These are selected photos from the When Sides Collide Shootout yesterday at Benet Academy. When Sides Collide is always a highlight of the high school basketball season. We were treated to four top level exciting games between top teams. There was a huge crowd and pumped up. Oh, and the light in the Benet Gym is first rate.
I couldn’t stay for the final two games but the first two did not disappoint. Br. Rice and Rolling Meadows traded buckets the first half of the first game. The Crusaders came out from the half and went on a run. That proved too much for Rolling Meadows to overcome.
Before the second game, I asked some of the gathered experts, “Who wins, Whitney Young or Joliet West?”
More than one said, “Just depends which Joliet West team shows up.”
The talented and focused Tiger squad showed up. After taking everything the Fears brothers through at them at them in the first half, the Dolphins hung around. A twelve point deficit became a two point deficit with seconds left. The Dolphins shot to win missed. Tigers hung on.
I couldn’t stay for Simeon v. Moline and Benet v. Kenwood. Too bad for me. Two more great games.
Remember these games when the IHSA playoffs are here in a few weeks.
