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Sophomore Whitney Adams suffered an ACL tear on Tuesday and is out for the season. Her coach, Jason Nichols, said that his team's leading rebounder has already had an MRI.

Five Illinois senior girls basketball players -- Young's Ashlee Anderson, Marshall's Adrienne "NuNu" GodBold, Lincoln-Way East's Kersten Magrum, St. Charles North's Kelsey Smith and Marian Catholic's Kaila Turner -- are on the prelimnary ballot for a spot in the McDonald's All-American game that will be played in Miami, Fla.

Anderson (Pitt) and Turner (Notre Dame) are headed to the Big East while GodBold and Magrum (Illinois) and Smith (Michigan State) are Big Ten-bound

19TH ANNUAL
GIRLS CLASSIC SHOOTOUT
Match-Ups / Times Below

January 16, 2009 - Friday

VISITORS - DARK HOME - LIGHTS
Regina Dominican 5:30PM Willowbrook.
Lincoln-Way East 7:00PM Warren
Washington - South Bend, IN. 8:30PM Lake Zurich

January 17, 2009 - Saturday

VISITORS - DARK HOME - LIGHTS
Sandburg . 11:00AM Buffalo Grove
New Trier . 1:00PM Lake Park
Loyola 2:30PM North Central -- Indianapolis, IN.
Oregon-Davis - Hamlet, IN. 4:00PM St. Ignatius.
Bolingbrook 5:30PM Washington - South Bend, IN.
Fenwick . 7:00PM Carmel, IN.

January 19, 2009 - Monday

VISITORS - DARK HOME - LIGHTS
Kokomo, IN. 10:00AM Driscoll
N. Central - Indianapolis, IN. 11:30AM Maine West
Carmel, IN. 1:00PM Hillcrest
St. Charles North. 2:30PM Marist.
Hinsdale Central . 4:00PM Marian Catholic
Montini 5:30PM Fenwick
Wheeling 7:00PM Whitney Young

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First-round pairings for the 26th annual Charger Classic that starts Dec. 26

Prospect vs. Evanston, 10 a.m.
Mother McAuley vs. Hononegah, 11:30
Maine West vs. Buffalo Grove, 1 p.m.
Fenwick vs. Resurrection, 2:30
New Trier vs. Dundee-Crown, 4
Bartlett vs. Fremd, 5:30
St. Charles North vs. Regina, 7
Johnsburg vs. Naperville Central, 8:30

Montini 6-3 junior center Michala Johnson is expected to undergo surgery to repair a ligament in her left knee.
Johnson first injured her knee in late July and after undergoing extensive rehabilitation was cleared to play.
But five minutes into her first game of the season, Johnson went down. After an examination, doctors recommended surgery as the best option for her future.

DePaul women's coach Doug Bruno landed the post player he coveted when 6-3 Katherine Harry of Columbia, Missouri gave her commitment to play for the Blue Demons begining in 2009.
''There were a lot of reasons I like DePaul," Harry said. ''First of all, the coaching staff. Coach Bruno is an amazing person. It's a great opportunity for me as a player and as a person to be a part of the DePaul program.
''When I visited, I loved Chicago. I have a lot of family in the area. And the girls were so much fun to be around."
Harry led her Rock Bridge team to the Missouri Class 5 (the largest class) state championship last year -- the first basketball state champion, girls of boys, from Columbia.
''The recruiting got to be pretty stressful, but when it winds up with an opportunity like this, it makes it worthwhile," Harry said. ''Now, I have to get ready to try to repeat [as a state champion]."
Harry joins a recruiting class that includes guard Anna Martin of Lexington Kentucky and transfer Jennifer Juergens, a former star at Bishop McNamara.

Lake Zurich's Lydia Bauer made her decision this week, The 6-foot lefty guard made a verbal commitment to Wisconsin-Green Bay

DePaul has added Jennifer Juergens to its team. The former Bishop McNamara all-state guard signed with Loyola out of high school. She transferred to Olivet Nazarene before enrolling at DePaul this week. Juergens, who also played softball at Olivet Nazarene, will be eligible for coach Doug Bruno's Blue Demons for two years starting in 2009-10

And Northwestern got its second commitment this fall when guard Inga Orekhova, a native of Austria, who goes to school in La Jolla, California gave new NU coach Joe McKeown her pledge.

Anna Martin, a standout guard from Lexington Christian has given a verbal commitment to DePaul women's coach Doug Bruno

Martin, who has visited the Lincoln Park campus twice said "I loved being at DePaul and in LIncoln Park. The players and coaches were all great."

Martin picked the Blue Demons over Louisville and Kentucky and is the first DePaul commit in the Class of 2009

From my friend Mel Greenberg, who was at a press conference today in Delaware

http://blogs.phillynews.com/inquirer/womhoops

Jalisa Olive from Bogan a member of Illinois X-CITEMENT has verbally committed to continue her basketball career at Central Michigan. Jalisa visited Central Michigan and felt that it was the right place for her.

Elena Delle Donne, the 2008 national high school girls basketball player of the year, who rec eived a release from Connecticut to attend and play any sport at Delaware, will have a press conference Monday where she will be joined by the Delaware volleyball players and coaches

Elena Delle Donne, the 2008 national high school girls player of the year, said in a release Monday that she woud be attending Delaware.

The 6-5 guard had signed with NCAA favorite Connecticut in November, but informed UConn coach Geno Auriemma kast week that she would not be coming.

Despite rumors that she would play volleyball for the Blue Hens and because she has not been released by Connecticut, Delle Donne can not play any sport this school year.