IHSA 3 Point Shooting Contest

2/14/11  Good Luck to the DGS Varsity players who will be competing in the 3 point shooting contest:
Erin Bommersbach (Jr), Brandi Bradley (Sr), Carly Saraceno (Sr), and Katie Schmitt (Sr).

2/15 Congratulations to Erin, Brandi, and Carly who all advanced to the second round.

2/17 Congratulations to Brandi and Carly who advanced to the next round and will compete on Tuesday at Romeoville HS.

2/23 Congratulations to Brandi who advanced to the next round and will compete on Thursday at Romeoville HS.

2/25 Congratulations to Brandi who advanced to the next round and will compete on Thursday at Redbird Arena at Illinois State University.

3/3  Today 32 players competed for only four spots to advance to tomorrow's round.  Brandi made seven  shots in the preliminary round, but needed to make 8 to be in a tie breaker with five other shooters for the fourth and final spot.  Congratulations Brandi for making it to the State Tournament.

IHSA Playoffs

IHSA Regional Playoffs that are being held at DGS next week.  Games will be played as follows:

Mon. 2/14 at 7:30  Plainfield North vs. Matea

Tues 2/15 at 6:00  Waubonsie Valley vs. Winner of Monday's game
Tues 2/15 at 8:00  DGS vs Oswego East

Thur 2/17 at 7:30  Winners of Tuesday's games

Prior to each game a 3 point shooting contest is held.  On Monday and Thursday it will be at 6:56.  On Tuesday it will be at 5:28 and at 7:15.

Your school ID and Family Pass are not accepted at these contests. All ticket prices are $4.00.

2011 Shoot For A Cure Results and Gift Basket Donors

Our gift basket raffle, T-Shirt sales, and other fund raising efforts raised $4,404.95 that was donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund.

Thank you to the following businesses and organizations for their support and donations.

2 Toots Steam Whistle Grill, Angelo's Pizza, Another Round, Athletico, ATI Fitness Center,

Aurelio's Pizza, Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant, Bogies Indoor Golf, Brunswick Zone, Buffalo Wild Wings, Bulls/Sox Academy, Busy Bee Bakery, Cabana Charlies, Candy Bear Lane, Carlson's Paint Glass and Art Store, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Chili's Restaurant, DGS Boost-Hers, Doggie Diner, Dream Interiors, Egg Harbor Café, Emmett's Ale House, Fair Game, Family Video, First Advantage Mortgage, Frugal Muse Books, Gallery's Choice, Game Pazzo, Gatto's Restaurant, Giordano's, Great Clips, Hampton Inn & Suites Downtown Chicago, Happy Dog Barkery, Harry's Sweat Shop, Heritage House Florist, Hollywood Blvd. in Woodridge, Holy Cow Sports, Home Run Inn, Jameson's Original Charhouse, Knitche, Maxwell's Beef, MSP Designs, My Blissful Spa, My Favorite Toy Store, Noodles & Company, Olive Garden, Pampered Chef, Papa Passero's, Paperworks, Petco, Photography by Fender and Donisch, Roundhead's Pizzeria & Grill, Sara Lee, Scarletti's Restaurant, Scusa Mi Pizza & Catering, Seven Bridges Eye Care, Seven Bridges Ice Rink, Seven Bridges Pro Shop, Shikara Restaurant, Stevens Restaurant, Style Studio, Suparossa, TGI Fridays, Thai Café, The Dock Restaurant or the Grill Room at Seven Bridges, The Quilt Basket, The Wedding Etc., Timberline Train Shop, Time on the Water Outdoors/Poor Boy Baits, UPS Store in Downers Grove, Wendy's in Woodridge, Wine Styles, Womens Workout World

2011 Shoot For A Cure Info

The Downers Grove South Girls Basketball Boost –“Hers” Program will be sponsoring their annual Shoot For A Cure event on Saturday, January 29, 2011, during the 7:30 pm girls Varsity basketball game between the Morton Mustangs and the Downers Grove South Mustangs.  This will be the third year in a row in which The DGS Girls Basketball program will host a game where donations and proceeds from raffles and T-shirt sales will be donated to the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. 

The Kay Yow Cancer Fund, in partnership with The V Foundation for Cancer Research, raises money for the fight against women's cancers.  The late Kay Yow, former North Carolina State University head women's basketball coach, was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 1987 and passed away in 2009.  In her 38 years as a head coach at the college-level, Yow was one of only six Division I head women's basketball coaches to achieve 700 career victories. Yow was also the head coach of the 1988 US Olympic Team that won the gold medal in Seoul.

The home game for the Mustangs will be an exciting one as the DGS Pep Band will entertain the anticipated large crowd for the two conference rivals.  In addition, there will be a special half-time performance by members of the 2011 Chicago AFL Adrenaline Rush Dancers.

As part of our fund raising activities we raffle gift baskets containing donated merchandise and services from local merchants and organizations.  If you would like to help the DGS Girls Basketball Boost-Hers program raise money for the fight against cancer, then please contact Dan Stanger by January 16^th and arrangements will be made to collect your donation.   Last year’s Shoot For A Cure event was a huge success as it was attended by over 800 fans and raised over $3,000 for the Kay Yow Cancer Fund. 

To show our appreciation for your donation, the name of your business or organization will be announced during the game, included on all of our displays, and mentioned in the local newspapers when we publicly thank those who supported the girls’ efforts.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

The Downers Grove South Girls Basketball Boost-“Hers” Board

Dan Stanger, President                       Sally Saraceno, Vice President

Nancy Schmitt, Treasurer                   Chris Howatt, Secretary

To contact Dan, please call 630-852-7032 or email him at danstanger@comcast.net

Additional information can be found at www.dgsgbb.blogspot.com

2010 Shoot For A Cure Sponsors

The Boost-Hers and Lady Mustangs would like to thank the following for their generous support for the 2010 Shoot For A Cure Event:

1st Advantage Mortgage, 2 Toots Steam Whistle Grill, Andiamo Pizza & Scusa Mi Catering, Aurelio's Pizza, Ballydoyle Irish Pub and Restaurant, Berto's Deli, BolloTea, Brunswick Zone, Candy Bear Lane, Carlson's Paint Glass and Art Store, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Chili's Restaurant, Classic Cinemas, Fuddruckers, Gatto's Restaurant, Heritage House Florist, Hinsdale South Girls Basketball Program, Hollywood Blvd., Holy Cow Sports, Home Run Inn, Jameson's Original Charhouse, La Mex Restaurant, Lemont Street Café , Nonnies Pizza Restaurant, Noodles & Company, Northstar Foundation, Papa Passero's , Rocco & Rocco Salon, Roundhead's Pizzeria & Grill, Runners Grove, Sassyart Studios, Shikara Restaurant, Style Studio, Sysmex America, Inc., TGI Fridays,  and Toscana's Grill & Pub.

Donations for our 2011 event's gift basket raffle are now being accepted. If you would like to make a donation, please email the President of the DGS Girls Basketball Boost-Hers at danstanger@comcast.net.

Holiday Tournament Results

Varsity took third place in the Oswego East Holiday Tournament.  They beat East Aurora and Oswego East.  Lost to West Chicago, then beat Kaneland.  Andrew HS won first place.  Carly Saraceno was named to the all tournament team. 

Sophomores took second place in the DGS Sophomore Holiday Tournament by beating Plainfield South and Waubonsie Valley then losing to Downers Grove North in the championship game.

Freshme took sixth place in the DGS Freshman Holiday Tournament by losing to Lockport, beating Waubonsie Valley then losing to Willowbrook.  Mother McAuley won first place.

Congratulations to Carly and to all the teams.

Updated Schedule

Sat. Jan 15th will be a home game against Proviso East.
There is no game scheduled for Wed. Jan 19th.
The schedule has been updated to be what it was prior to the above change.
On Saturday 1/15 we will play York and on Wednesday 1/19 we will play Proviso East.