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Jamal Mcdowell’s buzzer-beating fadeaway three stuns #2 Whitney Young to win Chicago’s Red-West title (Orr Academy HS)

Jamal Mcdowell’s buzzer-beating fadeaway three stuns #2 Whitney Young to win Chicago’s Red-West title (Orr Academy HS)

Scott Comeau February 2, 2013 Comments

#10-ranked Chicago Orr’s senior guard Jamal McDowell nailed a 3 at the buzzer to upset host #2 Whitney Young HS 50-47 to win the Chicago Public League’s coveted, Red-West title. Whitney Young entered the

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6’2 Morris Dunnigan NASTY Poster Dunk ALL Over 6’9 Cliff Alexander! Brings The House DOWN at Pontiac Holiday Tourney

6’2 Morris Dunnigan NASTY Poster Dunk ALL Over 6’9 Cliff Alexander! Brings The House DOWN at Pontiac Holiday Tourney

Scott Comeau December 30, 2012 Comments

The 82nd annual Pontiac Holiday Tournament (Pontiac, IL) is the nation’s oldest. Each December, huge crowds of high school hoops fans flock to this small midwestern town (pop. 12,000 ) where HS basketball legends

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POTD: Chicago 8th grader poster dunk 3-point play by Ben Coupet Jr.!

POTD: Chicago 8th grader poster dunk 3-point play by Ben Coupet Jr.!

Scott Comeau January 4, 2012 Comments

[jwplayer config="BIL-Pre-Roll-Auto-Play" mediaid="33276"] 8th grade star Ben Coupet Jr. completes the Dunk 3-point play against Prarie Hills as part of Thorpe’s Real Deal Holiday Classic at Collins on Chicago’s West Side. Coupet Jr. plays

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POTD: SICK Sequence Leads To Exciting Play; Moshawn Thomas (Hyde Park Academy) electrifying alley-oop slam following a block

POTD: SICK Sequence Leads To Exciting Play; Moshawn Thomas (Hyde Park Academy) electrifying alley-oop slam following a block

Arek Kissoyan December 15, 2011 Comments

6’7 junior Moshawn Thomas (Hyde Park Academy) slams home an alley-oop pass from Phillip Lee following a block against 6’9 sophomore Cliff Alexander and Public League Red Central Division rivals Curie before an electrified

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