Coach Sly: Ugh
This Friday night had so much promise just 48 hours ago.
The Geneva girls basketball team was likely headed for the state semifinals. You figured at least one Tri-Cities boys basketball team might be able to sneak into a regional final.
Nope, and nope.
Wednesday night's boys basketball results shouldn't come as a big surprise after a dicey year of local hoops, but it's disappointing nonetheless. St. Charles North, Batavia and Geneva all went down. (St. Charles East started the fly-dropping with a loss on Monday).
Of the defeats, North's is most disappointing. The North Stars aren't a great team, but they had the players to be a legit contender to win a regional. But with Josh Mikes hobbled, North scored 36 points in a loss to Bartlett. Did Sly say "Ugh"?
Now the party's in Maple Park on Friday night as Kaneland takes on DeKalb. Nice to be in Class 3A.
Sly has a hard time seeing the Knights comin' out on top in this one, but if Double-D and Co. can finally get the DeKalb monkey off their back, it'd be a heck of a story. Should be a rocking gym for that one.
Otherwise, with all due respect to ACC and St. Francis, it's a loooong wait til spring sports.
Ugh.
