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NONCONFERENCE PROVIDENCE 3 MINOOKA 0 After the huge SPC West win over Plainfied North on Thursday, the Southwest Prairie West-leading Indians (8-6) can be excused for a little let-down on Friday, although coach Jeff Petrovic will not agree. The Indians were only able to muster five hits off Providence (10-6) junior Tyler Young. Junior Mitch Thomas had a single and a triple, while sophomore Caleb Parker, junior Casey Swanson and senior Joey Gould all had singles for the Indians. Indians starting RHP Josh Davis (0-1) allowed ju...
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...
CENTRAL SUBURBAN SOUTH MAINE SOUTH 10 NILES WEST 7 The Hawks (8-8, 3-3) scored five times in the top of the seventh to erase a 7-5 Niles West lead and sweep away the Wolves (10-5, 2-4) in Skokie. With one out, senior Alex Heinz' RBI single pulled the Hawks within 7-6. Senior Cooper Kotowski gave the Hawks an 8-7 lead when he ripped a two-run double, driving in his third and fourth runs of the game. Senior Timmy O'Brien gave the Hawks some insurance when he drove home two more Hawk runs for a 10-7 lead. In the bottom of the se...
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...
METRO SUBURBAN CROSSOVER RIDGEWOOD 17 WESTMONT 12 The Sentinels (2-12, 0-6) were led by Jason Czaplewski, who had a perfect day at the plate with two singles, two bases on balls and three RBI. NONCONFERENCE SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN CROSSOVERS STAGG 1 LOCKPORT 0 (8 INNINGS) The murders row bats of Lockport (6-3) were silenced by the 3-7 Chargers' George Evangelopoulos in Palos Hills. Matt Merk and Michael Hughes had the two Porter hits. Junior RHP CJ Byrdak (1-2) was the tough-luck loser on the mound for the Porters. Byrdak allowed...
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...
CENTRAL SUBURBAN NORTH MAINE EAST 2 MAINE WEST 1 The Blue Demons (3-5, 2-1) swept away their rivals from Des Plaines behind senior RHP Mason Ishii. Trailing 1-0 in the top of the third inning, Blue Demon freshman Jalen Moraga walked and was driven home by a booming triple to right off the bat of Ishii to tie the game at 1-1. Senior Chris Illiopoulos followed with a clutch two-out RBI single to left scoring Ishii for a 2-1 Blue Demon lead. Ishii (1-2) allowed one run on three hits and three strikeouts in his outstanding 5 1/3...
In the Southwest Prairie Conference West Division, the two schools predicted by many, to take home the 2021 conference championship are Plainfield North Tigers or the Panthers of Oswego. On Monday, in the first game of their crucial SPC West three-game series in Plainfield, the Tigers won 9-6. In game two of the series, at Oswego's historic Jackie's Field of Dreams Stadium on Tuesday, the Tigers prevailed again by a 9-6 score. This game came down to one complete inning of the contest. The Oswego (5-2,0-2), bottom of the third...
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...
In 2018 when JCA won the IHSA Class 5A state football title, it was apparent to those watching the games just how battle-tested the Hilltoppers were. Joliet Catholic lost four games that season and needed to win its final game just to qualify for the playoffs. What fans didn't see, however, was maybe the Hilltoppers' toughest opponent - their own underclassmen. "There wee a couple sophomores that started on varsity on the championship team, but we don't win that championship...
For many years the Plainfield North Tigers and the Oswego Panthers had many memorable battles on the diamond, battling for the old 10-team Southwest Prairie Conference title. With the addition of West Aurora and Yorkville at the beginning of the 2019-20 school year, the SPC split into two divisions - the East and the West. The old SPC rivals the Tigers and the Panthers stayed together as members of the Western Division, however the 2020 IHSA baseball season was wiped out because of the pandemic. On Monday, the two rivals met...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Two schools, separated by a 20-minute ride down Interstate-80, both programs that have had much success on the local volleyball landscape over the recent times, yet during normal seasons don't play each other. This year is not normal and Friday night, Minooka and Joliet Catholic Academy faced off in Minooka on the Indians' senior night. Behind a match -high 12 kills from Alexis Mines, the Angels win in two sets, 25-18, 25-23. "We just couldn't stop Alexis and (Crystal...
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...
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...