Officials lend support to high school sports with clinic

The 12th annual Whistle for a Cause Volleyball Officials Clinic has produced another ace in its support of worthwhile causes.

This year's event will be held Saturday, March 14 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Vernon Hills High School.

Money collected will be used to purchase better volleyball equipment for six Chicago Public League schools. Previous clinics have raised thousands of dollars to support high school sports-related causes.

Last year's clinic raised $2,750 for three New Orleans high schools still trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

The clinic for Level 1 and Level 2 volleyball officials is certified by the IHSA and meets the clinic requirements. Officials must bring a whistle and there is no rules meeting but lunch will be provided.

There will also be floor demonstrations and a scrimmage by the Vernon Hills boys volleball team. All clinicians are members of ZONI (Zebras of Northern Illinois), a Chicago area high school volleyball officials association, and many have worked multiple state finals tournaments.

The clinic costs $20. For information contact ZONI president Tony Skrocki during the day at (847) 535-1015 or by e-mail at Tony.Skrocki@grainger.com.

Track and field

Michael Spain (Schaumburg) and John Lancaster (Palatine) helped the North Central College men's program win the College Conference of Illinois Wisconsin Indoor Championship Meet for the ninth time in the nine years it has been held.

Spain obliterated the 3,200-meter run meet record by more than 10 seconds in 8:25.84 and held off teammate Kyle Brady at the finish.

Spain and Lancaster finished second and third in the 5,000-meter run behind Brady. Spain ran 14:43.51 and Lancaster ran 14:46.46.

•Augustana's men took second in the CCIW meet as Max Petersen (Mundelein) was second in the 55-meter dash (6.53 seconds), Billy Wisser (Hersey) was fifth in the 5,000 (15:07.25) and Matt Fulton (Hersey) was seventh in the 800 (1:58.4).

Derek Hall (Grant) finished third in the 800 (1:55.96) for the Carthage men and Stephanie Moy (Maine West) was third in the women's pentathlon (2,892 points).

•Derek Kieninger (Hoffman Estates) of Concordia ran on the fifth-place 1,600 relay (3:46.63) and had an 85-second time drop to finish seventh in the 5,000 (17:05.06) in the Northern Athletics Conference Indoor Championships.

Chrissy Diers (Hersey) took fifth in the shot put (31 feet, 111/2 inches) and Amy Grieashamer (Leyden) was eighth in the 5,000 (22:39.89) for the Concordia women.

Basketball

The Rolling Meadows Athletic Booster Club will be having their 14th annual 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament on Sunday, April 5 at Rolling Meadows High School. All boys and girls from third grade through high school are welcome to participate and new this year is an adult division.

Entry fees are $100 for each team that registers prior to March 30 and $120 after that date. The registration deadline is April 1, 2009.

Registration forms can be found on the Rolling Meadows High School website under Athletics/Boosters (rmhs.d214.org/athletics/boosters). Space is limited to the first 150 teams and all proceeds go to the Mustang Athletic Booster Club and The Post Prom Committee.

For information call Tom Conlin at (847) 670-8933.

•Junior Kristin Paczosa (Buffalo Grove) led Cornell College to a win in its final game of the season over conference rival Central. Paczosa scored a career-high 21 points on 9-for-14 shooting from the field and had 12 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block and an assist.

The Rams were down 11 points at the break, but scored 55 in the second half behind Paczosa's 15 points and 10 rebounds. Paczosa claimed the conference rebounding title at 8.7 per game and her 209 for the season is fifth-best in Cornell history.

Also scoring in double digits for Cornell in the win was Charlotte Milas (Rolling Meadows), who had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. Charlotte led the conference in minutes played per game.

Baseball

Collin Salzenstein (Barrington) went 1-for-4 and drove in 2 runs as Illinois State won the first game of a double-header 5-3 at Murray State.

In the second game, Ryan Copeland (Elk Grove) was a hard-luck 1-0 loser on an unearned run. The junior left-hander went the distance.

Lacrosse

Junior Jaclyn Griffin (Barrington) of Bentley University in Massachusetts has been named to the Tewaaraton Trophy watch list. The trophy is regarded as the top lacrosse award in the United States and is given to the best male and female collegiate lacrosse player in the country.

Griffin led Bentley last season with a single-season record 50 goals and recorded the third-highest point total at 71. She was a first-team all Northeast-10 selection and also has a 3.65 grade point average with a major in marketing.

Swimming

Liz Stetson (Barrington), a sophomore at Villanova, placed 13th in the consolation finals of the 100 fly (56:02) and eighth in the championship finals of the 200 fly (2:02.72) at the Big East Swimming and Diving Championships. Stetson also swam a personal-best in the 500 free (5:04.53).

Bowling

Junior Kirsten Petersen (Palatine) of Carthage earned first team all-conference honors for the WCBC (Wisconsin Collegiate Bowling Conference). Carthage finished second to Wisconsin-Platteville.

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