Amateur sports blog about my alma mater, the St. Patrick Shamrocks. I write thoughts about basketball/football. | 1932 National Basketball Champions | Go Rocks!
Besides fostering a high quality environment for student athletes,
@SaintPatrickHS
also fosters two critical environments for young men: academics and faith. Such quality education tailored to the young man and a strong Lasallian based Catholic guidance is rare.
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Loyola University and Mississippi State shake hands in the NCAA semi-finals. It broke the racial barrier and would go on to be known as “The Game of Change”.
Loyola played four African American players. Mississippi’s governor forbid State from playing, yet they did.
A dog walking in Niles! Pats sweeps the first half of the season series.
Sophomores win 52-22, and varsity ’Rocks get the W 43-41.
See you all in a month in Chicago!
Final | Brady Sehlhorst tallied a team-high 18 points for
@NDCP_Hoops
which will host Saint Viator on Friday, Jan. 12 at 7 pm.
Saint Patrick - 43
Notre Dame - 41
#RaiseTheStaNDard
February 8, 2019
Saint Patrick downs rival Niles Notre Dame 40-38 in dynamic fashion. Senior guard Austin Freeman converted the two go ahead free throws to put the Shamrocks in the lead late.
The student section played a huge part that night as they rattled the visiting Dons.
The Shamrocks face Carmel Friday with the chance to be four-peat Regional Champions. Last time that happened?
’02-’06 under Bailey. And before that? ’61-’65 under legendary coach Max Kurland, beginning only three years into his tenure.
That’s a winning history and culture.
Shoutout to the student section. Shoutout to Shamrock nation. I kid you not, we turned that into a Fenwick road game. The Shamrock family turned OUT.
It was 60-40 ratio of green to black.
Coach Bailey is in his 29th season as head coach of St. Patrick. That longevity is in and of itself an incredible feat.
Though, this raises a question for
@stpatrickhoops
@SPHSRocks
, how many consecutive winnings seasons does Bailey have at St. Patrick?
While the undefeated season by the freshmen Shamrocks was awesome, let’s not forget the sophomore ’Rocks that outright won the ESCC.
The future is very bright at Austin and Belmont.
Show up and get loud.
Friday Night. Sectional Championship.
Let’s take down Payton for the second time this season and punch our ticket to the Elite Eight.
St. Pats icon.
Mr. Raho is a man of a deep and loving Catholic faith and was one of the best Catholic theologians I’ve been instructed by. He is partly why my faith to this day is solid and I continue to practice. Thank you Mr. Raho.
DePaul Prep got a good one.
Some personal news: After 20 amazing years at
@SaintPatrickHS
, I am happy to announce that I have accepted an offer at
@DePaulPrep
as a Theology Instructor. Please keep me in your prayers as I embark upon this new adventure in my professional career!
W or L tomorrow the program is being taken to new heights. The future is very bright. I expect in a few years to be consistently ranked in the top of Chicago area schools and go toe to toe with the best of the CCL and competing for top spot in the ESCC.
That’s my assessment.
The Shamrocks head into a Sweet Sixteen match up with the Payton Grizzlies tonight at Fenwick. We’ve defeated them once, and we can do it again!
I will be live tweeting updates and plays to the best of my abilities with the poor cell reception at Fenwick.
Get to the game!
Shamrocks’
@NevaehHawkins13
shoveled in 17 points (two highlight dunks!) and collected multiple boards in the road trip to Arlington Heights St. Viator.
Illinois Basketball Fact: Coach Mike Bailey was sharing an amazing fact with a group of coaches a few days ago; Chicago St. Pat's High School since the 1959-60 season (65 yrs. ago) has had only 2 varsity coaches, Max Kurland (1959-1994) & Mike Bailey (1994-to the present).
25 Days of Shamrock
Dec 18, 2015 Basketball
Saint Patrick 51
#12
Notre Dame 50
Pats heads into hostile territory against No. 12 in Illinois and rival ND. Down 2 points, and with time expiring, Jalen Nelson gets the friendly roll on the three to seal the Christmas season upset.
25 Days of Shamrock
2000-2001 AA Basketball Sectional Final
(3) Saint Patrick 55
(4) Loyola Academy 40
[OT]
Saint Patrick takes Loyola the distance, defeating the Ramblers in thrilling fashion. This was HC Michael Bailey’s first Sectional championship with the Shamrocks.
If we want to talk about someone who instantly stabilizes the team we should talk about RJ McPartlin. The sophomore comes into the game and is a bucket down low. He hustles and provides a big frame in the lane. You can see the basketball IQ in his eyes. He’s a smart baller.
25 Days of Shamrocks
2022-2023 3A Baseball Sectional Semi-Final
(5) Saint Patrick 3
(1) Notre Dame 0
Justin Hernandez launches the go-ahead homer to give the Shamrocks a lead against rival and top-seeded ND in the fifth inning. The ‘Rocks would go on to complete the shutout.
BAILEY VS SERG
This is a game I’ve wanted to see since Coach Serg took over at his alma mater. Today we find out that the student has yet to become the master.
Go ’Rocks!
The St Patrick Shamrocks will take on the Maine East Blue Demons today at 3:00 pm in the Fenwick Shootout at Fenwick High School (Oak Park). Fenwick will battle Hinsdale Central at 1:00 pm.
Come out and support your Rocks!
From everyone at the Fellowship, happy Feast of Saint Patrick! Thank you for the continued support of this fan page. I’m looking forward to catching a baseball game (or a few!) and football season this autumn. It was a super fun basketball season!
Stay safe and have fun today.
@stpatrickhoops
St. Pats travels the best. It was a literal sea of green in that stadium.
It’s impressive when you can turn road games into home games. Saw at Fenwick and saw it again tonight.
A final four is very close with how the program is trending. Lots of energy.
25 Days of Shamrock
2004 Football
Saint Patrick 20
Carmel 19
Carmel was defending a state title and carried a 22 game win streak. The ’Rocks trailed 19-0, but put up 20 unanswered points to stun Carmel in a heavy downpour of rain. A late 4th down conversion secured the win.
There is a special term in basketball: the “Cinderella”. It is a team that goes on dancing longer than they should, and we have one to discuss at Saint Patrick High School in Chicago.
This is the story of the only
@stpatrickhoops
team to capture the High School National Title.
Blue Demons get a Road win vs Notre Dame 50-48. Improved to 6-2 on the season next game is Friday vs Niles West.
Tristan Walton 17 points
JJ Alphonse 12 points
Tre Himes 11 points
Jalan Moraga 8 points
Adam Realeza with a key Charge at the end of the game !!
This is huge because with more higher profile schools checking out Breland more higher caliber recruits will want into Pats.
Something special is being built at 5900 W. Belmont
One of the biggest off-season additions this year has been junior Cooper Kavanaugh from Mount Carmel. Kavanaugh, when not getting the starting nod, can come off the bench and instantly electrify the game with his 3-point shooting. He seems to be very coachable and calm, too.
WHEN WE LAST LEFT OUR HEROES…
Mr. Craine was the best history teacher I’ve ever had, even compared to my college professors. He has a very engaging teaching style that encourages critical thinking. He places his students in the best position to handle collegiate level history.
Upon closure of the 2022-2023 school year, we would like to recognize Mr. Dave Craine as the Distinguished Lasallian Educator of the Year!
#LasallianEducation
#ShamrockPride
Possibly the most improved player I’ve seen on the circuit this season, ‘26 RJ McPartlin (
@McpartlinRj
) has been dominant this weekend for
@GrindFamilyChi
Unstoppable as a post scorer, rebounding and wiping away shot attempts around the rim. Bullying guys at the 16u level.
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Evanston defeats St. Patrick 49-45. Hell of an effort out there. The reffing was actually horrible. Multiple no-calls that favored Evanston.
Hate to see it. Heads up and plug away at the next one.
Final | Brendan Jost and Brady Sehlhorst tally 12 points each for
@NDCP_Hoops
in a 52-34 loss to Saint Patrick. The Dons host Saint Viator at 7 pm on Feb. 13.
#RaiseTheStaNDard
Shamrocks polish off Nazareth Academy here in Chicago. AJ Thomas finishes with 22, Hawkins with 15, Krolak with 24, and Breland with 13.
Pearson had 21 for Nazareth.
81-64 Final. Shamrocks Win!
@NestoHoops
@michaelsobrien
@SPHSRocks
@stpatrickhoops
Biggest game of the year tonight. Shamrocks and the Friars both come into this one scorching hot. Both teams dominated their Regionals and played competitive schedules this year.
I think the key tonight for the Shamrocks is to lock down the paint on both ends.
The whole ESCC really missed on keeping
@XavierSulaiman
. I’m not privy to insider info on the whole recruitment stuff, but damn when I heard he was leaving Marist I was hoping he’d land at Pats. Oak Lawn got a special kid in Sulaiman.
This team has not even reached full potential, with how high a ceiling they have.
We have a loaded junior class coming back, and our underclassmen went nearly undefeated. Freshman A went 28-0.
We are going to be back in the Elite Eight, good chance next year.
I firmly believe that under the leadership of Dan Santucci St. Patrick will become a St. Rita type/quality program for both football and basketball in the next 5-10 years.
I was talking to a girl who went to Ridgewood at my university today and she told me the 2015-2016 Sectional win against Pats is all they talk about. To. This. Day.
lol what a poverty program. Couldn’t be us.
If St. Patrick can win the Sectional this year I really do think that, based on the trajectory of the program and the much more aggressive recruiting classes we’ve seen in the past few years, a trip down state to the Final Four is only a few years away.
Go Shamrocks!
We are going into half time all knotted up.
St. Patrick 14
St. Ignatius 14
Justin Scott has been huge for St. Ignatius. There is a reason he is an Ohio State recruit.
Shamrocks defense sharpens up and we have a ball game. Forced 2 Wolfpack fumbles.
Every high school squad should watch this FDU-Purdue game.
The heart. The grit. The win.
Anything is possible, even when you’re the smallest team in the NCAA and you’re facing one of the tallest.
Shamrocks host Notre Dame tomorrow night on Kurland Court. Sophomores tip at 5:30 and Varsity at 7:00. Shamrock students get in free-be early! Go Rocks
#5900WBelmont
SENIOR NIGHT
The Starting Five (Saint Patrick):
23 James Clay Sr 6-1
24 Harper Krolak Jr 6-1
32 Andrew Ayeni Sr 6-4
25 Nathan Otero Sr 6-3
34 Brendan Hecker Sr 6-3
There are ~580 schools in the Missouri State High School Activities Association, and they have 6 classes for basketball.
There are ~780 schools in the Illinois High School Association, and we have only 4 classes for basketball.
Yet people want to decrease classes, not expand?
After my day I’m too sick to talk about this. Maybe tomorrow.
Love to all the seniors. Great fight out there. AJ Thomas and Harkper Krolak left it all out on the court.