Lady Tigers Roll to GCAC Blue Tourney Title;

The Lady Tigers moved to 19-6 en route to a 33-14 win over Josephinum in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Blue Division title game played at Mother McAuley February 4.

The Lady Tigers were led by Kurtisha Singleton who had 10 points, five rebounds and two assists on the day. Teammate Cece Gardner
added eight points, five rebounds and six steals to the mix. Also featured was Fatima Olaitan who ripped 18 rebounds and had two points.
Josephinum saw Mariah Lebron and Micaela Kelly each contribute five points.
TIGER NOTES: For HT, this marks the first time in 10 years the the Lady Tiger program is on the verge of a 20-win season going into the
state 2A playoffs. The 2005-06 team went 25-1. HT opens state action at the Al Raby regional where they face the host school in a
7:30pm contest on Tuesday, February 7. A win places the Tigers in the regional title game February 9.

from IHSA.org
Chicago (Raby) Regional
Mon., Feb. 6
Game 1 at 7:00 pm: (8) Chicago (F.W. Parker) vs. (10) Chicago (Ogden International)
Tue., Feb. 7
Game 2 at 6:00 pm: (2) Chicago (Clark) vs. Winner Game 1
Game 3 at 7:30 pm: (3) Chicago (Holy Trinity) vs. (5) Chicago (Raby)
Thu., Feb. 9
Game 4 at 7:00 pm: Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3

....KUDOS TO Senior Kurteshia Singleton who was named as the GCAC Blue Division Player of the Year. Singleton and teammates, junior
Fatima Olaitan and sophomore Kristina Vargas were also named to the GCAC Blue Division All-Conference team.

BOX SCORE of GCAC BKYE title game:
HT 8 - 9 - 6 - 10 = 33
JOS 1 - 7 - 2 - 4 = 14

HT: Nikyla Stanton 1 3-5 5; Ashley Walton 0 0-0 0; Starr Brooks 0 0-0 0; Kristina Vargas 2 0-2 4; Kurtisha Singleton 5 0-4 10;.
Cece Gardner 4 0-3 8; Fatima Olaitan 1 0-0 2; Cecily Gasidlo 1 0-0 2; Rachel Asante 1 0-0 2; TOTALS 15 3-14 33.
HT REBS: Olaitan 18 total; Gasidlo & Asante 6 each; Singleton & Gardner 5 each; Vargas 3; Brooks 1; REB TOTAL: 41.
HT ST: Gardner 6 total; Asante 4; Vargas 3; one each from Stanton, Olaitan & Gasidlo; ST TOTAL: 18. AS TOTAL: 2 each for
Singleton & Gardner; 1 each for Brooks & Gasidlo; AS TOTAL: 6 total. fouled out: Vargas.

JOS: Milz 0 0-6 0; Arellano 0 0-0 0; Larbi 0 1-2 1; Walker 0 1-6 3; Matthews 0 0-2 0; Lebron 1 3-5 5; Kelly 1 2-11 5;
Murillo 0 0-0 0; Bermah 0 0-0 0; TOTALS: 2 7-32 14. 3-fgm: Kelly.

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GCAC BLUE DIVISION PLAYOFFS -- Thursday, Feb. 2 @ HT
Game 1
Josephinum 58, SFDS 19
Josephinum, Micaela Kelly with 16 and Sidney Milz with 13.
SFDS, Niyah Celia 10 points and Taylor Johnson 9.

Game 2
Holy Trinity 48, St. Benedict 20
HT (18-6): Fatima Olaitan 14 points, four rebounds); Kristina Vargas (10 points, five rebounds & 4 assists) & Cecily Gasidlo (8 points and four rebounds).
St. Ben's Brooklyn Marchan (10 points).

BOX SCORE:
Holy Trinity 16 - 14 - 16 - 2 = 48
St. Benedict 0 - 3 - 5 - 12 = 20

HT: Nikyla Stanton 1 0-0 2; Jada White 3 0-0 6; Ashley Walton 1 0-0 2; Starr Brooks 1 0-0 2; Kristina Vargas 5 0-1 10;
Kurtisha Singleton 1 0-0 2; Cece Gardner 1 0-0 2; Fatima Olaitan 7 0-1 14; Cecily Gasidlo 4 0-0 8; Rachel Asante 0 0-0 0;
TOTALS 24 of 74 .324% from the field. HT REBS: Stanton 1; White 5; Walton 1 Brooks 3; Vargas 5;
Singleton 2; Gardner 6; Olaitan 4; Gasidlo 4; Asante 4; TOTAL: 35. HT Steals: Gardner 6; Vargas 4; two each
for Stanton, White & Brooks; one each for Walton & Olaitan; TOTAL: 18. HT Assists: Gardner 4; 3 each for Brooks & Singleton,
Stanton 1; TOTAL: 11 total. fouled out: Stanton.

SB: Lizbeth Araujo 1 2-2 5; Brooklyn Marchan 4 1-6 10; Tiffany Solorzano 0 0-0 0; Marieclaire Ndugu 0 0-0 0;
Amanda Gonzalez 1 3-4 5; TOTAL: 6 7-12 20. 3-fgm: Araujo.

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GCAC BLUE DIVISION PLAYOFFS -- Tuesday, Jan. 31 @ HT
Holy Trinity 48, St. Francis de Sales 11
HT was led by Jada White and Cecily Gasidlo who each had 12 points. Starr Brooks added 8 and teammate Cece Gardner 6.
Gardner added 7 rebounds and 4 steals to the mix.

Game one:
Josephinum 38, St. Benedict 18.

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HT Basketball roundup for Jan. 24th:
Gbk Senior Night vs. Lake View IN THE JUNGLE!
Lake View (12-10 overall) defeated the Lady Tigers (16-6 overall) by three on Senior Night at Holy Trinity by a final of 25-22. The visiting Wildcats were
led by Jiana Cruz with nine points and Chanel Scott who added five.
HT featured Cece Gardner with nine points and seven rebounds and Kurtisha Singleton who add six points. Teammate Fatima Olaitan had 11 rebounds
and two steal on the night.

from HT Athletics by T. Poprawski, posted at 7:57pm from 02.05.17.