BC travels to Iowa, wins tournament
The Burlington Central girls volleyball team got the opportunity to play Iowa's No. 1 ranked team Saturday and the Rockets had double success with it.
Playing in the Bettendorf, Iowa Invitational, the Rockets stunned previously undefeated and top-ranked Ankeny to begin pool play 21-17, 21-18 before coming back to beat Ankeny 25-18, 25-22 in the title match. In between, BC downed Iowa City 21-15, 19-21 and North Scott 21-17, 21-15 to conclude pool play before stopping West Des Moines Valley 25-17, 25-15 in the semifinals.
"It was a really good day for us," said BC coach Marv Leavitt, whose team is now 24-3 on the season. "Our defense was really strong in the championship game with 49 digs. We've been working hard on our defensive game and it was really good today."
Senior libero Brooke Porto led the defensive effort with 17 digs and by going 41-for-42 on serve receive. Stephanie Holthus had 26 digs and was 51 of 52 on serve receive in addition to pounding 38 kills.
Molly Turk had 112 assists, 17 kills, 22 digs and 11 blocks for the Rockets while Teresa Krog had 39 kills, 10 blocks, 6 aces and 31 points. Kim Ingraham had 22 kills and 12 blocks for the Rockets and Rachael Latham added 19 kills and 26 points.
Boys cross country
Sterling Invite: Neuqua Valley ran away with the team title with 39 points, beating out Conant's 108. Kevin Huml led Kaneland, finishing 81st.
Girls cross country
Sterling Invite: Kaneland finished 15th out of 26 teams. Andi Strang finished 30th with a time of 19:42. Iowa City won the team title with 68 points. Loyola Academy had 81 and Pleasant Valley (Iowa) came in third.
Football
Mooseheart 19, North Shore Country Day 0:ŒMaybe there really is something special about Mooseheart Homecoming.
By the time the football team took the field at 2 p.m., there had already been a pipe organ concert on campus, and Moose members from all over the country met to celebrate the place that is the focal point for the men and women of the Moose fraternity.
But the focal point of Homecoming is always the football game -- and for the third straight year, the victory bell rang at the end of the contest -- thanks to a convincing 19-0 win over North Shore Country Day.
"It's great," Mooseheart senior Floyd Mays said. "Once you score, the crowd gets into it. This was a great atmosphere for us. And the Moose members came out and supported us and that was great."
The win snaps comes after back-to-back losses and puts the Ramblers (4-3) playoff run back on track. Mooseheart visits Wayland Academy in Beaver Dam, Wis. next week.
"We're going to do what we can next week," Mooseheart coach Gary Urwiler said. "Right now we're going to savor this one and then come back on Monday."
--Darryl Mellema
Men's soccer
Aurora 4, Maranatha Baptist 1: Chase Corricelli scored his 35th collegiate goal, placing him third on the all time AU scoring list. The Spartans are now 7-2-2 overall.
Women's soccer
Waubonsee 7, South Suburban 2: Finda Fallah scored four goals and Sara Merker scored twice as the Chiefs (3-6-2) picked up a road win. Ashley Meyer made 12 saves in goal.
Aurora 4, Maranatha Baptist 1: Allison Bailey and Jessica Novickas both scored twice for the Spartans (9-2-1).
Women's golf
NAC Meet: Aurora won its second consecutive Northern Athletics Championship at Mequon Country Club. The Spartans posted scores of 394 on both days of the event for a total of 788, beating out second place Concordia (Wis.) by 54 strokes.
Aurora's Kristen Richardson took medalist honors with a score of 173. She was named both NAC Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year. Aurora's Chad Johansen was named NAC Coach of the Year.