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WJOL/DON LADAS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT 5TH PLACE SEMIFINAL JOLIET WEST 11 LINCOLN-WAY WEST 0 (five innings) The Tigers (2-4) hammered out 10 hits and cruised to the WJOL/Ladas Tourney victory. RHP James Love (1-0) fired a four-hit shutout at the Warriors (2-2) with three strikeouts. Love's battery-mate, the red-hot senior C Ty Batusich doubled and hammered his third and fourth home runs of the season, while driving in three more Tiger runs. Senior Matt Stariha also had three hits...
Masterpieces. Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Mona Lisa' or 'The Last Supper.' Add Plainfield Central junior right-hander Carter Prochaska's three-hit shutout of the Providence Celtics in the third-place game of the 14th Annual WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial Baseball Tournament. Carter's masterpiece may not be as lofty in status as Da Vinci's, but it was pretty darn good. With a moving fastball and changing speeds effectively, the junior right-hander totally shut down the hard-hitting Celtics, leading Plainfield Central (4-1) to a 3-0 win. Sur...
After destroying Lincoln-Way West (12-2, five innings) and Providence (12-2, six innings) in the 14th Annual WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial Tournament, the two-time defending tournament champion Lockport Porters were looking for the three-peat at the expense of the always dangerous Minooka Indians. In the first two games of the tournament, Lockport's murderer's row of a lineup crushed the baseball at a .440 clip. Led by the tournaments MVP, junior first baseman, Victor Izquierdo (2-for-4, 2RBI) the Porters (5-1) crushed the Indians...
PASSING attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns, interceptions Vince Meschi Bolingbrook 158-88-1,088- 7-8 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 92-63-1,022-10-1 Luke Leongas Maine South 76-48-784- 8-1 Ryan Dawson DG South 67-43-763- 8-2 Josh Davis Minooka 94-55-660- 8-1 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 107-50-623- 6-5 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 39- 23-555-7-1 Rowan Keefe Maine South 56-34-461- 2-0 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 57-28-410-4-5 Skyar Crudup Joliet West 51-29-337- 6-4 Jack Leons Niles West 49-26-317- 2-4 Carl Bew Joliet Central...
FRIDAY APRIL 23 GAMES OF THE WEEK MAINE SOUTH AP CLASS 8A NO.6 (4-0) AT NAPERVILLE CENTRAL AP CLASS 8A NO.4 (4-0) 7 WEEK 5 MAINE SOUTH 14 NEW TRIER 9 NAPERVILLE CENTRAL 42 METEA VALLEY 7 Hawks preview After holding off previously-undefeated New Trier for their 19th CSL South title in the last 20 years, the Hawks face a second-consecutive undefeated team in the host Redhawks. After completing 22 of his 33 passes for 264 yards and a TD in his first varsity start, junior Hawks QB Rowan Keefe looks for more as the Hawks look to...
"I tell the kids to just stay close," Lockport head coach Andy Satunas said. "With the way we can hit, good things will happen." In their 12th Annual WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial Baseball Tournament semifinal versus Providence, the Porters listened to their head coach. With the Porters up 1-0, Providence (4-2), sophomore Gavin Gomez hammered a two-run blast to right that left the premises here at historic Ed Flink Field for a 2-1 Celtics lead after an inning in a half. The Porters (4-1) crawled back into a 2-2 tie on an RBI...
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 5-0 Marmion in season finale for CCL-ESCC White title 2. MAINE SOUTH 5-0 19th CSL South title in 20 years; AP No.4 Naperville Central (5-0) next 3. LOCKPORT 3-2 Porters crush Andrew 43-7 on Monday Night Football 4. NOTRE DAME 2-3 Dons D dominated Naz 10-0...Three TDs allowed in last 3 games, St Rita next 5. BENET ACADEMY 1-1 Redwings scare AP Class 5A No.2 St.Rita in return to season 6 DG SOUTH 3-1 Super-soph Dawson, four TD strikes in win over Leyden 7. BOLINGBROOK 3-2 RB Jaquan Howard runs over Lemont 8....
WJOL/DON LADAS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT QUARTER FINALS LOCKPORT 12 LINCON-WAY WEST 2 (Five Innings) The Enterprise/Bugle Newspapers top-ranked Porters (3-1) used a seven-run fourth inning to break up a 2-2 tie and roll to the quarterfinal victory. After the Warriors (2-1) scored two runs in the top of the fourth inning to tie the game at 2, the Porters answered. Senior Matt Santarelli's two-run double with the bases loaded, put the Porters back up 4-2. The white-hot Ryan Moerman launched a three-run bomb over the left field fence...
In Monday's 12th Annual WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial Tournament quarterfinal, Joliet Catholic led the hosts from Plainfield Central 8-6 in the bottom of the sixth inning. The Hilltoppers had taken the two-run lead in the top half of the sixth inning on a Wildcat outfield miscue. The first two Wildcat hitters were retired before seniors Josh Cunniff (1-for-4,R ) and Nate Sommerfeld (1-for-3,2R) both singled to put two on and two out for the 'Cats. Stepping into the batter's box for the host Wildcats was their senior left fielder...
AREA BASEBALL RANKINGS 1 LOCKPORT 2-1 Porters fifth-place finish in Bajenski translates to area No. 1 2 PLAINFIELD C. 2-0 Wildcats no-hit West Chicago,JCA next in WJOL, Monday 3 DG SOUTH 2-1 Mustangs take two of three from Willowbrook 4 PLAINFIELD N 0-0 Tigers open at Coal City, Monday 5 PLAINFIELD S 0-0 Cougars open at Coal City Tuesday 6 JCA 1-2 One-run losses to undefeated Naperville C and Oswego. 7 DG NORTH 0-3 Trojans led in all three losses to defending WSC champ LT 8...
WEST SUBURBAN SILVER LYONS TWP 15 DOWNERS GROVE NORTH 14 (9 INNINGS) For the third consecutive game, the Trojans (0-3, 0-3) battled the defending WSC Silver champion Lyons Township (3-0, 3-0) to the bitter end. This time the Lions needed nine innings to complete the sweep of the valiant Trojans. In a back and forth affair, the Trojans led 8-4 after four innings and 11-8 after five innings. LT scored six runs in the sixth to open up a 14-11 lead. The Trojans pulled to within 14-12 after six. After two outs in the bottom of...
In a battle of undefeated Central Suburban League South Division powers, the Maine South Hawks defeated the New Trier Trevians 14-9 on Friday night in Park Ridge. The win wrapped up the 19th CSL South crown for the Hawks in the 20 years Maine South head coach David Inserra has been at helm in Park Ridge. In now 100 CSL South games the Hawks have played under Inserra, the Hawks have won 99. The Hawks had won 77 consecutive CSL South games before New Trier ended the streak on October 7, 2016, 27-21 in Park Ridge. The Hawks rebo...
DO IT STEVIE'S WAY TOURNAMENT FIFTH PLACE LOCKPORT 4 ST LAURENCE 2 The Porters (2-1) took home fifth place in the prestigious "Do it Stevie's Way" Steven M Bajenski Memorial Tournament with the victory over the Vikings (1-2). With the game deadlocked at 2-2 in the bottom of the fifth, junior Griffin Brown came through in the clutch for the Porters. Senior winning pitcher, Matt Santarelli singled to lead off the inning and with one out Vic Iizquerdo (2-for-3), singled advancing Tony Francone, the courtesy runner for Santarelli...
After falling to Brother Rice 8-4 on Tuesday in their "Do it Stevie's Way" Steven M. Bajenski Memorial Baseball Tournament opener, the Lockport Porters rebounded rather smartly on Wednesday. Behind senior right-handed pitcher Joe Seiber and sophomore right-hander Anthony Martinez, the Porters defeated their Southwest Suburban Blue rivals from Sandburg 4-1. The two Porter hurlers combined on a three-hitter with eight strikeouts. In fact, in their two pool-play games, Porter pitchers allowed just nine hits and two earned runs i...
PASSING attempts, completions, yards, touchdowns Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 92-63-1,022-10-1 Vince Meschi Bolingbrook 129-73- 911-7-8 Luke Leongas Maine South 76-48- 774-8-1 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 103-47- 563-6-5 Josh Davis Minooka 73-44- 515-6-1 Ryan Dawson DG South 38-25 512-4-1 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 33-18- 417-5-1 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 53-27- 398-4-3 Skyar Crudup Joliet West 38-23 286-4-1 Jack Leons Niles West 39-20- 218-1-4 Izaiah Huerta Plainfield South 32-15- 214-2-3 Rowan Keefe Maine South 24-13...
FRIDAY APRIL 16 GAME OF THE WEEK NEW TRIER (4-0, 4-0) AT MAINE SOUTH (4-0, 4-0) 7 WEEK 4 NEW TRIER 13 GLENBROOK NORTH 8 MAINE SOUTH 17 GLENBROOK SOUTH 7 New Trier preview- The Trevian defense. Like the Hawks defense, New Trier has allowed just three TDs, on the season, allowing just six points per game. Maine South preview The Hawks were not looking ahead to New Trier on Friday night against Glenbrook South. With the game tied at 7-7 in the second quarter, Hawks senior QB Luke Leongas was injured and left the game. Enter...
It was Opening Day for Lockport, as the Porters opened up against the Crusaders of Brother Rice in pool-play action of the Stephen M. Bajenski Memorial Baseball Tournament. Brother Rice had crushed the Porters' Southwest Suburban Blue arch-rivals from Carl Sandburg 11-6 on Monday at Ozinga Field in Crestwood. Seven Porter errors led to seven unearned Brother Rice (2-0) runs and the Porters fell 8-4. The Porters were led by their senior shortstop Ryan Moerman, who fell a triple short of hitting for the cycle, with a double, a...
Talk with anyone who has played and been defeated by Lincoln-Way East head coach Rob Zvonar's Grifffins and a unanimous statement would be agreed upon - you cannot make any mistakes against the Griffins. On Friday night, in a Southwest Suburban Blue battle in Lockport, the host Porters found out the hard way that the statement about Lincoln-Way East (4-0, 3-0) is true. Leading 10-7 and totally taking over the game with seconds remaining in the first half, the Porters (2-2, 2-2) made one crucial mistake. Lincoln-Way East...
When the Peotone High School varsity football team left Kankakee County for Lisle Thursday afternoon, the Blue Devils were undefeated and tied atop the Illinois Central 8 Conference. Sharing the IC8 penthouse with Wilmington (3-0, 3-0) and Coal City (3-0. 3-0), the Blue Devils were looking for a victory in DuPage County. Sixteen seconds into the game, however, the Blue Devils trailed 8-0. Lisle junior Cole Campbell electrified the small Lisle contingent at Benedictine University when he took the Peotone opening kickoff at...
PASSING attempts completions yards TD INT Vince Meschi Bolingbrook 116-67-793-6-8 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 70-45-705-6-0 Luke Leongas Maine South 67-43-699-7-0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 97-39-498-6-4 Josh Davis Minooka 52-30-354-4-2 Ryan Dawson D.G. South 27-18-353-2-1 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 22-12-333-3-1 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 32-18-307-3-4 Izaiah Huerta Plainfield South 21-12-188-1-2 Syar Crudup Joliet West 30-15-146-3-1 Adam Smith Plainfield North 42-17-141-2-3 Carl Bew Joliet Central 48-20-128-2-5 RUSHING...
Sunday Night Football in River Grove. In a battle between the Associated Press's Class 5A No. 3-ranked Joliet Catholic Hilltoppers and the Class 5A No. 9-ranked Fenwick Friars, about 50 Hilltoppers fans made the trip to Triton College to cheer for their beloved Hilltoppers. A large contingent of Fenwick Friar fans also made the trip to River Grove. Missing in action were NBC Sunday Night Football hosts Al Michaels and Chris Collinsworth. Michaels and Collinswoth missed...
PASSING (attempts comp yards TD INT( Vincenzo Meschi Bolingbrook 77 42 498 5 7 Brett Winiecki Plainfield East 47 29 449 5 0 Luke Leongas Maine South 38 22 400 4 0 Chris Leto Plainfield Central 61 28 364 5 3 Aidan Voss Joliet Catholic 17 11 283 3.1 Josh Davis Minooka 42 24 258 3,1 Izaiah Hureta Plainfield South 23 10 176 1 4 Riley Pfeiffer Lockport 26 14 151 2 4 Adam Smith Plainfield North 29 13 116 2 2 Carl Bew Joliet Central 26 13 86 0 3 Skyar Crudup Joliet West 18 9 70 2 1 RUSHING (attempts yards TDs) Jared Gumila Plainfiel...
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN NOTRE DAME (0-2. 0-1) AT MONTINI (AP CLASS 5A NO.11 (0-2, 0-1) 7:30 WEEK 2 ST. RITA 51 MONTINI 13 PROVIDENCE 7 NOTRE DAME 0 NOTRE DAME When the schedules came out, we all thought this would be a battle of undefeated CCL/ESCC powers, however, the Dons shoot for that elusive first win in Lombard on Thursday night. Dons defense has been outstanding in home losses to Marist (AP Class 8A No.4) and Providence. CCL/ESCC ORANGE BENET ACADEMY (1-0, 0-0) AT ST. LAURENCE (0-2, 0-1) 7 WEEK 2 NAZARETH 35...
The Associated Press released their Illinois State Football Rankings Tuesday. In Class 5A, Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin (2-0) replaced Rochester (2-0) as the No.1 team, moving up from No.2 after a 54-0 Central State 8 Conference romp over Decatur MacArthur. Rochester (2-0) dropped down to Class 4A and took over No.1 after a 68-34 Central State 8 Conference shootout win over Springfield. St. Rita (1-1), who was No. 4 in Class 5A in week one, moved to No. 2 in Class 5A after a 51-13 blow-out of previously No. 5 Montini. St....
1. JOLIET CATHOLIC 2-0 Crush Fenwick in Class 5A Top 10 Showdown 2. MAINE SOUTH 2-0 Sasson's 37-yard FG helps Hawks escape Evanston 3. BOLINGBROOK 1-1 Major error omit Raiders last week; back where they belong 4. MINOOKA 2-0 Davis-to-Hudak leads Indians past Oswego East 5. NOTRE DAME 0-2 Defense played great at home against Providence 6. LOCKPORT 1-1 Porters vault into Top Ten with big win over Sandburg 7. BENET ACADEMY 1-0 Game cancelled 8. PLAINFIELD NORTH 1-1 Tigers can make it all feel better with win at Minooka Friday...