Burlington C. grad Maroder coming up big at Augie
Burlington Central graduate Tim Maroder has put himself into the record books.
Maroder, a senior defensive back on the Augustana College football team, recently was named the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin defensive player of the week after he registered 4 interceptions in a late September game against Loras College.
Maroder also finished the game with 5 solo tackles. He registered his first interception midway through the first quarter that stopped a Loras drive on the 5-yard-line.
The remainder of his picks occurred in the fourth quarter. His third interception halted a Loras drive at the Augustana 30. That pick tied a school record previously held by 8 players.
His final one came on the final play of the game and occurred in the end zone. Maroder returned the interception 25 yards.
Augustana won the game 34-17. The squad sported a 1-3 overall record after a recent 17-10 loss at Elmhurst College. In that game, Maroder had 7 solo tackles, 1 assisted tackle and 1 tackle for loss.
Through four games, Maroder, a political science and communications major, is leading the team in solo tackles with 27 and has 30 total tackles.
Doby at Grand Valley State: Harvest Christian Academy alum Sydney Doby has played a role in the success of the Grand Valley State University women's volleyball team.
As of Monday, Doby, a 6-2 freshman middle blocker, had played in 11 matches (5 starts) and had 43 kills (1.39 per set) while hitting at a .274 clip. She had 2 service aces, 13 digs and 27 total blocks and was averaging 2.03 points per set.
Doby, who won 11 varsity letters as a three-sport athlete at Harvest and was a four-time volleyball team MVP for the Lions, is part of a Grand Valley State team that sported an 11-2 record through its first 13 matches (9-0 in conference). Grand Valley State started the week on a 9-match winning streak and was ranked No. 12 in the country for NCAA Division II schools.
Kahl at Whitewater: Huntley alum Amy Kahl recently was named a University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Walmart athlete of the week in women's cross country.
Kahl earned the honor after placing 15th out of 498 runners at the Brissman/Lundeen cross-country invitational at Saukie Golf Course in Rock Island.
Her time of 22:48.3 was the eighth-best in program history and was a personal record.
Kahl helped Whitewater finish 15th out of 35 teams at the meet.
Trupp at Southern Illinois: Former Burlington Central track-and-field standout Katie Trupp is now a sophomore on the Southern Illinois University women's track-and-field team.
During her brief career, Trupp has made quite an impact for the Salukis. She was an NCAA West Region outdoor meet qualifier in the pole vault. She took second at the Missouri Valley Conference outdoor meet with a leap of 12-11, setting a new freshman school record. She is just a half-inch away from tying the overall school record.
The all-MVC performer also took fifth place in the pole vault at the MVC indoor meet with a height of 12-8½.
Trupp also was a MVC honor-roll recipient for her performance in the classroom.
Solberg at Illinois College: Burlington Central product Cat Solberg, now a junior goalie on the Downstate Jacksonville-based Illinois College women's soccer team, recently was named a co-Midwest Conference women's soccer performer of the week.
During the time frame of the award, Solberg made 5 saves and ran her shutout streak to 4 matches (more than 378 minutes) in a 1-0 Illinois College double-overtime win at Spalding University. The win moved Solberg at the time to 4-0-0 on the season.
To start the week, Solberg was 5-1-1 with 5 shutouts and a 0.67 goals-against average. In 7 games in net (3 starts), Solberg had allowed only 5 goals and made 29 saves (. 853 save percentage).
Kruk at Concordia: Former St. Edward girls' soccer standout Allison Kruk is now playing on the Concordia University-Chicago women's soccer team.
To start the week, Kruk, a freshman forward-defender, had played in all 12 of the teams games (7 starts). She had 3 goals and 1 assist for 7 points and had taken 13 shots on goal.
Concordia was 7-5 overall and 1-4 in conference play to start the week.
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