Varsity Tuesday, November 26th - The Hornets fell to a talented Fenwick team 56-19 in our season opener. The more experienced Friars jumped out to an early lead and never looked back. The Hornets were led by Rohan Tvelil with 6 points, and some great interior play from Gemarion Alexander. The Hornets will take on Riverside Brookfield on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 27th - The Hornets lost to RB, 66-39 on Wednesday. A close game at half went the Bulldogs’ way out of half behind some hot shooting. Gemarion Alexander led the Hornets with 17 points. The Hornets play next on Friday!
Friday, November 29th - The Hornets lost to Julian 64-58 on Friday. In a game that Julian led throughout, the Hornets were able to claw back from an 11 point deficit at the end of the third quarter to force the game into overtime. Gemarion Alexander and Grant Diedrich led the Hornets with 16 points each. The Hornets wrap up play at the RB Tournament on Saturday.
Saturday, November 30th - The Hornets fell to Thornwood 51-41 on Saturday to wrap up the VandeMerkt tournament at RB. The Hornets showed a ton of fight but ultimately fell short against a talented Thornwood team. Grant Diedrich continued his impressive play, leading the Hornets with 12 points. Rohan Tvelil and Maurice Oglesby Jr. scored 8 each.
Sophomore Monday, November 25th - The sophomore hornets began their season with a 53-41 loss vs St Ignatius on Monday night. It was a fast start for Hinsdale South, particularly behind some hot shooting by Devin Shah and Simas Mockus. But fast break points were the difference in this one as Ignatius erased a 9 point deficit and ultimately held on for the win. The hornets are 0-1 on the young season.
Wednesday, November 27th - The sophomore hornets dropped to 0-2 this holiday weekend, losing a scrappy game to host team Riverside-Brookfield 50-38 on Wednesday night. Once again the hornets held the lead early but couldn’t quite hold on down the stretch despite good shooting by Devin Shah and a strong performance underneath by Jonathan Greenwood. Up next for Hinsdale south is Southside Prep.
Friday, November 29th - Hinsdale South sophomore basketball dropped another one vs a tough Southland Prep team 73-53 on Friday night to end the RB Thanksgiving tournament. The hornets hung in most of the game behind some hot shooting by Devin Shah (18 pts in the second half), but were forced to gamble late in the game due to a ten point deficit. Southland Prep took care of business and it adds up to a 0-3 start this year for the hornets who begin conference play next week vs Leyden.
Freshman A Monday, Novmeber 25th - Freshman A Hornets get their first W in the win column defeating Dundee-Crown 38-31. Leading scorer, Louie Dusek, chipped in 19 points. Kosta Polizois sealed the win for the Hornets making 2 clutch free throws to take the game out of reach. Kosta made three threes in the game as well and scored 13 points. The hornets played great defensively. Three quarters they held Dundee-Crown to 6 points. The hornets shared the ball on offense and seem to have found a decent groove. We play Montini in the next round of the tournament on Wednesday night. A great TEAM win!!
Wednesday, November 27th - Freshman Hornets move to 2-0 after defeating Montini with a score of 57-27. An all out defensive battle with multiple players having 2 or more steals. To start the game, we held Montini to 4 points in the first quarter. Your Hornets were lead by the hot-shooting of Kosta Polizois, who nailed 4 three pointers in the game. He led all scorers with 14 points. The bench played a huge role in the game. Every player was able to play. Off the bench, Kayden Verdun poured in 12 points and John Molina had 11. Nine total players scored in the win!
The win moved the Hornets to 2-0 and play on Friday for the final day of the St. Viator Thanksgiving Tournament. We play Northridge Prep and Prospect.
Friday, November 29th - The Freshman Hornets played their final two games at the St. Viator Thanksgiving Tournament. We opened up our first game against Northridge Prep. We defeated them with a score of 61-37. The game was tied at half 30 - 30, after some half game adjustments, your Hornets held Northridge to 7 points in the second half. Hornets defense only gave up one point in the third quarter. Your Hornets were led by a strong scoring performance by Louie Dusek, pouring in 14 points. Kayden Verdun, coming off the bench, scored an additional 13. Nine different players scored for the Hornets. An all around great TEAM win!
The second game of a double-header was against a very talented Prospect team. An all out defensive battle by both sides all game. The Hornets were down 15-19 at half-time. They opened up the second half with a steal and a layup. Ultimately, our luck ran short after missing majority of our open looks. The Hornets lost their first game of the season with a score of 44-36. We open up the season with a record of 3-1. Leading scorers were Louie Dusek with 16 points and Kayden Verdun with 13 points.
Freshman B Monday, November 25th -Hinsdale South FB earns their first victory against Reavis FA with a final score of 38-30. Freshman B starts out the Reavis tournament 1-0 behind an even showing from the Hornets. 9 of the 13 hornets who played tonight scored and 6 of them scored at least 4 points. The story of the game for the hornets was early defense as they held Reavis to 4 points in each of the first two quarters before giving up 7 in the third quarter. Faced with a deficit around 10 the majority of the game heading into the fourth quarter Reavis decided to press and this opened the flood gates. The fourth quarter saw both teams account for 15 points. Causing a relatively low scoring game to tell a different tale in the box score. This was a good team win for Freshman B and the leading scorers, all with 6 were Michael A., Nate L., and Nico M.
Tuesday, November 26th - Hinsdale South Freshman B earn themselves another win in the Reavis tournament with a 30-25 performance against Evergreen Park. The first quarter was a nearly even affair with the Hornets edging out the mustangs 8-6. The second quarter gave the Hornets new life on defense as they held Evergreen park scoreless, expanding their lead going into the half to 17-6. The Mustangs stormed back in the third quarter with revitalized vigor cutting the hornets lead to 5. Ultimately the teams traded blows in the fourth to end the quarter even, resulting in a Hinsdale South victory. The leading scorer for tonight was Armaan Tvelil with 14 points.
Wednesday, November 27th - Hinsdale South Freshman B improves to 3-0 and takes home 1st place in the Reavis Freshman Thanksgiving holiday tournament after a 39-33 victory over Oak Forest. The game got off to a nice start as Vijay Panicker outscored Oak Park 5-4 all by himself thanks mostly to the stellar hornet defense. The second quarter saw Elijah Shabazz add in 5 of his own points as Hinsdale South and Oak Forest traded shot for shot. Coming into the third quarter with a score of 19-13 Hinsdale South kept up their stifling defense and saw 5 different players contribute to the total ending the quarter up 32-18. Things once again got a little too close for comfort in the fourth quarter but Hinsdale South stayed the course and finished the tournament undefeated. Leading scorers for the game were Elijah Shabazz 10, Vijay Panicker 9, and Anthoni Selmon with 6.