Girls Basketball | My Suburban Life
Nazareth junior Sophia Towne, who scored 16 points in a win over Bolingbrook and had 12 points, four assists and four steals in a win over Maine South, is the Suburban Life Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Here is her Q&A with Sports Editor Joshua Welge.
Stella Sakalas scored 20 points to lead Nazareth past St. Viator, Benet rolled past Marist to its 20th straight win and Wheaton Warrenville South girls basketball knocked off St. Charles East in Wednesday's roundup.
Stella Sakalas scored 29 points to lead Nazareth past Homewood-Flossmoor at the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest, Cameron Mercer's 32 points paced Riverside-Brookfield to its seventh straight win, and Benet and York boys basketball were also winners in Monday's roundup.
Furman commit Emma Briggs scored a career-best 27 points, helping No. 1-ranked Benet pull away for a 58-41 win over Young at Monday's Coach Kipp Hoopsfest at Benet.
Here are Jon Cunningham's photos from Monday's game between Benet and Young at the Coach Kipp Hoopsfest.
Freshman Eva Yerkovich made a number of big shots, and scored a game-high 13 points, to help Downers Grove North build and maintain a lead. And then she made a game-saving block in the final seconds of a 36-33 win over Glenbard West in a matchup of West Suburban Silver leaders.
Here are Jon Cunningham's photos from Saturday's game between Downers Grove North and Glenbard West.
A 22-2 run to open the game set the stage for Nazareth's no-doubt win over Maine South at Coach Kipp's Hoopesfest at Maine West on Saturday.
Downers Grove South senior and Wright State commit Megan Ganschow had her season cut short with an ACL tear at Christmas, her second in two years – but returned last week to score her 1,000th career point. That, freshman Jordan Bailey helping key 16-4 Glenbard South and more.
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