Richard Spring Invitational: the grand preview

Date: Saturday, September 18

Location: Detweiller Park; Peoria IL

9:30am Girls' Open/JV

10:05am Girls' Fresh-Soph

11:50am. Boys' Fresh-Soph

12:25pm. Boys' Open/JV

Meet the key teams:

Girls- [3A] #1 York, #4 Prospect, #5 Downers Grove South, #7 Loyola Academy, #10 St. Charles East, #11 Oak Park-River Forest, #12 Maine South, #14 Downers Grove North, #15 Lincoln-Way East, #16 Glenbard West, #17 Hinsdale Central, #18 Hersey, #20 Oswego East, #22 O'Fallon; 2A- #1 Chatham-Glenwood, #9 Normal University, #10 Chicago Latin, #13 Mahomet-Seymour, #18 Chicago St. Ignatius, #23 Deerfield; 1A- #4 Aurora Rosary, #5 Monticello, #8 St. Joe-Ogden, #11 Joliet Catholic, #12 Chicago Depaul Catholic, #14 Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin, #15 Stanford-Olympia, #17 El Paso-Gridley

Boys- [3A] #1 Sandburg, #2 Oswego, #5 York, #9 Palatine, #10 St. Charles East, #11 Wheaton-Warrenville South, #13 Loyola Academy, #14 Barrington, #16 Hersey, #18 Lake Zurich, #19 Oak Park-River Forest, #20 Downers Grove South, #22 Chicago Lane Tech, #25 Wheaton North; 2A- #6 Mahomet-Seymour, #14 Chatham-Glenwood, #18 Urbana, #24 Springfield; 1A- #1 Chicago Latin, #3 Chicago Depaul Prep, #4 St. Joe-Ogden, #5 Stanford-Olympia, #8 Riverdale, #9 Monticello, #10 Normal University, #16 Northridge Prep

Quick thoughts: This invite is regarded as the best of the "Peoria Trilogy" not because of the great teams and individuals that cascade down on the famed Detweiller Park. It is a single class race with nearly 70 teams vying for all of the gusto. Both genders will have the top-ranked teams in the entire state with the Sandburg and York girls. There are over 30 ranked teams from all of the classes combined for both genders as well.