Grayslake North's Wilson off and running at Concordia
As a freshman, Concordia University-Chicago's Chelsee Wilson put together quite a season.
The former Grayslake North standout advanced to the NCAA Division III track and field nationals at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY.
The sprinter represented the Cougars in the 200-meter dash.
As a sophomore, Wilson appears to be picking up right where she left off.
She turned in one of the day's best performances in the 200-meter dash where her time of 26.67 seconds was good for fourth place out of 28 runners at Illinois Wesleyan University's Titan Open indoor meet.
She trailed only three Division I athletes.
Wilson finished ninth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 8.17 seconds, just seven-hundredths of a second off her school-record time from last year.
The Cougars finished sixth out of 12 teams present. For her efforts, Wilson was honored as one the school's athletes of the week.
Women's basketball
Concordia College-Chicago's Morgan Jahnke (Grant) finished with 15 points in the Cougars' 99-75 victory over Rockford University
Jahnke was selected to the Concordia Invitational all-tournament team for the second consecutive year. She put up 21 points against Concordia-Wisconsin and 12 points with 8 rebounds against Ann Arbor.
Women's swimming
Millikin sophomore Sabrina Cipolla (Libertyville) won the 50-yard freestyle (28.48) and the 100 freestyle (1:02.4) when the Big Blue defeated Knox College in a dual meet in Decatur.
Men's basketball
Augustana senior Brandon Motzel (Carmel) is the Vikings' only individual leader in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, averaging a league-best 2.82 offensive rebounds.
Motzel is shooting .654 from the field this year, a mark that if maintained, would break Shane Price's school record of .650 set in 1981-82.
Through 11 league contests, Augustana (22-1, 10-1) leads the CCIW in scoring offense (80.3 ppg), scoring defense (65.5 ppg), scoring margin (+14.5 ppg) and field goal percentage (.478).
Competitive dance
Here are 2016 all-conference competitive dance selections for the North Suburban Conference.
Antioch: junior Morgan Balleza, freshman Amelia Neumann, freshman Claire Reband; Grant: senior Lauren Becmer, senior Abby Fritsch, senior Taylor Skinner; Lake Forest: junior Elly Larson, sophomore Meredith Delaney, junior Tegan Morcott; Lake Zurich: senior Michaella Andersen, senior Abbie Theis, senior Isabel Young; Lakes: senior Samantha Richter, senior Olivia Muzones; Libertyville: senior Emily Yates, senior Kristen Luce, Mundelein: senior Kelly VanderPloeg, senior Erica Peterson, senior Kate Chuma; Stevenson: senior Kirsten Bosman, senior Elizabeth Spiegel; Vernon Hills: senior Josie Amidei, senior Kimberly Kamman; Warren: senior Allie Pawl, junior Rebecca Nachbin; Wauconda: senior Marielle Davidson, senior Karly Kledzik, junior Alexandra Hayden; Zion Benton: sophomore Adayah Paige, sophomore Denali Ford.
Men's track
Augustana sophomore Kyle Hucker (Wauconda) sprinted to a fifth-place finish in the 400 meters (:51.15) at the Olivet Nazarene Invitational in Bourbonnais. Vikings sophomore Evan Murphy (Buffalo Grove) placed fifth in the triple jump (44 feet, 1½ inches).
The Vikings scored 91 points to finish third in the meet.
Rugby road trip
Six local athletes have been named to the Rugby Illinois boys high school all-state team's (Tornados) groundbreaking tour to South Africa this July.
The list includes Luke Donovan (Fremd) of the Palatine Barbarians, Greg Janowick (Barrington) of the Barrington Broncos and Joe Fasolo (Hersey), Alex Gountanis (Prospect) and Matt Moroniak (Hersey) of the Arlington Stallions.
Current Davenport University squad captain Kevin Lydon (2012 Conant graduate) has been invited as an assistant coach.
The Tornados will play three matches against high school teams in the Capetown area and will train at the world famous Stellenbosch Rugby Academy. According to Tornados coach Lou Raymond, this will be a unique experience for these young athletes, “Culturally and athletically this will be the trip of a lifetime for these players,” he said. “They are going to a place that is unique in its culture as well as in their approach to our sport. There's no doubt that this will be the biggest challenge of their young athletic careers.”
According to the website Rugby Illinois, this is the first high school rugby team from the Midwest to travel to South Africa.
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