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Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:40pm (Latest update: March 30, 2008 - 6:45am)
GIRLS
FENWICK TOURNAMENT
Fenwick beat Mother McAuley 9-8 in the final game of the Mike Murphy Tournament. The Friars also beat St Ignatius 12-4 in the first-place bracket.
LINCOLN-WAY TOURNAMENT
Lincoln-Way Central outbattled rival Lincoln-Way East 8-4 in overtime to win the LWE Tournament. Kaylee Meyers totaled 6 goals in the win for the Knights, while Allie Travnik recorded 8 steals on the defensive end and Samantha Marotta stopped 10 shots in goal for LWC. Stacey Wymer and Sarah Hanly also scored one goal apiece in the win. Lincoln-Way East goalie Morgan Roberts made 15 saves in the loss for the Griffins.
In the early game, the Knights defeated Andrew 11-9 in overtime, as Meyers scored 5 goals and Marotta recorded 7 saves. Michelle Wachtor and Stacey Wymer also added 2 goals each, while Allie Travnik chipped in with one score. Stacy Fisher totaled 5 goals in the loss for the Thunderbolts.
Richards finished in third place with a 12-8 victory over Andrew. Angie Drwal scored 5 goals, Markie Walztoni totaled 3 scores, and Ashley Rampick and Caitlin Flood each scored one goal apiece in the win. Fisher and Ashley Stromberg each tallied 3 goals in the loss for Andrew.
BOYS
SCHAUMBURG TOURNAMENT
St Louis (MO) went 5-0 at the Schaumburg Tournament, which included a 9-5 title game win over Mundelein. Latin finished in third with a 6-4 win over Schaumburg, York finished fifth after an 11-5 win over Lindbergh (MO), and Conant took seventh place with a win over Hoffman Estates 10-6. Earlier in the day, Mundelein defeated Schaumburg 8-5 and St Louis knocked off Latin 18-3 to setup a title game between the two winning teams. Lindbergh (MO) beat Conant 7-6 and York knocked off Hoffman 15-2 in Saturday's early action.
GAME RECAPS
ST LOUIS 9 MUNDELEIN 5
Will Davidson, Pat Falconer, Ricky Lukacs, Zach Purol, and Mike Begrowicz each scored one goal in the Mustangs' championship game loss to St Louis. Lukacs finished the tournament with a team-high 9 goals, while Begrowicz added 8 scores over the weekend.
LATIN 6 SCHAUMBURG 4
Schaumburg scored on its' first possession and led 2-1 in the early stages of the third place game after goals by Chris Corbett and Mike Kehoe, but Latin's Grant Wilkie scored 2 goals in the first half and helped the Romans capture third place with a 6-4 victory.
CONANT 10 HOFFMAN ESTATES 6
Mike Varga scored 6 goals to lead the Cougars to a seventh place finish with a 10-6 win over Hoffman Estates. Justin Simanis scored 3 goals in the loss for the Hawks.
MUNDELEIN 8 SCHAUMBURG 5
Mike Begrowicz scored 4 goals and Ricky Lukacs scored twice to lead Mundelein to an 8-5 semifinal win over the host Saxons at the Schaumburg Tournament on Saturday morning. The Mustangs advanced to take on St Louis (MO) in the title game, after the Missouri squad defeated Latin in the second semifinal of the day.
In the game, Schaumburg jumped out to a 4-2 halftime lead behind goals by Mike Kehoe, Mark Rosenblum, Aaron Johnson, and Pat Kraulis. But Mundelein used a 5-0 run in the third quarter to take a 7-4 lead and pull away from the Saxons, as Begrowicz scored 3 goals during the run. His first score of the second half came on Mundelein's first possession, then he scored on a rebound goal one minute later to tie the score at 4-4. TJ Klink put Mundelein ahead with a shot from 5-meters out, then Lukacs scored on a drive and Begrowicz tallied his fourth score on a 2-on-1 breakaway opportunity. Kehoe got the Saxons to within 7-5 with a goal with 1:45 remaining in the third period, but the Mundelein defense did not allow a goal in the final period and freshman Frank Lukacs added an insurance goal late in the game to seal the win for Mundelein.
BROTHER RICE TOURNAMENT
Brother Rice went 4-0 at their own tournament over the weekend, which included a double-shootout victory over Sandburg on Friday and an 11-6 title game victory over Naperville North on Saturday night. Ryan Scott and Matt Joslyn each recorded 3 goals in the championship game win, while goalie Augie Sundermeier made 11 saves in the net for the Crusaders. Brother Rice also recorded a 13-7 win over Loyola and a 12-11 victory over Waubonsie Valley over the weekend.
Sandburg finished in third place in the tournament, closing things out with an 11-6 win over DeSmet (MO) on Saturday night. Cody Siemeck totaled 15 goals over the weekend, including 3 in the final win of the day for the Eagles. Sandburg also beat Loyola 11-5 and Waubonsie 13-5 over the weekend, largely due to the play of Siemeck, goaltender Robert Pozdol (recorded 42 blocks over the weekend), and Max Kryzminski (14 goals in 4 tournament games).
Waubonsie beat St Patrick 17-11 in the fifth place game and Loyola topped St Rita 16-14 in overtime to claim seventh place.
Friday, March 28, 2008 11:40pm
GIRLS
FENWICK TOURNAMENT
Fenwick, Mother McAuley, and St Ignatius each won their opening round games on Friday afternoon at the Fenwick Tournament. The Friars knocked off Stevenson 14-6, as Morgan Bonk scored 6 goals to lead the Friars to the win. In the second game, Mother McAuley used an 8-0 run in the second and third quarters to pull away from Loyola en route to a 12-6 victory. Then, Lydia Ridgeway scored from outside 9-meters with 0:17 seconds left to give St Ignatius a 12-11 win over Sandburg.
MCAULEY 12 LOYOLA 6
Yuri Chavez scored 4 goals and Meghan Nolan and Maggie McShane each scored 2 times to lead Mother McAuley to a 12-6 victory over Loyola on Friday night.
After four minutes of scoreless play, Mother McAuley's Laura Perez scored from the left post just outside of 2-meters to give the Macs a 1-0 lead, but Loyola's Liz Clarke put back a rebound off a shot off the crossbar from teammate Maeve O'Connor to even the score at 1-1 with 1:34 left in the first quarter. At that point, McAuley scored the game's next eight goals, including a rebound goal by Lilly Cortez in the second quarter and two goals from 2-meters by Chavez and a lob shot and a breakaway score by McShane in the third period. Clarke broke the scoring drought for the Ramblers by drawing an ejection and scoring off a pass from O'Connor late in the third quarter, then O'Connell added a goal one minute later to cut the Macs' lead down to 9-3. Clarke added a breakaway goal in the final minute of the third period to make the score 9-4, but Nolan put McAuley ahead 10-4 midway through the fourth quarter and Chavez added a breakaway goal with 3:29 left in the game. O'Connor added two late goals for Loyola, but Chavez scored from 2-meters to put the game away and give Mother McAuley a 12-6 win.
ST IGNATIUS 12 SANDBURG 11
Lydia Ridgeway scored the game-winning goal from 9-meters out with 0:17 seconds remaining and totaled 5 goals to lead the Wolfpack to a 12-11 win at the Fenwick Tournament on Friday. Celeste Almarez and Yvette Leon each scored 3 goals in the win for Ignatius, while Alyssa Turza led Sandburg with 5 goals in the loss.
Sandburg started the game with two straight goals, as Alyssa Turza put back a rebound off a shot that hit the post by teammate Jessica Jenkot, then scored from 2-meters out moments later. Ridgeway connected on a lob shot from the left side of the pool, but Turza made a steal and scored at the 4:00 mark to make the score 3-1 in favor of Sandburg. Leon scored on a breakaway goal to narrow the gap to 3-2, then Ridgeway assisted Almarez on a goal from the left side to tie the score at 3-3 heading into the second quarter. After Sandburg goalie Stephanie Pouder made a remarkable save on a 7-meter shot, Leon scored on a right-side drive with an assist by Maisie O'Malley to put the Wolfpack ahead for the first time 4-3. Ridgeway then made steal and drew a penalty shot, which she connected on to put Ignatius ahead 5-3. She scored again from outside 5-meters with just over one minute to play in the first half, but Sandburg's Pam Dettman scores from 2-meters with 0:18 left in the first half to cut the score to 6-4.
Pouder recorded two quick saves in the third quarter for Sandburg, but Ridgeway scored on a penalty shot midway through the period to put the Wolfpack up 7-4. The Eagles' Lori Dasher scored from outside 5-meters to make the score 7-5, but Almarez assisted Leon and Ridgeway and consecutive goals Alma Juarez a shot in from the left side to put Ignatius ahead 10-5 with 2:24 remaining in the third period.
Sandburg then went on a 5-0 run...Turza drew an ejection and Kelly Kuchta scored with 1:30 left in the third period to make the score 10-6...Alex Bielski scored after an ejection early in the final period...Kuchta drove and took a pass from Dasher to score and make the score 10-8...Bielski hit the post from the right side, but Turza pushed in the rebound with 5:11 left to cut the lead down to 10-9...Ignatius' goalie Elise O'Malley made a save on Jenkot's tip shot...Bielski passed ahead to Turza, who outfought O'Malley at 2m to score and tie the game at 10-10 with 3:03 remaining...
And here is the final three minutes in note form - Jenkot steal; Dasher hit the post; Ridgeway steal; Pouder save; Kuchta shot tipped out-of-bounds by O'Malley with 2:56 remaining; Almarez steal, pass ahead to Maisie O'Malley, who dishes back to Almarez for a goal from the right side just outside 7-meters to put Ignatius ahead 11-10 with 2:00 left to play; Kuchta draws an ejection for the Eagles, then Jenkot assists a wide-open Kuchta on a goal from inside 5-meters to tie the score at 11-11 with 0:32 seconds left in the game; Ridgeway gets possession on the left side with under 0:20 left to play and connects on a shot to the right side of the goal to give the Wolfpack a 12-11 lead with 0:17 seconds remaining...Sandburg turns the ball over on their next possession and St Ignatius runs out the clock and emerges with a 12-11 win.
STEVENSON 11 NEW TRIER 7
Amy Michelau scored 6 goals Rebecca Shopiro added 4 goals to lead Stevenson to an 11-7 win over New Trier. Ryanne O'Donnell recorded 4 goals in the loss for the Trevians.
FENWICK 14 NEW TRIER 9
Morgan Bonk tallied 5 goals, Lisett Calderon added 3 scores, and Stephanie Ovalle scored twice in Fenwick's 14-9 win in the late game at the Fenwick Tournament on Friday night. Mandy Ferguson and Kate Hilbrant each scored 3 goals for New Trier in the loss.
LINCOLN-WAY EAST TOURNAMENT
Lincoln-Way East held off Richards 7-5 and beat Riverside-Brookfield 13-8 to advance to the title game of their own tournament on Friday night. They will await the winner of the Saturday morning matchup between Andrew and Lincoln-Way Central, as both teams defeated Libertyville on Friday. Meanwhile, Richards will play the losing team in the third place game, while R-B and Libertyville will play for fifth place on Saturday afternoon.
ANDREW 14 LIBERTYVILLE 7
Stacy Fisher scored 5 goals to lead the Thunderbolts to a 14-7 first-round win over Libertyville at the LWE Tournament on Friday evening.
RICHARDS 13 RIVERSIDE-BROOKFIELD 10
Angie Drwal tallied 6 goals, Ashley Rampick added 3 scores, and Lindsay McCool scored 2 goals in a 13-10 win for Richards over R-B on Friday. Caitlin Flood and Markie Walztoni each added one goal in the win for the Bulldogs.
LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 17 LIBERTYVILLE 3
Sarah Hanly scored 6 goals, Samantha Marotta made 8 saves, and Allie Travnik recorded 7 steals to help lead the Knights to a 17-3 win over Libertyville. Kaylee Meyers added 3 goals and both Stacey Wymer and Meghann Kun each added 2 scores in the win for LWC.
BOYS
SCHAUMBURG TOURNAMENT
Schaumburg went 3-0 in the morning session of their own tournament on Friday morning with wins over Latin, Hoffman Estates, and Lindberg (MO). Latin will play in the other semifinal after finishing 2-1 with wins over Hoffman and Lindberg.
Meanwhile, St Louis (MO) recorded a 3-0 record, including a 9-2 win over Mundelein to advance to the semifinals, while Mundelein went 2-1 with wins over York and Conant to advance to the other semifinal. York and Conant tied 6-6 in another first round game on Friday night.
BROTHER RICE TOURNAMENT
The host Crusaders won two games this evening, beating Loyola 13-6 and defeating Sandburg in two shootouts for a 9-8 win. DeSmet also beat St Patrick 10-9 in a shootout but fell to Naperville North 10-5, Sandburg knocked off Waubonsie Valley 13-9, and St Patrick beat St Rita 11-9 on Friday night.
Thursday, March 27, 2008 10:50am (Latest update: March 28, 2008 - 2:00pm)
BOYS
SANDBURG 18 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 12
Max Kryzminski totaled 6 goals and goalie Robert Pozdol made 15 saves to lead Sandburg to an 18-12 victory over Lincoln-Way Central on Thursday.
CURIE 10 VON STEUBEN 7
Robert Hernandez recorded 5 goals and Adrian Hernandez added 2 scores to lead Curie to a 10-7 win over Von Steuben in the CPL matchup.
MORGAN PARK 16 KENWOOD 9
Richard Leigh scored 7 goals to lead Morgan Park to a 16-9 win over Kenwood on Thursday night.
GIRLS
EVANSTON 9 LOYOLA 7
Rachel Hudgens scored 3 goals and drew 5 ejections, McKenna Kulman recorded 3 goals and 6 steals, and Lily Nassiri had 2 goals and 4 steals as Evanston defeated Loyola 9-7 on Thursday night.
SANDBURG 17 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 9
Alyssa Turza scored 7 goals, Kelly Kuchta added 3 scores, and Alex Bielski put in 2 goals to help lift the Eagles to a 17-9 victory over Lincoln-Way Central in a SWSC matchup on Thursday afternoon. The Eagles used a 5-0 run in the third quarter to pull away from the Knights in the win. Central was led by Kaylee Meyers (4 goals) in the loss.
LINCOLN-WAY EAST 8 LOCKPORT 4
Rachel Japp tallied 5 goals and Laura Cempel added 2 scores and 9 steals as the Griffins defeated Lockport 8-4 on Thursday afternoon.
CURIE 15 VON STEUBEN 8
Jewel Villanueva scored 5 goals and Nicole Gill tallied 4 scores in Curie's 15-8 victory over Von Steuben.
NORTHSIDE 10 MAINE EAST 6
Natalie Klontz scored 6 goals and Mary Jean Potamites tallied 2 goals as Northside defeated Maine East in nonconference action on Thursday evening. Megan Hively, Natalia Bialecka, and Merlena Kietlinska each scored 2 goals in the loss for Maine East.
HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR 9 STAGG 7
Story Pumphrey scored 9 goals to lead the Vikings to a 9-7 victory over Stagg.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008 10:07pm (Latest update: March 27, 2008 - 10:45am)
BOYS
MORGAN PARK 20 BREMEN 13
Chris Cummings recorded 18 saves and Denzel Blackmon and Curtis Webb each scored 7 goals to lead Morgan Park to a 20-13 win over Bremen in nonconference action on Wednesday.
YOUNG 11 LINCOLN PARK 2
Luis Solis scored 3 goals to lead Young to an 11-2 victory over Lincoln Park.
NORTHSIDE 11 VON STEUBEN 7
Julian Dale and Max Kakacek each scored 4 goals to lead Northside to an 11-7 win over Von Steuben on Wednesday.
GIRLS
NAPERVILLE NORTH 12 LOCKPORT 11 (OT)
Erin Gibson (8 goals) scored the game-tying goal with 0:12 seconds left in regulation and the game-winning goal in sudden-death overtime to lift the Huskies to a 12-11 victory over Lockport on Wednesday night. Rachel Lardner led the Porters with 8 goals and Maggie Knowles added 3 scores, 4 assists, and 8 steals in the loss.
ANDREW 9 STAGG 7 (OT)
Ashley Stromberg tallied 4 goals and Stacy Fisher added 3 scores to lead the T-Bolts to a 9-7 overtime win over Stagg on Wednesday afternoon. Katie Fischer added 2 goals for Andrew in the win, while Sam Golob and Corrine Stoffel each scored 2 goals for the Chargers in the losing effort.
YOUNG 16 LINCOLN PARK1
Yadi Casimoro scored 4 goals and Nicole Nizolek added 3 scores to help lift Young to a 16-1 win over Lincoln Park in a CPL matchup on Wednesday.
NORTHSIDE 13 VON STEUBEN 6
Mary Jane Potamites tallied 3 goals and Danielle Fiumefreddo added 2 scores as the Mustangs beat Von Steuben 13-6.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008 10:35pm (Latest update: March 26, 2008 - 1:10pm)
BOYS
LOCKPORT 10 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 6
Ben Bentley and Ryan Oldendorf each scored 3 goals to lead Lockport to a 10-6 victory over Lincoln-Way Central in the SouthWest Suburban Conference matchup. Larry Formosa and Bob Chavez teamed up to stop 8 shots in goal in the win, while the Porters also received goals from Joe Hernandez, Josh Libman, Pat Cavanaugh, and Scott Targosz. The Porters improved to 7-1 overall, while the Knights dropped to 6-2 on the season.
MORGAN PARK 16 LINCOLN PARK 9
Curtis Webb tallied 7 goals and Denzell Blackmon added 4 scores to lead Morgan Park to a 16-9 win over Lincoln Park in Chicago Public League action on Tuesday.
DeSmet 12 YORK 11 (OT)
Mark Kroliekiewicz scored 3 goals and Ben Herrmann and Kent Van Horn each tallied 2 goals as York fell to Missouri team DeSmet in overtime on Tuesday night 12-11. Dukes' goalie John Onstwedder stopped 14 shots in the loss.
OAK PARK 10 EVANSTON 8
Dylan O'Connell registered 3 goals and both Tommy Poulos and Doug Fischer added 2 scores to lead Oak Park to a 10-8 win over Evanston. Eric Hallman, Colin Sharpe, and Kevin Hallman also scored one goal apiece in the win for the Huskies. Matt Wich and Charlie Krause each scored 2 goals in the loss for the Wildkits.
GIRLS
SANDBURG 14 HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR 5
Alyssa Turza and Alex Morales each scored 4 goals and Kelly Kuchta added 3 scores to lead Sandburg past Homewood-Flossmoor 14-5 in the SWSC contest on Tuesday night. Jessica Jenkot added 2 goals and Pam Dettman added 1 score for the Eagles in the win, while Story Pumphrey and Maya Holst each tallied 2 goals for the Vikings in the loss. Sandburg improved to 7-0 on the season with the win.
LINCOLN-WAY EAST 9 ANDREW 5
Rachel Japp totaled 4 goals and Laura Cempel scored 2 times and recorded 9 steals to help lead the Griffins to a 9-5 victory over Andrew on Tuesday. Stacy Fisher scored 3 goals for the T-Bolts in the loss.
NAPERVILLE CENTRAL 12 NAPERVILLE NORTH 5
Kara Wilson scored 6 goals and Sam Shamburek added 4 scores to lead the Redhawks to a 12-5 win over rival Naperville North on Tuesday evening. Claire Fleming added 2 more goals for Naperville Central in the win, while Erin Gibson recorded 4 goals for the Huskies in the losing effort.
LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 19 LOCKPORT 8
Kaylee Meyers scored 5 goals and Stacey Wymer and Michelle Wachtor each added 4 scores to lead the Knights to a 19-8 victory over Lockport in the SWSC game. Anna Whyte also talled 3 goals in the win, while Knights' goalie Samantha Marotta recorded 12 saves for LWC.
EVANSTON 13 YOUNG 3
Meg Schroeder scored 4 goals, Lily Nassiri added 3 scores, and goalie Anne Frigo stopped 15 shots as Evanston emerged with a 13-3 victory over Young on Tuesday.
Monday, March 24, 2008 8:51pm
BOYS
CURIE 6 LANE 3
Robert Hernandez scored 5 goals and goalie Wojciech Kubala made 6 saves to lead the Condors to a 6-3 victory over Lane in the Chicago Public League contest.
YORK 11 ST PATRICK 5
Mark Krolikiewicz scored 4 goals and Andrew Matsas added 2 scores to lead York to an 11-5 victory over St Patrick on Monday evening. Dukes' goalie John Onstwedder recorded 16 saves in the win.
ANDREW 22 BREMEN 6
Mark Krygeris and Marius Malkevicius each scored 5 goals to lead Andrew to a 22-6 win over Bremen. Sean Callahan added 4 scores, Ryan Joritz tallied 3 goals, while goalie Matt Szarzynski recorded 14 saves and 3 assists in the victory.
GIRLS
LOCKPORT 12 MARIAN 11
Maggie Knowles scored the game-winning goal with 0:15 seconds remaining to help lift the Porters to an 12-11 win over visiting Marian on Monday. Knowles scored 4 goals in the win while senior Rachel Lardner led the Porters on the offensive end with 5 goals (and 4 steals).
RICHARDS 14 STAGG 10
Richards improved to 8-2 overall with a 14-10 win over Stagg on Monday morning. Angie Drwal led the way with 7 goals, while Ashley Rampick scored 4 goals, Lindsay McCool added 2 scores, and Markie Walztoni added one score. The Bulldogs led 8-3 at halftime before emerging with the victory. Katie Kruse tallied 3 goals in the loss for the Chargers.
ANDREW 10 BREMEN 1
Stacy Fisher scored 5 goals and Ashley Stromberg added 3 goals as Andrew defeated Bremen 10-1 in nonconference action. Nikki Torres (6 saves) and Toni Badali (5 saves) combined to allow just one goal in the net for the Thunderbolts.
Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:22am
Week 3 updates: Rankings, Week 3 Super Ballers, Week 3 Ballers and The Illpolo Report
March 10-16 (click the above link to read the contents listed below)
Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:54pm
Week 2 updates: Rankings, Week 2 Super Ballers, Week 2 Ballers and The Illpolo Report
Rankings Update
BOYS' TOP 25 - The only certainty in the boys' rankings is Fenwick at the top spot. The Fenwick Tournament caused a shakeup at the top of the rankings, as Naperville North's wins over Naperville Central and Lincoln-Way East push them to the #2 spot. Naperville Central defeated Lincoln-Way East at an all-deep pool to move those two teams to #3 and #4, respectively. Mundelein makes a major jump to #5 after beating Stevenson at the Lake County Tournament and improving to 5-0 on the season. Sandburg beat Lyons in overtime to move up to #6, Stevenson drops to #7 after their second loss of the year, and Homewood-Flossmoor's 8-7 victory over Brother Rice puts them at the #8 spot. Brother Rice and Lyons are tied for #9, as they tied each other twice over the weekend. In other changes, Neuqua Valley fell to #11 after losing to Brother Rice and Lyons, St Rita beat St Patrick to move the Mustangs up to #12 and drop the Shamrocks to #13. Waubonsie Valley suffered the biggest drop to #23 after falling to 1-5 on the season with losses this week to McHenry and Neuqua Valley. Lockport moved to #19 after winning the Hinsdale Central Tournament and knocking off St Ignatius this week. McHenry moved up to #20, St Ignatius moved to #21 after beating Evanston, while the Wildkits fell to #22 after two losses at their own tournament to Glenbrook South and St Ignatius. Conant is at #24 after improving to 8-0 and Stagg to #25 after getting their record to 8-3 and beating Andrew this weekend.
GIRLS' TOP 25 - The changes in the girls' rankings came on the bottom half of the poll, as Waubonsie Valley's second win over Neuqua Valley moved theWarriors up to #14 and dropped the Wildcats down to #16. Mundelein remains undefeated and moves to the #12 spot, Oak Park fell to #13 after falling to 3-3, and Fremd moves into the Top 20 to the #19 position. Andrew lost to Fremd and ends up at #20, Buffalo Grove lost to Prospect and Fremd and ends up at #22, while Richards fell to #24 after a loss to Bremen on Friday night.
Monday, March 10, 2008 10:45pm
Below are the links to the sectional assignments for both boys and girls:
Illpolo.com Notes
***For the first time since 2002, St Patrick is not in the same sectional as Fenwick. The Shamrocks head to York and are currently the only Top 25 team in that sectional.
***With UIC not hosting a sectional, the IHSA reverted back to some of the original assignments from 2002, placing St Ignatius and Latin in the Fenwick Sectional along with Oak Park and Fenwick. That puts four Top 25 teams in the same sectional on both the boys' and girls' sides, including two of the top five girls teams.
***Sandburg's boys team finally gets placed in a sectional with the other teams from their area, causing a potential showdown between teams like Lincoln-Way East, Homewood-Flossmoor, Andrew, Sandburg, and Lockport at the TBA Sectional.
***The Sandburg girls team once again gets sent to a different site than their boys' team, as they will have to play at Lyons against Mother McAuley, Lyons, and Richards.
***Evanston's boys team returns to the GBN Sectional after playing at UIC last year. This sets up an evenly matched sectional which includes New Trier, Loyola, Glenbrook South, and Evanston, all of which are Top 25 teams.
***The sectionals at Neuqua Valley, Vernon Hills, and Hoffman Estates (new site, same area) look almost exactly the same as the last several years.
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Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:24 pm
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