Week 1 Ballers
BOYS
Billy Barth/Shane Hughes (St Ignatius)
Barth and Hughes combined to score 23 goals on Friday and Saturday at the
Palatine Tournament. Barth also scored 4 times in Monday's win over St
Viator and Hughes notched 4 scores in a mid-week victory over Northside.
Connor Black/Jason Rehor (Mundelein)
Black registered 19 goals and Rehor added 14 scores as Mundelein beat
Latin, drew with St Ignatius, and lost a heartbreaker to Curie at the
Palatine Tournament.
Eric Curia (Naperville North)
Curia led all scorers with 15 goals at the Metea Tournament on Saturday to
help the Huskies post a 4-0 record against the other Naperville-area
squads to start the season.
Kristian Kalev (Palatine)
Kalev led the Pirates with 10 goals as they finished even with Loyola for
second place at their own tournament to get the season started. Palatine
beat McHenry and St Ignatius and also earned a draw with Loyola on
Saturday afternoon. Kalev also scored the game-tying goal in the final
minute of the draw with the Ramblers.
Ivan Ariza/Jeronimo Chavez (Curie)
Ariza and Chavez combined to score 23 goals for Curie as they finished the
Palatine Tournament with a 3-1 mark after wins over H-F, Mundelein, and St
Ignatius.
Robbie O'Brien (Stevenson)
O'Brien blocked 39 shots, allowed just 4 goals per game, and made a
game-saving stop on a breakaway chance at the end of regulation in the
title game of Stevenson's own tournament to help the Patriots beat Fremd
in overtime and win the event.
Simon Shatinski (Neuqua Valley)
Shatinski scored the game-winning goal in a 9-8 win over Waubonsie Valley
and led the Wildcats in scoring with 9 goals as they finished in third
place at the Metea Tourney.
GIRLS
Alexana Astor (New Trier)
Astor led all scorers at the New Trier Tournament with 13 goals, helping
the Trevians earn wins over Evanston, Saint Viator, and Sandburg.
Becky Insalaco (St Ignatius)
Insalaco registered 10 goals in the Wolfpack's perfect 3-0 start; SICP
beat Northside, Saint Viator, and Whitney Young in the opening week of the
new season.
Carmen Rosas (Conant)
Rosas poured in 16 goals during a three-game set that aided the Cougars in
winning their own tournament on Saturday.
Evan Swenson/Marta Considine (Loyola)
Swenson scored 12 goals and Considine added 10 tallies as the Ramblers
beat Bremen, Fremd, and Maine East over the weekend.
Leslie Calabrese (Naperville Central)
Calabrese led the Redhawks in scoring with 10 goals at the Naperville
Tournament, including a 5-goal performance in a shutout of Waubonsie
Valley and a team-leading 3 scores in a 12-6 victory over Neuqua Valley.
Paige Weiser (Marian)
Weiser recorded 33 goals in the opening week of the 2013 season, helping
the Spartans earn wins over DeLaSalle, Hinsdale South, Northside, and St
Viator.
Sam Klosak (Lincoln-Way North)
Klosak scored 6 goals in an 11-2 win over GBS, then netted 3 more goals in
a pair of 3-2 wins over LWE and STC North to help the Phoenix win the
Hinsdale Central Tournament.