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  • BUGLE/ENTERPRISE AREA BASEBALL REPORT WEDNESDAY APRIL 21

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 25, 2021

    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...

  • Prochaska's masterpiece leads Wildcats past Providence for third place in WJOL/Ladas tournament

    Drake Skleba, For the Enterprise|Updated Apr 23, 2021

    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...

  • MVP Izquierdo leads Porters 'Murderers Row' past Minooka for WJOL/Don Ladas Tourney 3-Peat

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 23, 2021

    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...

  • AREA FOOTBALL STATISTICS AFTER WEEK 5

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 22, 2021

    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...

  • WEEK 6 AREA FOOTBALL MATCH-UP PAGE

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 22, 2021

    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...

  • Izquierdo blast leads Lockport past Providence 12-2, in six innings, in WJOL/Don Ladas Memorial Tourney semifinal

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 22, 2021

    "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...

  • ENTERPRISE/BUGLE AREA FOOTBALL WEEK 5 RANKINGS

    Drake Skleba|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    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....

  • ENTERPRISE/BUGLE NEWSPAPERS AREA BASEBALL ROUNDUP MONDAY APRIL 19

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    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...

  • Buchan's 3-run bomb leads undefeated 'Cats past JCA in wild WJOL/Ladas quarter final

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 20, 2021

    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...

  • ENTERPRISE NEWSPAPERS WEEK ONE BASEBALL REPORT - APRIL 13-17

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 18, 2021

    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...

  • BUGLE/ENTERPRISE AREA BASEBALL ROUNDUP SATURDAY APRIL 17

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 18, 2021

    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...

  • Public's help needed to locate a missing teen from unincorporated Maine Township

    Updated Apr 17, 2021

    Cook County Sheriff Thomas J. Dart is asking for the public's help in locating a missing teen from unincorporated Maine Township. Kianna Smith, 19, was last seen leaving her residence, the Harbour House Group Home, in unincorporated Maine Township on Tuesday, April 6 at approximately 8:30 p.m. and did not return home for curfew later that night. Smith is described as 5-foot, 7-inches and approximately 150 pounds with black hair, and brown eyes, medium complexion and a tattoo...

  • Keefe, Maine South Hawks holds off New Trier for another CSL South championship

    Drake Skleba, For the Bugle|Updated Apr 17, 2021

    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...