FEATURE ARTICLE
Week 4
Boys
& Girls Tournament Report
By Aaron Brown
There were only two tournaments this weekend, but there is plenty to talk about
after the results came in from the Friday and Saturday games. Here is a quick
recap
:
Brother Rice
Tournament
The Crusaders won
their own event, beating Lockport, Loyola, Sandburg in the
preliminary round and downing MCAC rival St Patrick 10-6 in the
tournament final. The Shamrocks had gone 3-0 in the preliminary
round themselves, beating HC, St Rita, and York to get to the final
game and end up in second place.
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Loyola earned a key 9-8
win over Sandburg late in the day on Saturday, which moved them into
the third place game. They beat St Rita 9-6 (including a shootout) to claim a third place
finish and end the weekend with a 3-1 record. The Mustangs finished
in fourth place after earning two wins on Saturday.
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Sandburg bounced back from
their narrow loss to Loyola by beating Hinsdale Central 18-7 in the fifth
place game. The Eagles ended the weekend with a 2-2 record, while
the Red Devils finished with a 1-3 mark.
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Lockport earned their
first win in four tries over the weekend by knocking off York 10-5
in the seventh place game. The Dukes went 0-4 at the tournament.
Lincoln-Way Tournament
The Lincoln-Way
Tournament, using a bracket format, which led to some intense
matchups throughout the Friday and Saturday tournament.
The host Griffins earned a
10-3 win over LWN to start things off, followed by Andrew's big 16-1
victory over R-B. When the two teams met later in the night, East's
Julie Warren scored 4 goals to lead the Griffins to the title game
with a 13-7 win over the T-Bolts.
At the West pool, LWW
surprised LWC 18-16 Friday to advance to the
semifinal round. In the next game, Richards outlasted Schaumburg 10-9 in
overtime. Richards advanced to the title game by beating West 14-8 later
in the night.
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LWE claimed the tournament
title, edging Richards 10-7 in the final game on Saturday evening. Andrew
held off LWW 11-10 to finish in third place. LWN upended Schaumburg 9-6 to
claim fifth place, while LWC earned their first win of the weekend,
beating R-B 15-4 in the seventh place game.
