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SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 10 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 0 (SIX INNINGS) On Thursday in downtown Plainfield, Plainfield Central (7-6, 2-4) head coach John Rosner turned to junior RHP Carter Prochaska to pick up a must-win in the Wildcats SPC East series finale. Awaiting to face the Wildcats ace were the No.1-ranked Cougars of Plainfield South. The Wildcats offense gave their junior ace all the support he would need with a six-run first inning. Senior Josh Cunniff got the 'Cats on the board with an RBI single. Senior... Full story
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST PLAINFIELD NORTH 4 MINOOKA 3 This one was deadlocked at 3-3 as the game moved to the bottom of the sixth. Tigers senior Matt Barribal walked with one out. Senior Dom Curcio got an infield single before Tigers junior Brandon Bak singled home fellow junior courtesy runner Joe Vietti with the eventual game-winning run putting the Tigers up 4-3. The valiant SPC West-leading Indians (7-5, 4-1) rallied after two out. Junior Ryan Norman induced a walk from Tiger junior reliever Ryan "Snaps" Silva. Junior... Full story
SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST MINOOKA 10 OSWEGO EAST 9 The Red-hot Indians (6-3, 3-0) had only five hits in their SPC West series finale with Oswego East. The Indians put the five hits to good use, scoring 10 runs and sweeping away the Wolves (1-4, 0-3) to move into sole possession of first-place in the SPC West. Indian senior Nick Gehrke had a single and drove home a pair of Indian runs. Junior Ivan Dahlberg doubled and had an RBI, while junior Caleb Parker and senior Joey Gould both singled and drove home Indian runs. For the... Full story
Softball Joliet West Tigers 4 Plainfield Central Wildcats 0 This was a scoreless game through four innings before Joliet West tallied two runs in the fifth and sixth. Makena O’Donnell was the starting pitcher for Plainfield Central and went 5 1/3 innings, scattering eight hits. She was charged with one run, struck out three and walked none. Kaia Garnica was 1-for-3 for the Wildcats. Boys Volleyball Lockport (4-1, 3-0) defeated Sandburg 25-21, 25-15 in a SWSC match at Lockport. The Porters were led by Carter Steffgen (6 k... Full story
NONCONFERENCE MAINE SOUTH 5 LINCOLN-WAY EAST 4 What might have been the greatest upset in IHSA Baseball history occurred on May 21, 2019 in the Class 4A Lincoln-Way East Regional semifinal. On that day, the No.16 seed Romeoville Spartans defeated the No.1 seed and hosts Lincoln-Way East Griffins, 2-1. On Monday in Park Ridge, the now previously-undefeated Lincoln-Way East Griffins (7-1) fell again to another Enterprise/Bugle Newspaper school — this time, to the Hawks of Maine South, 5-4. Trailing 3-1 in the bottom of the f... Full story
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... Full story
WEST SUBURBAN GOLD DOWNERS GROVE 5 LEYDEN 2 The Mustangs (5-1, 5-1) swept away the Eagles behind junior LHP Lucas Costello and senior Cole Warehime. Costello allowed just one hit in his five innings and struck out seven Eagle batters. Warehime was 2-for-3 and drove home the only run Costello would need. CENTRAL SUBURBAN CROSSOVERS NILES WEST 12 VERNON HILLS 9 In this wild CSL crossover in Vernon Hills, the Wolves (6-1, 1-0 South) had leads of 4-1 and 7-5 before the host Cougars (0-4, 0-1 North) exploded for five runs in the... Full story
NONCONFERENCE PLAINFIELD EAST 9 WAUBONSIE VALLEY 5 Waubonsie Valley led 3-2 as this one went to the bottom of the fifth, before the Bengals (2-3) exploded for three runs. Bengal senior Ryan Skiba (2-for-3, 2B, 2RBI) tie thed game with a one-out RBI single, 3-3. Junior Jake Denton (2-for-4, 2RBI) put the Bengals up for good with a two-run single for a 5-3 Bengal lead. In the bottom of the sixth, junior Christian Mitchelle turned the lights out on the Warriors, when he smashed a grand slam for a 9-3 Bengal lead. Sophomore RHP B... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
"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... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
FRIDAY APRIL 9 CCL/ESCC CROSSOVERS JOLIET CATHOLIC 49 CARMEL 14 NOTRE DAME 42 LEO 6 CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH NILES NORTH 33 MAINE EAST 3 CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH MAINE SOUTH 17 GLENBROOK SOUTH 7 EVANSTON 47 NILES WEST 6 METRO SUBURBAN RED WESTMONT 38 RIDGEWOOD 22 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 31 ROMEOVILLE 14 PLAINFIELD SOUTH 45 PLAINFIELD EAST 42 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE WEST MINOOKA 48 YORKVILLE 6 SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE L-W EAST 34 LOCKPORT 10 BOLINGBROOK 27 SANDBURG 14 WEST SUBURBAN GOLD DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH 42 MORTON 21... Full story
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... Full story
GAME OF THE WEEK FRIDAY APRIL 9 SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN BLUE L-W EAST (3-0, 2-0) AT LOCKPORT (2-1, 2-1) 6:30 WEEK 3 LINCOLN-WAY EAST 41 LINCOLN-WAY CENTRAL 0 LOCKPORT 42 BOLINGBROOK 14 LINCOLN-WAY EAST The defending Class 8A State Champions have a 17-game winning streak as they invade Porter Town. Senior QB Sean Walsh has completed 24 of his 39 passes for 341 yards and six TD passes. Senior WR Max Tomczak has 10 receptions for 153 yards and two TD receptions. Senior Jamal Johnson leads the Griffins in rushing with 391 yards on 56... Full story
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... Full story
THURSDAY APRIL 1 CCL/ESCC GREEN MONTINI 7, NOTRE DAME 0 CCL/ESCC ORANGE ST. LAURENCE BENET ACADEMY — CANCELLED CCL/ESCC/WHITE JOLIET CATHOLIC 21, ST IGNATIUS 7 CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH MAINE WEST 37, MAINE EAST 12 ILLINOIS CENTRAL 8 COAL CITY 33, LISLE 6 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST ROMEOVILLE 37, JOLIET CENTRAL 9 WEST SUBURBAN GOLD DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH 28, ADDISON TRAIL 14 WEST SUBURBAN SILVER GLENBARD WEST, DOWNERS GROVE NORTH — CANCELLED FRIDAY APRIL 2 SOUTHWEST PRAIRIE EAST PLAINFIELD SOUTH AT PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 6 PLAINFIELD EAS... Full story
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... Full story