Huntley gets back at D-C; Rockets gain their 1st win

Dundee-Crown handed Huntley one of its 3 losses last season. When the teams met again in Carpentersville, the Red Raiders were determined to get that game back. They wasted little time, scoring 3 times in the first 20 minutes and holding on for a 5-2 girls soccer victory.

Corinne Wronski scored 2 goals, and Taylor Henning, Aimee Wronski and Kristina Barreto also scored for Huntley (5-0), while Kaylee O'Brien had a pair of assists.

Katie Dunning and Licia Keyes scored for the Chargers (0-1-1).

"We lost 3 games (last year) and one was to D-C, and it was big for the girls to get that game back," said Huntley coach Kris Grabner. "I think they came out with those nerves, but settled in toward the end."

First-year D-C coach Sebastian Falinski doesn't know what happened last year and doesn't much care.

"We're just going to focus on us and what we need to do to get better," he said.

"From what I've heard, Huntley has shut out every team so far and we were able to get 2 on them, so that shows some potential."

Barreto's dominant play in the midfield was one of the keys for Huntley.

"That was one of the biggest turning points, the way she played in the second half," said Grabner.

Goals by Henning, Corinne Wronski and Aimee Wronski gave Huntley an early 3-0 lead. Aimee Wronski's goal came on a breakaway set up by Samantha Zobott.

The Chargers got one back on Dunning's free kick. She curled the ball around the defensive wall and into the net.

"That was one of the best dead ball shots I've seen since I've been coaching," said Grabner.

Barreto and Corinne Wronski scored early in the second half to give the Red Raiders a commanding lead. Barreto scored on a shot on the ground from about 10 yards out into the far left side of the net. Six minutes later, Wronski scored after a long run, firing a hard shot in the air and into almost the same spot in the net as Barreto.

But the Chargers didn't give up. Less than a minute after Wronski's goal made it 5-1, the Chargers struck again when Keyes tapped in the rebound of a free kick by Clare Mazurkiewicz.

Girls soccer

Burlington Central 5, Winnebago 1: Behind a dominant offense, Burlington Central (1-5) picked up this nonconference win for its first victory of 2008. Lili Castillo sparked the offense with two goals and an assist.

Adding goals in the Rocket attack were Karly Kuranda, Brianna Conran and Michelle Fowler. Jessica Salivar, Kuranda, Conran and Erica Heissler each added assists.

In goal, Kim DeRaedt recorded 2 saves allowing just one to get past her.

IMSA 5, Westminster Christian 0: Unable to generate any offense, Westminster Christian (0-1) dropped this nonconference season opener to IMSA. Brittnie Feitlich kept busy in goal for the Warriors knocking down 16 shots on goal.

Bartlett 10, East Aurora 1: The Hawks (2-0-1,1-0) opened the Upstate Eight Conference with a victory over East Aurora. Sam Barone led Bartlett with 3 goals while Luisa Desario and teammate Katie Koster (1 assist) each posted a pair of goals. Michelle Glaser, Trish Donion and Fran Abate (2 assists) all scored a goal each to help lead the Hawks to victory. Erin Zaideman was in goal with 1 save.

Cary-Grove 5, Grayslake Central 0: With 2 saves, Alex Holland and the Cary-Grove defense recorded this Fox Valley Conference crossover shutout facing Grayslake Central. Kelsey Passaglia recorded the hat trick to lead the Trojan offense with assists from Sally Tashjian, Rachel Neudahl and Allie Simon.

Tashjian and Alyssa Jacobucci each added single goals with dishes from A.J. Wilhelm and Brittany Kroening respectively.

Lyons 2, Larkin 0: Getting peppered by shots, Anna Goodlove racked up 22 saves defending the net for Larkin (1-2-1) in this nonconference loss at the Pepsi Showdown.

"Despite the loss, this was the best game we've played all year," said Larkin coach Ken Hall. "Anna did a very good job in goal."

Baseball

Lisle 4, St. Edward 2: Despite combined solid outings on the mound from Jordan Torres (3 IP, 3 strikeouts, 2 hits, no earned runs) and Jim Freczek (4 IP, 2 hits, no earned runs), St. Edward (0-1) opened the season with this nonconference loss.

The Green Wave rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh to cut the lead to two, but couldn't pull ahead.

Cary-Grove 2, Conant 1: Cary-Grove (5-0) remains flawless on the season after this 2-1 nonconference win over Conant. Pitcher Ben Mottashed improved to 2-0 behind a 1-hit performance striking out six batters and walking just two.

Boys volleyball

South Elgin d. Larkin: Taking the best of three (21-25, 25-19, 25-23), South Elgin (3-4, 1-1) earned this Upstate Eight Conference victory in come-from-behind fashion.

Kevin Mui (10 kills, 2 digs), Andrew Gleason (10 kills, 5 digs), Doug Sawyer (4 kills, 11 digs), Akash Patel (13 digs) and Robbie Vasquez (9 blocks) led the way for the Storm.

Lake Park d. Elgin: Elgin dropped this Upstate Eight Conference meeting to Lake Park in two games by matching scores of 25-14, 25-14.

St. Edward d. IMSA: The Green Wave (1-2) picked up victory number one on the season against nonconference opponent IMSA. St. Edward was led by Will Lytle (10 kills, 6 blocks) and Tyler Vaughan (7 kills, 15 digs). Miguel Martinez collected 27 assists with 6 blocks to lead the Green Wave pass IMSA.

College baseball

Judson sweeps Indiana University-Northwest: A combination of 25 hits and 26 runs in two games gave Judson (5-13) the sweep over Indiana University-Northwest as the Eagles shut them out by scores of 9-0 and 17-0.

Trent Golz got the Game 1 start allowing 3 hits while striking out five, and Juan DeArmas earned the win striking out two and allowing five hits in the final four innings. Zach Scipione led the 13 hit barrage going 3-for-4 with an RBI. Brett Ehrlich (2-for-4, 3 RBI), Angel Cisneros (2 hits, RBI), Oscar DePablos (3b, RBI) and Scott Kainovic (2 hits, RBI) contributed.

In Game 2, the offense continued. With five multiple hitters, Scipione (2-for-2), Ehrlich (2-for-2), Kevin Fischer (2 hits), Golz (2 hits, 4 RBI) and Jacob Bostwick (2 hits) led the attack. Kainovic and Carlos Soto combined for the two-hit shutout.

The Eagles will host Cardinal Stritch in CCAC play on Saturday at noon.

College softball

ECC drops two at Triton Tournament: Elgin Community College fell to 0-3 on the season dropping two games in the Triton Tournament. The Spartans opened with a 2-0 loss to East Central followed by an 11-3 loss to McHenry County College.

Jessica Schue endured the Game 1 loss. At the dish, Megan McGovern (2-for-3) and Sarah Kane (RBI) were the bright spots offensively. In Game 2, Stephanie Esterino led plate efforts going 3-for-3 with a double, a home run and 2 runs scored. Casey Holtz was inside the circle for the loss.