Asicis Tournament Preview – Mother McAuley Site
It’s official, one of the best tournaments of year in Illinois returns as the Asics Challenge brings the best of the best from across the nation to take on some of the best teams from Illinois. Action starts Friday night…
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Continue ReadingIt’s official, one of the best tournaments of year in Illinois returns as the Asics Challenge brings the best of the best from across the nation to take on some of the best teams from Illinois. Action starts Friday night at Palos Courts in Palos Hills, IL with five pools of three teams each playing there. The other nine teams take court at host Mother McAuley High School. Lets look at the brackets and get a feel for who plays who. Matches play at 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. Saturday brackets will be elimination brackets, Gold Silver and Bronze.This article shows the action at McAuley for Friday night. Later this week look for the article on “Players to Watch at Mother McAuley Pool play”.
McAuley Pool 3 Court 1
Sandburg (IL) 6pm Mother McAuley vs. Wahlert
Mother McAuley (IL) 7pm Sandburg vs. Wahlert
Wahlert (IA) 8pm Sandburg vs. Mother McAuley
Host Mother McAuley is coming off a championship title at the Rich East Tournament.Sandburg, on the other hand, is two weeks removed from a disappointing fourth place finish at the Wheaton Classic. Whomever wants it more will be in the Gold bracket come Saturday. This will be an exciting packed house match. Oh, by the way, don’t discredit Wahlert (IA) as they could upset either or both teams. This will be a very competitive bracket for the main court at McAuley.
McAuley Pool 6 Court 2
Huntley (IL) 6pm Burnt Hills vs. New Trier
Burnt Hill (NY) 7pm Huntley vs. Burnt Hills
New Trier (IL) 8pm Huntley vs. New Trier
So maybe Court 1 will not be the only court in the building playng some great volleyball! Huntley is undefeated and Burnt Hills is coming from New York State totting a 25-1 season record second in NY section 2. New Trier looked unstoppable early in the seaon. This will be another fun bracket to behold!!!
McAuley Pool 7 Court 3
Notre Dame (KY) 6pm Burnt Hills vs. New Trier
St. Thomas (FL) 7pm Huntley vs. Burnt Hills
Downers Grove North (IL) 8pm Huntley vs. New Trier
Another great bracket! It could finish the same as the seedings, but there will not be any team rolling over and accepting defeat. Notre Dame will be hard to surpass, while St. Thomas will try their hardest to knock them off. Downers Grove North has been playing tourgh teams since the Wheaton Classic and expect them to give both higher seeds a run for their money.