice, they’re friends and text semi-regularly.

Michkov fell to the Flyers’ seventh pick due to concerns he might stay in Russia for years, but the Flyers ended up getting him into North America with ease, and he has rewarded them with 16 points in his first 19 NHL games.

“It’s funny: When you’re playing against people, you try to create a rivalry, but usually you’re friends and you want to see that guy succeed,” Bedard had said Friday. “I’m always rooting for [Michkov]. He’s a fun guy to watch.”

Lukas Reichel (two points) and Petr Mrazek (34 saves, including several miraculous ones) were the lone bright spots for the Hawks.



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In her DUI arrest, a Cook County politician told Chicago cops, ‘I’m an elected official.’

During her arrest for DUI in Chicago earlier this month, a Democratic member of the obscure but influential Cook County Board of Review made sure that cops at the scene of a crash she caused knew they were dealing with a politician.

In police body-camera videos from the incident in Andersonville on Nov. 11 that WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times obtained this week, Board of Review Commissioner Samantha Steele repeatedly refused to cooperate with officers who responded, including requests from cops to get out of the smashed car she was driving.

One officer told her, “Ma’am, if you don’t exit the vehicle … I’m going to help you to exit, and you don’t want that.”

You don’t want that! I’m an elected official,” Steele shot back.

“Elected official of what?” the officer asked.

“Cook County,” Steele told him.

When the officer asked for her name, Steele held out her hand and said, “I’m Sam.”

The cop replied, “Sam who?” But Steele did not give the police her full name at that point.

The officer told other cops, “She’s saying she’s an elected official of Cook County.” Steele then said, “I don’t want to be on the video.”

But police told her she was indeed on video and they continued to record the interaction with Steele.

Despite several requests, Steele would not initially provide officers with her driver’s license or get out of the car. Sitting in the driver’s seat, she drank from what seemed to be a water bottle and used her cellphone to call the person she described many times as her attorney — Democratic Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton of Glenview.

She only gave her driver’s license to police and exited the car after Britton advised her over the phone to do so.

After Britton arrived at the scene in the 5000 block of North Ashland Avenue, Steele said she was not drinking the wine from the bottle in the car. Britton interjected: “Don’t say anything. Don’t say anything.”

Two days after the arrest, Britton said he was not a defense attorney and would not be representing Steele in her case. Britton said Steele had an attorney but he would not identify the lawyer.

The three-member Board of Review has the power to rule on property tax appeals, effectively reducing tax bills. Steele lives in Evanston, and she represents the Board of Review’s district covering much of the North Side of Chicago and northern suburbs.

The video from her arrest also shows the moment when police searched the car Steele was driving and discovered what records indicate was a half-empty bottle of red wine near the front passenger seat. In the video, officers joke that the cabernet sauvignon was “good stuff” and that breath mints they also found “didn’t help” — an apparent reference to the strong smell of alcohol that officers allege they detected on Steele’s breath.

After at first refusing to do a field sobriety test, Steele agreed to do it, but then Steele said she had hit her head in the crash and wanted to take an ambulance to be treated. She was handcuffed again and placed in an ambulance, which took her to the hospital, according to police reports.

Steele soon was transported to Chicago’s Lincoln police district, where she allegedly made lewd comments to an officer, records show. The cop wrote in his report that Steele “repeatedly said, ‘Is your penis that small’ ” to him.

But the newly released video does not include Steele making those comments, which allegedly were said at the hospital. None of these recordings include footage from the hospital.

Police charged Steele with one misdemeanor count of driving under the influence of alcohol. She has not commented publicly on the case. Her court date is Dec. 27, records show.

The next Board of Review meeting is scheduled for Dec. 2. Steele, 45, was first elected to the Board of Review in 2022, after being an elected county official in Indiana.

The Democrat and her chief of staff are facing a federal whistleblower lawsuit filed recently by former aide Frank Calabrese, who obtained the body-camera footage of the arrest through an open-records request to police and shared it with WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times.

Earlier in the year, Steele defended giving a job at the Board of Review to a former northwest Indiana politician who had pleaded guilty in a federal case.

And she also has found herself at the center of the high-stakes dispute over the Chicago Bears’ property tax bill for the old Arlington Park racecourse property, where the football team has considered building a new stadium.

Dan Mihalopoulos is an investigative reporter on WBEZ’s Government & Politics Team. Tom Schuba is a criminal justice editor for the Sun-Times.



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Man injured in Humboldt Park shooting

A man was injured in a shooting in Humboldt Park Saturday morning, according to Chicago police.

The man, 28, was near the sidewalk in the 3300 block of West Chicago Avenue around 10:40 a.m. when a person on a bicycle approached him and shot at him, police said. He was shot in his back, leg and buttocks and took himself to Humboldt Park Health where he was reported to be in serious condition.

No one is in custody.



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