Coach Kipp's Hoopsfest sure to have top-notch competition

Posted January 15, 2019 12:00 am

By John Leusch

Are you ready for some more girls basketball?

Then you have to head to Villa Park this weekend.

The 29th annual Coach Kipp's Hoopsfest, directed by Jim O'Boye, will be held over the Martin Luther King weekend for the 24th straight year at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park.

The Saturday game between Danville Schlarman and Geneva matches the defending Class 1A state champs against the two-time defending Class 4A champs.

The 4 p.m. contest on Saturday between Marist and Mother McAuley will have a special twist.

Marist's Mary Clare Brusek will be the first girl in the event whose mother also played in the tourney.

Brusek's mother, Megan Lucid, starred for Mother McAuley in the first year of the showcase event (1991) at Northwestern University.

Mary Clare wears the same number (20) as her mother's, which was retired at McAuley.

Megan was Illinois' Ms. Basketball her senior year and played for DePaul.

Games involving teams from the Northwest suburbs are Chicago Kenwood vs. Maine West (Saturday at 1 p.m.), Rolling Meadows vs Mother McAuley (Monday at 3 p.m.) and Fremd vs Loyola (Monday at 4:30 p.m.).

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