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Week 5

The following is a summary of what took place during the fifth week of the season. This is not a complete list and we can only include a few people in this summary, but the purpose is to recognize a few of the best performances from each week.

Players To Watch

BOYS

Frank Skorski (St Viator)

Kurt Butterfield (Lincoln-Way West)

GIRLS

Catie Wallace (Fenwick)

Frankie Delleman/Julia Cohen (Team)

Biggest Impact Plays

BOYS

Alex Brons (Palatine)

Brons connected on the game-winner in the final minute of Palatine's 9-8 conference victory over Hoffman.

Jack Carroll (Hersey)

Carroll's goal with less than one second remaining gave the Huskies an 11-10 overtime win over BG on Tuesday.

Keegan Finn (St Viator)

Finn scored the game-winning goal in the Lions' overtime upset of Lake Forest on Friday night.

Kurt Butterfield (Lincoln-Way West)

Butterfield notched the game-winner in the late stages of the Warriors' 12-11 win over Andrew on Thursday.

GIRLS

Alex Kanaris (Stevenson)

Kanaris drove towards the goal and put in a rebound as the buzzer sounded to lift Stevenson to a 5-4 victory over New Trier in the fifth-place game of the Fenwick Tournament on Saturday.

Diana Fernandez (St Ignatius)

Fernandez scored the game-tying goal at the 2:07 mark to help St Ignatius finish in a 6-6 draw with Fenwick in the title game of the Friars' own tournament.

Jessie Cronin (Whitney Young)

Cronin's goal with nine seconds left in regulation helped the Dolphins earn a 7-6 win over Northside on Wednesday.

Lexi Buglio (Fenwick)

The Friars goalkeeper blocked a last-second shot attempt that was headed for the left corner to help her team finish in a 6-6 draw with St Ignatius in the title game of the Fenwick Tournament.

Top Goalie Performances

BOYS

Chris Sekula (Lyons)

Sekula allowed an average of just 3 goals per game as LT won the York Tournament with wins over Mundelein, Niles West, Oak Park, and SLUH. He also recorded a shutout in the team's 14-0 win over #5 Oak Park.

Michael Shabel (Naperville North)

Shabel recorded 25 saves and one shutout as the Huskies won their own event by beating Fremd, Sandburg, and STC North.

Mitch Courtney (Hinsdale Central)

Courtney totaled 32 saves and 24 steals as the Red Devils won the GBS Tournament after wins over the GBS, Conant, and Lincoln-Way West.

GIRLS

Anna Tamulonis (Andrew)

The Andrew goalkeeper allowed 11 goals in three games as the T-Bolts downed LWW, Stagg, and Waubonsie Valley. She totaled 38 saves in the three victories.

Kate MacDuff (Naperville North)

MacDuff made two crucial blocks in the final quarter of the Huskies' 12-11 win over Naperville Central on Wednesday.

Kim Butler (Palatine)

Butler totaled 52 saves to help the Pirates finish with a 4-0 record at the Maine East Tournament. She also recorded 40 saves during the week in victories over Hersey, Hoffman, and Libertyville.

Biggest Surprises

BOYS

Morton

The Mustangs earned their first West Suburban Conference win on Wednesday by holding off Hinsdale South 11-9.

St Viator

The Lions stunned Lake Forest on Keegan Finn's overtime winner on Friday night, handing the Scouts their first loss of the 2013 season.

GIRLS

Mundelein

The Mustangs catapulted to the #4 spot after beating three Top 10 teams during Week 5; they beat #3 New Trier on Tuesday in a nonconference affair, then toppled #5 Loyola and #6 Naperville Central on Thursday night at the Fenwick Tournament.

Palatine

The Pirates completed a 7-0 week by winning a tournament at Maine East on Saturday; they also earned key victories over Hersey and Libertyville during Week 5.

News and Notes

Awaiting State Tournament Brackets

Could this be the week that the IHSA draws the pairings for the state tournament brackets? Stay tuned...

Fighting Over SLUH

The state's top two boys' teams were on track to play for the second time this season at the York Tournament, but Missouri's St Louis University High shocked the Friars 9-8 in sudden-death overtime, advancing to play Lyons for the tournament title instead. The Lions wasted no time taking control against the out-of-state visitors en route to a 15-4 title-game victory. Lyons and Fenwick could see each other again at the Stevenson Tournament.

Fenwick and St Ignatius Build Suspense

The Friars and the Wolfpack finished a tense contest tied at 6-6 in the title game of the Fenwick Tournament; instead of overtime, the two teams will meet in a conference game less than 48 hours after the final horn sounded on Saturday night.

Super Ballers

BOYS

Joe Shannon/Peter Dore (Lyons)

GIRLS

Becky Insalaco/Rebecca Martinez (St Ignatius)