Wheeling High School Mid-Suburban East
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Wheeling’s Michael Best (23) battles for a rebound with Hersey’s Davis Belford and Matt Hanushewsky during their game Friday at Wheeling High School.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Hersey rolls by Wheeling
Updated Dec 8, 2018 12:00 AM
Hersey defeated Wheeling 55-36 in a boys basketball game Friday night.
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Michael Best
The Northwest suburbs All-Area Boys Basketball Team
Updated Mar 14, 2019 10:36 PM
The Northwest suburbs All-Area Boys Basketball Team.
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Mundelein comes back to down Wheeling
Updated Feb 26, 2019 9:59 PM
Mundelein downed Wheeling 48-36 Tuesday night in a Class 4A boys basketball regional game.
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Wheeling, Elk Grove win regional openers
Updated Feb 25, 2019 11:00 PM
Michael Best had 25 points and Jeremy Kim added 16 Monday night as Wheeling opened play in its own Class 4A boys basketball regional with a 66-57 upset win over 13th-seeded Zion-Benton.
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Fremd’s Bryce Hopkins (24) blocks Libertyville’s Brian Wilterdink from making his shot at the Wheeling Wildcat Hardwood Classic in December. Hopkins and the Vikings are the No. 2 seed behind Stevenson in the Class 4A Waukegan sectional.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting the Class 3A and Class 4A postseason / Northwest and Lake County
Updated Feb 23, 2019 7:02 PM
Here’s a look at the Class 3A and Class 4A boys basketball postseason in the Northwest suburbs and Lake County.
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Wheeling dumps Johnsburg
Updated Feb 21, 2019 8:10 PM
Michael Best scored 24 points Thursday night to lead the Wheeling boys basketball team to a 61-46 nonconference win over Johnsburg
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Conant stymies Wheeling
Updated Feb 19, 2019 11:11 PM
Conant defeated Wheeling 43-29 in boys basketball action Tuesday night.
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St. Viator handles Jacobs
Updated Feb 16, 2019 11:20 PM
Treyvon Calvin had 15 points and Connor Kochera added 13 as St. Viator’s boys basketball team downed Jacobs 65-48 Saturday in a nonconference game.
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Michael Best
Wheeling dumps Elk Grove as Best reached 1,000
Updated Feb 15, 2019 11:20 PM
Wheeling’s Michael Best scored the 1,000th point of his boys basketball career Friday night as the Wildcats defeated Elk Grove 64-54.
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Wheeling knocks off Maine West
Updated Feb 12, 2019 11:08 PM
Wheeling downed Maine West 69-62 in boys basketball action Tuesday night.
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Rolling Meadows’ Daniel Sobkowicz drives to the basket and is fouled by Wheeling’s Jeremy Kim in the fourth quarter of boys varsity basketball in Wheeling on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Rolling Meadows outlasts Wheeling in OT
Updated Feb 8, 2019 11:55 PM
Rolling Meadows won a thrilling 52-49 overtime decison over host Wheeling in the Mid-Suburban East boys basketball game on Friday.
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Wheeling downs Maine East
Updated Feb 6, 2019 11:06 PM
Michael Best scored 25 points Wednesday night to lead Wheeling to a 52-46 nonconference boys basketball win over Maine East.
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Prospect coach John Camardella leads his team during the Mid-Suburban League boys basketball championship game at Barrington last season. The Knights can wrap up their 2019 appearance in the MSL title game with a win against Buffalo Grove on Friday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
MSL East dominance aside, Prospect’s Camardella looks at the big picture
Updated Feb 6, 2019 3:08 PM
The beast of the Mid-Suburban League East in recent years has been Prospect. It’s not easy to defeat the Knights in division games. In fact, it’s been downright impossible over the last three years.
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Best’s 28 lead Wheeling past Clemente
Updated Feb 2, 2019 10:25 PM
Michael Best scored 28 points Saturday to lead Wheeling (7-15) to a 54-49 nonconference boys basketball win over Clemente.
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Coffaro’s play helps Hersey hold off Wheeling
Updated Feb 1, 2019 9:53 PM
Hersey defeated Wheeling 57-48 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Buffalo Grove ekes out win over Wheeling
Updated Jan 25, 2019 10:50 PM
Buffalo Grove nipped Wheeling 63-62 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Wheeling falls to St. Pat’s
Updated Jan 19, 2019 7:41 PM
Michael Best scored 15 points for Wheeling Saturday but the Wildcats fell to St. Patrick 61-46 in a nonconference boys basketball game.
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Prospect holds off Wheeling
Updated Jan 18, 2019 9:59 PM
Prospect defeated Wheeling 64-56 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Wheeling handles Round Lake
Updated Jan 16, 2019 9:35 PM
Michael Best scored 22 points Wednesday night to lead Wheeling’s boys basketball team to an 82-61 nonconference win at Round Lake.
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Best scores 31 to lead Wheeling past Elk Grove
Updated Jan 12, 2019 12:21 AM
Michael Best scored 31 points Friday night to lead Wheeling to a 67-45 Mid-Suburban League East boys basketball win over Elk Grove.
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Fremd, Hersey, Prospect, Wheeling MSL crossover winners
Updated Jan 8, 2019 11:09 PM
Fremd’s boys basketball team shared the wealth and scored at will Tuesday night in a 67-27 Mid-Suburban League crossover win against Elk Grove.
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Meadows, Elk Grove pick up wins at York; Barrington reaches Jacobs semis
Updated Dec 27, 2018 11:07 PM
Sophomore Max Christie scored 23 points and had 13 rebounds Thursday to lead the Rolling Meadows boys basketball team to a 67-29 win over Andrew at York’s Jack Tosh Holiday Classic.
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Geneva routs Wheeling
Updated Dec 26, 2018 10:21 PM
Geneva’s boys basketball team defeated Wheeling 64-20 Wednesday night at the Hardwood Classic.
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Christie, Meadows get past Wheeling
Updated Dec 21, 2018 11:22 PM
Rolling Meadows downed Wheeling 69-61 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Wheeling boys basketball coach Michael O’Keeffe is looking forward to next week’s Wheeling Hardwood Classic, a tournament he played in during high school days at St. Viator.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Hersey’s Scott, Wheeling’s O’Keeffe looking forward to holiday tournaments
Updated Dec 20, 2018 6:30 PM
It will be like deja vu all over again for some nostalgic basketball coaches in the Northwest suburbs who, over the next couple of weeks, will be taking their teams to the exact same holiday basketball tournaments that they played in themselves as high school players.
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Scouting holiday tournaments, Northwest
Updated Dec 20, 2018 6:30 PM
Here’s a look at boys basketball holiday tournaments involving teams from the Northwest suburbs.
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Buffalo Grove, St. Viator earn wins
Updated Dec 15, 2018 12:03 AM
Nate Cole scored 20 points and Tom Trieb added 16 Friday night as Buffalo Grove defeated Wheeling 69-49 in a Mid-Suburban League East boys basketball game.
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Christie hits for 32 in Rolling Meadows’ win
Updated Dec 11, 2018 10:36 PM
Matt Schoessling and Sean Nolan helped key the fourth quarter for the Rolling Meadows boys basketball team Tuesday night as the Mustangs defeated Wheaton Academy 64-57 in a nonconference game at Meadows.
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Wheeling Hardwood Classic pairings set
Updated Dec 10, 2018 6:18 PM
The pairings have been released for the 40th Wheeling Hardwood Classic, which brings together several of the top boys basketball teams in the suburbs.
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Palatine, Conant earn wins
Updated Dec 4, 2018 10:59 PM
It was an old-fashioned shootout between Palatine’s Julian Campbell and Rolling Meadows’ Max Christie Tuesday night in Palatine.
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Prospect rolls over Wheeling
Updated Nov 30, 2018 11:51 PM
Prospect downed Wheeling 64-35 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Wheeling caps 3-1 showing at Northridge Prep
Updated Nov 24, 2018 8:45 PM
Jeremy Kim scored 23 points, and Wheeling’s boys basketball team beat Vernon Hills 68-49 Saturday to cap a 3-1 showing in Northridge Prep’s Battle at the Ridge Thanksgiving tournament.
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Raider’s 27 carry Barrington past Hononegah
Updated Nov 23, 2018 11:56 PM
Will Raider poured in a game-high 27 points Friday to lead Barrington’s boys basketball team to an 82-61 win over Rockton Hononegah at the Crystal Lake Central Thanksgiving tournament.
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Barrington rolls past McHenry
Updated Nov 21, 2018 10:04 PM
Aaron Sarker scored 12 points Wednesday as Barrington’s boys basketball team rolled to a 63-26 win over McHenry at the Crystal Lake Central Thanksgiving Tournament.
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Hersey’s Davis Belford (10) returns to lead a Huskies team that is the favorite in the Mid-Suburban East this season.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Scouting the Mid-Suburban East
Updated Nov 15, 2018 1:58 PM
Here’s a preview of the Mid-Suburban East boys basketball season for 2018-19.
ROSTERback to top
No. Name Class Height Weight Position
2 Collar, Morgan Junior 6-0 F
15 Janulis, Sam Freshman 5-9 G/F
35 Muro, Ivan Senior 6-5 C
1 McLaughlin, Christian Junior 6'1 G
5 Konrath, Eric 5-9 G
11 Hudson, Solomon Sophomore So G
12 Ciepiela, Kuba Senior 6-2 F
20 Stravinskas, Ben Senior 6-2 F
23 Best, Michael Senior 6-2 G
32 Zettek, Brandon Senior 6-2 F
CONFERENCE NEWSback to top
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Rolling Meadows’ Max Christie is one of the top rated sophomores in the state.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Christie happy and motivated at Rolling Meadows
Updated Nov 15, 2018 1:58 PM
Max Christie is grounded. The sophomore boys basketball star from Rolling Meadows has been receiving tons of attention from Division 1 coaches after an exceptional freshman year and even a better summer season. Yet, he still thinks of himself as just a local kid.
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Josh Steinhaus.
Libertyville’s Steinhaus final MVP for 2018-19 season
Updated Feb 13, 2019 4:17 PM
Josh Steinhaus of Libertyville is this week’s Daily Herald boys basketball MVP. Below are the final MVP selections for the 2018-19 season.
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Libertyville’s Will Moore, left, controls a loose ball in front of Buffalo Grove’s Tyler Kipley during Wednesday’s game in Libertyville.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
Short-handed Buffalo Grove rallies, edges Libertyville
Updated Feb 13, 2019 10:28 PM
After Mike Nowakowski scored on a drive and Libertyville’s high-scoring Josh Steinhaus banked a half-court shot wide of the rim, Buffalo Grove’s bench sprung from its seats and stormed the court to celebrate a 56-55, nonconference basketball win on Wednesday night.
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Wheeling’s Michael Best (23) battles for a rebound with Hersey’s Davis Belford and Matt Hanushewsky during their game Friday at Wheeling High School.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Hersey rolls by Wheeling
Updated Dec 8, 2018 12:00 AM
Hersey defeated Wheeling 55-36 in a boys basketball game Friday night.
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Hersey sneaks past Buffalo Grove
Updated Jan 11, 2019 9:46 PM
Hersey downed Buffalo Grove 60-56 in boys basketball action Friday night.
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Fremd’s Bryce Hopkins pumps his fist after hitting a 3-pointer to give his team a 75-72 lead over Prospect in double overtime during the Mid-Suburban League boys basketball championship game in Mount Prospect Wednesday.
Joe Lewnard | Staff
In a double overtime classic, Fremd tops Prospect for MSL title
Updated Feb 20, 2019 11:02 PM
Fremd defeated Prospect 75-72 in double overtime Wednesday night to win the Mid-Suburban League boys basketball championship.
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Prospect’s Ben Zellmer tries for two despite pressure from the Rolling Meadows defense in the boys basketball varsity matchup at Rolling Meadows on Friday.
Mark Welsh | Staff
Without Christie, Meadows falls to Prospect
Updated Jan 11, 2019 11:57 PM
Prospect’s boys basketball team defeated Rolling Meadows 65-49 Friday night. Meadows played wihtout sophomore standout Max Christie, who missed the game with an injury.
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Michael Best
The Northwest suburbs All-Area Boys Basketball Team
Updated Mar 14, 2019 10:36 PM
The Northwest suburbs All-Area Boys Basketball Team.
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Stevenson eases past Hersey
Updated Mar 1, 2019 10:13 PM
Stevenson defeated Hersey 56-44 in a Class 4A regional boys basketball championship game Friday night.
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Warren’s Juan DelaCruz hugs teammates after they beat Prospect during boys basketball regional semifinals Wednesday night at Grayslake North High School.
Steve Lundy | Staff
Warren holds off Prospect for upset
Updated Feb 27, 2019 10:52 PM
Juan DelaCruz scored a season-high 20 points, and Warren’s boys basketball team staved off a furious rally to upset sixth-seeded Prospect 56-53 in the Class 4A Grayslake North regional semifinals Wednesday night.
ABOUT THE SCHOOLback to top
Colors:Royal Blue/Athletic Gold/White
Address: 900 S. Elmhurst Rd.
Wheeling, Il 60090
Phone:847-718-7000
County:Cook
Website:whs.d214.org
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