Batavia volleyball sweeps Knights; West Aurora golf sets new record
Batavia's girls volleyball team held off Kaneland 29-27, 25-16 Thursday night in Maple Park.
The first game started out tight as the Knights' attack gave the Bulldogs problems. But Batavia hung tough.
"It was a little ugly early on," said Bulldogs coach Lori Trippi-Payne. "But in the second game, our offense stated putting it together."
Indeed, Batavia jumped ahead early in Game 2 and though Kaneland scored some late points, it never mounted a serious threat.
Batavia (5-5, 3-1) was led by Kristin Hoffman's 17 assists, 5 digs and 4 aces. Melissa Norville added 6 digs, 2 blocks and 4 kills.
For the Knights (2-8, 1-3), Jessica Lubic had 11 assists, 4 kills and 3 digs. Brittany Nelson finished with 5 kills and 4 blocks.
-- Adam Bartolo
St. Charles North d. Bartlett 25-19, 25-16: The North Stars (8-3) remained undefeated in three conference matches with their win in Bartlett. Elin Smith finished with 7 assists, 3 kills, 3 aces and 3 digs. Rachel Huber added 7 kills and Annie Stoermer set 12 assists.
Boys soccer
Marmion 4, Downers Grove North 1: The Cadets (5-4-1) won another game in the Pepsi Showdown on the strength of three second-half goals. Ralph Palmeri scored twice and Armando Hermosillo and Pablo Del Toro added one each. Ryan Hunt made 4 saves in goal for Marmion.
Wheaton Academy 6, Oswego 0: Lucas Young and Andrew Knighten both scored twice for the Warriors (4-1-2) in the Pepsi Showdown. They play St. Charles North in the next round Saturday.
Boys golf
West Aurora 144, WW South 154:ŒFive days after setting a new school record for an 18-hole tournament, West Aurora established a new benchmark for a nine-hole dual-meet score.
Jeff Etter and Chad Becker fired a combined 69 with under-par rounds of 34 and 35, respectively, while Kurtis Luedtke and Kyle McCradic were at 37 and 38.
With its even-par 144-154 victory over Wheaton Warrenville South Thursday at Orchard Valley, the Blackhawks eclipsed the previous record of 148 set in 2003.
"They now have the 18-hole record and the nine-hole record," said West Aurora coach Jay Bauer. "It's all relative, but this is clearly the best team I've had in my 15 years."
-- Kevin McGavin
St. Charles East 161, Lake Park 176: Chris Niemiec shot 1-over 36 at Royal Fox in the Saints' (7-2, 5-1) win over the Lancers. Tyler Deetjen finished second overall with a 41.
Geneva 164, DeKalb 164: In the WSC dual meet, the Vikings got the win on a fifth score tiebreaker. Cole Oostuizen tied for medalist honors with a 2-over 38 at Kishwaukee.
Girls tennis
St. Charles North 7, Lake Park 0: The North Stars won all seven matches in straight sets. Second singles Megan Gow and second doubles Lauren Drawbridge and Carly Dutkiewicz shut out both their opponents.
Batavia 6, Yorkville 1: Alexa Schofield, Kim Sawyer and Kristen Sapyta all won singles matches for the Bulldogs (4-3, 2-0).
Kaneland 6, Marengo 1: The Knights improved to 5-3 in dual meets. Holly Hartmann won first singles 6-4, 6-0 and April Runde took second singles 6-1, 6-2.
Rosary 4, Marian 1: Keyly Knechtel and Angelina Goheen took first doubles for the Royals (6-6, 1-0), winning 12 of 13 games. Emily Reuland won first singles in straight sets.
Girls golf
St. Francis 164, Geneva 173, St. Charles North 199: Kayla Stodard of St. Francis led all golfers with a 3-over 38 at Mill Creek. Kristin Cagney shot 42 for Geneva and Molly Fremgen paced the North Stars with a 45.
St. Charles East 164, Waubonsie Valley 172:ŒThe Saints improved to 4-1 in the Upstate Eight with this win at St. Andrews. Jenny Niemiec led the team with a 37, followed by Rachael Edwards at 38.