Neighbor Sports
New players wanted: The Chicago North Men's Senior Baseball League is seeking new players for the upcoming 2008 season. The league is baseball using MLB rules. There are four age divisions: 25 and older, 35 and older, 45 and older, and 55 and older. The season runs from May to September with between 25 and 30 games, played at fields in Des Plaines, Northbrook and Bensenville.
The signup deadline is Feb. 28. A league-wide new player evaluation session will be held at 1 p.m. March 1. The cost per-player is approximately $300 for the season. For mroe information or to sign up, call Mike Bryskier at (773) 592-1575 or e-mail cnmsblppd@comcast. For more information, visit playbaseballagain.com.
Basketball
Area 2 results: Special Olympics Basketball teams competed in the Special Olympics Area 2 Tournament on Jan. 27. SRACLC's results were Black team, third; Gold team, third; and Red team, second.
Four individuals from SRACLC competed in the Special Olympics' Individual Skills Tournament. Their results were: Donna G., Gold Medal; Chris K., Gold Medal; Nathan H. , Silver Medal; and Eugene K., fourth place.
The SRACLC is a cooperative effort of local municipalities and park districts to provide recreation opportunities to individuals with disabilities and serve residents of the Grayslake Community Park District, Village of Hawthorn Woods, Village of Lake Zurich, Village of Libertyville, Village of Lincolnshire, Mundelein Park and Recreation District and Vernon Hills Park District.
SRACLC Tournament: Special Recreation Association of Central Lake County will be holding the Illinois Therapeutic Recreation Section Low B Basketball Tournament for individuals with disabilities from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 10 at the Libertyville Sports Complex, 1950 N. U.S. Highway 45, Libertyville.
Fifteen teams from the Chicagoland area will participate in the event. Volunteers are needed to referee games. For more information, call Heather Stark at (847) 816-4866.
Hockey
Tournament Champions: In spite of having only 12 skaters, the Stevenson Patriots Junior Varsity hockey team defeated the Evanston Wildkits 2-0 to capture the New Trier Holiday Hockey Tournament.
The game was scoreless for the first period, but early in the second period Max Mora fought off two forwards in the defensive zone and managed a pass to Justin One, who in turn passed to Gordon Ochi. Ochi shot low and just inside the right post for the goal that gave Stevenson the 1-0. Goalie Josh Schmaren made two saves to preserve the lead.
The score remained 1-0 entering the third period. With less than a minute to play, One scored after a pass from Myles Lobus, and Stevenson claimed the trophy with a 2-0 victory.
Wrestling
Tourney results: More than 700 wrestlers competed in the Cabin Fever Open Jan. 28 at Marengo High School. Lakeland Predators wrestlers who won championships were Lucas Schevikhoven, Moah Drabek, Nicholas Koch, Tyler Booth, Teddy Montemayor, Devin Monroy and Niall Schoenfelder.
Lakeland held its annual Predator Open Feb. 3 at Grant Community High that featured clubs from the entire Chicago area.