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South Shore's Kansas State-bound Cymone Goodrich no longer a secret

Congratulations to South Shore High School’s Cymone Goodrich!

Cymone Goodrich received offers to play at more than 20 colleges before choosing Kansas State over the likes of DePaul, Illinois, Purdue and Michigan. The 5-foot-9 senior guard averages 17.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, five assists and five steals per game and is ranked as the 98th-best prospect in national Class of 2017 by ESPN.

“She’s an accomplished guard and can really do whatever she wants to do,” South Shore coach Thomas Johnson said. “She’s a slasher, probably has one of the quickest first steps in the state.”

Goodrich scored 30 points against Argo earlier this season and had 21 points, 12 rebounds and six assists against Crete-Monee. Before she showed she could shine on the court, however, she had to prove to her father that her love of the game was pure.

Eight years ago, Goodrich, already a promising long-jumper in fourth grade, told her father Corey that she wanted to play basketball.

“I told her if she’s serious about playing it, come and see me in a year, and learn the game, the calls and rules,” Corey Goodrich said. “She came back a year to the day and told me she wanted to play basketball.”

Alcott #Basketball gets visit from the @WNBA Star Cappie Pondexter from the @ChicagoSky Thanks @UPS and @CoyoteLogistics for the new gear! pic.twitter.com/kqe511ZXGC

Did you know Lindblom High School has a girls’ rugby team? 

Three days a week, twenty-two girls from Lindblom Math and Science Academy, a West Englewood selective enrollment high school, put in mouth guards, play catch, and then practice knocking each other down. They do so on the grass by the playground—“watch out for glass,” they are told over and over—because the baseball and soccer teams use the nicer turf of the fields next door. Still, their enthusiasm is unbridled. They are the members of Lindblom’s new girls’ rugby team—currently in its inaugural season—its self-appointed “founding mothers.”

Nothing but #sportsmanship today on the #basketball court! @SpecialOChi @SO_Illinois @CPSuccessCHI @ChiPubSchools pic.twitter.com/B5mAdS8ZMT

@SennHS congratulate the girls bowling team for another win tonight!! pic.twitter.com/l7aQ0KifCP