Palatine defeats Conant

Rachel Corcoran won three events and had the highest all-around average (9.59) to help host Palatine to a score of 143.95 to beat Conant (141.15) and Hersey (121.50) in girls gymnastics on Tuesday.

Corcoran won vault (9.7), beam (9.85) and floor exercise (9.6). Her teammate Morgan Bauer was third on all-around (9.0), placed second on vault (9.4) and third on floor (9.1) and parallel bars (9.1).

Conant's Cara Cosentino won bars (9.25) and placed second in all-around (9.24).

Fremd prevails: Mary Burke won all four events and had an all-around total of 38.75 to help the Vikings (146.65) top Barrington (138.3) and Hoffman Estates (106.55) in an MSL triangular meet.

Burke won vault (9.7), bars (9.8), beam (9.8) and floor (9.45).

BG wins: Linda Dunne had the top score in vault (8.7), beam (9.0) and floor exercise (9.15) to help the Bison score 130.8 and defeat Rolling Meadows (115.05) and Wheeling (105.05).

BG's Christina Douthwaite tied Dunne for first on floor and placed second on both bars (8.2) and vault (8.4).

Meadows' top competitor was Jen Anderson, who won bars (8.5), placed second on beam (8.75) and took third on both vault (8.3) and floor (9.05).

Girls basketball

McDonald's Shootout: Pairings for the McDonald's Shootout, a top-notch girls basketball gathering scheduled for Jan. 18, 19 and 21 at Willowbrook High School, have been released.

The shootout tips off Friday night, Jan. 18, with three matches including a face-off between defending Class AA Illinois champion Fenwick and the defending Class 4A and top-rated South Bend Washington, Ind.

The Saturday lineup features six games, including a matchup between two top-rated teams in Illinois and Indiana. Buffalo Grove, led by senior twin sisters Allison and Maggie Mocchi (both bound for Northwestern) will complete against South Bend Washington at 7 p.m. Other top games and players to watch will be top 20 Chicago area team Resurrection, with DePaul signee Deanna Ortiz, facing Bolingbrook's Janisha Geralds (St. Louis) and Miranda Tate (Temple) at 1 p.m.

The final day of the shootout on Monday, Jan. 21, begins at 10 a.m. with seven competitive matches starting with Hinsdale Central, featuring 6-foot-2 senior Molly Kinsella and Indianapolis' North Central. The last two games of the day include top 20 teams Wheeling, with 6-foot-2 Lana Rukavina (Illinois) competing against Montini at 5:30 p.m., and Schaumburg vs. Marian Catholic at 7 p.m.

Tickets for an entire day can be purchased at the door for $7 for adults, $5 for high school students and $3 for seniors and grammar school students.

For ticket information call (630) 834-9080, Monday through Friday, 10 - 4 p.m.

The full slate of games is:

Friday

Grant vs. Willowbrook, 5:30 p.m.

Kokomo (Ind.) vs. Warren, 7 p.m.

South Bend Washington (Ind.) vs. Fenwick, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday

St. Ignatius vs. Kokomo (Ind.), 11:30 a.m.

Resurrection vs. Bolingbrook, 1 p.m.

Lebanon (Ind.) vs. Sandburg, 2:30 p.m.

Loyola vs. North Pickerington (Ohio), 4 p.m.

New Trier vs. North Central Indiandapolis (Ind.), 5:30 p.m.

Buffalo Grove vs. South Bend Washington (Ind.), 7 p.m.

Monday

North Central Indianapolis (Ind.) vs. Hinsdale Central, 10 a.m.

North Pickerington (Ohio) vs. Maine South, 11:30 a.m.

DeKalb vs. Oregon-Davis (Ind.), 1 p.m.

Lake Park vs. Marist, 2:30 p.m.

Hillcrest vs. Maine West, 4 p.m.

Wheeling vs. Montini, 5:30 p.m.

Schaumburg vs. Marian Catholic, 7 p.m.

Girls volleyball

Gatorade selects Murphy: In its third decade of honoring the nation's best high school athletes, The Gatorade Company, in partnership with RISE Magazine, on Tuesday announced Kelly Murphy of Joliet Catholic Academy as its Gatorade Illinois Volleyball Player of the Year.

The award which recognizes not only outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court, distinguishes Murphy as Illinois' best high school volleyball player. Murphy is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Volleyball Player of the Year award to be announced in mid-December.

The 6-foot-2 senior setter and outside hitter amassed 414 kills, 303 assists, 121 digs, 55 aces, and 32 blocks this fall.

Murphy played on a badly sprained ankle in leading the Angels (34-6) to within one game of the Class 3A final four. She also guided her Sports Performance Volleyball Club team to back-to-back USA Junior Olympic Championships national titles, twice earning Most Valuable Player honors.

Murphy has maintained a 4.52 GPA in the classroom and is an enthusiastic participant in the Varsity Club, the Mu Alpha Theta math honor society, the Spanish Honor Society and Student Ambassadors.