Hollingsworth hitting his stride at Wheaton College

Libertyville High School graduate Marshall Hollingsworth of Wheaton College was named a men's soccer player of the week in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

The senior forward, who is majoring in business/economics, had 3 goals and 2 assists as the Thunder went 2-0-0 against CCIW competition.

He scored 2 goals, including the game-winner in the 72nd minute, during a 4-1 win against 18th-ranked Carthage.

Hollingsworth also converted a penalty kick goal and added an assist on Stephen Golz's goal in the 50th minute of a 4-0 shutout over Illinois Wesleyan.

Hollingsworth also earned the award in September.

Women's volleyball

University of Dubuque senior Klaudia Basierak (Grayslake North) recently surpassed Greta Pemsl as No. 2 on the school's all-time kills list and now has 1,689. She holds the school record for attack attempts. Basierak also is working toward her third straight academic all-conference recognition.

Basierak was named Iowa Conference Freshman of the Year and was a first-team all-conference pick.

She is only the second UD player with three first-team all-conference honors and is working on No. 4.

"She's a great volleyball player, but she is going to be an awesome teacher and she is going to have a great life," UD coach April Elsbernd said on the school's website . "We are going to miss her for sure."

Basierak said she had no intentions of setting records at Dubuque.

"I think the keys are the teammates and coaches," Basierak said. "The chemistry makes you a better player. I'm just here for my team and whatever I can do for my team."

"She's not the type of person that was OK with where she was as a freshman," Elsbernd added. "She wanted to get better and we've worked with her on her overall physicality and she has made huge strides in that area. It's helped because when you are getting that many attempts and you are not physically fit, you will breakdown and struggle at the end of the season. She's strong."

Basierak's leadership also helps the Spartans as much as her statistics.

"Leadership is really the area she has most improved in," Elsbernd said. "This team keeps pushing and fighting and that is what I love about this team."

• Augustana junior Nicole Morrissey (Lake Zurich) was named to the Dig Panici Classic all-tournament team at Wisconsin-Whitewater. The Vikings split a pair of matches, losing to ninth ranked UW-Whitewater 3-0 before bouncing back to defeat Webster 3-0. Morrissey totaled 17 kills (2.83 average) on .244 hitting percentage with just 7 errors in 41 total attempts. She also had 5 digs and 2 solo blocks.

Men's golf

Carthage senior Ryan McGuire (Libertyville) had a 76.8 mark over four events this season. Senior Matt Hirsch (Lakes) followed with a 77.5, and freshman Joe Batliner (Barrington) had a 79.0 average.

Stevenson feeder

The Stevenson girls junior Patriot feeder basketball program will hold tryouts Sunday, Nov. 1 and Sunday, Nov. 8: eighth grade: noon to 1:30 p.m.; seventh grade: 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.; sixth grade: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. All tryouts will be held in the Stevenson High School field house. Tryouts are free, but online registration is required. Players need to bring a basketball.

Attendance at both tryout sessions is preferred. Players will be evaluated in the following categories: hustle, speed, listening skills, quickness, rebounding, defensive skills, passing and shooting.

Eligible players include girls in grades sixth through eighth who live within the Stevenson High School District 125 boundaries.

For questions contact prep coordinator Aaron Wellington at awellington@d125.org. or call (847) 415-4145.

Mundelein feeder

The Mundelein High School Mustang feeder basketball tryouts for boys and girls residing within the high school District 120 boundaries will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 4 and Friday, Nov. 6 at Mundelein High School. Grades fifth and sixth from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and grades s seventh and eighth 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Attendance at both tryouts is preferred. The Kessel Heat program will be managing the Mundelein feeder program this year. Registration and more information can be found by visiting the website www.kesselstraining.com and clicking on the Feeder Tab, or email kkessel@hotmail.com.

Libertyville feeder

The Libertyville Junior Wildcats (Jcats) will be kicking off their basketball season in November. The Jcats program is the recognized feeder program for Libertyville High School.

The schedule for clinics and tryouts are as follows: Clinics: fifth and sixth graders are Saturday, Nov. 7 and for seventh and eighth graders on Sunday, Nov. 8.

Tryouts are Tuesday, Nov. 10 for seventh and eighth graders, Thursday, Nov. 12 for fifth and sixth graders and Sunday, Nov. 15 for fifth through eight graders.

All tryouts will be held at the LHS field house. A & B teams will be selected at each grade level. Jcats practices will start directly after the tryouts and the season will go through mid March. Each grade level will play approximately 35 games with 2 practices per week. The Jcat program is always looking for qualified coaches. Any ex LHS players or anyone interested in coaching should contact the Director, Scott Schwerman. For additional information go to the Jcat website: https://sites.google.com/site/libertyvillejcats/home

Kessel Heat Winter AAU

Winter tryouts for the Kessel Heat Winter AAU team will start Nov. 17 at the Libertyville Sports Complex. All practices and games will be run by the top coaches in the program. There will be no parent coaches.

To find out more information go to www.kesselstraining.com.

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