It was a very successful senior night for the Rams. DePaul Prep honored its graduating seniors, Trevon Thomas, Alex Gutierrez, Julian Green, Ijeh Nwaezeapu, Cole Ceravolo, Will Brown and Dylan Arnett. The senior students defeated the faculty and the Rams beat the Friars.
As for the seniors, it may have been senior night but there is plenty of work in the season left to do. More on that in a few days.
At half time, a group of seniors took the floor for a quick basketball game against the faculty. Despite rumors of a substantial number of former NBA and WNBA ringers being brought in to put the students in their place, this reporter found no evidence of that.
The faculty opened an early lead. The students charged back with some fancy inside moves. It quickly became clear that the students controlled the boards. The faulty had no hope. Students win—as it should be. Hope and light prevail. All is right in the universe.
The second half of the varsity game seemed equally odd. Fenwick just came apart. The Friars could not hit a basket. I wasn’t keeping stats but the Rams got nearly all the rebounds and scored at will. The Rams 26-12 half time lead became 35-16 at the end of the third and then a 47-16 final. The Friars did not score in the fourth quarter.
Nevertheless, the Rams and the large crowd were having fun. The students section was cheering for the appearance of senior players with a little less than five minutes left in the game.
The senior night makes me a little sad. The group of seniors will be moving on. I reflect on the season that has been, the CCL games left to play and the IHSA playoffs to come.
The fun and games are over. Serious business from here on out.
As for the photos, I got the flash working just right for the senior photos. That’s like the first time ever.
Vincent D. Johnson from the Tribune was in the gym. Apparently, he took my advise to check out the Tom Winiecki Gym on his photographic tour of high school gyms. I had not met him before. We had a nice talk about cameras and lights. It seems we are both fans of the old but wonderful Canon 7D.
