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FEATURE ARTICLE
Week 7
Boys
Tournament Report
By Aaron Brown
The Week 7 tournaments probably
created more questions than answers, but here's a closer look at what happened
over the weekend at Fenwick, GBS, and Metea Valley:
Fenwick
Tournament
#1 Fenwick continued their
perfect season after facing three difficult challenges over the weekend.
They started the event with a 19-5 win over Oak Park, topped Mundelein
19-5, and beat Naperville Central 14-1 in their final game to win the
event for the second straight year.
Meanwhile, the other three teams
split their games and all finished with 1-2 records. Mundelein
came-from-behind to beat Naperville Central 11-9 in the first game of the
event for both teams. The Redhawks edged Oak Park 14-13 to bounce back
from their earlier loss, while the Huskies were able to win their last
game by a 10-7 margin over Mundelein.
GBS Tournament
The final round of the GBS Tournament proved to be especially competitive,
with two of the three first place bracket games ending in draws. Palatine
emerged with the tournament title after knocking off Naperville North 8-7
in the final game of the event; earlier, Palatine had tied the hosts 9-9
in the first game of the round, while Naperville North and GBS also ended
their game in a 9-9 tie.
The fight for fourth place ended up leaving more questions than answers,
as New Trier beat Evanston but lost to Libertyville, while Evanston also
beat Libertyville in the first game of the round.
Lake Forest finished in seventh place after winning their bracket with
wins over Hersey and Prospect.
Metea Valley Tournament
St Charles East escaped with the Metea Valley Tournament title after
beating Bremen 10-8 in a game that would prove to be the tiebreaker
between the two teams. Both the Saints and Red Jaguars went 2-1 at the
event, with STC East earning wins over Bremen and Maine South, while
Bremen beat the hosts and Maine South.
Maine South and Metea Valley both finished with 1-2 records, with the
Hawks claiming third place by beating the hosts 11-8 in the
tournament-opening game.
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