Wrap-up: CL South handles Dundee-Crown

Crystal Lake South's boys soccer team started its Senior Night off exactly how it wanted to.

The Gators also ended the senior class' final home game perfectly picking up the 3-0 victory over Dundee-Crown in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division action.

The biggest play of the night, however, may have come from Crystal Lake South junior goalkeeper Zach Dalzell.

Dalzell's save at the beginning of the second half helped prevent the Chargers (9-7-2, 4-4) from tying the game at 1-all and may have eventually prevented Dundee-Crown from scoring at all.

Chargers' senior Kurt Scheffranhn had a wide-open look at the net. Scheffranhn looked like he was going to tie the game, but Dalzell (5 saves) nabbed a spectacular save to keep South ahead.

"The defense has been really strong," said Dalzell, who picked up his 10th shutout of the season. "We could have let the game get away. We tried to take (Dundee-Crown forward Christian) Meza away and let the rest of the team beat us."

South (12-7-1, 5-3), which went against the wind in the first half, picked up an early goal when Bryan Walsh dribbled past the Chargers' defense forcing goalie Mike Zozokos (6 saves) to come out and challenge him.

Walsh quickly passed the ball to senior Jim Carlson, who found the back of the open net. Carlson's goal, which cut past a strong wind, gave South more than just a 1-0 lead.

"We knew when we got the first goal, we'd have the momentum," Gators' coach Brian Allen said. "That was very critical. I thought we dominated the tempo. We played very smart soccer. Once we got the first goal our confidence grew."

Adding to the Gators' confidence was the pair of goals it put up in the second half.

Walsh (unassisted) made it 2-0 when he grabbed a free kick after it was bounced around the Chargers' defense with 24:44 left in the game.

Kevin Novak added a header off of Ryan Knutson's corner kick for good measure with 13 minutes, 35 seconds remaining to put South ahead by its final margin.

"We didn't show up to play," Dundee-Crown coach Rey Vargas said. "We showed up here to show up here."

The Chargers did have some opportunities to put a score on the board, but could never capitalize.

Aside from Schenffrahn's attempt, Wyatt Vucic had a golden opportunity with 18:36 left to play, but his shot hit the crossbar preventing a goal. With 26:44 left in the game, Dundee-Crown had yet another chance to score when Chayanne Martinez's bounced off of the right goal post.

Boys soccer

Cary-Grove 1, McHenry 0: Cary-Grove downed McHenry on PKs after two scoreless overtimes in a Fox Valley (Valley) matchup. After a tough 5-0 loss to McHenry in Round 1 action of Valley Division play back on September 13, Cary-Grove (14-2, 6-2) battled its way to this victory.

Scoreless after regulation, and after double-overtime the Trojans out-shot McHenry 5 goals to 3 for the win. Goals came from John Oberlies, Calvin Brown, Andy Roberts, Taylor Clarke and Phil Hansen.

"After getting beat 5-0 the first time around, we couldn't have played a better game defensively," said C-G coach Mark Olson. "Everybody played a part, and you've got to give them all the credit in the world."

Keenan Walsh had his work cut out for him keeping things scoreless with 8 saves including a few in overtime and double overtime. Perhaps his biggest save of the night came when he blocked McHenry's first penalty kick.

The win put Cary-Grove right back into the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division race for the championship title as both C-G and McHenry (14-3-2, 6-2) have two losses with two conference games remaining.

Streamwood 3, Waubonsie Valley 0: With two goals from Roma Patino, Streamwood (9-10-1, 3-3) earned this 3-0 Upstate Eight Conference shutout over Waubonsie Valley. Brian Magana also scored for the Sabres while Alex Perez (4 saves) recorded his second shutout in as many games.

Prairie Ridge 3, Huntley 1: Trailing 1-0 at the half, Prairie Ridge (8-9-1, 5-3) battled back to defeat Huntley (9-8, 5-3) in this Fox Valley Conference Fox Division match-up.

All of Prairie Ridge's second-half scoring came in the final 21 minutes of play beginning with a header from Jason Bhatta from a corner kick assisted by Alex Sauciuc. Andrew Shadel later put the Wolves on top scoring on a rebounded save. Zach Piekarski added the insurance goal on a cross from Bhatta to seal the victory.

Dan Hagan scored the lone Red Raider goal assisted by Niko Carbonara. In goal, Kevin Montelongo recorded 5 saves. A.J. Sturm defended the Wolves' net blocking one shot on goal.

Northridge Prep 6, Elgin Academy 0: Brandon Cork was in goal for Elgin Academy (1-12-1, 0-6) as they dropped this Independent School League contest. Cork tallied 14 saves for the Hilltoppers.

Woodstock 3, Jacobs 0: Unable to generate any offense, Jacobs (5-14, 0-8) dropped this Fox Valley Conference Valley Division match against Woodstock. Danny Trevor recorded 6 saves in goal for the Golden Eagles.

Bartlett 3, Elgin 0: Despite solid goalkeeper efforts from Nikil Satish (6 saves) and Osiel Ravadan (3 saves), Elgin (9-7, 3-4) dropped this Upstate Eight Conference contest to Bartlett. Bartlett did not report any additional information on the game.

Westminster Christian 2, Chicago Christian 1: Westminster Christian (8-7-3, 2-2-1) opened up play in the Private School League Tournament with this 2-1 win over Chicago Christian in penalty kicks.

Tyler Beachler scored the lone Warrior goal of regulation assisted by Steven Hoeflich. Westminster went on to outshoot Chicago Christian in PK's with knocks from Beachler, Hoeflich, Dan Graves, Ethan Flickinger and Solomon Post.

Flickinger also defended the net for the Warriors collecting 7 saves.

Marian Central 6, St. Edward 0: Will Lytle tallied 11 saves in goal for St. Edward (3-14, 2-2) as they dropped this Suburban Catholic Conference contest.

Women's volleyball

St. Francis d. Judson: Judson fell in the CCAC matchup against St. Francis in three games 30-24, 30-24, 30-23. Freshman Jessie Fortner led Judson with 9 kills while teammate Carly Campioni tallied 22 assists. Debra Leganski also was able to add 12 digs.

Men's soccer

Judson 1, Trinity Christian 1: The Judson men's soccer team tied CCAC rival Trinity Christian. Trinity was able to score in the first half as the Eagles (8-3-2, 4-0-1) trailed until the second half when junior Leonardo Silva tied it at 1-1 on a breakaway from teammates Steve Moldenhauer and Gustavo Oliveira.

ECC 2, Kennedy King 0: With goals from Armando Estrada and Jose Carlos Moreno, Elgin Community College (2-7-1) earned this nonconference win. Joe Ruffolo recorded 3 saves in goal for the Spartan shutout.