Good ideas have actually taken place to Sandburg’s David Vargas after a cranium accident.
The senior guard suffered a gash near his left eye in a Feb. 7 video game versus Tinley Park. He left the fitness center in the very first quarter to get 5 stitches and was fortunate the injury didn’t do any damage.
“We were running our press break and I got taken into a corner,” Vargas stated of the play. “I got caught and I sort of moved my head around, and we had head-to-head contact.
“I busted my forehead open. There was a good quantity of blood however not a lot.”
2 days later on, Vargas was back on the court sporting a huge plaster. He ended up with 19 points in 65-52 loss to host Lincoln-Way East, highlighted by scoring his 1,000 th profession point because video game.
Vargas struck for 38 points and set a program record with 9 3-pointers to close out the routine season Feb. 13 in an 80-76 SouthWest Suburban Blue triumph at Lockport.
“There are nights where things go cold or they go hot,” Vargas stated. “That night I had a great deal of self-confidence in myself. The very first half was type of slumpy and we were down 20.
“But I kept shooting the ball and they were entering. I need to thank my colleagues for getting me the ball.”
Sandburg coach John Danielsa previous long time coach at Stagg, has actually delighted in seeing Vargas’s development in the previous 3 years.
“He’s got ta be among the leading shooters, if not the leading shooter, I’ve ever had as a coach,” Daniels stated. “When you’ve taken a look at the gamers I’ve coached from (Max) Strus to (Darius) Draper to (Sean) Dwyer … I indicate, I’ve had some significant shooters for many years.”
The 6-foot-1 Vargas is getting notification from NCAA Division III schools consisting of North Central College, which is coached by previous Sandburg sharpshooter Vince Kmiec
Vargas, who’s aiming to significant in nursing, wishes to have the ability to play basketball in college.
He did lose out on a chance while he was getting sewed as much as talk store with physicians and nurses due to the fact that his mind was in other places.
“I was concentrated on whether we are going to win the video game or not,” Vargas stated. “I was texting my coaches. I didn’t discover out we won till after the video game.”
Charged up over conference title
The SouthWest Suburban Red was shared by 2 schools winning very first conference titles in program history.
Lincoln-Way West and Stagg ended up with 5-3 records to connect for the champion. For Stagg, which opened in 1966, it has actually been a long haul.
The Chargers required to beat Bradley-Bourbonnais on the roadway, winning 50-45 on Feb. 13 for a share. It was rather a contrast to Stagg’s 90-64 win over the Boilermakers on Jan. 27 in Palos Hills.
“Going down to Bradley is constantly a difficult location to play,” Stagg coach Marty Strus stated. “We had actually beaten Bradley a number of weeks ago when we scored 90 points, and we understood that we would need to discover a various method to win at their location.
“We definitely did that by holding them to 45 points.”
Scoring rise
Junior guard Matas Gaidukevicius emerged for 38 points Thursday in Lemont’s 84-70 win over Hinsdale South, and for those questioning where that originated from, coach Rick Runaas has actually been waiting on it for a while.
“We understood he can shoot and score,” Runaas stated. “But he began the season hurt and has actually been working his method back.”
“In 30 years of training, he is among the couple of gamers I’ve had who I need to inform to shoot more.”
Jeff Vorva is a freelance press reporter for the Daily Southtown.