Lake Park 63, Bartlett 40

After one quarter was in the books, it looked like an upset might be in the works, but Lake Park's girls basketball team changed that as it defeated Bartlett 63-40 in Upstate Eight Conference action Friday in Roselle.

Trailing 20-16 after the first 8 minutes, the Lancers (8-1, 2-0) looked like they might have a difficult road ahead.

"The first quarter Bartlett came out to beat us," said Lancers coach Lisa Smith. "Denise coaches them really well, and we just couldn't answer them. We were just giving them easy layups and open looks."

However, by the end of the first half, the Lancers held the Hawks (1-7, 0-2) to only 4 second-quarter points while entering the break with a commanding 40-24 lead.

"We exerted a lot of energy in the first quarter," said Hawks coach Denise Sarna. "We have speed and we did a pretty good job of not turning the ball over, but Lake Park is a really good team and they started pressuring us really well."

For the Lancers, it was 6-foot-4 forward Samantha Arnold who started an 11-0 run in the second quarter with two quick baskets to give Lake Park the lead for good as Arnold finished the game with 24 points.

"She scored 29 on us last year," Sarna said. "We know she's their big gun and our eyes were on her. But they have a lot of other girls who can score."

"Just as a team, we came out more prepared in the second quarter," Arnold said. "I think we just focused ourselves and did a good job defending them after the first quarter."

The Lancers had 3 other girls finish in double digits as Jenna Aloia, Devin Johnston and Lynsey Ciezki finished with 10 points Aloia and Ciezki each draining a couple 3-pointers.

"I was really pleased with Lynsey Ciezki's performance. She did a really nice job for us tonight," Smith said. "But we have a well-rounded team. Anyone can score at any time."

For the Hawks, leading scorer Becca Cronin (11 points) missed most of the second half after going down hard with 5:10 left in the first half.

Alexa Tovella finished with 8 points with Sam Salinas (7 points) and Jacki Gulczynski, who also left the game late in the second half after a fall, finished with 6 points.

"Becca's a crucial element for the team, and we've been plagued by injuries all season," Sarna said. "But I'm proud of the team's effort. They hustled till the end."

Waubonsie Valley 61, Streamwood 23:ŒWaubonsie Valley stayed perfect Friday night while getting plenty of playing time for its bench in an easy Upstate Eight Conference road victory.

The Warriors (9-0, 2-0) broke on top 15-5 after one quarter, then ended any suspense by outscoring the Sabres (0-8, 0-2) 22-3 in the second quarter.

"They're a really good team and they're going to do that," Streamwood coach Geogre Rosner said. " I mean, they're the best team I've seen this year, really good. So if we're going to try to have a game with them, we have to play a lot better than we did."

Twelve Warriors cracked the scoring column, led by 10 points from Danielle Brown and 7 points apiece by Rachel Bostick and Catherine McClellan.

"I was pretty happy how we conducted ourselves today," Waubonsie Valley coach Kris Kalivas said. "It's always a very physical game when we come into Streamwood."

Schmidt and Krissy Kunavich each scored 7 points to lead Streamwood.

-- Jerry Fitzpatrick