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  Weekend Updates         

  By Aaron Brown

  April 13, 2013

 

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GAME PREVIEWS (Saturday, April 13)

 

 

 

TOURNAMENT TO WATCH

LYONS TOURNAMENT

The Lions' Tournament gets underway on Friday night with a four-game slate; the hosts are in a group that consists of St Ignatius and Stevenson, while Loyola, Oak Park, and York match up for a three-game set that will determine Saturday's championship round lineup.

 

OTHER KEY TOURNAMENTS

BARRINGTON TOURNAMENT

The Broncos welcome Libertyville, McHenry, and St Viator to their all-deep facility for a six-game event that gets underway on Saturday morning.

 

BREMEN TOURNAMENT

The Silver Snakes' five-team tournament includes Argo, Bradley, Maine East, and STC East and employs a round-robin format of ten games beginning on Friday night.

 

DESMET TOURNAMENT

Fenwick and DeLaSalle both head to Missouri to take on some of the Show-Me-State's best teams; the Friars won the event last season and take on Lindbergh and Oakville in Friday's preliminary round. DLS must face SLUH before taking on Kirkwood on Friday night. The field includes six of the top seven teams from Missouri, including #1 SLUH, #2 Parkway West, #4 DeSmet, #5 Kirkwood, #6 Lindbergh, and #7 MICDS. Dr Phillips of Orlando is ranked #5 in Florida, while Oakville, Chaminade, and Cleveland HS from Knoxville, TN are also participating.

 

NAPERVILLE TOURNAMENT

The 'Best of the West' event features nine teams and two pools (NC and NN on Friday); Naperville North looks to defend their title but will have to do so against a stacked field. Hinsdale Central, Lake Forest, Naperville Central, and GBS are all Top 25 teams, while the likes of Buffalo Grove, Lincoln-Way Central, GBN, and Mundelein will ensure that their are no easy contests in Naperville over the weekend.

 

ST PATRICK TOURNAMENT

The Shamrocks' tournament features a dynamic group of competitive teams, with Brother Rice, Fremd, Homewood-Flossmoor, Niles West and the hosts leading the list of contenders. Also in attendance are Evanston, Whitney Young, and Lincoln-Way East as the nine teams will play a grand total of 18 games over the weekend at an event that H-F won in a shootout over the hosts last season.

 

SANDBURG TOURNAMENT

All eight teams playing in the Sandburg Tournament get underway on Friday evening. The hosts begin a defense of their own event's title against STC North, which is followed by games between Andrew-Conant and Lane-RB. In the nightcap, LWN and Prospect square off before the teams take a break before a 12-game schedule on Saturday.

 


 

GAME PREVIEWS (Saturday, April 13)

 

 

 

TOURNAMENT TO WATCH

YORK TOURNAMENT

The Dukes' six-team tournament begins on Friday night with a four-game slate; Andrew and Barrington square off in the tournament opener, while the T-Bolts also face the hosts two games later. R-B takes on both Bremen and Napervillle North in their group on Friday night. The action then continues on Saturday with two additional games before the championship round begins. Naperville North knocked off Barrington in the title game of last year's event.

 

OTHER KEY TOURNAMENTS

JENISON TOURNAMENT

Naperville Central travels to Michigan to do battle with some of The Great Lakes State's best water polo teams in a two day event that started on Friday and continues with games against the hosts and East Kentwood.

 

ELK GROVE TOURNAMENT

The Grenadiers hosts a five-team, ten-game event that gets underway on Saturday morning. Deerfield, Libertyville, Meadows, and Maine East are all in attendance for an tournament that Libertyville went 4-0 at last season.

 

LATIN TOURNAMENT

Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, Lane, Latin, and Northside do battle in Chicago in a nine-game event that Lane won last year with a 3-0 mark.

 

ST VIATOR TOURNAMENT

Lincoln-Way Central begins their title defense in Arlington Heights at the St Viator Tournament against the likes of Buffalo Grove, Lockport, Maine South, Palatine, Prospect, STC North and the hosts.

 

STEVENSON TOURNAMENT

The Patriots host a triangular event that includes Fremd and Metea Valley; the three-game slate begins at 2:00pm on Saturday afternoon.

 

VERNON HILLS TOURNAMENT

Conant, Hoffman, and Maine West all return to Vernon Hills to do battle with the Cougars and each other in a six-game event on Saturday. The Conant went 3-0 to win the event last season.

 


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GAME RECAPS (Saturday, April 13) - Click the logos for complete tournament coverage

 

 

 

BARRINGTON TOURNAMENT

Libertyville Impresses At Barrington Quad
Jeremy Kucera scored 13 goals to help Libertyville elude the hosts in the tournament opener and get past both McHenry and St Viator later in the day to win the Barrington Tournament on Saturday. The hosts, led by Chase Lesniak (9 goals), Sam Miseyka (7 goals), and Sean McCarthy (35 saves), placed second after quality wins over McHenry and St Viator. Andrew Trocki's 5-goal performance helped McHenry surprise St Viator 8-6 for third place at the event.

 

 

BREMEN TOURNAMENT

Bremen Continues Epic Season With Tournament Title
Quinn Johnson scored 21 goals and Tony Zdanavicius provided the game-winning goal in Friday evening's one-goal victory over Bradley as the Silver Snakes improved to 15-4 by beating the Boilers, Maine East, Argo, and STC East to win their own event. Bradley won all three of their games on Saturday to claim a second-place finish, Maine East downed STC East for third, and the Saints got past Argo for fourth place.

 

 

DESMET TOURNAMENT

Fenwick Stunned By SLUH In Overtime Thriller
For the second straight week, Fenwick lost an overtime game to SLUH; this time it was for the DeSmet Tournament title after the Friars bounced back from an early Saturday loss to MICDS to beat Parkway West and advanced to the championship game. For complete details of the epic final game, click the event logo, but the young and shorthanded Friars took SLUH to overtime before losing 7-6 in the final game. Fenwick went 3-2 at the event, while DeLaSalle ended up in tenth place after edging out Chaminade in a consolation game before losing to Oakville in their last game.

 

 

LYONS TOURNAMENT

Lions Keep On Rolling With Another Tournament Title
The Lions weren't playing games at their own event this weekend; they followed up last weekend's York Tournament title by beating Loyola, Stevenson, and York in demonstrative fashion to win their second event of the 2013 season. Oak Park and Stevenson tied for third after finishing in a 5-5 deadlock, while St Ignatius defeated York 12-3 in the fifth-place game. Definitely click the link for more details as they pour in on Sunday.

 

 

NAPERVILLE TOURNAMENT

Naperville North Definitely Best of the West
Eric Curia scored 16 goals and Gianmarco Duin and Nolan Roberts combined to score 16 more times as the Huskies continued to build towards the postseason by winning the Naperville Central Tournament with a 4-0 record over the weekend. The Huskies beat Hinsdale Central and Lake Forest in convincing fashion on Saturday after downing Buffalo Grove and Glenbrook South on Friday night. Brogan O'Doherty scored 14 goals and George Koulouris added 13 scores as the Red Devils placed second by beating Lake Forest 13-6 on Saturday morning. The Scouts finished third by earning an 8-8 draw with the hosts on Friday, but the Redhawks ended the weekend with an undefeated (3-0-1) after responding to the draw with wins over GBS and Mundelein on Saturday. Connor Black and Jason Rehor totaled 28 goals in Mundelein's fifth place finish over GBS, while Lincoln-Way Central grabbed two wins on Saturday to win the seventh-place group.

 

 

ST PATRICK TOURNAMENT

Crusaders Grind Their Way To St Patrick Title
Brother Rice suffered an 8-6 loss to Waubonsie Valley on Friday, lost to Niles West on Saturday morning, yet somehow endured to beat the hosts 10-1 in the eventual title game to win the St Patrick Tournament via tiebreaker on Saturday night. Kevin Mayer scored 13 goals and Cal Kennedy made 40 saves as Rice beat H-F on Friday, then topped the Shamrocks on Saturday and beat the rest field by goals allowed and all that to win the event. Niles West and the hosts both went 3-1 over the weekend to finish second and third, respectively.

 

 

SANDBURG TOURNAMENT

Sandburg Takes Care Of Business At Home Tournament
The Eagles earned impressive wins over Andrew, Conant, Lincoln-Way North, and STC North to win their own event over the weekend as Kevin Tunney scored 23 goals to lead the team to a 4-0 record. Conant beat Prospect for third place, STC North topped Lane in the fifth-place game, and Andrew got past R-B for seventh place on Saturday afternoon.

 


 

GAME RECAPS (Saturday, April 13) - Click the logos for complete tournament coverage

 

 

 

ELK GROVE TOURNAMENT

Libertyville Eludes Maine East To Claim Elk Grove Title
Devika Joshi scored 12 goals as Libertyville went 4-0 on Saturday at the Elk Grove Tournament, including a 7-3 win over Maine East to win the title. Maria Protic scored 12 goals for the Blue Demons in a second-place performance, while Sandra Kietlinska added 6 scores as Maine East finished 3-1 on Saturday. The shorthanded hosts finished in third with a 2-2 mark, as Christine Juhas totaled 10 goals for the event's third-place finishers. Jessica Dykstra scored 7 times to help Meadows grab a win over Deerfield and end the day in fourth place, while Katherine Rogers scored 12 goals to no avail as the Warriors failed to gain a victory on Saturday.

 

 

Redhawks Nearly Takeover Michigan Polo

Madison Nervig scored 9 goals, Kristina Altuve added 7 scores, and Erin Reagan made 29 saves as the Redhawks nearly shocked Rockford on their own turf on Friday night before losing 8-7 in three overtimes. The team responded by beating East Kentwood, Jenison, and Hudsonville to finish in third place at the Jenison Tournament on Saturday.

 

 

LATIN TOURNAMENT

Indians Chop Their Way To Latin Tournament Win
Lane defeated Hinsdale Central, Hinsdale South, and Latin to finish with a perfect record at Latin's event on Saturday afternoon. The Red Devils beat Northside to finish 3-1, NSP ended the day with a 2-1 mark, while Hinsdale South ended the day with one win and the hosts went winless on Saturday.

 

 

STEVENSON TOURNAMENT

Stevenson Preps For Second Half With Mini-Tourney Win
The Patriots used a balanced attack on both the offensive and defensive ends to beat Fremd and Metea Valley and head to Week 7 with a great deal of positive momentum. Alex Kanaris, Ashley Oliver, Jenna Oliver, Brittant Gartenberg, and Melissa Gartenberg each put in key performances for Stevenson, while Becky Callen and Lauren Burns starred in goal for the Patriots on Saturday. The Vikings built off Friday's win over Sandburg by beating Metea Valley 10-7 behind Emma Hoffman's 4-goal performance.

 

 

ST VIATOR TOURNAMENT

LWC Flexes Muscles At St Viator Tournament
Danijela Jackovich, Liz Klock, Caroline Foglton and the rest of the Knights had no problems dominating the St Viator Tournament again with wins over the hosts, Buffalo Grove, Lockport, and STC North. The North Stars upended Maine South 15-4 in the third-place game before the Knights topped conference foe Lockport for the title.

 

 

VERNON HILLS TOURNAMENT

Conant Bounces Back At Vernon Hills
Just one week after losing all three games at a Glenbrook Tournament, Conant went 3-0 at the Vernon Hills Tournament to win the event. Angie Skittone and Carmen Rosas combined to score 20 goals and Maddy Demaret saved 35 shots and scored 3 goals in the winning effort for the Cougars. Carly Romano scored 10 times in a second-place finish for Maine West, while Kasia Serwin's 5 goals helped Hoffman end the day in the third place by beatiing the hosts 3-2.

 

 

YORK TOURNAMENT

Naperville North Defends Title At York
With the pressure on, Naperville North's mix of talent and experience led them to the York Tournament title after wins over Barrington, Bremen, R-B over the weekend. Bremen outlasted Andrew 9-5 in the third-place game, while the hosts beat R-B by a 9-6 score in the event's fifth-place game.


 

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