HT Girls Bk -- Charleme Szumilas Thanksgiving tourney HT & Speer will battle Monday for the tournament title

The second annual HT Girls Thanksgiving tourney held in memory of Ms. Charlene Szumilas and played IN THE JUNGLE at the Bucktown school has completed its first two rounds of play featuring the host Lady Tigers, Noble Speer Academy, Cristo Rey and Noble UIC Charter.

HONORING MS. SZUMILAS
In a special way, the Holy Trinity high school Athletic Department is honoring Ms. Szumilas by naming this annual girls Thanksgiving tourney in her memory.
Ms. Szumilas served as Principal of Holy Trinity high school from 1996 to 2010 and in her “extra” time graciously assisted the HT Athletic department, working many hours after school to serve as scorekeeper for girls/boys volleyball and basketball contests.
She was also integral part of the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) for many years serving the member schools as a member of their executive board amd was inducted to the GCAC Hall of Fame in 2005.
She and brought that dedication, commitment and sacrifice to the halls of Holy Trinity in 1996 becoming HT’s first female principal.
Unfortunately, Ms. Szumilas passed away in January of 2015 after a battle with cancer.
It is with special heart-felt pride that the Holy Trinity HS Athletic department presents the championship plaque of the tourney to her memory each year.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17 RESULTS:
Speer 53, Noble UIC 36:
The Pride of Speer were led to the win by Nyah Daniels who had 32 points on the evening. Teammates Christy Santiago and Mia Harris added five points each.
Speer moved out to a 12 to 2 lead after one quarter and moved that margin to 22 to 12 by the half.
Noble UIC was not able to match the Speer offense until the last stanza posting 18 points in the final eight minutes of play. UIC's Lesley Gimenez finally got the Firecats moving as she scored 16 of her game total 18 in this last session.
Teammate Kimberly Padilla added 12 thru periods two and three to backup Gimenez' effort.
In the end Speer was only outscored in one of the four periods of play -- the fourth stanza -- and had this contest and the win well under control throughout most of the game.

Holy Trinity 27. Cristo Rey 12
The home Lady Tigers captured the nightcap of this first day of action in a low-scoring affair 27-12. With the win, HT evened their overall record at 1-1. The Tigers NiKyla Stanton led all scorers with seven points, while teammate Sakayah Garity added six.
Cristo Rey featured D. Mata who had 4 points.

BOX SCORE:
Cristo Rey 4 - 0 - 4 - 4 = 12
Holy Trinity 9 - 6 - 10 - 2 = 27.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 RESULTS:
Speer 39, Cristo Rey 20:
The Pride made it 2-0 in the tourney moving past the Cristeras with an eleven point burst in the second quarter to lead at the half by a 21-9 margin.
Cristo Rey (0-2 tourney) closed the gap to 29-17 at the end of three but Speer outscored their opponent 10 to 3 in the last stanza for the 19-point victory margin.
Despite leaving the game with a knee injury, Pride's Nyah Daniels led all scorers with 15 points and teammate Mia Harris took up the slack upon Daniels departure, scoring seven of her game total 14 points in the fourth quarter to seal the win.
Cristo Rey was led by D. Mata (eight points) and D. Hernandez who added 6.

Holy Trinity 24, Noble UIC 19
In a contest that was played at a frantic pace throughout, the host Lady Tigers pushed 15 second half points past the nine-point effort of UIC to gain their second tourney victory and to improve to 2-1 overall.
HT's NiKyla Stanton once again led the Tiger attack with seven points including two treys while Kurteisha Singleton added six. Rachel Asante came off the bench to add two important third quarter baskets for the Tigers.
UIC's Lesbley Gimenez led all scorers in this contest with 10 points and Blanca Cruz had a trey and two crucial free throws to keep the Firecats close down the stretch.
In the end the trey by Stanton with 7:02 left in the game and two free throws by Singleton with less than three minutes to play kept HT in the lead in the fourth quarter.
UIC's Cruz' two free throws made it 23-19 with just 48 seconds to play, but HT's Stanton sealed the win with a free throw of her own with 35 to play and the victory.

BOX SCORE:
Noble UIC 3 - 7 - 4 - 5 =19
Holy Trinity 3 - 6 - 9 - 6 =24
UIC: Gimenez 4 0-0-10; Padila 1 1-2 3; Connolly 0 0-0 0; Gaulindo 0 0-0 0; L. Willis 0 0-0 0; Martinez 0 0-0 0; Qudis 0 0-0 0; Cruz 1 3-4 6; TOTALS: 6 - 4-7 19; three fgm: Gimenez (2) & Cruz (1).

HT: Stanton 2 1-2 7; White 1 0-0 2; Brooks 0 0-0 0; Tate 0 0-0 0; Vargas 0 0-0 0; Singleton 2 2-9 6; Garity 1 0-4 2; Olaitan 0 0-2 0; Gasidlo 0 2-4 2; Asante 2 0-0 4; Gardner 0 1-2 1: TOTALS: 8 6-21 24.
three fgm: Stanton (2). FGS: 9 of 63 a 14% avg. Rebs: 20 off; 17 def. 32 turnovers. steals: Gasidlo (3); Tate (2); one each for White, Vargas, Singleton & Olaitan. BS: Singleton (1).

MONDAY'S SCHEDULE for November 21:
4:30pm -- UIC Prep vs. Cristo Rey (3rd place).
6:15pm -- IDW Speer vs. Holy Trinity (title game).

HT Athletics from 11.20.16 posted at 1:26 PM 11/20/2016.