>> WEEK EIGHT OF LAKESHORE PREP SPORTS ON LAKESHORE PBS.

TONIGHT, WE GET YOU READY FOR BOYS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.

THE SECTIONALS ARE AROUND THE CORNER.

WE GOT A WHOLE LOT TO TALK ABOUT, DON'T WE?

>> ACTION-PACKED SHOW THIS WEEK.

I CAN'T WAIT.

>> THE FEATURE IS YOUR LAKE STATION EAGLES.

>> ONE THING THEY GOT A W. YES, THEY ARE, FRONT AND CENTER STAGE TONIGHT.

>> MORGAN WON A LOT OF GAMES IN A ROW, RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL HAVE THAT COMING UP NEXT ON LAKESHORE PREP SPORTS.

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>> DOING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

LIFE IS SHORT AND THE EARLIER WE GET STARTED HELPING OUR COMMUNITY THE BETTER OFF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE.

[ THEME MUSIC ] >> ALL RIGHT.

IT IS WEEK 8 OF LAKESHORE PREP SPORTS ON LAKESHORE PBS.

AND RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 21-1 HAMMOND CENTRAL, HUGE WIN OVER CHESTERTON.

WE TALKED ABOUT, ALSO A TOUGH GAME AGAINST LC, BUT 13-GAME WINNING STREAK.

>> THEIR ONLY LOSS IS TO WHITNEY YOUNG.

THEY'RE UNDEFEATED >> 13 STRAIGHT WINS.

THAT SOUNDS FAMILIAR FOR MORE THAN JUST ONE TEAM.

>> YES, IT DOES.

ONE GOT SNAPPED.

>> NO, THEY'RE BOTH STILL AT 13 IN A ROW.

>> BEN OVERSHAW.

>> ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THIS TEAM.

THIS TEAM AVERAGES 69 POINTS PER GAME.

>> QUICK RELEASE.

>> THAT WAS LIGHTNING.

>> CAN WE GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT?

HE GOT THAT OFF SO FAST.

THAT'S HARD TO GET TO.

>> HE'S PUTTING ON A CLINIC RIGHT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT, VINCE.

>> BIG GAME FOR VINCE THERE.

>> WHAT IS DANGEROUS ABOUT THIS GAME IS THAT THERE'S MULTIPLE PLAYERS WHO CAN DO DAMAGE AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHO TO KEY ON.

>> YEAH >> RIGHT THERE IN THE THREE >> IF YOU HAVE A PLAYER ON YOUR TEAM NAMED LeBRON, YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU HAVE SOMETHING GOING FOR THERE.

>> I THINK THAT'S IN THE CHANGEABLE COLUMN.

[LAUGHTER] >> THAT'S INTANGIBLE?

WELL, WE HAVE A GUY NAMED LeBRON.

>> I UNDERSTAND THAT.

LAKE CENTRAL LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY'RE NUMBER ONE IN OUR POLLS.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT.

>> MY GOODNESS.

>> IF I'M VALPO, I DON'T LIKE THAT HIGHLIGHT PACKAGE THERE AND THE INTANGIBLES.

SO LET'S SEE.

VALPO 11-12 TAKING ON HAMMOND HIGH.

>> THEY DON'T HAVE LeBRON BUT THEY HAVE A SMILE.

>> VALPO'S HOVERING AROUND .500.

THEY'RE ONE GAME UNDER AT 11-12, AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A LITTLE MORE EXPANSION OF WHO IS GOING TO BE THE CENTRAL FOCUS FOR THIS TEAM.

WE KNOW THAT MASON JONES IS AN EXCELLENT PLAYER.

WHO WILL TAKE UP THE SECOND SPOT?

JACK SMILEY IS AVERAGING 15 POINTS A GAME.

IF ONE OF THE TWO OF THEM HAVE A ROUGH NIGHT, IT COULD BE A TOUGH DAY FOR VALPO.

GOING TO THE GOAL.

WE SAW DERRICK BROOKS.

I THINK WE MIGHT SEE-- WE MIGHT SEE SOMETHING HERE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

WHO IS THAT?

WHO IS THAT GUY?

>> PHIL.

[LAUGHTER] >> THAT LAST NAME SOUNDS FAMILIAR.

>> IT SHOULD.

>> RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S DR. REED'S SON.

HE'S A DEFENSIVE GUY.

WE HAVE VIDEO.

>> THAT BETTER BE-- >> HE IS A HAMMOND AFTER ALL.

VALPO IS STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

THEY WON TWO OF THE LAST THREE.

THIS IS A TALL ORDER FOR THEM THIS WEEK.

>> IT'S ALSO A WAY THEY CAN BUILD THEIR CONFIDENCE.

THEY CAN PLAY TOUGH WITH THOSE GUYS AGAINST HAMMOND CITY.

>> THAT'S THE WAY TO LOOK AT IT.

>> YEAH.

>> TELL ME WHAT YOU GOT HERE?

>> WHAT WE GOT HERE IS HAMMOND CENTRAL AND AFTER I JUST GOT THROUGH SAYING, I HAD TO STEP ON MYSELF, I THINK HAMMOND WINS THE GAME.

VALPO'S GOING TO GIVE THEM A GOOD GAME, BUT I THINK HAMMOND CENTRAL IS TOO TOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHTY.

LET'S MOVE ON.

WE GOT A TEAM I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN MUCH OF THIS YEAR, BISHOP NOLL GETTING READY TO TAKE ON TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

>> BISHOP NOLL WON THE SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN CARRY IT ON.

>> THAT WAS 2A.

>> WHAT CLASS ARE THEY IN THIS YEAR?

>> 3A.

>> INTERESTING.

INTERESTING.

IT'S HOVERING AROUND .500.

THERE IS A LOT OF TALENT.

THEY AVERAGE 62 POINTS PER GAME.

YOU CAN TELL.

THEY'RE TAKING THE BALL TO THE HOLE RATHER SHARPLY.

>> ELKINS TO THE GOAL.

>> IF YOU RECALL, NOBODY THOUGHT-- HAMMOND KNOLL WAS THAT MUCH OF A FACTOR GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENT, AND THEY SURPRISED EVERYBODY BY BEATING LAKE STATION IN THE 2A SECTIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

DON'T UNDERLOOK THESE GUYS BECAUSE THEY COULD MAYBE DO SOME DAMAGE.

>> WE SAW EARLIER JOHNNY ALFRED PLAYING GOOD DEFENSE AND DISTRIBUTING THE BALL.

HE IS A KEY TO THIS TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PUT A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THEIR OPPONENTS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS TEAM NEEDS IN ORDER TO SUCCEED.

>> KERSHAWN WALKER.

>> OH!

>> THERE YOU GO!

>> SLAMMING IT HOME, WONDERFUL PLAY.

A LOT OF EXPLOSION THERE.

>> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUTOUT.

IT WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO WATCHING KNOLL AT THE HEBRON SECTIONAL AND A YOUNG MAN STOOD OUT, LIKE HE'S A REALLY GOOD BASKETBALL PLAYER, BUT HE DOESN'T HAVE COLLEGES ON HIM.

AND THAT MAN WAS ROMAN PENN, WHO WENT TO ST. JOHN FOR AN EXTRA YEAR.

THEN WENT OFF TO COLLEGE ON THE EAST COAST, I THINK, AND HAS BEEN BACK AT DRAKE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS NOW, AND HE HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS COLLEGE CAREER.

>> IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT SOMETIMES THE RECRUITERS MIGHT MISS ONE EVERY NOW AND THEN.

>> EXACTLY.

EXACTLY.

BECAUSE HE HAS HAD A TREMENDOUS CAREER.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KNOLL TAKING ON TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY.

>> >> THERE'S NOT JUST ONE SUPERSTAR.

THEY GOT THREE KIDS THAT SCORED A THOUSAND POINTS THIS SEASON-- I MEAN, IN THEIR CAREERS.

IT SHOWS HOW GOOD THIS BASKETBALL TEAM IS.

AS YOU MENTIONED, BEN, EARLIER, ONLY ONE LOSS AND IT WASN'T TO A 2-1-9 SQUAD AND THEY COULD HAVE ONE OF THE BETTER MATCH-UPS IN THE SECTIONAL.

>> THIS IS THEM AT 16-5.

THEY ARE A LOADED TEAM WITH A LOT OF TALENT ON A LOT OF THEIR SITES.

I THINK THAT THIS TEAM IS STARTING TO PEAK.

THEY WON THREE OUT OF THE LAST FOUR GAMES.

>> NUMBER AND ONE THERE IS HAYES, JR >> MY BAD.

>> YEAH, HE USED TO PLAY FOR GARY WALLACE.

>> YEAH.

HIS DAD.

>> I KNEW YOU WOULD REMEMBER THEM BECAUSE YOU'RE OLD.

[LAUGHTER] WELL, WE HAD TO-- >> YEAH.

LET'S TRY THAT AGAIN.

>> SO TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, THEY WON THREE OF THE LAST FOUR.

THEY'RE HIGH SCORING SO GARY TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY LOOKING PRETTY GOOD.

>> ONE OF THE STARS, WE SAW HIM THERE.

HE'S UNCOMMITTED.

HE POINTED THAT OUT YESTERDAY.

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ONE OF THOSE PLAYERS AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE-- YOU KNOW WHO ANOTHER PLAYER WAS?

DID YOU GUYS SEE THE HIGHLIGHT OF THE GUY THAT SHOT THAT HALF-COURT SHOT FROM MISSOURI?

>> YEAH.

>> DEANDRE, TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY CHARTER.

ALUMNI THERE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> HE WENT TO KENT STATE.

>> ARE YOU TRYING TO AVOID YOUR PREDICTION.

>> NO.

I LIKE MY PICK.

[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY.

>> I LIKE MY PICK.

[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY.

>> YOU KNOW, 70-50, COULD GO TO THE OLD 2A TO 3A THING THERE.

WE'LL HAVE TO INVESTIGATE THAT.

I AM PUTTING YOU ON ASSIGNMENT WITH THAT.

>> LET'S MOVE ON NOW.

>> SHALL WE?

[LAUGHTER] >> ILEANA CHRISTIAN, 16-5.

>> THEY WON FOUR OUT OF THE LAST FIVE GAMES.

MORE ON THE DEFENSIVE-MINDED TEAM.

BUT THEY'RE PRETTY EFFICIENT AROUND THE GLASS.

>> BIG RIVAL IN LAKE STATION.

>> BIG RIVALRY FROM LAKE STATION.

MANY PEOPLE THOUGHT THEY WOULD PLAY LAKE STATION LAST YEAR BUT THEY LOST THE FIRST ROUND MATCH-UP.

I WANT TO SEE WHAT THESE GUYS DO IN THE FIRST GAME THIS YEAR.

CAN THEY COME OUT LOOSER THAN LAST SEASON IN >> THEY GOT A HECK OF A BASEBALL TEAM.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> MATTER OF FACT, I'M MORE THAN ONE ON THEM TOO, THEY GOT TWO OF THEM.

>> FROM DOWNTOWN >> THERE HE IS AGAIN.

>> WAY TO DODGE THE CHARM.

>> MASON POST CLEANING UP THE BOARDS THERE.

THAT'S A NICE-- >> DID HE GET AN ASSIST ON THAT?

>> IT WAS A PASS CLEARLY.

>> WE LOOK THERE FROM THE OUTSIDE AND THEN YOU GOT SPELMAN TAKING IT TO THE HOLE.

THEY'RE A PRETTY GOOD TEAM.

AND IT HAS ONE HECK OF A DINNER TABLE AND ONE OF THEM IS AVERAGING 17 POINTS PER GAME.

THAT WOULD BE LUKE ZEKE WITH 13 POINTS PER GAME.

NOT BAD FOR EITHER TEAM.

>> THEY'RE PLAYING ONE OF THE MOST IMPROVED TEAMS, IF NOT THE MOST IMPROVED TEAM IN NORTHWEST THIS SEASON.

THEY'RE TAKING ON HANOVER CENTRAL WHO GAVE MUNSTER ALL THEY CAN HANDLE LAST WEEKEND.

>> YOU'LL WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

HANOVER CENTRAL IS PHYSICALLY IMPOSING.

THERE ARE A VERY LARGE TEAM WITH A LOT OF GOOD ATHLETES ON IT.

>> HE WAS THAT FAR BEHIND THE LINE.

>> AND THE FACT THAT THEY-- THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE MUNSTER A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY, DON'T FORGET WHAT MUNSTER DID TO LAKE STATION.

>> RIGHT.

>> HERE, THEY COME UP AGAINST THESE GUYS AND THEY GAVE THEM A RUN FOR THEIR MONEY.

>> THIS TEAM IS VASTLY IMPROVED FROM THE START OF THE YEAR.

JAY IS THERE.

YOU ARE RIGHT, THOUGH, BEN.

THEY HAVE GOOD SIZE.

>> THEY DO.

THEY SHARE THE BALL WELL.

THEY'RE ATHLETIC.

THERE ARE SPRINGS IN THEIR LEGS, IT LOOKS LIKE.

FINISHING AT THE RIM, EYE LEVEL TO THE RIM AND TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS RIGHT THERE IN THE LANE.

>> SEE HIM IN THE WEIGHT ROOM PLAYING FOOTBALL.

HENRY FROM DOWNTOWN.

>> BEAUTIFUL PLAY.

>> HMM.

>> THEY LED AFTER ONE.

THEY TRAILED BY TWO AT HALFTIME.

THEY REALLY TOOK MUNSTER INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER BEFORE LOSING.

SO THAT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE GAME FOR HANOVER.

WHO GOT THE PICK?

>> THIS ONE'S MINE.

THIS IS ONE OF THE HARDEST PICKS.

I HAD ILEANA CHRISTIAN AND I THINK ILEANA CHRISTIAN IS TOO EXPLOSIVE AND IT'S THE CLASS THING AGAIN.

I THINK THEY COULD HAVE AN ADVANTAGE.

>> I AGREE.

THAT'S A TOUGH PICK THERE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EXTRA HARD FOR ME.

[LAUGHTER] >> WE'LL GIVE YOU THE TOUGH ONES.

>> THAT'S FAIR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT MORGAN TOWNSHIP AND LAKE STATION?

THIS IS YESTERDAY'S BALL GAME.

OH, BOY, WAS THIS A GAME.

>> I'M TESTIMONYING YOU, IF YOU WALKED IN AND WATCHED ANY OF THE FIRST, SAY, THREE AND A HALF QUARTERS OF THIS GAME, WOULD YOU HAVE THOUGHT THAT THESE YOUNG MEN IN THE GREEN UNIFORMS WERE GOING TO WIN THE GAME.

BECAUSE THEY HELD IN THERE FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, AND YET YOU STILL HAVE THIS LAKE STATION TEAM THAT PLAYED THE NIGHT BEFORE AND I ALSO HAVE TO ADD AND THEY PLAYED AND LOST, THE NIGHT BEFORE.

THEY CAME BACK IN THE FOURTH QUARTER AND WON IT.

MILLER WITH THE BASKET THERE AND WILLY IS GOING TO BE HUGE FOR LAKE STATION COME SECOND SEASON.

THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED.

THEY WANTED A ROUGH SCHEDULE TO GET THEM READY FOR THE PLAYOFF.

WE'LL SEE HOW IT WORKS OUT.

>> IT'S TOUGH TO PLAY ON TIRED LEGS AGAINST A TEAM LIKE MORGAN TOWNSHIP HERE.

THEY HAVE KEEGAN HOLDER WHO PLAYS-- AVERAGES 18 POINTS PER GAME.

JACK WHEELER AVERAGING 13.

THIS MORGAN TOWNSHIP TEAM IS REALLY TOUGH.

THEY PLAY EFFICIENT BRAND OF BASKETBALL.

>> THAT'S WHY BOTH TEAMS SHOULD FEEL GOOD ABOUT THIS GAME.

I KNOW YOU HATE TO HAVE THE, WELL, WE LOST, BUT WE STILL PLAYED WELL.

BUT BOTH TEAMS HAVE A LITTLE SOMETHING TO CARRY WITH THEM GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENT.

AND IF YOU'RE LAKE STATION, IF YOU HAVE TO PLAY TWO GAMES IN ONE DAY, YOU HAVE PROVEN THAT YOU CAN DO THAT.

>> GOING INTO THE TOURNAMENT.

HERE'S THE DRIVE.

NICE DRIVE BY HAYDEN GREIGER.

>> WHAT CLASS IS THE LAKE STATION GIRLS IN?

>> 2A.

>> WHAT CLASS ARE THE BOYS?

>> THEY'RE IN 3A.

>> INTERESTING.

>> I HATE TO GO WITH THE OLD SHOW.

I KNOW NOTHING.

>> GONZALES WITH 18 POINTS PER GAME.

>> I THINK THAT'S A GOOD RESPONSE.

>> ARMANI-- NOTICE I'M WORKING WITH YOU ON THIS ONE.

IN THE CASE OF ARMANI, THIS KID WILL TAKE THE BIG SHOT.

YOU GOT TO LIKE IT ABOUT ARMANI GONZALES, HE HAD TAKE THE BIG SHOT.

>> HE IS AVERAGING 18 POINTS PER GAME, BUT ALSO HE'S GOT A TEAMMATE AVERAGING 18 POINTS PER GAME IN WILLY MILLER.

THESE ARE TWO DYNAMIC PLAYERS AND THIS GAME CAME DOWN TO THE WIRE.

>> WE TALK ABOUT HAVING MORE THAN ONE PLAYER TO HELP YOU OUT.

THERE'S A THIRD GUY ON THEM TOO, TOO, THAT WILL PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD.

HE DIDN'T HAVE A BIG GAME LAST NIGHT.

YOU HAVE THREE GUYS THAT CAN PUT THE BALL IN THE BASKET FOR LAKE STATION ANYTIME.

>> IT TOOK OVERTIME, BUT THEY GOT THE JOB DONE AGAINST MORGAN TOWNSHIP BY ONE POINT.

>> DON'T FORGET.

THE NIGHT BEFORE THEY PLAYED AND WENT OVERTIME AND STILL CAME BACK AND WON.

>> THEY'RE YOUNG.

>> MUST BE NICE.

>> SPECIAL BY THE COACH.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU WANT MORGAN WON LIKE SOME RIDICULOUS NUMBER.

13 IN A ROW.

>> THEIR 13-GAME WINNING STREAK ENDED.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

>> I WAS REFERRING TO THE MUNSTER TEAM.

THEY ALSO WON 13 IN A ROW AND HAMMOND CENTRAL HAS WON 13 IN A ROW.

>> MORGAN, 13-WINNING STREAK ENDED.

IN OVERTIME.

>> IT WAS.

OKAY.

IT'S TIME FOR OUR FEATURE.

LAKE STATION, GETTING READY FOR THE POST-SEASON IN 3A.

LET'S-- TOMMY, WAS OUT.

WERE YOU OUT, OR DID YOU GO SOLO?

>> WE WENT OUT THERE.

>> YOU WERE OUT THERE.

>> THEY ACTUALLY LET ME IN.

[LAUGHTER] >> LAKE STATION BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM.

[ THEME MUSIC ] >> COACH, FIRST OFF, I GOT TO ASK YOU, DID THE BOSTON CELTICS RETURN YOUR PHONE CALL?

IT SEEMS THAT EVERY TOUGH TEAM YOU CAN THINK OF IS PART OF YOUR SCHEDULE TO CLOSE OUT THE REGULAR SEASON.

>> IT'S DEFINITELY PART OF THE PLAN.

WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE OUR SCHEDULE WAS AS TOUGH AS CAN BE GOING INTO THE SECTIONAL AND GETTING THESE GUYS READY FOR WHAT WE EXPECT COME SECTIONAL PLAY.

I MEAN, DEFINITELY I DON'T KNOW IF IT GETS ANY TOUGHER AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT, THOUGH.

>> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S TEAM THAT MAYBE COULD YOU HAVE USED LAST YEAR?

>> WELL, PRETTY SIMILAR LAST YEAR.

HAVING TRAVIS FILL IN THAT ROLE WITH THE ATHLETICISM HE BRINGS AND THE STUFF THAT HE DOES, YOU KNOW THAT MAYBE WE DIDN'T HAVE LAST YEAR WITH THE REBOUNDING.

HE REBOUNDED AT A HIGH LEVEL AND MARIAN PICKED UP THE REBOUNDING AND IT'S TOUGHNESS ON THE DEFENSIVE END AND SOME LENGTHS IN THE ABILITY TO NOT NECESSARILY SCORE THE BALL, BUT MAKE THE RIGHT PLAY AND HAVE THAT BASKETBALL KNOWLEDGE WHEN WE NEED IT.

>> WE MENTIONED TALKING ABOUT WILLY MILLER.

LET'S FACE IT, HECK OF A SCORER.

REBOUNDER, DOES ALL THE THINGS YOU NEED TO GET DONE.

>> YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, HE'S BEEN TOP ASSIST GUY, STEAL GUY, REBOUND GUY, SCORER.

YOU NAME IT, HE LED OUR TEAM.

THIS YEAR, IT'S NICE THAT HE ISN'T THAT.

WE'VE GOT A COUPLE OTHER GUYS THAT RIGHT THERE WITH HIM IN SCORING, RIGHT THERE WITH HIM IN THE STEALS.

HE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

HE'S HAD A GREAT CAREER.

HE HAS BEEN A STARTER FOR FOUR YEARS.

HE'S FUN TO WATCH.

HE'S KIND OF KID IF THE SHOTS AREN'T FALLING, HIS CONFIDENCE IS LEVEL IS THERE HE WILL HIT THE NEXT ONE, AND IF NOT, HE WILL FIND A WAY TO SCORE AT THE I RIM OR MID-RANGE.

HE'S GOT A REALLY COMPLETE GAME.

HE CONTINUES TO PROVE IT EVERY NIGHT.

>> WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THIS YEAR'S TEAM THAT WASN'T QUITE THERE LAST YEAR?

>> I THINK WE, LIKE, FOLKS CUSS ON DEFENSE BETTER.

LAST YEAR, WE WILL GET TOO LACKADAISICAL ON DEFENSE AND THIS YEAR, WE'RE MORE LOCKED IN ON DEFENSE.

>> DON'T GIVE TOO MUCH AWAY.

WHAT MAKES THIS TEAM SPECIAL?

>> IT'S TRAVIS.

HE'S THE KEY PIECE.

HE CAN SEE THE FLOOR, BLOCK SHOTS, PUSH THE BALL, DRIBBLE.

HE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE PLAYOFFS JUST AROUND THE CORNER?

YOUR CONFIDENCE GOING INTO THE SECOND SEASON?

>> I THINK WE GET IT DONE THIS YEAR.

IT ALL COMES DOWN TO EXECUTION, PLAYING DEFENSE, PLAYING HARD, NOT GIVING UP, STAYING HUMBLE, TOO.

BECAUSE WE ARE PLAYING LAST YEAR AND GET UP BIG AND PLAY AROUND LACKADAISICAL AND STAY IN THE GAME AND PLAY FOUR QUARTERS.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON SEASON THIS YEAR?

>> MY THOUGHTS ON THE SEASON SO FAR, WE GOT A LOT MORE TO DO TO IMPROVE BECAUSE WE GOT FOUR TOUGH GAMES COMING.

I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT NOBODY.

NEITHER IS MY TEAM.

WE ON THE SAME PAGE.

WE'RE UNBEATABLE.

>> WHAT IS THAT ONE THING YOU HAVE TO IMPROVE TO GET ON THE SAME PAGE?

>> OH, CHEER EACH OTHER UP.

BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

YOU HAVE TO HOLD SOMEBODY UP.

YOU CAN'T BRING THEM DOWN AND YOU GOT TO TELL THEM, HEY, THAT'S A STUPID SHOT.

YOU KEEP THEM UP.

YOU HAVE THE NEXT ONE.

>> YOU GUYS HAVE A TOUGH SCHEDULE COMING UP THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

YOUR THOUGHTS ON HOW TOUGH THAT SCHEDULE IS?

>> WE HAVE NINE GAMES COMBINED AND FOR OUR TEAM, THAT'S VERY TOUGH.

WE GOT TO LOCK IN.

IT'S THAT TIME OF THE SEASON.

I'M HAPPY OUR SCHEDULE GOT TOUGHER.

SECTIONALS AND REGIONALS, WE WANT TO MAKE A RUN.

>> YOUR CONFIDENCE-- YOU SOUND LIKE A CONFIDENT GUY, BUT YOUR CONFIDENCE ON THIS TEAM?

>> IT'S OUR YEAR.

LAST YEAR, WE GOT A TASTE, BUT THIS YEAR, WE ALL POISED AND WE WANT IT.

WE CAN DO MORE WITH TRAVIS.

TRAVIS HELPS US A LOT.

WILLY IS MORE DOMINANT, MORE OF A BULLY, IN HIS WORDS.

ARMANI IS PLAYING BEST HE'S BEEN PLAYING AND YOU CAN'T FORGET ABOUT THE SHARP SHOOTER.

WE ALL KNOW ABOUT A.D. AND WE GOT JIM AND WHEN HE GETS STARTED.

[LAUGHTER] >> THE THING I LIKE ABOUT WHAT YOU DID, YOU WANTED TO GET EVERYBODY'S NAME IN THERE.

AGAIN, THAT'S LEADERSHIP FOR YOU.

>> YEAH.

ALWAYS SHINE ON ONE PERSON THERE'S A GROUP OF US, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE.

NOBODY STOPPING US.

>> I'M SORRY.

I LOVE MARION, HE HAS A PERSONALITY ON HIM.

HE'S THE HOMECOMING KING.

CONGRATULATIONS TO HIM ON THAT.

GREAT PERSONALITY.

>> ALL HAIL THE KING.

>> EXACTLY AND THE TYPE OF GUY YOU NEED IN THE LOCKER ROOM TO KEEP YOUR TEAM LOOSE.

>> YES.

ALL RIGHT.

GIRLS SEASON ENDED BUT NOT BEFORE LAKE CENTRAL'S LADY INDIANS SHOCKED THE WORLD WITH THE UPSET OVER SOUTH BEND WASHINGTON.

LC'S ENTIRE TEAM RETURNS NEXT YEAR SO THEY GOT TO THE FINAL FOUR.

LOST TO FISHER IN THE NIGHT CAP.

HOW ABOUT SOME PREDICTION RECORDS?

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

15-15.

>> THAT MEANS I AM 100% FOR THE SEASON.

I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND I CHOOSE EXCELLENCE, GENTLEMEN.

>> I KNOW ONE OF MY PICKS WAS REAL BAD.

>> WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT ABOUT THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE?

>> THAT MEANS YOU HAVEN'T PICKED ENOUGH GAMES.

>> VERY TRUE.

I LOOK TO MY AGENT.

[LAUGHTER] HE SAID MAKE ONE PICK, MAKE IT EASY AND SHUT UP >> PRETTY GOOD, 15-15.

>> THEY'RE GIVING ME THE LION'S SHARE OF THE PICKS.

I'M DOING ALL RIGHT.

>> NOT BAD AT ALL.

>> LET'S CHECK OUT THE MUNSTER SECTIONAL.

RIGHT, HAMMOND CENTRAL VERSUS WEST SIDE, MERRILLVILLE AND MUNSTER AND LAKE CENTRAL AT EAST CHICAGO.

>> LOOK WHAT'S IN THE WEEDS THERE.

WE COULD HAVE A HAMMOND CENTRAL AND MUNSTER.

HECK OF A CONTEST.

>> YOU THINK PEOPLE WOULD GO SEE THAT?

>> I WOULD.

[LAUGHTER] >> IT WOULD BE THE GAME OF THE YEAR.

>> MARTIN VERSUS THE WINNER OF GAME ONE.

I THINK IT'S MORTON VERSUS HAMMOND.

I FORGOT WHO THE OTHER TEAM WAS.

THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S THE CENTRAL MUNSTER HAMMOND MATCH-UP, I THINK SATURDAY NIGHT IS THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

.

ALL RIGHT CROWN POINT HAD A NICE WIN.

THEY GOT PORTAGE.

HOLBERT-KV, VALPO AND LOWELL.

I THOUGHT CROWN POINT GOT THE BY IN THAT ONE.

CHESTERTON VERSUS THE WINNER OF GAME ONE.

IT'S A GOOD DRAW FOR CHESTERTON.

LA PORTE, MICHIGAN CITY.

>> MICHIGAN CITY LOOKING FOR THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.

MANY SPEAKING OF LA PORTE AND MICHIGAN CITY, I THINK THEY PLAYED A WEEK OR SO AGO.

IT WAS A GREAT GAME.

ALL RIGHT.

THE RIVER, LAKE STATION, GRIFFITH.

HIGHLAND AND KNOLL.

CALUMET-HANOVER CENTRAL.

MAYBE HANOVER IS THE FAVORITE THERE.

>> WHY DO YOU LOOK AT ME WHEN YOU SAY THAT?

>> I SAID MAYBE.

[LAUGHTER] I THINK HANOVER CENTRAL VERSUS LAKE STATION COULD BE FUN.

IT WOULD BE FUN.

YEAH.

>> I MEAN, THEY HUNG WITH MUNSTER.

WHO HUNG WITH MUNSTER AT A SMALLER SCHOOL?

>> NOT REALLY, NOT EVEN CLOSE >> TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, WHITING, NORTH NEWTON AND ILEANA CHRISTIAN AND ANDREAN TAKES THE WINNER OF GAME ONE.

TWO-WAY AT JETSON.

HEBRON AND SOUTH CENTRAL AND THE WINNER OF GAME ONE AND SOUTH BEND CAREER WINNER GAME TWO.

1A, WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP.

MORGAN MIGHT BE THE FAVORITE THERE.

HAMMOND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VERSUS WINNER OF GAME ONE.

AND WE ARE ALREADY OUT OF TIME.

MORE SECTIONAL STUFF COMING UP NEXT WEEK ON LAKESHORE PREP SPORTS.

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>> DOING AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

LIFE IS SHORT.

AND THE EARLIER WE GET STARTED HELPING OUR COMMUNITY THE BETTER OFF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE.

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