Bartlett, Larkin notch Pepsi wins
Tony Paredes scored at close range off an assist from Charlie Sordini in the 32nd minute Thursday night and Bartlett's boys soccer team downed Marist 1-0 in the Pepsi Showdown.
Alex Busch made 6 saves in the net for the Hawks (4-0), including three in the game's first 20 minutes when Marist had its best chances to score.
The Hawks, now 2-0 in the tournament, will play Mount Carmel on Saturday in the final round of pool play.
Larkin 4, Metea Valley 3: Larkin scored a come-from-behind win in double overtime over Metea Valley in the Pepsi Showdown. Erik Rodriguez scored twice for the Royals and had an assist and Tony Hernandez had a goal and an assist. Josue Medina's goal in the second OT off an assist from Manny Aguilar won the game for Larkin (5-1-1), which got 6 saves in the net from Santiago Guerrero. Larkin will play Providence Saturday in the final round of pool play.
Oak Park-River Forest 2, Streamwood 0: In another Pepsi Showdown game, Jose Resendiz had 9 saves in goal for Streamwood (1-10), which plays Glenbrook South Saturday.
Westminster Christian 4, Rockford Christian 0: Josh Beachler scored twice, once on an assist from Steven Hoeflich, and Josh Sanders and Luke Carani each added goals as the Warriors (5-2, 1-1) won in the Northeastern Athletic Confernce. Beachler added an assist and Hoflich also assisted Carani's goal. Arturo Gallego made 11 saves in goal to register the shutout.
Burlington Central 7, Byron 0: Christopher Gousios had 2 goals and 2 assists to lead the Rockets (6-1-0) to a Big Northern crossover shutout win. Paolo Sespene, Erick Uribe, Grant Stoneman, Alexis Camarena and Jimmy Painter each scored for BC, while Uribe, Bryce Warner, Kyle Reopelle and Omar Awad each added assists. Michael Parker made 1 save in goal.
CL South 4, Huntley 0: Alex Tapia, Mike Hernandez, Devon Ross and Charlie Oliver scored goals to lead the Gators (5-1-1, 4-0) to a Fox Valley (Valley) win. Trevor Bittenbender had 2 assists for the Gators with Herhandez, Oliver and Matt Biederwolf adding one each. David Walsh made 4 saves in goal for CLS and Kevin Montelongo had 3 saves for the Red Raiders (2-5-1, 1-2).
Hampshire 4, Marengo 2: Ismael Morales, Francisco Solis and Tyler Kelly each had goals for the Whip-Purs (3-4-1, 1-1) in this Big Northern East win. Solis also had an assist and Marcus Quick made 10 saves in goal for Hampshire.
Cary-Grove 3, McHenry 2: Evan Baker had a goal and an assist and Jacob Cunningham added a goal as Cary-Grove (2-2-1, 2-2) prevailed in the Fox Valley (Valley). John Guay also scored for the Trojans and Justin Lowe had an assist Tom Breen made 4 saves in goal for C-G.
Guerin 3, St. Edward 1: Logan Johnson scored St. Edward's only goal off an assist from Austin Davis in this Suburban Christian Gold loss. Nathan Petak nmade 7 saves in the net for the Green Wave (1-6, 0-2).