Warren’s Jones just keeps moving right along
Augustana’s Sarahbeth Jones is picking up right where she left off in cross country last fall.
The former Warren standout was named the athlete of the week for women’s track and field in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.
Jones was honored after her performance at the Midwest Championships in Monmouth, Ill.
She won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 10:16.73, which is just over one second off the school record of 10:15.27 set by former Vikings All-American Susan Paige in 1998.
Jones began the 2012 indoor season by winning the mile at the Sol Butler Invitational in Dubuque, Iowa with a time of 5:15.38.
Just a few months ago, Jones earned cross country all-region honors in the NCAA Division III Midwest Regional and placed fifth in the CCIW meet.
She was named Augustana’s MVP and has been a two-time place winner in the 800 at the CCIW championship meet during the first two years at Augustana.
This fall she won runner of the week honors from the CCIW and was also honored by the league as a recipient of the Jack Swartz Award for her combination of athletic prowess and academic excellence.
Men’s hockey
Louie Educate (Libertyville) is lighting up the scoreboard for Nichols College in Dudley, Mass.
He is topping Division III in goals per game (1.00) and leading all rookies with 1.53 points per game.
The forward leads the team with 17 goals and 26 points.
In conference play, he shares the lead with 1.33 goals per game and is third overall with 2.17 points per game while besting all freshmen in the category.
He was named an ECAC Northeast Co-Rookie of the Week.
Educate led the Bison with 4 goals this week and added an assist.
In an 11-3 triumph at Suffolk, the forward found the back of the net twice and assisted on a third goal. On Saturday, in a 5-3 win at home against Johnson & Wales, the rookie potted a pair of goals including the game-winner.
The forward shares the top spot among all players in goals per game (1.00).
Men’s basketball
Augustana junior Brandon Kunz (Lake Zurich) came off the bench and scored a game-high 13 points in a 98-28 victory over Millikin.
The 6-foot-7 Kunz is averaging 6.7 points and is second on the team with an average of 5.6 rebounds. He’s the team’s leading shot-blocker with a dozen and is shooting .549 from the field.
Augustana (15-4, 5-3) set school and College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin records for the largest winning margin against Millikin.
Pro baseball
Former Carmel baseball player Cory Domel will begin his first season as pitching coach for the Amarillo Sox. It’s his fifth season of coaching in independent professional baseball.
The previous four seasons he coached in the Frontier League, most recently in the 2011 season with the Windy City Thunderbolts. Under his guidance he has seen five pitchers and three catchers signed by MLB organizations.
Domel also was named pitching coach for the Frontier League All-Star Game in 2010 and 2011.
Domel, a native of Lake Villa, began his coaching career in 2002 as pitching coach at College of Lake County.
He took over as head coach in 2005, guiding his club to a 30-20 record and a sectional championship. During the summers of 2004 and 2005 he served as the pitching coach for the Vermont Mountaineers of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
In 2006, Domel moved on as pitching coach/recruiting coordinator at the University of Maine, where the team captured a conference championship and NCAA regional berth.
In the summer of 2007 he was the bench coach for the Anchorage Glacier Pilots in the prestigious Alaska Baseball League.
Women’s gymnastics
Northern Illinois’ Kim Gotlund (Warren) led the Huskies on floor exercise with a 9.750 score in a dual meet loss against visiting New Hampshire.
Gotlund also had the Huskies’ best vault with a 9.675.
Kessel Heat TryoutsThe Kessel Heat basketball club offers more than 25 years of coaching experience with intense skills and ballhandling classes.
There are teams for all levels to compete in tournaments suited for each teams skill level.
Practice locations for Kessel teams are offered at KITS in Lake Zurich, Falcons Crest in Palatine and the Libertyville Sports Complex. For more details and the list of extensive tryout dates,
visit www.kesselstraining.com. or contact Kyle Kessel directly at (847) 406-7989.
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