PHOTOS: 2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships
The eight grade boys at Centyut Junior High in Tinley Park sealed the Southwest Interscholastic Conference basketball championship March 11 with a last second 3-pointer. Here are moments from that tourney along with the girls volleyball championships:
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century
Century Junior High teammate congratulate Zedan Said (No. 52) after he hit what turned out to be the game-winning 3-point basket with 4 seconds left in the SWIC championship.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Grissom
Legacy Laws of Grissom Middle School fires a pass during SWIC semifinal action.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Jerling
Vinny Annel of Jerling Junior High tries to get by an Evergreen Park defender in a SWIC semifinal game.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century vs. Grissom
Grissom’s Nate Peters guards Century’s Nate Anton an eighth-grade semifinal SWIC Tournament game on March 9.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century
Quinn Durkin, who was the SWIC Tournament MVP, holds up Century Junior High School’s tournament championship trophy on March 11 at Prairie View.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Grissom
Grissom’s Ben O’Reilly dribbles the ball in a SWIC seventh-grade semifinal battle March 8 at Prairie View.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century
Century eighth grade basketball players celebrate after winning the SWIC Tournament championship March 11.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century
Century’s Brook Thielen gets ready to slam the ball during the seventh-grade SWIC girls volleyball semifinals March 9.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Century
Century’s Nahlah Atik gets ready to serve in the SWIC championship match against Palos South March 11 at Grissom.
2023 Southwest Interscholastic Conference championships Grissom
Grissom seventh-grade volleyball coach George Chicvara gestures to his players in the SWIC title game against Palos South March 11.
When Scott Targosz and Allie Anson, who have been coaching boys basketball at Jerling Junior High School for three years, tried girls basketball, the result was historic.
The bad news for Prairie View Middle School eighth grade girls basketball coach Jeff Mahy is that he won’t be coaching Aaliyah Flores any more.
A late-game 3-point shot propels Century Junior High's eighth-grade boys to the Southwest Interscholastic Conference championship.
Area high schools were well represented at holiday basketball tournaments near and far. Here's a look at some of the play:
