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Week 1 Tournament Report

By Aaron Brown

While looking over the game recaps from this weekend, I realized that there is a TON of information covered, which is expected when there are 10 tournaments and over 100 games being played in the first weekend of the season. As a result, I've condensed the information to give you a better sense of what happened on between Friday and Saturday:

BOYS

Hoffman Tournament

Buffalo Grove bounced back from their loss to Schaumburg on Friday afternoon to top the Saxons in the title game of the Hoffman Tournament and claim the title. The Bison did have the lead in the first contest before Mike Gergen and Randy Carr combined to give the Saxons a 15-12 victory. The Saxons were without Gergen in the final game, which Buffalo Grove won 12-10. Both teams finished 4-1 at the tournament.

St Charles East finished in third place with a 3-1 record, falling to BG in the semifinals 11-7. Hoffman walked away with a 2-2 record and a fourth place finish, as they fell to Schaumburg 11-9 in the other semifinal game.

Naperville Tournament

Naperville Central went 4-0 over the weekend to continue their dominance over the area teams. Naperville North went 2-1-1, beating Metea and Neuqua and earning a 10-10 draw with Waubonsie. Neuqua beat Waubonsie 11-9 to finish with a 2-2 mark, while Waubonsie (1-2-1) earned their lone win over Metea.

Palatine Tournament

The stacked Palatine Tournament has been covered in detail (follow the link). The long and short of it is that St Ignatius went 4-0, earning wins Curie, H-F, McHenry, and Mundelein.

Curie and H-F finished in a 11-11 tie for second place. Palatine surprised McHenry, Mundelein, and Latin to grab fourth place, while Latin beat McHenry and New Trier to place fifth.

Stagg Tournament

Stagg went 4-0 at their tournament, ending the day with a 13-10 win over Young in the championship game. Young finished 3-1 to grab second place, while St Charles North beat Hinsdale Central 14-10 in the third place game and St Rita beat Bradley 9-8 for fifth place.

Highland Park/Deerfield Tournament

Highland Park/Deerfield won their own tournament over the weekend, finishing with a 3-0 record after wins over GBN, Barrington, and Elk Grove. GBN took second place, while Barringon beat Meadows in the third place game and Niles West beat Elk Grove to take fifth place.

GIRLS

Conant Tournament

Lane outlasted Conant in a shootout 6-4 after the teams finished regulation tied at 4-4. The Indians also beat Lake Forest and St Charles East.

Conant finished second with a 2-1 record on Saturday for second place, while Lake Forest topped STC East in the third place game.

Loyola Tournament

Fremd came from behind (trailed 7-3 at halftime) to beat Loyola in a shootout by a score of 9-8. The Vikings also knocked off Hersey and R-B to win the title.

Loyola finished second with wins over Hersey and R-B, while Hersey beat R-B 8-2 for third place.

Naperville Tournament

The day belonged to Naperville Central on Saturday, as the Redhawks went 4-0 to win the tournament in convincing fashion. Waubonsie and Naperville North finished their game tied at 5-5, with the Warriors finishing the day with a 2-1-1 record in second place and the Huskies ending with a 1-2-1 mark in fourth. Neuqua beat Naperville North 8-4 and finished in third place with a 2-2 record.

Sandburg Tournament

Jamie Pappanastos scored in the closing seconds of regulation to give Sandburg an 11-10 win over New Trier. The Eagles also beat Evanston and Wheeling to finish the weekend with a 3-0 record en route to the tournament title.

New Trier edged Evanston 8-4 and also earned wins over St Viator and Wheeling and ended the day with a 3-1 record. Evanston defeated GBS and St Viator to finish 2-2. St Viator also went 2-2 with wins over GBS and Wheeling.

Northside Tournament

The Northside Tournament was filled with a lot of close contests, with Oak Park beating Marian 9-8 in the virtual title game. The Huskies also beat the hosts and York but fell to Hinsdale South 7-4 earlier in the day.

Marian finished second after beating Hinsdale South, NSP, and York. Northside went 2-2 with wins over Hinsdale South and York, while Hinsdale South also finished the day with a 2-2 record.