Girls Basketball: Young’s Janee Thompson looking to snag her ‘big fish’

Young’s Janee Thompson has been on teams that have won city titles, regionals, sectionals and supersectionals. But the state title has always evaded the state guard.

• Boys Basketball: Frontcourt defense powers Simeon past Hyde Park

  Jabari Parker and Steve Taylor were too much on the defensive end as top-ranked Simeon downed Hyde Park 65-44 in the second round of the Public League Playoffs.

• Boys Basketball: Marshall edges short-handed Young

  Marshall took advantage of three Young starters out with an injury to down the Dolphins 69-67 in the second round of the Public League Playoffs Friday night.

• Boys Basketball: DeVante Jones leads Orr past Farragut

  Devante Jones drilled a game-breaking three-pointer from the left wing with just over three minutes remaining that powered the host Orr past Farragut 54-43 in a second-round Public League Playoff showdown Friday afternoon.

• Joe Henricksen’s City/Suburban Hoops Report

• Boys Basketball: Mike Wisz shoots Lemont past TF North

• Sun-Times high school news and notes

• Boys Basketball: Public League pairings

• Boys Basketball: Schedule