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Lemont 8th graders headed to State tournament
22-2 season earns Trinity Burr Ridge Varsity Boys Basketball a bid to the State Tournament to be held March 6th-8th
On Tuesday, February 17th the Athletic Director at Trinity Lutheran in Burr Ridge got the phone call the team had been working towards all season - the bid to the State Basketball tournament.
The last time the Trinity Tigers were invited to the state tournament was in 2002, and this is only the third time in the school’s history they will be playing for a state title.
An impressive 22-2 record as well as 3 tournament titles this season earned them the bid.
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The starting lineup of 8th graders includes 3 players from Lemont (Connor Douglass, David Lehenbauer and Garan Polic) as well as Nathan Dahms (Darien) and Ali Abbas (Burr Ridge). Rounding out the rest of the team are 8th graders Timothy Grady (Willowbrook), Hannah Perron (Brookfield), Ben Steinhagen and Rajan Patel (Burr Ridge); and 7th graders Luke Selle (Lemont), Owen Mathis (Burr Ridge), Isiah Lashley (Bolingbrook), Zach Schwoebel (Burbank). The team is managed by Nathan Winterroth (Bolingbrook) and coached by Bill Douglass and Bill Dahms.
Trinity Lutheran School is a preK-8th grade school that has been on German Church Road in Burr Ridge since 1881, and more information about the school can be learned at www.mytls.org. Brackets and results for the Lutheran State Basketball Tournament will be posted at www.luthsports.org
