Leo V. Oak Lawn – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

The South Suburban Red Conference which Oak Lawn (9-1, 18-6) is dominating this season is not as highly regarded as the Chicago Catholic League Blue in which Leo competes, so Coach Jamille Ridley expected the Spartans’ best shot in their meeting at the Evergreen Park Sunday Shootout. “Beating a … [Read more...]

Leo V. Loyola Academy – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

Coming off two semi-disheartening, coulda/woulda/shoulda losses to St. Francis de Sales and Riverside-Brookfield,  Leo Coach Jamille Ridley wanted nothing more than to “pop” Loyola Academy with an upset in a Catholic League Blue Division matchup in Wilmette Friday night.  Didn’t happen, … [Read more...]

Leo V. Riverside Brookfield – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

Football sage Bill Parcells is credited with suggesting, “You are what your record says you are,” as a measure of a team’s relative merits.  In that context, Leo (11-13) vs. Riverside-Brookfield (20-3) on Wednesday night looked like a mismatch. At Riverside-Brookfield, no less, with the … [Read more...]

Leo V. St Francis De Sales – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath

Some things just aren’t meant to be in life, and a .500 record for the Leo Lions in this season of basketball rebuilding apparently is one of them. Mired in the muck of a 3-10 record five weeks ago, the Lions brought an 11-12 mark into Tuesday night’s Catholic League crossover with St. Francis de … [Read more...]

Leo V. DePaul Prep – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath

The Leo Lions saw what a championship team looks like on a visit to DePaul Prep on Friday.  The Rams are not only the defending Class 2-A state champions, they are 20-2 this season and undefeated in Catholic League play.  “That is a good basketball team, a serious basketball team,” … [Read more...]

Leo V. Providence – Basketball Commentary by Dan Mcgrath.

For as many grind-it-out games as the Leo Lions have played this basketball season, they were entitled to one like Tuesday’s 60-27 thumping of Providence-St. Mel in a Catholic League crossover on the West Side.  A breather, yes. But to call it a laugher is to diminish the effort that the … [Read more...]

Leo V. Aurora Central – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

The game wasn’t great, but the free-throw contest was pretty interesting.  The Leo Lions pinned a 54-44 defeat on Aurora Central Catholic in a Catholic League crossover game at Leo Tuesday night, scoring half their points at the foul line.  The officials were the game’s most active … [Read more...]

Leo V. Fenwick – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

The entertainment was first rate: a world-renowned Leo Choir national anthem, a spectacular halftime performance by the Jesse White Tumblers.  The basketball … not so much. The Leo Lions ran into a Fenwick team that was a little older, a little stronger and—let’s be candid—a little better and … [Read more...]

Leo V. Marmion Academy – Basketball Commentary by Dan McGrath.

 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 … [Read more...]

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 via … [Read more...]