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Bradley gets commitment from 2020 big man Connor Linke

Da Coach said:
St. Charles North wins again tonight to improve to 3-0. They beat a pretty good Chicago Marshall HS team 62-44 to win the championship of the Rockford Boylan Thanksgiving Tournament. Connor Linke had another good game, but no stats available yet.
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Connor Linke had 15 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists & 2 blocks! Coach Wardle was in attendance at Rockford Boylan HS for tonight's game.
 
A few highlights of St. Charles North's win last night over Chicago Marshall. Connor is #34 in white-
https://twitter.com/ScnFans/status/1200664075648323584

That above tweet says Connor Linke had 18 rebounds, though the official stats showed he had 14 rebounds-

https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/11/...shall/aeghq8g/
St. Charles North (3-0) defeated Marshall 62-44 at the Rockford Boylan tournament. Bradley commit Connor Linke had 15 points, 14 rebounds, four assists and two blocks.

https://twitter.com/SCNBoysBB/status...02636350873600
Connor has 15 pts, 14 reb, 4 assists & 2 blocks. It was great having Coach Wardle in attendance!
 
Connor Linke's team, St. Charles North, was not ranked in any of the preseason high school rankings.
They are off to a 6-1 start, and they are now ranked #23 in this blogger's Class 4A rankings
https://twitter.com/NestoHoops/statu...18993171288064

In NBCSports Chicago just released their newest prep rankings, they are again #24-
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/pr...power-rankings

In Maxpreps rankings, which includes all 4 classes, they are #27.

In the AP rankings for Class 4A, which only ranks the Top 10, they are unranked.
https://www.bnd.com/sports/high-scho...238071514.html

Highlights of their most recent win. Connor Linke is #34 in the white uniform. He had 8 points & 10 rebounds in this game-
https://twitter.com/ScnFans/status/1203869126302810113
https://basketball.dailyherald.com/sports/20191207/st-charles-north-stays-hot-stymies-south-elgin
 
St. Charles North will be playing in the Pontiac Holiday Tournament from Dec 26-28, for anyone interested in seeing future Brave Connor Linke play-
http://www.pontiacholidaytournament....t-information/

Here is the bracket-
http://www.pontiacholidaytournament.com/brackets/

Their first round match is against New Trier, in Game 5 at 4:00 pm Thursday, Dec. 28. They will play 4 games in 3 days at Pontiac HS.

Tickets for the tournament go on sale to the general public at Pontiac Township High School on Monday, December 9th. Tickets can be purchase upon arrival as well. For more information visit Tickets & Facilities page.
http://www.pontiacholidaytournament....y-information/
 
For those who may not already know this....Connor Linke and St. Charles North will play in Peoria vs. Peoria Notre Dame on Saturday, Feb 8th at 3:30
 
Connor Linke's team, St. Charles North, got a last second 45-44 win last night over rival Geneva HS. St. Charles North is now 8-1.
Here is a photo of Connor from their game last Wednesday against Bartlett HS in which Connor had 16 points, and shut down Bartlett's 6'10" big man. What is noticeable is that Connor appears to be bulking up and working out, and has developed a strong physique. If you look at his videos from last season, he was quite a bit thinner.
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/12/...tlett/a8uobxd/
St. Charles North’s Connor Linke, right, looks to the hoop past Wheaton North’s Xander Mueller in varsity boys basketball at Neibch Gymnasium on the campus of Wheaton North Friday night.
 
St. Charles North improved to 9-1 last night and 3-0 in their conference) with a 66-53 win over rival St. Charles East. It was their 6th win in a row. Bradley commit Connor Linke had only 3 points and 6 rebounds, mainly because he was double-teamed and played limited minutes due to serious foul trouble. But it opened up the perimeter and the St. Charles North guards Christian Czerniak (20 points) and Luke Scheffers (18 points) had huge games.
https://twitter.com/ScnFans/status/1208518380099121154
 
St. Charles North will be playing a few games in and near Peoria in the upcoming weeks, if anyone is interested in seeing Bradley commit Connor Linke in person.

They play multiple games this week (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Dec. 26, 27, & 28 ) in the Pontiac Holiday Tournament at Pontiac High School.
Here is the bracket- http://www.pontiacholidaytournament.com/brackets/
Their first game is Thursday, Dec. 26 at 4:00 pm against New Trier.
Info- http://www.pontiacholidaytournament....t-information/
Scores- http://www.pontiacholidaytournament.com/scores/

Then they will have a game in Peoria at Peoria Notre Dame HS on Saturday, Feb. 8 at 3:30 pm.
Schedule- https://il.8to18.com/scn/schedule/ba.../b/v/2019-2020
 
Da Coach said:
St. Charles North will be playing a few games in and near Peoria in the upcoming weeks, if anyone is interested in seeing Bradley commit Connor Linke in person.
They play multiple games this week (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, Dec. 26, 27, & 28 ) in the Pontiac Holiday Tournament at Pontiac High School.
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St. Charles North won their first game in the Pontiac Holiday Tournament over a pretty good New Trier team in a low scoring game.
Final score: St. Charles North 38 New Trier 32
Box score-
http://www.turbostatssports.com/bask...game5_box.html

Connor Linke had 10 points, 7 rebounds in the game. St. Charles North is now 10-1. Their next game is Friday at 4:00 PM in a quarterfinal game against last year's tournament champion, #2 seeded and undefeated Chicago Curie HS (8-0).
 
Da Coach said:
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St. Charles North is now 10-1. Their next game is Friday at 4:00 PM in a quarterfinal game against last year's tournament champion, #2 seeded and undefeated Chicago Curie HS (8-0).
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St. Charles North lost to Chicago Curie HS tonight 53-45. Connor Linke had 9 points and 10 rebounds, but only took 3 shots for the game because he was double-teamed and was limited by foul trouble. Curie is now 9-0 and SCN is 10-2.
http://www.turbostatssports.com/basketball/pontiacholidaytournament/pht2019_game14_box.html

St. Charles North falls to the consolation bracket and will play the #2 seeded team Chicago Simeon Saturday at 11:00 am after Simeon was upset by Joliet West tonight.
Bracket- http://www.pontiacholidaytournament.com/brackets/
 
Connor Linke had another terrific game yesterday, Monday, Jan. 20 (17 points, 15 rebounds). Unfortunately, St. Charles North was upset by a good Libertyville team.
Connor Linke is #34 in the black uniform-
https://twitter.com/ScnFans/status/1219632967145881603

St. Charles North is now 13-4 overall and 6-1 in conference play. Their losses have all been to very good teams. In addition to yesterday's loss to Libertyville, they lost earlier in the season at Rockford Boylan, and they had 2 losses in the Pontiac Holiday Tournament to Chicago Curie (the #1 ranked team in Illinois Class 4A) and Chicago Simeon (also has been ranked in Class 4A).
 
Connor Linke missed Friday night's game with an illness, and as a result, St. Charles North had trouble scoring and lost to Wheaton-Warrenville South 41-29. It was their first conference loss of the season.
St. Charles North is now 14-5, and 6-1 in the DuKane conference.
 
St. Charles North won last night beating Wheaton North 66-44. Connor Linke had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 4 assists.
Here is an excerpt from an article-
https://basketball.dailyherald.com/sports/20200131/st-charles-norths-size-frustrates-wheaton-north

Bradley recruit Connor Linke, St. Charles North go big to beat Wheaton North Linke scores 14 of his 18 points in second half of 66-44 win

ST. CHARLES – St. Charles North went big to beat Wheaton North 66-44 in St. Charles Friday.

North Stars coach Tom Poulin directed guards Luke Scheffers and Christian Czerniak to get the ball inside to 6-foot-9 Bradley-bound center Connor Linke and 6-5 senior Thomas Kellen throughout the second half after the two were limited to six first-half points combined.
Linke scored 10 third-quarter points and 14 of his game-high 18 points in the second half. Kellen scored nine of his 11 points after halftime.

"Coach got on us at halftime and said we have a 6-9 center and they are playing behind the post," Czerniak said. "We needed to throw the ball inside more."

Linke and Kellen scored 14 points as St. Charles North (15-5, 7-1) outscored Wheaton North (10-10, 2-6) in the third quarter 17-3, turning a 29-28 halftime deficit into a 45-32 lead.
When the defense collapsed on Linke in the paint, he passed out to the perimeter for fourth-quarter 3-pointers by Colin Nelson and Max Love.

"When we tried to focus on the big guy, then they're making corner threes," Wheaton North coach Dave Brackmann said. "And if you try to focus on the point guard, they go to the big guy. They're a super talented, versatile team and they're really hard to guard."

Scheffers scored 12 of his 15 points in the first quarter. He added five rebounds and three assists. Czerniak scored eight points and Nelson and Love each contributed six points.

[IMG alt="Linke scored 10 third-quarter points and 14 of his game-high 18 points in the second half. Kellen scored nine of his 11 points after halftime. "Coach got on us at halftime and said we have a 6-9 center and they are playing behind the post," Czerniak said. "We needed to throw the ball inside more."Linke and Kellen scored 14 points as St. Charles North (15-5, 7-1) outscored Wheaton North (10-10, 2-6) in the third quarter 17-3, turning a 29-28 halftime deficit into a 45-32 lead." type="full"]https://www.kcchronicle.com/lists/2020/01/31/869ba3ffe2564525afc64617c53ceac6/54414dd8-9f76-40aa-94a3-779c08bb6009/image-pv_web.jpg[/IMG]
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St. Charles North is now 15-5, and 7-1 in their conference.
 
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