3-0 Lions clinch LT Invitational championship after handily defeating local rival Fenwick, 66-44
Lyons Township couldn't have asked for a more picture perfect start to the 2010 season. After dominating both Chicago Academy and Argo in its first two LT Invitational games, the tournament hosts were crowned champions after defeating local side Fenwick, 66-44. "[Fenwick] wasn't going to back down and wasn't going to give us anything easy," Lyons head Coach Tom Sloan said. "We toughed the game out against a tough and physically demanding opponent." The Lions enjoyed another pair of stellar individual performances, as senior guards Nick Zeisloft and Spencer Mahoney went for 20 and 15 points, respectively. It's the third game of three in which Lyons has seen one of its players score 20 points or more. "It's a strength of our team that we …
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Basketball squad moves to 2-0 following
71-37 rout of Argo, meets Fenwick tomorrow
Two nights after Lyons Township's 88-33 romp of Chicago Academy, the La Grange side replicated its dominance in the LT Invitational Tournament with a 71-37 victory over Argo. Lyons senior Eric Powers led all scorers, contributing 17 of his 21 points in the first half. Senior forward Nick Burt and Illinois State University-bound Nick Zeisloft added 13 and nine points, respectively, to augment Powers's scoring outburst. LTHS head Coach Tom Sloan insisted the team's second consecutive beat-down is but a stepping stone in the program's campaign. "Game experience is always very important," Sloan said. "Unless you get good game experience, you don't know what you have going into a game against a really top quality team." And though Argo's 0-2 …
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