Larkin notches another shutout
The Larkin boys soccer team picked up its second straight shutout in the Pepsi Showdown Saturday, blanking Chicago Kelly 1-0.
Raul Sandoval scored a first-half goal off a dish from Fernando Alvarez. Raziel Somarriba kept the Kelly offense at bay with 9 saves in goal for the Royals (7-2).
"Our defense was the hero today," said Larkin coach Ken Hall. "Defensively, it was a great effort. Kelly is a very good team."
Boys soccer
At Bartlett Tournament: Jacobs (3-7) opened the final day of play at the Bartlett Tournament with a 3-2 come-from-behind win over Wheeling. Greg Pignataro scored on a PK to get the Golden Eagles going and Mark Kyszka added goal No. 2 unassisted. Mike Wallace would score the game-winner assisted by Kyszka in the 78th minute of play. In goal for Jacobs, Danny Trevor recorded 7 saves.
"We played a very good team in Wheeling, and we played them tough," said Jacobs coach Jim Dzialo.
The Golden Eagles concluded play at Bartlett with a tough 5-0 loss to Carmel. Trevor returned to the net where he tallied 6 saves in a losing effort.
Crystal Lake South lost both its games Saturday at Bartlett, falling to Morton 2-1 and Wheeling 1-0. Kevin Novak scored the only goal of the day for the Gators (8-5-1) in the Morton game.
Sycamore 6, Huntley 1: Overpowered by the Sycamore offense, Huntley (4-6) dropped this nonconference contest. The lone Red Raider goal came on an own goal. Kevin Montelongo was in the net for Huntley collecting 6 saves.
Streamwood 5, Rolling Meadows 3: Streamwood improved to 7-6-1 on the season winning its fifth straight contest with this win over Rolling Meadows at the Pepsi Showdown. Alex Lopez opened up the Sabre scoring assisted by Alex Perez, and Lopez assisted goal No. 2 from Brian Magana. Perez found the back of the net next (Matt Rasinski assist), and later Alex Aranda added two more both on direct free kicks. Juan Ortiz recorded 6 saves in goal for the Streamwood win.
Prairie Ridge 2nd at Wolves Tournament: Prairie Ridge concluded play at its own tournament tied for first place, but finished second to Mundelein based on goal differential. Both teams finished tournament action 2-0-1.
The Wolves (3-8-1) opened the final day with a 1-1 tie against Mundelein. Brandon Pappas scored the lone goal for PR on a header which was assisted by Jason Bhatta. A.J. Sturm kept busy in goal collecting 14 saves to keep it even.
Next, Prairie Ridge faced DeKalb walking away with a 2-0 shutout. Zach Piekarski got the Wolves on the board assisted by Marcelo Jorge, and Alex Sauciuc added an insurance goal (Bhatta assist). Sturm returned to the net where he blocked 12 shots on goal to preserve the shutout.
"This was our fifth game this week and our bench did a great job for us in both games today," said coach David O'Leary. "Overall, it was a very good week for us. We need to build on the progress we made this week."
Keith Country Day 4, Westminster Christian 1: Trailing 3-0 at the half, Westminster Christian (3-5-3) dropped this nonconference match-up. Ethan Flickinger had double duty racking up 6 saves in goal before coming out to score the only Warrior goal. Ryan Beachler assisted Flickinger. Ian Dutcher (3 saves) replace Flickinger the net.
Boys golf
Huntley at Mundelein: Even though Huntley finished last in the 8-team Mundelein tournament at Steeple Chase, the Red Raiders did get a respectable 88 from Alex Zielinski. Brian Ackerman shot a 97 for Huntley while Tyler Lawrence had a 98 and Zach Pettit a 102. Mundelein won the event with a score of 300.
Cross country
Ryne Byrne Festival: The Prairie Ridge girls cross country team knew it was going to be tough to keep up with Woodstock at the Ryan Byrne Festival Emricson Park in Woodstock Saturday morning. Although the Wolves did all they could to keep up with the Blue Streaks, Woodstock still placed first in all seven flights.
Prairie Ridge didn't place lower than third in each flight and the effort did not go unnoticed by Wolves' coach Kelly MacDonald. The Wolves had second-place finishes from Alex Ovington, Amanda Marwitz, Julia Mangler, Genna Hempen, and Alysa Bichler.
"Our goal coming into today's races was to try and run with Woodstock," MacDonald said. "It was good to see where we are against them and although we didn't get past second place, I am pleased with the effort that our girls put forth. Our girls are really challenging themselves and its fun to see them learning how to race."
Overall as a team Prairie Ridge took first place with a total of 64 points. Woodstock took second with 82 points. West Aurora placed third with 122 points and rounding out the top four with 130 was Huntley.
Billy TenBusch helped the Wolves with a first-place finish in the first flight. He beat out Huntley's Todd Farbiak (16:22) with a time of 16:08. This was a new personal record for this course for TenBusch as he was able to bring his time down by a little more than a minute from last year.
"I was just trying to stick with Farbiak throughout most of the race," TenBusch said. "(Farbiak) has a great finishing kick so towards the end I came out a little quicker. He was pushing me throughout the whole race but I was able to hit my personal goal time so I am pretty pleased with that."
The Red Raiders' Alex Beruscha (17:20), Matt Soling (17:36), and Farbiak placed second in their flights. For the girls' varsity team the only runner to finish in the top three was Alyse Williams (20:30), who placed second in the second flight. Despite only having one runner place in the top three, coach Dana Burner was pleased overall with how the girls ran.
"For a lot of our girls it was the first time running in flights," Burner said. "So we spent most of the time making sure they were in the right place at the right time. I think overall we are right where we want to be at this point of the season. I have noticed our time splits at the mile markers are going down and that ultimately will work well for us come conference time."
Bartlett girls: With 279 points, Bartlett finished 13th among more than 20 teams competing in the Peoria Notre Dame Invitational.
Alyssa Schneider led the pack for the Hawks finishing 22nd overall with a time of 18:09.
Girls tennis
At Huntley Quad: Huntley finished 1-2 overall at its own quad tournament. The Red Raiders fell 3-2 to Marengo, followed by a 5-0 loss to Wauconda before defeating Round Lake 3-2.
No. 2 singles Heather Niemann finished the day with 2 wins, while Christina Simmons (No. 1 singles) tallied one victory. In doubles action, Huntley saw single victories from Holly Dryden/ Nikki Barrett (No. 1 doubles) as well as No. 3 doubles Jessica Kunz/Elise Sulana.
At Larkin Invitational: Invitational host Larkin won first place honors with 9 points etching out Elgin, which finished second overall with 7 points.
The Royals were led by No. 1 singles player Maya Delafuente, who finished second, as did No. 2 doubles Natta Senesombath/Allison Kelly and No. 2 singles Paula Rusenovich.
Elgin's Rebekah Hegel finished first at No. 1 singles, and at No. 1 doubles Dana Altieri/Rachel Hegel earned first place honors for the Maroons.
Streamwood took third with 5 points behind a solid showing from No. 2 singles player Jennifer Mellenthin. St. Edward finished fourth with 3 points and were led by Sarah Schultz and Sarah Michaels who took second place at No. 2 doubles.