Barrington earns title-game appearance
Will Reinhard scored a game-high 18 points and teammate Ben Weber had 12 on Friday to help Barrington earn a shot at a tournament title Saturday.
The Broncos limited tourney host Crystal Lake Central to 10 first-half points in earning a 66-31 victory, helping them improve to 3-0 in the tournament.
Barrington will meet Geneva, also 3-0, at 7 p.m. Saturday for the championship.
Hersey 64, St. Patrick 62: Hersey junior Joe Coffaro found the range in the Huskies' boys basketball tournament finale on Friday.
Against host St. Patrick, Coffaro made six 3-pointers and finished with a game-high 27 points as Hersey won 64-62.
Coffaro finished 5-for-6 on foul shots as the Huskies improved to 3-1.
Zack Cooper contributed 17 points and Mark Milligan had 10 for Hersey.
Laurence Merritt (17 points) and Keishun Thomas (15) led the way for St. Patrick (2-2).
Wheeling 75, Montini 43: The Wildcats got double-figure scoring from Patrick Szpir (15 points), T.J. Best (12) and Dylan Draka (10) in a decisive tournament triumph at Northridge Prep.
Peter Allen Schuetz contributed 8 points as a total of 13 Wheeling players scored.
Waubonsie Valley 52, Rolling Meadows 51: Waubonsie Valley survived two late shots from the Mustangs in the game's last five seconds to earn a win at the Ed Molitor Thanksgiving Tournament at Palatine.
Rolling Meadows' Jared Murphy had an off-balance 3-point attempt bounce off the rim, and Jack Schoessling's tip missed the mark, enabling the Warriors to pick up their first win.
Waubonsie Valley led 33-22 at halftime and 43-36 after three quarters.
JaQuan Bowman led the 1-2 Warriors with 15 points; he scored all of his team's 10 points in the third quarter. Mark Rullo added 11 points.
The Mustangs (0-4) were paced by Matt Wojick's 20 points. Murphy scored 15 and Schoessling 10. The Mustangs were perfect from the free throw line, going 15-for-15.
Maine West 72, Prosser 50: The host Warriors improved to 2-1 in the tournament they're hosting by earning a decisive victory.
JoJo Rios made five 3s and scored a team-high 16 points, while Julian Dones made three 3s and scored 13. Joining them in double figures were Marian Johnson (11 points), Randy Kent (11) and Stefan Balaban (10).
Coach John Bongiorno said he was most pleased with the defensive gains his group made after yielding 80 points in a loss to Libertyville on Wednesday. One key to the improvement was the play of Johnson, a senior who drew a pair of early chargers against Prosser.
"He's athletic, he hustles and he's a steadying force for our guys," Bongiorno said. "Anybody takes two charges - as a coach, you've got to love that."
All of which was helpful in limiting Prosser's Darnell Latham to 14 points. He'd poured in 35 against Libertyville earlier in the tournament.
Maine West wraps up its tournament Saturday against Maine South. In that contest, the challenge will be of a different nature.
"They'll play their matchup zone," explained Bongiorno. "It's tough to prepare for because no matter what you do in practice, you really can't simulate how we'll they'll play it in a game."
Starting times for Saturday games have changed slightly from the original schedule to allow Libertyville's players to attend the football team's attempt at a Class 7A championsip at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. Libertyville will face Chicago Math and Science Charter at 12:15 p.m., with Maine West and Maine South tipping off at 2 p.m.
Fremd 50, Elk Grove 27: Fremd improved to 3-1 in the Mundelein tournament by shutting down Elk Grove. The Grenadiers scored just 8 second-half points to fall to 2-2 in the tournament.
Samson Oladimeji led the Vikings with 9 points off the bench. Junior Kyle Sliwa drained a pair of 3-pointers and added 7 points. while senior Bradley Hubly tallied 9 points to lead Elk Grove.
Uplift 62, Lake Forest Academy 60, OT: Uplift clinched its second consecutive Mundelein Thanksgiving Tournament title with an overtime win.
Damarius Jacobs the Titans with 25 points. Toraze Dobbs added 13 and Davarion Jacobs finished with 11 for Uplift.
Daniel Joseph led Lake Forest Academy with 26 points before fouling out. Junior Chris Harris added 18 for the Caxys.
East Aurora 48, Schaumburg 38: The Saxons slipped to 0-3 in St. Charles East tournament play and will meet Plainfield East in the tourney's seventh-place game at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
Carmel 61, Hoffman Estates 57: In tournament play at Grant, the Hawks came up short to fall to 0-3 in the tournament while Carmel picked up its first victory of the season.
Highland Park 42, Prospect 31: Prospect slipped to 1-2 in tournament play at St. Viator with a loss to the 2-1 Giants.
North Lawndale 64, Lake Zurich 54: Win or lose, good teams always look for ways to improve.
Such as Lake Zurich, which took the short end of a 64-54 decision to Chicago's North Lawndale College Prep in the Grant Thanksgiving tournament on Friday evening. But the Bears took away plenty of positives.
"I guess we're not going undefeated this year," Lake Zurich coach Billy Pitcher said with a grin. "But I was really pleased with our effort tonight. North Lawndale is a high quality team. They made shots we had trouble defending, and they hit the offensive boards."