Hiegel's goal lifts Mundelein to first victory
Mundelein's girls soccer team notched its first win of 2009 Friday night.
Kelsey Hiegel scored off an assist from Ashley Begrowicz, as the Mustangs blanked visiting Crystal Lake Central 1-0 in a nonconference match.
Keeper Nikki Allen made 1 save in recording the shutout for Mundelein (1-0-1).
The Mustangs had opened their season on Wednesday with a 2-2 tie against Rolling Meadows.
O'Rourke jams: Grayslake Central's boys basketball team's season may have ended last week with a loss to North Chicago in the sectional finals, but Rams senior Kevin O'Rourke was back on the court wearing his uniform Friday.
The 6-foot-3 O'Rourke competed downstate in the IHSA's slam dunk competition and placed fifth out of 31 Class 3A contestants in Peoria.
Vernon Hills sophomore DaVaris Daniels and North Chicago senior Joshua Wright also competed in the 3A slam dunk contest, while Waukegan junior Jereme Richmond participated in the 4A competition.
Three-Point Showdown participants included Vernon Hills seniors Riaz Hoveydai and Brian Smith (3A) and Zion-Benton senior Ronald Steward (4A).
Round Lake HOF: Round Lake High School recently announced its second hall of fame class. The Class of 2009 inductees are:
ATHLETES:
Mark Ballwanz (1981, football)
Don Kellogg (1981, football)
Mickey McCarty (1969, basketball)
Gary Bell (1967, baseball)
Joy King (1993, basketball)
Johan Arvling (1989, tennis)
Judy Dohr (1981, tennis)
Nicky Duax (1990, tennis)
Pat Flynn (1982, wrestling)
Tina Meyer (1996, softball)
Tom Evers (1987, golf)
COACHES:
Bob Curran (wrestling, soccer, track, cross country)
Mike Dunn (football)
ADMINISTRATOR
Jim Prault
Jim Prorok (student, coach, dean, athletic director)
TEAMS:
1962 boys basketball
1964 baseball
1970 and 1971 R-Lettes
Fast CATS: CATS Aquatics had several swimmers qualify for the NCSA Jr. National Spring Championships held this week in Orlando, Fla. The swimmers are Libertyville's Whitney Mitchell (100 freestyle, 200 and 400 individual medleys); Veron Hills' Melanie Rowland (100 freestyle, 100 and 200 butterflies, 100 and 200 backstrokes, 200 IM); Libertyville's John Blankenhorn (50, 100 and 200 freestyle); Libertyville's Ben Glick (100 and 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly); Grayslake's Sean Mayfield (100 butterfly); and Libertyville's Steve Wimmer (50, 100, 200 and 500 freestyle, 50 and 100 butterflies).
The boys also qualified their 200 and 400 medley relays, and their 200, 400, and 800 freestyle relays. Kevin Lenz of Vernon Hills also represented CATS on the relays along with Blankenhorn, Glick, Mayfield and Wimmer.
Future mat stars: The roster for the Illinois Top Dawgs wrestling team is nearly complete and includes some local products.
The all-star team represents the Illinois Elementary School Association.
Top Dawgs include Tyler Lindvall of Lake Zurich and J.J. Nawrot of Deerfield.
The team competes at the National Middle School Duals in Danville on March 28-29 and will face other all-star teams from Illinois, Texas, Oregon, Wyoming, Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Nebraska. The Illinois Top Dawgs have competed in the Duals for eight years and took home a medal in 2008.
"This year, we have more state champs on the team than any year", said Phil Esposito, head coach at Eisenhower Junior High in Darien and volunteer coach for the Top Dawgs since 2004.
Lindvall, the current elementary school champion at 167 pounds, is only the second wrestler from Lake Zurich ever chosen to the team. The other is Lake Zurich High School senior John Brewer, who was a 185-pound champion. Brewer participated in 2004, when the team also medaled.
The Top Dawgs was organized as an Illinois not-for-profit corporation in 2007, giving middle school wrestlers a unique opportunity to improve their skills and broaden their awareness. The IESA state wrestling final, which was this year March 12-13 in DeKalb, is normally the qualifying tournament. The team is 100 percent funded by corporate or private donations.