Blessed to announce my commitment to continue my athletic and academic career at Elmhurst University. Thank you to Coach Baines and Coach Cheng for the opportunity. I also want to thank Coach Rhodes and Coach Altenburg for helping me grow every step of the way! Roll Jays! 🩵
Congratulations to Jack Dempsey on being named to the IADA All-State Recognition Honorable Mention team! 🏆
A true multi-sport standout who defines what it means to be a student-athlete in Illinois. Way to represent! 🏌🏀⚾️
Blessed and honored to be voted Player of the Year for the conference. Want to thank all the coaches, teammates, and family that have helped me accomplish this! @oaklawnhoops
Congrats to Sr. Jack Dempsey on being named the SSC Red Player of the Year.
Jack concludes his four year SSC career with a 44-8 conference record and joins recent OL Basketball POY’s Sami Osmani (‘20), Davion Lawrence (‘22), and Donté Montgomery (‘25). That’s a special club!
Sports4Illinois Week 11 Players of The Week
OJ Powell / Willowbrook
JT Birns / St. Edwards
Jaxson Davis / Warren
Cayden Love / Champaign Central
Brady Harris / Francis W Parker
Zander Langfeld / Harvest Christian
Cedrick Carter / Intrinsic Downtown
Jaquan Jamerson / Round Lake
Jayden Riley / Yorkville Christian
Oliver Gray / Barrington
Jack Dempsey / Oak Lawn
Adam Anwar / McHenry
Nick Czerak / Aurora Central
Chris Bolte / St. Ignatius
Jett Karrick / PORTA AC
Spartans (22-6) defend homecourt today with a 70-64 win over a red hot Riverside-Brookfield. Great second half execution from the squad.
The law firm of Dempsey & Harvey go for 27 apiece. Cameron Mercer 27 of his own for the Bulldogs.
Spartans (21-6, 10-2) clinch their fifth straight SSC Red Title w/ a 60-29 win over Reavis tonight. Before this recent run, the last boys hoops conference title was in 1983. We don’t take it for granted, & it didn’t come easy.
Sr. John Olejniczak with 2 points in the victory.
Spartans (14-6, 5-2) gut one out on the road at TF North 65-61. Jack Dempsey led all scorers with 34 (13-13 FTs), while fellow senior Marc Harvey had 21. @JackDempp surpasses Sami Osmani’s (‘20) career 3FG record in the win with his 211th career 3️⃣!
Spartans (12-6, 3-2) defeat Oak Forest tonight at home 48-35. Team win! Senior Jack Dempsey led all scorers with 24. Proud of the effort and execution tonight from our team.
The 2025 PIHT All-Tourney Team:
Smith-Holley & Bradford-Richwoods
Harvey & Dempsey-Oak Lawn
Wessell-Mt. Carmel
McKie-Morton
Wade - Springfield
Hendrickx-Moline
Harris-Leo
Johnson-Washington
Blackman & Montgomery-Crane