Boys water polo: Palatine edges Elk Grove in OT

Senior Jerome Gabriel's 4 goals helped Palatine's boys water polo team edge Elk Grove 14-11 in overtime on Wednesday in a Mid-Suburban League crossover matchup after the Grens had used a big second half to force the extra time.

Sean O'Brien and Sam Adame both added 3 goals for the Pirates (3-8), and Glenn Ingebritson had 2.

Zach Gray and Christian Synder had 1 goal apiece for the winners, who received 13 blocks from sophomore goalie Nathan Allen.

Palatine led 9-3 at the half before Elk Grove rallied with a 3-0 scoring edge in the third quarter, followed by a 5-2 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Senior Nick Rosenorn, who paced the Grenadiers with 5 goals, scored on a shallow-end lob with just over a second left to force overtime. He also finished with a team-best 3 assists.

Senior Amar Patel contributed 3 goals for Elk Grove (4-10).

O'Brien scored twice and Adame once for the Pirates in the extra sessions.

Buffalo Grove 12, Schaumburg 5: Kevin Carr and Daniel Korol both came up with 4 goals to help the East Division-leading Bison prevail in their MSL crossover with the Saxons.

Matt Soltau came up with all 5 of the scores for Schaumburg (5-7).

Buffalo Grove improved to 12-1 overall and stands at 5-0 at the halfway point of the MSL East slate.

Conant 12, Rolling Meadows 4: The Cougars improved to 6-3 overall with a victory against the host Mustangs.

Hersey 22, Hoffman Estates 5: Misha Nikiforav got the host Huskies started with 4 first-period goals, and teammate Nick Koutris also had 4 goals to help Hersey improve to 9-2 overall.

Senior Greg Baranov scored twice in the fourth quarter for Hoffman Estates.