Marmion wrestlers win invite
Marmion's wrestling team took first place Saturday at the Bloom Trail Invitational.
Marmion had six wrestlers win championships: Eddie Breen (103), Robert Cesario (119), Dan Duefel (125), Pat Greco (135), Andrew Konovodoff (145) and Tim Benoit (152).
Matt Grange placed second at 130.
Girls basketball
St. Charles North 59, Streamwood 24:ŒThe North Stars raced to a 23-8 lead after one quarter and didn't look back.
Anna Conrad led the North Stars (5-2, 1-0) with 13 points and three 3-pointers. Kelsey Smith added 8, and Jenna Bell and Annie Bialek 6 for the North Stars, who had 13 players score.
Newark 56, Aurora Christian 47:ŒChelsea Cooper scored 16 points and grabbed 11 rebounds for the Eagles, who were tied at 14 after one quarter but fell behind by four points at halftime and couldn't come back in the second half.
High schools
St. Ed steak fry:ŒThe St. Edward High School Booster Club will honor Dr. Bob Mueller on Tuesday night at its semi-annual Steak Fry at Don Fitchie Memorial Green Wave Hall.
Mueller has been associated with St. Edward athletics for over 30 years in one way or another, including 9 years as JV girls basketball coach.
There is a $20 donation at the door for Tuesday's event, which starts at 6 p.m.
For further information, contact Frank J. Celarek at (847) 717-4321.
Boys basketball
Batavia reschedules:ŒBatavia's annual game at Quincy was postponed Saturday because of the weather conditions. The Bulldogs will play Quincy Dec. 21.
Aurora Central 69, Noble Street 41: The Chargers are a perfect 6-0 to start the season after having 3 players finish in double digits.
Steve Hollon (12 points), Joey Guth (15 points) and Mark Adams (10 points) all posted solid games for the Chargers, who led 47-15 at the break.
Waubonsie Valley 59, Naperville Central 47:ŒIn a game in which the referees' whistles seemed to be going nonstop, it was hard for either Naperville Central or visiting Waubonsie Valley to really get on track in Saturday night's nonconference boys basketball game.
To make matters even worse for the Redhawks (4-2), Warriors senior guard Justin Peaster and his teammates did a great job of defending Naperville Central's Drew Crawford, who didn't connect on his first field goal until the fourth quarter and finished with just 2 shots from the floor to go with a 10-of-11 night from the foul line to score 14 points.
Couple Waubonsie's big night on defense with 24 free throws made, and the result was a 59-47 win for the Warriors, now 6-1 on the year after a pair of wins this weekend.
"We won ugly, but a win's a win," Waubonsie Valley coach Steve Weemer said. "We're an uptempo team, a running team. We play off high energy and we weren't able to do that."
Despite being called for 25 fouls, the Warriors still were able to put a solid effort on the defensive end and take advantage of Josh Daniels outside shooting and Kevin VandenBerg's free-throw shooting to score enough points to knock off a Redhawks team that entered the week 4-0 but lost back-to-back games this weekend.
"At practice we worked on guarding and guarding hard," Peaster said. "We tried not to give him open looks and we stayed in his grill. He got a little tired and asked to come out, so I guess I did my job."
With Daniels knocking down the first of his four 3-pointers on the night, the Warriors took a quick 7-1 lead, led 9-7 after one quarter and 22-20 at the half. But a 20-point outburst in the third quarter enabled the Warriors to go on top 42-33. Daniels, who led all scorers with 19 points, sank two long-range shots in the quarter.
With VandenBerg making 8 of 10 foul shots in the fourth quarter, Waubonsie was able to hold off the Redhawks, who only had Crawford score in double figures. Harrison Daniels did score 9 points and came away with 4 steals and Matt Derwin hit on a pair of 3-pointers, but it was not enough for the hosts.
"Their quickness was a problem," Naperville Central coach Pete Kramer said, "and we did not take care of the basketball tonight. But I thought the kids fought hard and we battled. We learned a lot this weekend. But we're gonna be in a dogfight every night."
Kyle Obendorf led the Warriors with 7 rebounds and added 11 points, while Jelani Johnson scored all 9 of his points in the second half to help the visitors to victory.
-- Stan Goff