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Newark Captures LTC Tournament Championship by beating Serena, first title since 2004
By Brian Hoxsey
Northern Illinois Sports Beat Contributor
SOMONAUK - It was kind of like an exclamation point at the beginning of a sentence.
Early in the second quarter, Newark’s high flying junior Kyle Anderson electrified the large
crowd at Somonauk High School and his team.
Anderson jump started a game-changing 17-0 run with a monstrous two-handed dunk in
traffic and the top-seeded Norsemen went on to capture their first Little Ten Conference
Tournament Championship since 2004 with a 66-43 victory over third-seeded Serena
Friday night.
Newark and Serena have now each won 16 LTC Tournament titles and hadn’t met in the
finals since 1982. The Huskers were also trying to be the first school, since doing it in
2000, to be lower than a top two seed and win the title.
“We came out a little slow and we knew we’d have to kick it up a notch,” said NHS junior
John Avery, who scored 16 points, ten in the second frame. “We went to the trap and
started running the break better. Kyle had great finish on that one, it got us going.”
Serena (13-9) led out of the gate 7-4 after a NBA range 3-pointer from senior Brady
Johnson, three of his team-high 14 tallies, and a Newark time out. Out of the timeout, in
which Newark coach Rick Tollefson voiced his displeasure of his team's play, the
Norsemen got four points from freshman Brett Anderson (game-high 18 points) and a
buzzer beating triple from Paul Hines off the bench that had Newark up 11-7 after the
opening eight minutes.
“Serena is a high energy team and early on we missed a couple putups and they were
getting momentum,” said Newark coach Rick Tollefson, who felt his team played not to
lose early on. “When you are the number one seed you get that in your mind, but you can’
t do that. You have to shift it to lets take the game to them and if they beat you, they beat
you, but you never want to say lets just hope we win. The beginning of the second quarter
we started trapping, increasing the pressure and were able to go on a nice run. I thought
tonight we really executed on offense.”
Junior Jeremy Anderson finished the consecutive point streak for Newark with a trey at the
3:06 mark and it was 30-9. The Huskers cut the lead to 32-17 on a baseline drive and a
pair of free tosses by Johnson, but a Cameron Berg hoop from beyond the arc and
another nifty drive by Kyle Anderson (12 points, four rebounds, and five assists) had the
Norsemen in control 37-17 at the intermission.
“That run they went on, we really tried to stop it with a couple of time outs, but the trap
really hurt us,” said Serena coach Jonathan Immel, whose teams have now dropped nine
straight to their neighbors to the northeast. “When they put that on in the second quarter,
that was a shift. We had some complacence in our offense tonight and got a little sloppy
(20 turnovers). I didn’t think our half court defense was that bad, but when we turned it
over they were going down dunking it and getting easy transition baskets. Against that
team…you can’t do that.”
Husker senior Kevin Kreinbrink, who had a solid tournament, scored two of his 11 points
(six rebounds) on a nifty drive to open the second half, but Serena was unable to gain
any ground during the third period and trailed 51-30 heading to the fourth. Newark (19-2)
outscored SHS 15-13 in the final period.
“I thought Cameron Berg had a terrific game tonight, he came out played hard and hit
some big threes,” Tollefson said. “Russ McGrath played steadier every game this week
and I thought Paul did some good things. (Hines) rushed that first three, but the second
one, at the end of the first quarter, he spotted up nice and knocked it down.”
Third Place Game: Indian Creek 60, Somonauk 46 - Alex Bremner, a junior, scored
14 points for the Timberwolves, while senior Eddie Soler and junior Seth Sanderson each
had 13. Eric Green led Somonauk with 11, Brad Baker had 10.
Consolation Title: Paw Paw 70, Leland-Earlville 35
Brian Hoxsey is a Northern Illinois Sports Beat contributor. He can be reached in care of
NISB at Northernillinoissportsbeat@yahoo.com. --- Talk about what's written on our
Message Boards!
Northern Illinois Sports Beat Contributor
SOMONAUK - It was kind of like an exclamation point at the beginning of a sentence.
Early in the second quarter, Newark’s high flying junior Kyle Anderson electrified the large
crowd at Somonauk High School and his team.
Anderson jump started a game-changing 17-0 run with a monstrous two-handed dunk in
traffic and the top-seeded Norsemen went on to capture their first Little Ten Conference
Tournament Championship since 2004 with a 66-43 victory over third-seeded Serena
Friday night.
Newark and Serena have now each won 16 LTC Tournament titles and hadn’t met in the
finals since 1982. The Huskers were also trying to be the first school, since doing it in
2000, to be lower than a top two seed and win the title.
“We came out a little slow and we knew we’d have to kick it up a notch,” said NHS junior
John Avery, who scored 16 points, ten in the second frame. “We went to the trap and
started running the break better. Kyle had great finish on that one, it got us going.”
Serena (13-9) led out of the gate 7-4 after a NBA range 3-pointer from senior Brady
Johnson, three of his team-high 14 tallies, and a Newark time out. Out of the timeout, in
which Newark coach Rick Tollefson voiced his displeasure of his team's play, the
Norsemen got four points from freshman Brett Anderson (game-high 18 points) and a
buzzer beating triple from Paul Hines off the bench that had Newark up 11-7 after the
opening eight minutes.
“Serena is a high energy team and early on we missed a couple putups and they were
getting momentum,” said Newark coach Rick Tollefson, who felt his team played not to
lose early on. “When you are the number one seed you get that in your mind, but you can’
t do that. You have to shift it to lets take the game to them and if they beat you, they beat
you, but you never want to say lets just hope we win. The beginning of the second quarter
we started trapping, increasing the pressure and were able to go on a nice run. I thought
tonight we really executed on offense.”
Junior Jeremy Anderson finished the consecutive point streak for Newark with a trey at the
3:06 mark and it was 30-9. The Huskers cut the lead to 32-17 on a baseline drive and a
pair of free tosses by Johnson, but a Cameron Berg hoop from beyond the arc and
another nifty drive by Kyle Anderson (12 points, four rebounds, and five assists) had the
Norsemen in control 37-17 at the intermission.
“That run they went on, we really tried to stop it with a couple of time outs, but the trap
really hurt us,” said Serena coach Jonathan Immel, whose teams have now dropped nine
straight to their neighbors to the northeast. “When they put that on in the second quarter,
that was a shift. We had some complacence in our offense tonight and got a little sloppy
(20 turnovers). I didn’t think our half court defense was that bad, but when we turned it
over they were going down dunking it and getting easy transition baskets. Against that
team…you can’t do that.”
Husker senior Kevin Kreinbrink, who had a solid tournament, scored two of his 11 points
(six rebounds) on a nifty drive to open the second half, but Serena was unable to gain
any ground during the third period and trailed 51-30 heading to the fourth. Newark (19-2)
outscored SHS 15-13 in the final period.
“I thought Cameron Berg had a terrific game tonight, he came out played hard and hit
some big threes,” Tollefson said. “Russ McGrath played steadier every game this week
and I thought Paul did some good things. (Hines) rushed that first three, but the second
one, at the end of the first quarter, he spotted up nice and knocked it down.”
Third Place Game: Indian Creek 60, Somonauk 46 - Alex Bremner, a junior, scored
14 points for the Timberwolves, while senior Eddie Soler and junior Seth Sanderson each
had 13. Eric Green led Somonauk with 11, Brad Baker had 10.
Consolation Title: Paw Paw 70, Leland-Earlville 35
Brian Hoxsey is a Northern Illinois Sports Beat contributor. He can be reached in care of
NISB at Northernillinoissportsbeat@yahoo.com. --- Talk about what's written on our
Message Boards!
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91st Annual Little Ten Conference
Tournament
At Somonauk
Championship Game
Newark 66, Serena 43
SERENA (43) - Johnson 4-12 4-4
14, Kreinbrink 3-13 3-4 11, Kent 0-
2 0-0 0, Milam 1-5 0-0 2, Arnold 3-
5 0-0 6, Clausel 2-2 0-0 4, Ro.
McCaslin 1-4 0-0 2, Ri. McCaslin 0-
1 0-2 0, Janssen 1-3 1-2 4, Murley
0-0 0-0 0, Ford 0-0 0-0 0, Clements
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-47 8-12 43.
NEWARK (66) - Ky. Anderson 6-16
0-0 12, B. Anderson 6-11 6-8 18, J.
Anderson 3-4 0-0 7, Avery 7-9 2-2
16, McGrath 0-1 0-0 0, Berg 2-3 2-
2 8, Hines 1-3 0-0 3, Warpinski 0-0
0-0 0, Thanepohn 1-1 0-0 2,
Hughes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-48 10-
12 66.
Serena (13-9) 7 10 13 13 - 43
Newark (19-2) 11 26 14 15 - 66
3-point goals - Serena 5-15
(Johnson 2-6, Kreinbrink 2-5,
Milam 0-1, Ro. McCaslin 0-1, Ri.
McCaslin 0-1, Janssen 1-1);
Newark 4-9 (Ky. Anderson 0-4, J.
Anderson 1-1, Berg 2-3, Hines 1-
1). Rebounds - Serena 26
(Kreinbrink 6); Newark 27 (Avery
5, Berg 5). Assists - Serena 7
(Clausel 2); Newark 16 (Ky.
Anderson 5). Steals - Serena 4
(Johnson 2, Kreinbrink 2); Newark
9 (4 players with 2 each). Blocks -
Serena 1 (Clausel); Newark 1
(Warpinski). Turnovers - Serena
20, Newark 17. Total fouls (none
fouled out) - Serena 19, Newark 13.
Third Place Game
Indian Creek 60, Somonauk 46
SOMONAUK (46) – Schmitt 2 3-6 7,
Baker 4 0-0 10, Fox 3 0-0 6, Green
5 0-0 11, Kartheiser 2 2-4 7,
Alvarez 1 0-0 2, Wesolowski 0 1-2
1, Passero 1 0-0 2, Hanson 0 0-0
0, Gerry 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-12 46.
INDIAN CREEK (60) – Sanderson
6 0-2 13, Herrmann 0 2-4 2,
Mitchell 3 2-2 9, Bremner 6 1-2 14,
Soler 4 4-5 13, Bend 0 2-4 2,
Lazzarotto 1 0-2 2, Voris 0 0-0 0,
Johnson 0 0-0 0, Nealey 0 0-0 0,
Drendel 0 0-0 0, Challand 0 0-0 0,
Creed 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 11-21 60.
Somonauk (10-14) 15 5 10 16 – 46
Indian Creek (15-8) 19 7 19 15 – 60
3-point goals - Somonauk 4 (Baker
2, Green, Kartheiser), Indian
Creek 6 (Herrmann 2, Sanderson,
Mitchell, Bremner, Soler). Total
fouls (none fouled out) - Somonauk
9, Indian Creek 10.
Tournament
At Somonauk
Championship Game
Newark 66, Serena 43
SERENA (43) - Johnson 4-12 4-4
14, Kreinbrink 3-13 3-4 11, Kent 0-
2 0-0 0, Milam 1-5 0-0 2, Arnold 3-
5 0-0 6, Clausel 2-2 0-0 4, Ro.
McCaslin 1-4 0-0 2, Ri. McCaslin 0-
1 0-2 0, Janssen 1-3 1-2 4, Murley
0-0 0-0 0, Ford 0-0 0-0 0, Clements
0-0 0-0 0. Totals 15-47 8-12 43.
NEWARK (66) - Ky. Anderson 6-16
0-0 12, B. Anderson 6-11 6-8 18, J.
Anderson 3-4 0-0 7, Avery 7-9 2-2
16, McGrath 0-1 0-0 0, Berg 2-3 2-
2 8, Hines 1-3 0-0 3, Warpinski 0-0
0-0 0, Thanepohn 1-1 0-0 2,
Hughes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 26-48 10-
12 66.
Serena (13-9) 7 10 13 13 - 43
Newark (19-2) 11 26 14 15 - 66
3-point goals - Serena 5-15
(Johnson 2-6, Kreinbrink 2-5,
Milam 0-1, Ro. McCaslin 0-1, Ri.
McCaslin 0-1, Janssen 1-1);
Newark 4-9 (Ky. Anderson 0-4, J.
Anderson 1-1, Berg 2-3, Hines 1-
1). Rebounds - Serena 26
(Kreinbrink 6); Newark 27 (Avery
5, Berg 5). Assists - Serena 7
(Clausel 2); Newark 16 (Ky.
Anderson 5). Steals - Serena 4
(Johnson 2, Kreinbrink 2); Newark
9 (4 players with 2 each). Blocks -
Serena 1 (Clausel); Newark 1
(Warpinski). Turnovers - Serena
20, Newark 17. Total fouls (none
fouled out) - Serena 19, Newark 13.
Third Place Game
Indian Creek 60, Somonauk 46
SOMONAUK (46) – Schmitt 2 3-6 7,
Baker 4 0-0 10, Fox 3 0-0 6, Green
5 0-0 11, Kartheiser 2 2-4 7,
Alvarez 1 0-0 2, Wesolowski 0 1-2
1, Passero 1 0-0 2, Hanson 0 0-0
0, Gerry 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 6-12 46.
INDIAN CREEK (60) – Sanderson
6 0-2 13, Herrmann 0 2-4 2,
Mitchell 3 2-2 9, Bremner 6 1-2 14,
Soler 4 4-5 13, Bend 0 2-4 2,
Lazzarotto 1 0-2 2, Voris 0 0-0 0,
Johnson 0 0-0 0, Nealey 0 0-0 0,
Drendel 0 0-0 0, Challand 0 0-0 0,
Creed 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 11-21 60.
Somonauk (10-14) 15 5 10 16 – 46
Indian Creek (15-8) 19 7 19 15 – 60
3-point goals - Somonauk 4 (Baker
2, Green, Kartheiser), Indian
Creek 6 (Herrmann 2, Sanderson,
Mitchell, Bremner, Soler). Total
fouls (none fouled out) - Somonauk
9, Indian Creek 10.