Viator's Krause gets 16 in Blenner Classic win
St. Viator's girl basketball team took third place in its own 36th annual Blenner Classic on Satruday night.
The Lions defeated Plainfield North 64-46, ed by senior Natalie Krause's season-high 16 points that included four 3-pointers.
Other Lions reaching double figures were Elise Horbach (13 points, three 3-pointers) and Joy Bergstrom (14). Emma Morrissey (9 points) had three 3-pointers for Viator (13-5).
Wheeling (8-9) took fifth place with a win over Glenbrook North while Maine East defeated Leyden (5-9) for seventh place.
Bergstrom, Morgan Collar (Wheeling) and Evelyn Abundes (Leyden) were named to the all-tourney team.
Hersey 41, Lake Zurich 24: The Huskies finished 2-2 at the Montini tourney and will take an 11-7 record into the new year.
Leading Hersey on Saturday were Aya El-Fiky (9 points), 6 rebounds), Emily Collins (9 points) and Mary McGrath (8 points, 9 rebounds).
Elk Grove 42, St. Charles East 41: The Grenadiers took 11 place (2-2) at the 16-team Bill Neibch Classic at Wheaton North and raised their record to 5-10.
Megan Murray (17 points, three 3-pointers) and Isabella Tierney (8 points) led Elk Grove. Teammate Alyssa Trausch added 6 points and Lili Duckmann had 5 with a 3-pointer.
Hampshire 57, Barrington 52: Junior Taylor Thompson led the Fillies (5-12) with 21 points and 7 rebounds as they wrapped up play at the Komaromy Classic with a 1-3 record.
"We pushed through a slow start against a strong Hampshire team today," said Barrington coach Babbi Barreiro. "I was happy with the way we came back. We certainly had our chances to take care of business today and we turned the ball over at some costly times. Credit to Hampshire - they knocked down the shots when they needed to."
Other key performers for Barrington were Anna Mae King (13 points, 3 assists), Laura Mahlum (8 points, 4 rebounds), Sydney Granby (6 points, 5 rebounds) and Michaela Goetze (3 steals).
"We again had some nice performances from Anna Mae King and Taylor Thompson," Barreiro added. "The two of them were very consistent all four games over the tournament.
"Our kids are improving daily. We competed well this holiday tourney and our youngsters keep getting better. While picking up a couple more wins would have been great our process is coming along. We are looking forward to this second half of the season. I have a lot of faith in this group from top to bottom."
Maine South 38, Buffalo Grove 18: Maine South took a 13-2 lead after one quarter and never looked back in the fifth-place game of the Komaromy Classic at Dundee-Crown.
The Bison (10-7) were led by Macy Flori's 6 points. Kendra Lee (8 rebounds) and Alyssa Ramos (6) led BG on the boards.
Willowbrook 58, Schaumburg 48: The Saxons took sixth place in the Bill Neibch Classic at Wheaton North. They went 2-2 and will take a 10-8 record into 2019.
Glenbard South 38, Palatine 19: Glenbard South, the defending Bill Neibch Classic champion, won the consolation title this year at Wheaton North.
The Pirates (3-12) went 2-2 in the 16-team tourney.
CLA goes 2-1: Christian Liberty won two of its three games at the Momence Christmas tournament on Dec. 27 and 28.
The Chargers fell 54-46 to Tri-Point and the defeated St. Anne 61-33 and Manteno 56-42
Senior Annika Dinkelman (14) and freshman Julia Wolke (11) led CLA against Tri-Point.
"Annika led all scorers while playing as an undersized post player," said Chargers coach Steve Rowland.
Freshman Audrey Law (12 points) and sophomore Megan Ng (11) were top scorers against St. Anne and against Manteno when Ng had 13 and Law 12.
"It was a great opportunity to travel down and play some schools we would never get to see during the regular season," said Chargers coach Steve Rowland. "Being the first year attending the tournament, the girls really represented themselves very well."
Wolke was named to the all tournament team while Ng and Law received all-tourney votes. They all averaged double-digit points in the three games.
Rowland said Dinkelman and freshman Hannah Mindak had a 'tremendous' tournament on the boards.
"Hannah Mindak has suddenly started to shine at the other post," Rowland said.
Mindak averaged 5.5 points and 6 rebounds in the tourney.
"I was really pleased with the energy and effort our girls play with," Rowland added. "We are undersized but you wouldn't know it playing against teams that are much bigger than we are."