Suburban Life sports roundup for Thursday, Dec. 29: Downers Grove North boys win East Aurora tournament title

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BOYS BASKETBALL

East Aurora Holiday Tournament

Downers Grove North 59, Wheaton Academy 26

The Trojans won the championship of the East Aurora Holiday Tournament. Jack Stanton was named tournament MVP and Jacob Bozeman named to the all-tournament first team.

Jack Tosh Holiday Classic

York 57, St. Patrick 39

Braden Richardson scored 21 points and AJ Levine added 19 for the Dukes.

Glenbrook South 66, Lemont 54

Rokas Castillo scored 26 points and Matas Castillo added 23 for Lemont.

Riverside-Brookfield 60, Palatine 58

Stefan Cicic scored 22 points and Arius Alijosius 16 for R-B.

Wheaton North 48, Glenbard West 40

Jack Speers scored 17 points and Hudson Parker 13 for the Falcons. Benji Zander had 16 for the Hilltoppers.

St. Francis 54, Downers Grove South 49

Aaron Cook had 12 points and 11 rebounds for St. Francis. Justin Sveiteris had 13 for Downers South.

Nazareth 50, Minooka 48

Kharen Cotton scored 14 points and Talen Pearson 11 for Nazareth.

Hinsdale Holiday Classic

Rockford Auburn 60, Willowbrook 47

Noah Campbell had 22 points and Isaac Sobieszczyk 14 for Willowbrook.

State Farm Classic

Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 58, Wheaton Warrenville South 41

Braylen Meredith scored 15 points and Colin Moore added 12 for the Tigers in losing to unbeaten Sacred Heart-Griffin.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Bill Neibch Falcon Classic

Waubonsie Valley 50, Downers Grove North 44

Kaitlyn Fleming scored 20 points and Maggie Fleming 10 for the Lady Trojans in the third-place game.

Wheaton North 61, West Aurora 41

Zoey Bohmer scored 23 points and Sara Abdul 19 for Wheaton North.

Glenbard North 37, Hinsdale Central 31

Grace Dolan scored 15 points and Julia Sherpitis eight for Hinsdale.

Willowbrook 51, Glenbard South 44

Elle Bruschuk had 14 points, eight assists and seven rebounds and Sara Stout 10 points and seven boards for Willowbrook. Allie Mizwicki led Glenbard South with 18.

Joshua  Welge

Joshua Welge

I am the Sports Editor for Kendall County Newspapers, the Kane County Chronicle and Suburban Life Media, covering primarily sports in Kendall, Kane, DuPage and western Cook counties. I've been covering high school sports for 24 years. I also assist with our news coverage.