Top-ranked Chicago Morgan Park has a chance to lay claim to not only be the best team in Chicago, but also the state of Illinois. The Mustangs rolled to a convincing 70-49 semifinal victory over local fan favorite Bartonville Limestone in the first Class 3A state semifinal contest Friday at Carver Arena.

But if the Mustangs are to establish themselves they will need to get past Metro-East entrant Cahokia this afternoon. The fourth-ranked Comanches disposed of No. 2 Chicago Orr 56-46 in the other semifinal.

Morgan Park 70, Limestone 49

The local team, Limestone, was down by 10 points at the intermission, and then found itself in a huge hole quickly in the third quarter as Morgan Park struck quickly to open the final half.

The Mustangs extended their 28-18 halftime edgeOscar Guide 2013: Best Sound Editing

(Welcome to the Oscar Guide, your chaperone through the Academy’s 24 categories awarding excellence in film. A new installment will hit every weekday in the run-up to the Oscars on February 24, with the Best Picture finale on Friday, February 22.)

Along with Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Screenplay, Best Sound Editing might be one of the toughest races to call on Oscar night. The ultimate line-up was a 3/5 match-up with Best Sound Mixing, which isn't uncommon. And the presence of so many Best Picture players is becoming less and less unique as well. But this year in particular, it would seem the race could go a number of ways.

What's worse, the Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel Awards did very little