VIDEO: Week 12 of “Sun-Times Game Week”

High school basketball practice starts this week throughout the Chicago area while the high school football playoffs are heading into the quarterfinals. On location at Leo High School, our “Game Week” show hit both big stories including:

• An interview with Leo guard Fred Cleveland Jr. about the upcoming season
• The top 20 basketball prospects in the class of 2019
• Updated Super 25 rankings with some big changes including Loyola’s return to the list
• Analysis of the round two football playoff games including:

-Simeon vs. Lincoln-Way West

-Marist vs. Naperville Central

-Phillips vs. Prairie Ridge

-Loyola vs. Oswego

-Lisle vs. North Boone

• A look ahead to the quarterfinal match-ups this weekend including these top games:

-Class 8A: No. 1 Brother Rice vs. No. 8 Warren

-Class 8A: No. 4 Homewood-Flossmoor vs. No. 5 Marist

-Class 8A: No. 19 Loyola vs. No. 6 Maine South

-Class 7A: No. 1 Simeon vs. No. 8 Nazareth

-Class 7A: No. 4 Batavia vs No. 5 Willowbrook

-Class 6A: No. 1 Cary-Grove vs. No. 4 Phillips

• The Week 12 Player of the Week: Rashaan Palmer of Simeon

Stay with the Sun-Times for coverage of high school sports including “Sun-Times Game Week,” our weekly livestream show every Monday at 4:30 pm.

More Sun-Times High School Sports stories:

• PLAYOFF BRACKETS, SCORES: all eight classes
• Simeon beats Lincoln-Way West in high scoring battle
• Powerful ground game leads Marist past Naperville Central
• Jahleel Billingsley uses size to his advantage to help Phillips beat Prairie Ridge