BASKETBALL MEETING

If you are going to play basketball this year for CCHS you should sign up on the sheet in the office and attend the meeting held in the multi-purpose room of the new gym after tutoring time on Thursday October 29th. You will get important information about the next week and half before basketball starts, as well as information about the upcoming season. See you there!!

ATTN: PROSPECTIVE BASKETBALL PLAYERS

Those who make the team should plan on having practice on November 13th (Friday - no school) and 14th (Saturday morning) and November 21st (Saturday morning), even though those dates may not be on the original practice schedule.

Your coach will have further details as the season gets under way.

Questions? email Coach Broene at kbroene@swchristian.org

THE SEASON APPROACHES

Basketball tryouts for all levels begin on Monday November 9th. Until that time, all players interested in playing are encouraged to attend CORE training (Mondays and Thursdays 3:15pm), open gyms (Wednesdays and Fridays 6:30am), and group shooting workouts which are available each day before or after school (please contact coach Broene).

The coaching staff is excited for the new season and is looking forward to getting started. Throughout my years of playing and coaching I have always reminded myself that I will "get out of 'this' whatever I put in to it." I challenge you all to put everything (energy, effort, attitude, intention) in to this season and see what great rewards we will receive as a result.

Lets have a great year!!

Pre-Season Open Gym

Senior Kevin Pittman, Jr. and Chris Zoeterman organized morning open gyms for anyone who is not in a fall sport. They play Wednesday and Friday mornings at 6:30am - 7:45am in the main gym. Come and join in the fun.

CORE and lifting are in full swing. CORE is Monday and Thursday with weight lifting on Tuesday and Wednesday. Hope to see you all there getting ready for the season that begins on November 9th.

Andy Stuursma Competes in the McLegends All-Star Game

Last Saturday, April 18th, Andy had the opportunity to compete in the Coca-Cola McLegends All-Star Game at Homewood-Flossmoor High School. The game features a roster of past high school legends from the south side versus a current roster of this years all-area players selected by the Southtown Star Newspaper. A few of the players on the Legends roster included current NFL wide recievers Antwan Randle El and Tai Streets, as well as NFL linebacker Napoleon Harris among many other talented players.

The game was very close throughout, ending in overtime on a last second bucket by Napoleon Harris. The final score of 126-125 showed that there was plenty of offense and plenty of entertainment for all the fans.

Andy said it was a great game, and that he had a lot of fun. He scored two buckets, handed out five a assists and had five rebounds. He mentioned that Antwan Randle El netted seven three pointers, but he was most impressed with Kenya Beach (Crete-Monee1996) who had 28 points.

For the Southtown Star's Take, Click Here.

Andy Stuursma Selected to All-Area Basketball Team

The Southtown Star newspaper selected Andy as a representative for their 16 person all-area team. Players selected to the all-area team can be from any size school on the southside of the chicagoland area. As you can imagine, earning this honor is a very prestigous distinction. In fact, Andy is the only player from a AA or A school on the team. All the other players that were seleceted were from bigger, AAA and AAAA, schools. Last night (April 8th), Andy was joined by his parents, and Coach Pittman, at the awards banquet to be recognized for this outstanding accomplishment. Congratulations Andy!! We are proud that you can represent Chicago Christian as one of the best players in the chicagoland area!!

For the Southtown Star's article about all 16 all-area honorees, click here

Stuursma Selected to 2nd Team All-State

Andy Stuursma's excellent basketball career was capped off by a senior year that won him All-conference honors, Co-Player of the Year honors in the PSL, an All-Area selection by the Daily Southtown, and after Thursday's voting, 2nd team All-State honors!! Congratulations and thanks to Andy on a great year, and an unforgettable contribution to the tradition of Chicago Christian Basketball.

Stuursma Voted Co-Player of the Year in PSL

Congratulations to Andy Stuursma on his first team all-confernece and "Co-Player of the Year" honors for the PSL Conference. He was given the "Co" honors with Tim Rusthoven from Wheaton Academy. Andy had a monster year averaging 21.0 points, 6.8 rebounds, 2.8 steals, and 2.3 assists per game.

Pittman Has Strong Showing at State Finals

Congratulations to Kevin Pittman (Jr) on his performance at the IHSA 3-point shoot out state finals!! There were 32 shooters in AA that were competing for four spots. The score needed to advance as one of the top four finalists was eleven makes, Kevin made ten. He missed four of the first five shots, but recovered to make nine of his last ten. Thanks to all the players and families who traveled down to Peoria to see Kevin shoot. What a great showing for Kevin and for Chicago Christian High School!!

Sophs Buzzer Beater Defeats Illiana

The final three minutes of the season finale against Illiana Christian. The video picks up with CCHS ahead by one point, with around a minute left. Go Knights!!