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Foundation to host Pizza Wars fundraiser Feb. 27 Visitors will get to choose their favorite crust, sauce and overall pizza at fundraiser event by ryan ostry bugle staff

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rom 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27 in the Downers Grove South High School cafeteria, the District 99 Education Foundation will host its seventh annual Pizza Wars fundraiser event.

“Every year for the last seven years we bring together a variety of pizzerias from the local community,” said Pizza Wars Sponsor Chair Maura Bates.

At last year’s event, the winners were Best Crust- Lou Malnati’s; Best Sauce- Papa’s Pizza Place; and Best Overall – Tortorice’s Pizza.

“We’re really known for our crust and how crispy it is, the flavor and the crunch,” said Lou Malnati’s

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manager Eric Aguirre. “It was a great honor to win last year, it really shows how we actually do have the best crust in people’s opinions, so it’s not just from our own perspective.”

For this year’s event, tickets are available to be purchased in advance for $10 each at www.pizzawars.org, and they are also available to be purchased at the door for $15.

The local participating pizza vendors for the 2020 Pizza Wars fundraiser will include: Lou Malnati’s Pizza (Downers Grove), Papa’s Pizza Place (Woodridge), Pizzeria32 (Downers Grove), Rosati’s (Woodridge), Sarpino’s (Downers Grove), Skuddlebutts Pizza (Downers Grove), Tortorice’s Pizzeria (Downers Grove) and Zazzo’s Pizza (Westmont).

“The community is able to try a

the thing we really love about this fundraiser is that 100 percent of the proceeds go into the foundation ... what the foundation does then is we have teachers apply for the grants and then we can use that money to assist teachers and faculty in areas that our traditional budget for school wasn t allocated for.

- pizza wars sponsor chair maura bates bunch of different pizzas at once and figure out who they think the best crust, sauce and overall pizza is,” Bates said. “We like it because we get the community involved and they come to the campus for

the event, where maybe some of them haven’t been in a while and of course everyone enjoys pizza.”

When each person walks into the event, they will receive an event program with their ticket that they will bring around to each vendor.

After they have tried each slice of pizza, they will mark down that option that has been tried, and then they can vote for the three categories for the winners.

Also, for this year, more than 30 sponsors have contributed monetary and in-kind donations to benefit this year’s event.

Pizza Wars proceeds benefit a variety of teacher grants and student scholarships at both North and South High in Downers Grove, which is the main focus Bate said for the fundraiser.

In 2018-19, the District 99 Education Foundation gifted more than $20,000 in support of educational

programs, which has heavily increased the amount of scholarships for both schools that have been available for students.

A few of the other services that the money has been disseminated to are digital cameras for Fine Art classes, ukuleles for the All Access Choir, Umoja (Unity) club events and college tours, student leader’s involvement in ‘My Name My Story equity and inclusion workshop’, 3D printers on both campuses and cardiac screening for nearly 5,000 students through Young Hearts for Life.

“The thing we really love about this fundraiser is that 100 percent of the proceeds go into the foundation,” Bates said. “What the foundation does then is we have teachers apply for the grants and then we can use that money to assist teachers and faculty in areas that our traditional budget for school wasn’t allocated for.”

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feBruary 22 skokie Family art party: aFrican-american Quilting traditions. 3-4 p.m. Skokie Public Library. Join our staff artist as we explore African-American quilting in this hands-on workshop in honor of Black History Month.

For all ages. Registration required, limited to 40 participants. Caregivers must accompanying children under the age of eight. feBruary 23 woodridge notre dame: aFter the Fire. 2-3 p.m.

Woodridge Public Library. Join art historian Jeff Mishur for this in depth look at the history of Notre Dame in Paris. Mishur will discuss the Gothic innovations used in the great cathedral as well as interior features such as its stained glass windows. He will also touch on the current status of the church restoration. Mishur is owner of Art Excursions, a small business providing private guiding and boutique art and cultural tours. feBruary 23 downers grove bridge musical encore concert. 4-5:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church. The Bridge Board at DGFUMC invites you to a special concert presented by our musically talented church members and friends. You may have heard them before (or not) but either way, join us to hear their Encore. All proceeds help support our Bridge families as we work with them toward self-sufficiency.

Tickets are $8 in advance and $10 at the door. feBruary 24 lisle make it monday: wingardium Craftiosa.

4:30-6:30 p.m. Lisle Library District. Craft your very own Harry Potter Wand, just in time for Harry Potter Day at the Library. For 6th grade and up. feBruary 26 Plainfield Virtual reality eXperience. 7-8 p.m.

Plainfield Public Library District. Step into a new (Virtual) reality! Explore a 3D world with Oculus Quest headsets and test out augmented reality using Merge Cubes. Limited to Plainfield cardholders and those age 16 and older. feBruary 27 Joliet ProJeCt neXt generation: you will learn to paint in 3d augmented reality, and then 3d print in Four colors.

Students Grades 8th-12th. 4-6 p.m. Joliet Public Library. Project Next Generation: Students grades 8th-12th will learn how to create 3D Graphics or paint “in mid-air” software & transfer their creation to a four-color 3D printer.

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benet holds off nd on special night for heidkamp as they upset class 3a powerhouse By mark gregory editorial director

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For the Benet Academy boys basketball game, Valentine’s Day was all about winning.

Prior to player introductions, Redwing coach Gene Heidkamp was honored for reaching his 300th career win at the school. He then led Benet to a 45-43 East Suburban Catholic Conference win over Notre Dame, top-ranked Class 3A team in the state.

“We needed a big win,” Heidkamp said. “We have played a very tough schedule and come up short against some very good teams. Notre Dame is an outstanding team and to be able to hold on and beat them is a good win. I thought our defense was really good. You know they are going to keep coming back – which they did.”

On that final shot, junior two-sport standout Anthony Sayles came up

short on a three-point attempt as the horn sounded.

The win was the 20th of the season for the Redwings, the 11th consecutive season Benet has hit that standard.

“To get it in a game like this is meaningful,” Heidkamp said.

Almost from the tip, Benet played its style of tough defense and precise offense to score, as well as prevent the Dons from getting into a rhythm of their own.

“Credit to Benet, I thought they controlled the tempo and the game and for us, hopefully, it is a learning experience in regards to execution on offense,” said Notre Dame coach Kevin Clancy. “I don’t think we did a good job screening on offense and therefore, we took a lot of tough, contested shots. When you play a team like Benet, every possession is critical. It limits touches and possessions for our offense and that can be a little

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Benet’s Tyler Van Eekeren led all scorers with 16 points.

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Lisle wins regional title, extends school win record to 26 By drake skleBa For the bugle

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With the 7-degree temperature outside, the IHSA Class 2A Girls Lisle Regional championship game along the very frozen banks of the DuPage River turned into a hotly-contested game.

With the host Lions (26-7) comfortably ahead 30-18 in the middle of the third quarter, the very youthful Chargers made things very interesting.

St. Joseph (10-15), who’s starting lineup consists of three freshmen and two juniors, closed to within 3327 with 6:08 on the clock. With all the

momentum, it looked like the youthful Chargers were going to take the regional championship from the Lions.

Lisle juniors Cassidy Allen, Abby Casmer and Emma Rossin stepped up, big time.

Allen, who scored six of her gamehigh 15 points in the fourth quarter nailed a pair of free throws for a 35-27 Lion lead.

Casmer electrified the Lion faithful when she would go coast-to-coast to score giving the Lions a 37-27 lead with 4:42 left.

With 3:20, the Lions’ junior sharpshooter Emma Rossin (nine points) buried a three-point dagger, her third of the game that extended the Lions

lead to 40-27. Allen’s driving lay-up would finish the 9-0 Lion run and give the Lions a 42-27 lead with three minutes left.

“I’m a driver. I love to drive to the basket,” Allen said. “St. Joe’s went to a man-to-man defense and I love going against man-to-man. I can just drive by my defender.”

The Lions rolled to the 48-33 victory secured their 2020 IHSA Class 2A Lisle Regional Champions. The 26 Lion victories this season, extends the Lisle school record for most victories in a season.

Allen scored six points and grabbed seven rebounds, leading the Lions to a 13-10 first quarter lead.

Casmer and 6-foot sophomore Kylie Russell ignited a 9-0 run, giving the Lions a 22-10 lead in the second quarter. The lead grew to 28-13 and the Lions would go to their halftime locker room up, 28-15.

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Notre Dame (35-4, 7-1) was paced

by Troy D’Amico and Anthony Sayles, who scored 12 points each. Sayles tallied 10 in the first half, while all but three of D’Amico’s points came after intermission.

Benet’s Tyler Van Eekeren led all scorers with 16 points.

“They are a great team and they have some great athletes and great players,” Van Eekeren said. “We just played really well down the stretch and played great defense all game.

We got the ball inside-out and hit some big shots, but defense really drove the whole thing. They are a

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Coming off the bench at the start of the second quarter, the up-and-coming freshman, Russell took over the game and scored six points, hauled down five rebounds, blocked a shot and handed out an assist in the second quarter.

Casmer scored six points and Rossin buried her second three-pointer.

“This feels so good to win the regional championship,” Casmer said.”St. Joseph wanted to win tonight so they could go home and play in their IHSA Class 2A St. Joseph Sectional next week. We were not going to let them go home and take with them the Class 2A Lisle Regional Championship. This is our championship.”

Allen and Casmer both had doubledoubles for the night. Allen scored 15 points, hauled down 10 rebounds and added four steals. Casmer, scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.

The diminutive, 5-foot-1 Lion point

guard, junior Tara Kane, scored four points, had five steals and grabbed eight rebounds. Junior Jenna Johnson scored two points, grabbed six rebounds and had two steals.

“This is my third regional championship since I have been here at Lisle.” Lisle coach Nick Balaban said.

“I am so happy for our girls to have won this regional championship.

They are such a great group and they are close friends. They very much deserve this great moment.

“We played with great energy tonight. We made a few mistakes but overall we played very well, against a very good St. Joseph team.”

“This along with winning the Illinois Central 8 Conference was what he have been working for all season,” Allen added. “I will think about our sectional semifinal game on Tuesday night later. I just want to go home and celebrate this great victory.”

great team and it meant a lot for us to beat them.”

Both teams have a few regular season games before heading into the postseason.

“We always knew we could compete with anyone, but this is a big confidence booster as we finish the regular season and head to the playoffs,” Van Eekeren said.

Notre Dame can still at least share the ESCC title, which is not what it was hoping for, but a deep run into the 3A playoffs and a chance at a state title is what would make that all OK. “We had goals as a team to go 9-0 and win conference and that hurts a little bit. We still have an opportunity to tie with Marian Catholic,” Clancy said. “We will have some games in the state tournament where every

possession matters and hopefully it is a learning game for us. Our guys are hurt, but when we sit down and reflect on this, we will take some positive takeaways as well as some critical ones.”

A day after the big win over the Dons, Benet battled hosted La Lumiere Prep (19-3) from LaPorte, Indiana — the No.12 in the MaxPreps.com Excellent USA Writer’s Poll.

The Lakers edged Benet 54-46, but the Redwings did not go down without a fight.

Senior Colin Crothers tallied a game-high 22 points and grabbed 12 rebounds in front of a crowd that included current Phoenix Sun Frank Kaminsky and the entire Redwing 2010 Elite Eight team, which was honored at the game.

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