Forget all that worry about the top-ranked team. Simeon cemented itself as No. 1 by winning the city title. It took five overtimes to dispatch Curie and Kenwood, but the Wolverines got it done.
There were a lot of losses in the second tier of teams. Hillcrest, Brother Rice, Rolling Meadows, Bolingbrook and Mount Carmel all lost to unranked or lower-ranked teams. That’s a group that has a very established track record, so none of them fell too far but it is concerning to see teams with very high playoff aspirations losing games they should be winning this late in the season.
