Week 11 Ballers - 'State Tournament' Edition

BOYS

Mark Menis/Ryan Stanley (Naperville Central)

Both players scored 14 goals at the state tournament, as the Redhawks finished in second place after a narrow 11-8 loss to Fenwick in the title game. They both scored 7 times in a 18-10 semifinal win over Mundelein and combined to score 9 goals in a 20-6 win over H-F on Thursday. The two players totaled 5 of their team's 8 goals in the state final game loss to the Friars.

Mark Alvarado (St Ignatius)

Alvarado scored on a breakaway in sudden-death overtime to lift the Wolfpack to a 16-15 victory over Mundelein on Saturday night in the state tournament's consolation game. He totaled 15 goals over the weekend, scoring 7 times in a 14-8 win over McHenry on Thursday and totaling 6 scores in Saturday's win over Mundelein.

Pat Falconer (Mundelein)

Falconer totaled 15 goals over the weekend as Mundelein finished the state tournament with a fourth place finish. Falconer scored the eventual game-winning goal in a 14-12 win over Loyola on Thursday, then sent the consolation game with St Ignatius to overtime after scoring the game-tying goal from the left post with three seconds remaining.

GIRLS

Abbey Kerth (Naperville Central)

Kerth totaled 9 goals over the weekend, scoring 4 times in each victory over Mundelein and H-F to help her team finish in third place at the 2010 state tournament on Saturday.

Erika Lauraitis (Fremd)

The Fremd senior scored 6 goals in the Vikings' quarterfinal matchup with St Ignatius, including a score 3:06 remaining that put Fremd ahead 9-8 heading into the final minutes of the game. She also drew an ejection and recorded a steal in the waning minutes of the game, but the Vikings could not capitalize and dropped a 10-9 decision to the state's second-ranked team.