Santos, Geneva win one at the buzzer
Senior Ashley Santos took a full court inbounds pass from Kelly Gordon and hit a jump shot at the buzzer to lift Geneva to a dramatic 64-62 victory over Springfield Southeast Saturday at the Illinois Basketball Services Girls Prep Classic in Springfield.
The No. 3 Vikings (8-0) earned the win despite a 6-for-20 showing from the free throw line that enabled Southeast (6-3) to erase an 8-point deficit with just over six minutes left in the fourth quarter.
Sarah Pawlak headed a balanced Geneva scoring attack with 17 points while Santos hit a pair of 3-pointers in a 15-point performance.
Rachel Hinchman finished with 12 points for the Vikings, followed by Morgan Seberger (8 points), Michaela Loebel (7 points) and Gordon (5 points).
Southeast junior Justice Collins racked up a game-high 24 points. She completed a 3-point play with 2.2 seconds remaining to even the contest at 62-62 after Santos missed a pair of free throws on the other end.
Girls basketball
West Chicago 65, St. Charles East 49: Laura Panicali poured in 20 points and Claire Munroe added 13 for West Chicago (6-3, 2-1) in the nonconference victory.Page Jordan tallied 14 points to lead St. Charles East (5-5), while Morgan Vyzral and Amanda Hilton had 12 and 11, respectively.Neuqua Valley 72, Batavia 43: Allison Hedrick had 15 points and 9 steals to pace the No. 7 Wildcats in their first game at the Oswego Tournament. Megan Doody added 10 points, Kristen Moore 9 points and Amber Smith 7 rebounds for Neuqua (8-1).Liza Fruendt contributed a game-high 21 points for Batavia (5-6) and Katie Ryan chipped in with 8.Boys basketballAurora Christian 61, Marian Central 49: Trailing at the half, the visiting Eagles went on a 16-4 run in the third quarter en route to the key Suburban Christian Blue win.Junior Ryan McQuade connected on a trio of three-pointers and finished with a team-high 17 points for Aurora Christian (5-1, 1-0). C.J. Schutt and Jonathan Harrell contributed 15 and 12 points, respectively. Kaneland 70, Sycamore 42: Marcel Neil tallied 22 points to spark visiting Kaneland (4-3, 2-0) in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East triumph. Thomas Williams added 14 for the Knights.WrestlingCary Grove Quad: St. Charles East defeated Antioch 43-19 and Cary Grove 39-32, but dropped a 29-27 decision to Sycamore. Isaiah Vela (126), Carmeron Carlson (160) and Peter Banks (220) all went 3-0 for the Saints, who improved to 8-2 in dual meets. Peter Bellino won both of his matches at 138.Batavia 42, Larkin 32: Joey Shump (126), Charlie Smorczewski (132), Laren Eustace, (152), Noah Frazier (182), and Mickey Watson (195) all delivered pins to give the Bulldogs the win in Saturday#146;s competitive Upstate Eight River dual meet.Anthony Scaccia won by a technical fall for Batavia at 138 and Matt Patton won by forfeit at 106.