Glenbard West Holiday Classic Final Recap

Since I was at North Central College last night, I didn't get to see the championship game of the tournament I had seen all the pool play games for. Finals from the last games:

7th Place
Addison Trail 65, Fenton 42
Addison Trail (1-3, 7th) played better than its 7th place finish, but was stuck in a tough pool. Fenton (0-4, 8th) had heart, but unfortunately was overmatched by much of the field. I wish them the best of luck the rest of the season.

5th Place
St. Charles East 73, West Chicago 64
St. Charles East (3-1, 5th) looked like a lock for the title before the big upset yesterday, and came out for revenge, beating a tough West Chicago (1-3, 6th) team that was also stuck in a tough pool.

3rd Place
Leyden 52, Timothy Christian 43 (OT)
Leyden (3-1, 3rd) only really had trouble with Glenbard West in their pool, yet needed overtime to knock off Timothy (2-2, 4th), who played consistently well throughout the tournament.

Championship Game
Glenbard West 67, Wheaton Academy 48
The Hilltoppers (4-0, 1st) were the favorites to win, and did so against a tough Wheaton Academy (2-2, 2nd) team that really didn't have the size to match up with Glenbard.

Congratulations to the Hilltoppers on winning the tournament for the 5th time in its 10 year history. And Thursday, since it was my last day in Glen Ellyn, I started picking an All-Tournament Team early on. I worked closely with Geoffrey Clark, who called the title game yesterday. There was an official All-Tournament Team given to Geoffy by the athletic director at Glenbard West, but based on our observations from 3 days, here were our picks:

All Tournament 1^st Team

G- Alex Hererra, Leyden*

G- Lars Olson, Wheaton Academy

G- Danny Leach, Timothy Christian*

F- Michael Mache, Glenbard West*

F- Cameron Harvey, Wheaton Academy*

All Tournament 2^nd Team

G- Jonathan Woolf, Leyden

G- Dominic Adduci, St. Charles East

G- Jeff Levesque, Glenbard West

F- Johnny Hondlik, St. Charles East

F- Pat Mazza, Glenbard West*

All Tournament 3^rd Team

G- James Pupillo, Addison Trail*

G- Collin Roy, Wheaton Academy

F- Kendall Stephens, St. Charles East*

F- Luke Ludke, St. Charles East

F- Justin Mundt, West Chicago*

Honorable Mention

-Collin Wallace, Fenton

Asterisks indicate picks made in the official All-Tournament Team.

Geoffy and I also settled on the three major individual awards.

• 6th Man: Jonathan Woolf, Leyden. Was a consistent threat off the bench every game for the Eagles. Helped get them 3rd place.
• Defensive Player: Pat Mazza, Glenbard West. Had to have averaged 2 or 3 blocks a game, and altered many more by his presence alone. Credit to Matt Morrison of Timothy and Lars Olson of Wheaton who were in the running as well.
• MVP: Michael Mache, Glenbard West. Played extremely well in pool play, and scored 25 points in the title game. No brainer.

A big thank you to Geoff for a fun three days, and for helping decide on these awards. Thanks as well to Linda Oberg, Athletic Director at Glenbard West and Kevin Sander from iHigh.com for the opportunity to work this tournament.