{"id":8121,"date":"2012-01-25T20:52:58","date_gmt":"2012-01-26T01:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilcomprd.wpengine.com\/?p=8121"},"modified":"2021-09-28T17:58:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T00:58:55","slug":"steve-taylor-pontiac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ballislife.com\/steve-taylor-pontiac\/","title":{"rendered":"Marquette-bound Steve Taylor (#1 ranked Illinois 2012) leads Chicago Simeon to 2nd consecutive Pontiac Holiday Tournament title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>6\u20198 forward Steve Taylor was the best player in the 81st annual Pontiac Holiday Tournament (Pontiac, IL). His reverse slam over 6\u20199 Chicago Curie star Cliff Alexander helped Simeon (#1 in Illinois) hand Curie (#3 in Illinois) their first loss of the season to win Pontiac\u2019s first ever all-Chicago final. Taylor was a unanimous selection to the all-tournament team. 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