![]() They're going to have a different game plan in general, and we're on a college court, so that changes also. "They're going to have a different approach. "(Larkin is) way better (now) than they (were) when we played them," Hilltoppers coach Jason Opoka said. Glenbard West won their regular-season meeting against the Royals 64-43 on Jan. ![]() supersectional Monday at Northern Illinois University. Glenbard West next faces Larkin in a 7:30 p.m. In the fourth quarter Tigers forward Tyler Fawcett and Hilltoppers guard Paxton Warden traded 3s, but Huff soon connected on a layup and Renfro slammed home a dunk to put the exclamation point on the game. A 16-3 Hilltoppers' run to open the third quarter broke the game wide open. Glenbard West forced nine Tigers turnovers' in the first quarter on the way to a 30-17 halftime lead. Fight and claw, give it everything we got." No one I'd rather do it with, and (if) that's how we're supposed to go out, that's how we're supposed to go out. I was fighting for practice tomorrow with my guys (and) sharing doughnuts after practice. I wasn't fighting for a state championship. ![]() "It's hard to think that this is the end," Tigers senior guard Danny Healy said. It culminated in the program's first sectional final since 1981. WW South (32-3), like Glenbard West, had a historic season. The Tigers, on the other side, fought back tears exiting the court. It's a fun group of guys to play with and we're going to soak in every second together." But we're really excited with where we're at right now. We definitely want to achieve higher goals than just to make it there and we want to ultimately win state win the whole thing. "… Just being able to create that history and that legacy is a really cool accomplishment for us. "It's for sure an awesome accomplishment," Huff said. Princeton commit Caden Pierce added 10 points for the Hilltoppers. Gonzaga recruit Braden Huff finished with 19 points, while Renfro had 8 points and 5 rebounds. It just means so much because we were once a fan, so it's just cool to see all of them coming helping us out for sure." "After the game we had so many people giving us high-fives (and) photos. "We're just really thankful for the whole town coming together," Hilltoppers senior forward Ryan Renfro said. And Finis said a big starting point was Samojedny.Glenbard West, a 34-1 juggernaut, soon lifted its first sectional title plaque since 2007. Starting with Finis, who went on to become a second-team all-Big Ten offensive lineman at Illinois in 1976 and is the CEO of the Pathways Senior Living Center in Des Plaines. "It's exciting when you start to look through the list of guys and the names of the athletes before me and who have come through since." "When (Fremd director of football operations) Mike Brown reached out to me and let me know what was going on, I was pretty stoked about it." said Schwantz, who had a six-year NFL career with the Bears, Cowboys and 49ers and is now the mayor of Palatine. That's a team you'd take your chances with against anybody. All-staters include Finis and his brother Marty (1978), Marchewka (1980), Jeff Huber (1982), Schwantz (1987), Lou Sponsel (1996), Andre Duncan (1997), Paul Daou (2001), Jamil Walker (2003), Jake Smith (2006) and Jon Diegel (2007).Īmong those with MSL MVP honors are Chris Barton (1992), Ken Kemeny (1999), Brian Zaworski (2000), Steve LaFalce (2001), Nick Marchand (2002), Joe Busse (2005), Nick Hilliard (2007) and Jayme Szafranski (2009).
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