York (Elmhurst) Preps

Nojus' Indrusaitis' 35 points paced Lemont past TF South, Proviso East beat Willowbrook in a matchup of West Suburban Gold leaders and Glenbard West, Lyons and York all rolled in Friday's prep sports roundup.

Calli Kenny scored a game-high 19 points, and was the catalyst to Willowbrook's comeback from seven points down in the second half for a 51-46 win at York.

Nojus Indrusaitis scored 24 points to lead Lemont past St. Patrick for the championship at Deerfield, Glenbard West rolled past Fenwick, Drew Kircher led York past Neuqua Valley and more in Monday's prep sports roundup.

Mariann Blass scored a game-high 19 points and Lizzie Baldridge added 13 in a 63-47 loss to Marist in the 32nd Annual Coach Derril Kipp Hoopfest at Montini High School. "We’re really young, so I feel we can learn from this for future games and see what we can do.”

George Wolkow – a household name in baseball and South Carolina recruit – came up huge on the basketball court Friday, scoring a career-high 17 points and grabbing 16 rebounds to carry Downers Grove North past York 44-36.

Izzy Lee's career-high 24 points paced Lyons past York, Nojus Indrusaitis poured in 28 points to lead Lemont past Richards and more in Tuesday's prep sports roundup.

Drew Kircher scored 10 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter, and York overcame John Hilgart's game-high 26 points to beat IC Catholic Prep 67-49 in the crosstown matchup in Elmhurst.

Mariann Blass hit four 3-pointers and scored 12 points, but York dropped its final game at the Montini Christmas Tournament 54-30 to Naperville North, which went unbeaten in the event.

Paxton Warden led four Glenbard West players in double figures with 17 points as Glenbard West rolled past St. Patrick into the quarterfinals of the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic, Calli Kenny's 21 points and nine rebounds paced Willowbrook at the Bill Neibch Falcon Classic and more in Tuesday's prep sports roundup.

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