Roundup: L-P girls basketball wins opener

Addison Duttlinger scored 12 points, made nine steals, dished out five assists and grabbed three rebounds Monday to lead the La Salle-Peru girls basketball team to a 54-30 victory over Plano at the Somonauk Breakout Tournament.

Brooklyn Ficek had 13 points, six steals and two assists for L-P, while Avah Moriarty added eight points.

Serena 47, Hall 22

At the Seneca portion of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament on Monday, steals by Katie Baker led to her own layup and another for Paisley Twait and a 10-0 lead before Hall got on the board with a Jayden Jones free throw, but the press kept that landslide coming. Serena notched the next 12 points for a 22-1 margin before the Devils got their first field goal on a putback by Promise Giacometti with 47.1 seconds left in the period. Hall eventually gathered itself and played better, getting a team-best eight points over the last three quarters from Toni Newton.

Makayla McNally and Jaiden Mahler led Serena’s 38-22 edge on the glass with nine and eight rebounds, respectively. McNally scored nine points, Twait scored nine, and Baker led all scorers with 13.

“I didn’t know what to expect, honestly, because we don’t have a lot of experience. I was hoping for better, but I can’t say that I’m necessarily surprised either,” Hall coach T.J. Orlandi said. “Serena is a good team. It’s a tough opening matchup for any inexperienced team to open against a team that will full-court press, constantly in-your-face and that’s what happened in the first quarter. You can talk about pressure like that in practice, but there’s no way to simulate it.”

– Read Charlie Ellerbrock’s full report on this game at newstrib.com.

BOYS BOWLING

Mendota 3,350, La Salle-Peru 3,181

Landon Bauer rolled a 723 series, including a 290 game, to lead the Trojans to a nonconference victory Monday at the Elk’s Lodge in Mendota.

Alex Hermosillo added a 602 series for Mendota.

Peyton Baker led the Cavaliers with a 614, while Chance Hank added a 567.