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Boys soccer

Warren 5, Niles North 0: Alex Brunnell scored twice, and Brady Walsh earned the shutout, as the Blue Devils won their nonconference road match.Warren (8-2-1) also got goals from Daniel Szczepanek, Timmy Pieper and Tony Severini. Auner Solis added 2 assists. Sean Kirwan and Leon Mardehow also assisted on goals.Libertyville 2, St. Joseph 0: Lloyd Chatfield and Austin Bitta scored in the second half for the host Wildcats in the Pepsi Showdown contest. Bitta also had an assist, as did Marshall Hollingsworth.

Zach Labrum made 3 saves in net for Libertyville (6-1), which plays Lake Zurich at 3 p.m. at Lyons Township Fields on Saturday.

Lake Zurich 6, Bartlett 0: John Pothast scored twice in the Pepsi Showdown match, while Brenden Seeger added 2 assists.Lake Zurich (4-2-3) also got offensive contributions from Tim Burroughs (goal, assist), Matt Montemayor (goal), Alex Skowron (goal), Bryan Smith (goal) and Justin Marais (assist). Bears goalie Jeff Kreutz stopped 5 shots for the shutout.Bartlett dropped to 2-2-1.McHenry 1, Grayslake North 0: The Warriors scored with less than two minutes left to pull out the Fox Valley Conference crossover.

Grayslake North senior keeper Stevie Streeter made 6 saves.

#147;(He) played a good game and is starting to show the ability to run things back there for us, and that is a real positive for us,#148; said coach Adam DeCaluwe, whose Knights fell to 4-5. #147;We are still looking to find a way to be more consistent in our effort going forward as well as fight throughout the midfield.#148;

Ridgewood 2, Vernon Hills 1: James Lee scored off an assist from Jeremy Cohen to pull the Cougars even in the second half, but the Rebels came back to net the winning goal.The loss dropped Vernon Hills to 1-6.#147;We#146;re playing some great soccer. We just keep putting ourselves 1 or 2 goals down early in every game,#148; Cougars coach Shannon Etnyre said. #147;Defensively we have some things we need to work on in the back to try and prevent giving the other team the early lead. I was extremely pleased with our possession today. We did a nice job of connecting through our midfield and getting our outside back involved in the attack.#148;