Kenwood junior Damari Stephens' drive to the basket beats Hyde Park with 1.5 seconds left

Kenwood junior Damari Stephens' drive to the basket beats Hyde Park with 1.5 seconds left

Several historic Public League rivalries are struggling. Shifting conference alignments and schedules that prioritized matching the best teams up regularly short-changed the neighborhood showdowns that had been the lifeblood of Chicago basketball.Chicago Public Schools returned to a more sensible geographic-based setup this year. That should help revitalize some of the old rivalries.Kenwood vs. Hyde Park, a five-decade long neighborhood grudge m…

Stephens’s late-game heroics lift Kenwood past Hyde Park in battle of neighborhood rivals

Junior guard Damari Stephens drove into the lane with 1.5 seconds remaining, absorbed contact and finished through traffic for an and-one layup.