Lake County Senior Shootout set to tip off Friday
The second annual Lake County Senior Shootout is just three days away.
Coordinator Fred Fleming has announced a few roster changes for Friday’s showcase games to be held at the College of Lake County in Grayslake.
“Due to some players who have commitments with football and baseball which they can’t change, we’ve added a few new players to the game,” Fleming said. “The players we’ve added were already voted as alternates and now we are excited to have them participate in this years contest,”
Also, North Chicago boys basketball coach Gerald Coleman has been added to coach the boys East Team.
“We are really excited to have coach Coleman coach the East team,” Fleming said. “He is one of the best coaches in the county and after a very successful season in taking the Warhawks to state (Class 3A Final Four), we are more than honored to have him.”
Zion-Benton assistant coach Bob Worthington will direct the West squad.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is $5. For questions or more information, please call 773-359-1631.
“We want to see everyone in Lake County to come out and support this great event,” Fleming said. “I think all of our seniors deserve a nice send off from our community.”
The girls game will begin at 6:30 p.m.. The boys are scheduled to tip off at 8:30 p.m.
The East girls team roster includes Morgan Garrett, Helena Rodriguez and Juanita Robinson (Zion-Benton); Olivia Wilcox and Savannah Trees (Libertyville); Erin Quinn (Carmel), Kathleen Forrest (Deerfield); Tammy Ellis and Melanie Prudhomme (Wauconda); Briana Collier and Emily Feldman (Highland Park); and Chanae Brown and Krystal Pitss (Round Lake).
The West girls team includes Olivia Dunigan (Mundelein); Karlissa Skarb (Lake Zurich); Alex Scarbo and Rebekah Llorens (Grayslake Central); Donnie Taggart (Grant); Michelle O’Brien and Anna Morrissey (Stevenson); Lauren Tiffany and Andi Potkonjak (Antioch); and Abby Kirchoff Shelby Whigham (Barrington).
Tanya Johnson (Zion-Benton) will coach the East girls, while Steve Ikenn (Grayslake Central) directs the West.
The roster for the East boys team includes Jack Carney (Deerfield); Aaron Johnson and Denochio Pierce (Waukegan); Maurice Gordon, Daryle Pearson and Jaylen Linson (North Chicago); Ryan Sawvell and Leavon Head (Mundelein); Nick Lange (Round Lake); Drake Orser (Lake Zurich); Jonny Stempel (Highland Park); and, Ryan Barth (Libertyville).
The West boys team includes Brandon Ferguson, Jeremiah Jackson, Tanner Erbach and Kendall Harris (Warren); Owen Worthington and Dondre Osborne (Zion-Benton); Dylann Ennis and Alex Schwartz (Lake Forest); Ryan Chapman (Stevenson); Tyler Gick (Wauconda); CJ Stempick (Grayslake Central); Tim Hendricks (Carmel); and Teddy Ludwick (Grayslake North).
Men’s baseball
Augustana freshman first baseman Pat Wilson (Stevenson) is batting cleanup for the Vikings and hitting .396 with a team-high 40 hits, 5 RBI and 23 RBI.
Fund-raising events
The Stevenson and Lake Forest softball programs are joining forces for their second annual “Play for a Cure” game to be played Wednesday at Lake Forest.
The teams are raising money for breast cancer research, with all proceeds going to The Chicagoland Affilliate Susan G. Komen For The Cure.
The pregame ceremony will be held on the varsity field beginning at 4:15 p.m., with all three levels of softball competing on their respective fields beginning at 4:45 p.m. at the Lake Forest west campus (Route 60 and Route 43 in Lake Forest).
Ÿ Warren’s softball program will host a “Knock Cancer Out of the Park” on Saturday against Palatine.
Freshman will play at 9 a.m., junior varsity at 11 a.m. and varsity at 1 p.m.
All games will be played at the Almond Campus. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for children under 12.
Raffles, relay races, bake sale items, T-shirts and concessions will be sold. All proceeds will be donated to the American Cancer Society.
Women’s softball
Freshman shortstop Rebekah Ozga (Stevenson) was named Cornell’s Female Athlete of the Week.
She batted .643 (9-for-14) with 6 runs, 5 RBIs and 3 doubles in four games.
Ozga was a key in helping the Rams sweep St. Ambrose 13-0 and 8-4.
Women’s tennis
For the sixth consecutive season, Saint Mary’s (South Bend, Ind.) will win at least 10 matches after defeating Alma 7-2. The Belles won all six singles matches as each member of the team won in straight sets.
Saint Mary’s Mary Therese Lee (Libertyville) surrendered only four games in her No. 6 singles win by scores of 6-1, 6-3.
Sibling success
Senior Ryan Sullivan, an all-state setter who graduated from Mundelein High School in 2007, has been starting setter for Indiana University men’s Division I club team for the past four years. He recently received first team all-tournament honors at the 2011 NCVF National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships in Houston.
Sullivan has led the Hoosiers to much success this season with several championships, including the Hoosier-Illini Invitational in Bloomington, Ind., and the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association 2011 Championships held at Ohio State University in March.
The Hoosiers were ranked second in the country leading into the MIVA Championships and NCVF Championships, respectively. In Houston, the Hoosiers were defeated in the semifinals by Oshkosh, 19-25, 25-22, 14-16. Oshkosh eventually defeated Notre Dame in the finals. IU finished tied for third with Illinois State.
Kelsey Sullivan, Ryan’s younger sister and a 2010 graduate of Mundelein High School, is the starting setter for the Indiana women’s Division I club volleyball team.
The Lady Hoosiers were ranked 17th in the country going into the 2011 NCVF National Collegiate Club Volleyball Championships in Houston, and finished 17th at Nationals. Indiana also placed first at the Michigan State Invitational in Grand Rapids in November.
Kelsey and Ryan plan to continue their success with Indiana Division I Club Volleyball next season.
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