Eliot Ness had his “Untouchables.” On the spot and under the lights of Redbird Arena, Bolingbrook coach Anthony Smith acted like a riverboat gambler and confidently counted on his cast of “Unpredictables.”
During a frantic fourth quarter, Smith summoned senior guard Ashley Oliver, junior guard Ciera Howard and freshman guard Kennedy Cattenhead in rapid-fire succession, rolling [...]

Sara James cruises along the suburban streets of El Dorado Hills, a familiar figure in the 2006 silver Scion with the Stanford sticker on the back. The Oak Ridge High School senior – and last year’s Bee Player of the Year – also is known for plotting the most direct route from Point A to [...]

Erica Donovan had been at Jay for only a few days when she first witnessed new teammate Kiara Taylor’s crossover dribble.
That was impressive, to be sure, but it was the scene that followed that really caught Donovan’s eye after moving in from Toledo, Ohio, midway through her freshman year.
Then, coach Mike Floyd conducted a free-throw [...]

Ramsay’s Kaneisha Horn added another accolade today when the senior was named the Gatorade Alabama girls basketball Player of the Year.
The 6-foot-1 guard/forward led the Rams (22-7) to the Class 4A regional final, averaging 17 points, 12 rebounds and four assists a game. A two-time first team All-State selection, Horn has also been selected to [...]

Another day, another high-profile award for Manteca native Chelsea Gray.
The St. Mary’s High (Stockton) guard and Duke-bound senior was named the Gatorade California Girls Basketball Player of the Year Thursday. Gatorade, in collaboration with ESPN RISE, will announce the winner of the National Player of the Year distinction later this month.
Such accolades are nothing new [...]

Quincey Noonan has a confession.
The Legacy point guard from a basketball-rich family will be directing traffic and, if all goes well, scoring big for the Lightning tonight against Monarch in the Class 5A final four at the CU Events Center.
But while the University of Denver-bound senior exudes the aura of steadiness and is characterized by [...]

Bishop Heelan’s Carli Tritz, the most decorated girls basketball player in Sioux City history, has been awarded one of the state’s most prestigious honors.
Tritz, a 5-11 senior who led the Crusaders to their second Class 3A state championship in three seasons, was named Miss Iowa Basketball by the Iowa Newspaper Association.
The Creighton University recruit and [...]

After being courted by nearly every major women’s basketball program in the nation, Sickles All-American girls basketball star Amber Henson has decided her college future.
Henson, ranked the fourth best junior in the nation by ESPN, committed to Duke on Sunday evening, she told the Times by text message.
She was also considering North Carolina, Florida, Maryland, [...]

A quiet moment in a Bolingbrook gym found its purpose between two rowdy crowds Saturday night at Redbird Arena.
Bolingbrook coach Anthony Smith told Ariel Massengale one night nearly three weeks ago that the Raiders would go as far as she took them in the Class 4A playoffs. On Saturday as leading scorer Morgan Tuck sat [...]

Sandy Dickerson’s girls basketball team at Central Catholic has experienced little but success since she took over the high school program in 2000.
A 56-game Mt. Hood Conference winning streak. Ten consecutive state tournament berths (2001-10). Deep playoff runs — including a second-place finish in 2005.
Although the Rams have become a fixture at the state tournament [...]