Wrap: Rogowski, Hersey edge Meadows

Host Hersey stopped Rolling Meadows 57-47 in Mid-Suburban East girls basketball play on Tuesday.

The Huskies were was led by junior Kelly Rogowski (17 points), freshman Megan Rogowski (16 points) and senior Sarah Stoltzner (9 points, 5 assists).

"And Amanda Slove (3 steals) played some nice defense for us," said Hersey coach Mary Fendley, whose team improved to 7-14 overal and 2-5 in the East.

Meadows (6-15, 0-7) was paced by Shannon McGuire (19 points), Alexa Bennett (12) and Liezl Aluquin (9).

Bennett had four 3-pointers, giving her 41 for the season.

St. Edward 66, St. Francis 60:ŒThe St. Edward girls basketball team could not have come up with a better way to close out the home portion of its 2007-08 season.

Not only was it Senior Night, and all five Green Wave seniors had a hand in their team's win, but it was also a milestone evening for a standout junior.

The five Green Wave seniors combined for 38 points and junior stalwart Katie Yohn scored 28, eclipsing the 1,000-point mark for her career, as the Wave downed St. Francis 66-60 in Suburban Catholic Conference action.

And the best keep secret on Locust Street is no longer a secret.

"I had no idea," Yohn said after the game, clutching the game ball presented to her by the coaching staff. "I kept asking my parents and they wouldn't tell me. I thought I was like 200 points away or something.

"I'm just so happy. I love my teammates so much. It's just so special. It's one of the greatest nights of my life. The seniors did so well tonight and I'm so proud of them. We played really well together tonight and that's the best part."

That the seniors did. Celeste VonAhnen had 11 points and 9 rebounds, Amanda DeBrocke scored 10 and had 9 rebounds, Kelly Knott had 9 points, Megan Pozezinski contributed 6 points and 7 rebounds, and Mackenzie Malone, who got a start, made 2 key free throws down the stretch to help keep the Spartans (10-13, 2-9) at bay.

"It's bittersweet because it's our last home game but it's great because St. Francis is our rival," said Knott, who said the toughest part of the night was keeping the 1,000 secret from Yohn.

"We finally put four quarters together tonight and it's been a while since we've done that. The senior leadership was great tonight."

St. Francis jumped ahead early and maintained the lead for the bulk of the first half as Yohn struggled, going 0-for-8 until she hit a layup with 3:30 left in the half.

Then she caught fire. Needing 11 points to become the 11th player in program history and the first since Lissa Fehlman in 2005 to reach 1,000 coming into the game, she had 8 and the basketball in her hands with 25 seconds left in the half and her team trailing 25-22. She dribbled uncontested before passing to Pozezinski, who turned and gave the ball back to Yohn. Yohn dribbled forward then stepped back behind the 3-point line and hit nothing but net to not only hit the 1,000 mark but to also tie the game at the break.

"Katie Yohn was just on fire," said St. Francis coach Leslie Dehn. "We guarded her pretty well but she hit some awful tough shots."

St. Edward (10-8, 6-4) slowly pulled away in the second half. Yohn scored 13 of her points in the third quarter and then made 14 of 21 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off the pesky Spartans. The Wave's biggest lead was 13, 60-47, after 2 free throws from VonAhnen with 2:19 to play.

-- John Radtke

Maine W. 57, Lake Zurich 47: Maine West improved to 18-6 as Brittany Begrowicz (20 points, 6 rebounds), Mary Kusner (13 points, 9 rebound) and Erin Baumstark (11 points, 2 assists) helped lead the way in the Sweet Sixteen game in Des Plaines.

The Warriors are now 3-0 in the tourney.

Conant 56, Larkin 34: On a night when Conant (19-4, 6-1) took over first place in the Mid-Suburban West without playing a conference game (Schaumburg lost), the Cougars were winning a nonconference test in Elgin.

Michelle Rawleigh (14 points) and Noreen Davis (10) led the offense while Ariana Zades and Emma Loos each added 7.

Monica Danek and Davis each hit a pair of 3-pointers for the winners.

Naperville C. 51, Barrington 40: Samantha Beach (15 points), Michal Jane Maropis (9) and Claire Roggeveen (6) led the visiting Fillies (5-18) in the Sweet Sixteen contest.

Wheaton Academy 52, Streamwood 44: Despite taking the nonconference loss, Streamwood (3-18) was led offensively by Krissy Kunavich with 16 points. Melissa Oehlerking and Ryanne Mark each had 7 points apiece for the Sabres.