Warren wins New Trier title; Grant captures its pool
A milestone for Sarah Boothe. A championship for Warren's girls basketball team.
The Blue Devils defeated Marshall 51-46 to finish undefeated in the New Trier Thanksgiving tournament.
Boothe scored 18 points to reach 1,500 in her career. The Stanford-bound center also had 9 rebounds, 6 blocked shots and 3 assists.
Lory Shaw added 14 points for Warren (5-0), which shot 55 percent from the floor (18 of 33).
Adrienne Godbold had 14 points for Marshall.
Grant 68, Deerfield 51: Grant had a great first half at Deerfield. The Bulldogs then hit their first 6 shots of the third quarter.
That was more than enough to help the Bulldogs defeat the host Warriors 68-51 in the teams' finale of the Deerfield/Highland Park tournament.
Jamie Swanson and Tori Ziegler each scored 21 points for Grant (4-1), which won its pool. Heather Ruetsche added 17 points, while Bailey Wagner grabbed 12 rebounds.
Deerfield's Dani Ripkey led all scorers with 23 points.
Libertyville 61, HP 46:ΠAt Deerfield, Dana Eriksen ledthe Wildcats with 14 points.
Libertyville also received double-digit points from Ali Haws (12) and Maka Stewart (10).
Carmel-transfer Genny Arnold scored 15 points to lead Highland Park.
Stevenson 47, Evanston 41: At Maine West, Claire Moller scored 16 points for the Patriots.
Kayla Fisher and Caitlin Morrissey added 13 and 12 points, respectively, for Stevenson (2-2, 2-1).
Hampshire 59, Antioch 44: Things could have gone either way for Hampshire this weekend. To Whip-Purs' coach Sue Ellett's delight, they went the right way.
Hampshire erased a 4-point halftime deficit by outscoring Antioch 22-9 in the third quarter on its way to a 59-44 win in the fifth-place game of the 20th annual Geneva Thanksgiving Tournament Saturday.
"The last few years we've come out of here pretty beat up physically and mentally," said Ellett. "This year we're coming out of here with confidence. I'm really excited coming out of the Geneva tournament for the first time in a long time."
As she should be. After a 20-point loss to Rosary to open the tournament, the Whips (3-2) fell to runner-up Providence by 9 before coming back to beat Wheaton North Friday and Antioch Saturday.
Senior Mallory Koster led the way for the Whips again in Saturday's win, scoring 17 points and nailing two huge 3-pointers early in the third quarter to spark the Whips' winning surge.
Antioch (1-3) controlled much of the physical first half, leading by as many as 7 points late in the second quarter but Hampshire went on a 5-2 run to end the half, closing within 4.
"We were more aggressive than they were in the first half and then they came out strong in the second half," Antioch coach Tim Borries said. "They came out aggressive and we didn't respond."
Christine Gaborek led the Sequoits, who shot 16 of 55, with 9 points. Andi Potkonjak and Brittany Deem had 8 points each.
-- John Radtke