What the Leo Lions wouldn’t give for, say, a seven-minute do-over of Thursday night’s 56-53 Catholic League crossover loss to the Cadets of Marmion Academy in Aurora. Leo (6-10, 1-4) played well, save for puzzling, three-minute stretches of the second and third quarters, when a series of empty possessions—turnovers, missed shots, poor decisions—enabled Marmion to […]
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2024 ANNUAL ALUMNI BANQUET
Our date for the banquet is Friday. April 26th 2024 at the Chateau Del Mar aka Hickory Hills Country Club. We hope that you will be able to join us. We will be celebrating the Golden Jubilee Class of 1974 and the Silver Jubilee Class of 1999. Once again this year, tickets will be available […]
Continue reading...Leo V. Carver – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.
If ever an eight-point loss felt like a victory … The Carver Military Academy basketball team took the floor against Leo with unimaginably heavy hearts on Wednesday. Coach Johnnail Evans died over the weekend, succumbing to an illness that had kept him away from the team in recent weeks. Leo gave Carver the option of […]
Continue reading...IC Catholic/Westmont Holiday Tournament Games – Basketball commentary by Dan McGrath.
A young, rebuilding basketball team will take its victories where it can find them. The Leo Lions demonstrated admirable resilience in earning two wins to close out the IC Catholic/Westmont Holiday Tournament during Christmas week after suffering close losses in the first two rounds. Sensing that a three-point defeat by Willowbrook and a two-pointer against […]
Continue reading...Leo V. Willowbrook (IC tournament) – Basketball commentary by Dan McGrath.
Whenever the history of the Leo Lions’ 2023-24 basketball season is written, the first two games of the IC Catholic Christmas Tournament in Elmhurst will be recorded as two that got away from them. Leo staged a spirited rally to overcome an 11-point third-quarter deficit in the opener against Willowbrook on Tuesday, but couldn’t protect […]
Continue reading...Basketball Tournament Schedule and Brackets
Pool 1 (At Westmont) 12/26: Christ the King vs Montini 12/27: Reavis vs Montini 12/28: Reavis vs Christ the King 12/29 & 12/30: Bracket Play Pool 2 (At Westmont) 12/26: Westmont vs Alcott 12/27: Hope vs Alcott 12/28: Westmont vs Hope 12/29 & 12/30: Bracket Play Pool 3 (At IC) 12/26: Willowbrook vs Leo 12/27: […]
Continue reading...Leo V. Southland – Basketball commentary by Dan Mcgrath.
Three-point shooting can overcome all manner of mistakes in a basketball game. The Leo Lions made a bundle in Wednesday’s nonconference skirmish with Southland College Prep, including 23 turnovers. They also buried nine three-pointers in the first half and 11 in the game in subduing their high-spirited visitors 61-49. Southland College Prep is a Matteson-based […]
Continue reading...Leo V. Christ the King – Basketball commentary by Dan McGrath
Christ the King 55, Leo 38 The Gladiators turned on the Lions Saturday with stunning ferocity. Christ the King Jesuit College Prep’s basketball team goes by Gladiators, and they hosted Leo’s Lions in a nonconference game on the West Side. Before halftime, Leo’s 17-point trimming of St. Rita a night earlier was a distant memory. […]
Continue reading...Leo V. St. Rita – Basketball commentary by Dan McGrath.
The last time the Leo Lions took the floor at St. Rita, in February 2022, they staged one of the epic performances in school history, rallying from a 17point second-half deficit to clip the Mustangs 59-57 on Austin Ford’s acrobatic put-back basket at the final buzzer. The dramatic road win over a fellow unbeaten was […]
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