In helping to lead St. Charles North to its first 20-win season since 2010, Talia Pellegrini exhibited an efficient 3-point shot, and an ability to stay in control on drives and cuts to the hoop.
“(A) tireless worker, blur in transition, loves to run the floor and attack the paint,” St. Charles North coach Mike Tomczak said about Pellegrini.
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Yearning for a new opportunity while never far away, Caprice Smith turned her sights toward a college basketball coaching career, even while being part of a thriving basketball powerhouse.
Hopeful for a chance to return to college hoops over the course of the last few years, the one-time DePaul Blue Demon is delighted to be back coaching in a video coordinator role for the defending Big East Champions.
“It’s my favorite place to think of in terms of if I had to do it all over again, if I wanted to go to college, Lincoln Park is amazing,” Smith said. “It’s not right down within all of the chaos, but you’re still close enough.”
Read moreWith over 30 Division I offers in her pocket, Griffin makes choice to traverse to Virginia
Having never stepped on the campus of the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Aurora Christian’s Anna Griffin had to know the choice to become a Cavalier was really the right fit for her to go through with it.
For the class of 2021 standout, Virginia’s coaches checked all the boxes of showing continued interest, having her academic opportunities laid out to bare, and resources available to show they meant business.
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With contact days underway for IHSA programs as of Monday, Sept. 7 (running through Oct. 24), coaches and players alike are relishing the chance to get back into the gym and with teammates.
While many teams have begun practicing, some programs are choosing to push back the usage of their 20 days. And Chicago Public School programs can’t hold any practices after CPS ruled against contact days.
Three girls basketball coaches from around the state chatted shared how their contact days are going and looked ahead to a season of uncertainty.
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Whatever issues on the floor there may have been a year ago, the Lindblom Eagles’ Natasha Barnes expects to be the problem-solver this time around.
For Lindblom to break through in the Chicago Public League Red-South/Central, Barnes must fill that role in her sophomore season following a strong summer of ball with Example Sports AAU. An aspiring engineer who lists her GPA as a 4.4 on her Twitter, Barnes wants to become the type of person who fixes what’s not working.
“Learning new things, being able to mess up and being able to try again, you have to persevere, figure out what’s the problem and work,” Barnes said.
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