Acevado receives conference honors for red-hot Carthage

The change in scenery and state obviously agrees with Jason Acevado of Vernon Hills.

Carthage College (Kenosha, Wis.) first baseman Acevado, a transfer from Bradley in Peoria, was named the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Hitter of the Week.

Showing his skills for the five conference games, he hit .478 (11-for-23) with 3 doubles, 4 homers and 12 RBI.

It wasn't surprising.

Through 19 games, Acevado is batting .474 with 11 doubles, 4 triples, 7 home runs and 37 RBI.

Heading into action this week, Carthage (19-0, 9-0 in conference) was ranked second in the D3baseball.com national poll.

Carthage's 19 wins in a row represent the school's second-longest winning streak. Last year's team set the record by winning 20-straight games.

Going back to late-April 2007, Carthage has won 39 of its last 41 games.

• Pat Garvey (Grayslake Central) of Illinois Wesleyan was hitting .338 after 21 games.

Track and field

The real challenge of the decathlon is achieving the perfect balance of speed, strength and stamina through various types of training.

Junior Kevin Dwyer (Hersey) of Miami University (Ohio) obviously has found the correct training regimen to help achieve the best results.

Dwyer won the challenging decathlon at the Clemson (S.C.) Relays.

Dwyer's point total of 7,066 is the third highest in school history and meets the NCAA outdoor provisional mark to compete in the nationals.

R. J. McGinnis of Minnesota was second with 6,985 points. Athletes from Clemson, Georgia and Wisconsin rounded out the top five.

Dwyer took first in six of the 10 events in the decathlon and had his personal bests in the high jump (6-10 ½), pole vault (15-0), javelin (183-0), 100-meter dash (11.08) and 110-meter hurdles (14.98).

He was named Miami's Hawk of the Week.

• Sophomore Kris Gehrke (Wauconda) of Eastern Illinois University won the men's 400-meter hurdles in 54.06 at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue Classic.

• Cora Caulfield (Grant) of Northern Illinois University won both the shot put (44-0) and discus (148-3) in the Chicagoland Championships.

Catholic League

The 48th annual Chicago Catholic League Hall of Fame dinner and induction will be held Thursday, May 1 at Crystal Sky Banquets, 7941 W. 47th St., McCook.

The reception will be at 6 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. The induction ceremony follows the dinner.

The 2008 Hall of Famers are Brad Bomba (Mt. Carmel); Dick Caldarazzo (Fenwick); Bill Gleeson, Pete Mackanin and Pat Richardson (Brother Rice); Dave Hogan (Fenwick); Kevin King and Steve Mally (St. Laurence); Tom Kleinschmidt(Gordon Tech); Bob Smith(St. George); and Phil Svetich(St. Mel).

Jim Righeimer is the Man of the Year.

Tickets are $35 each, $350 for a table of 10. Checks can be made payable to the Chicago Catholic League Coaches Association and mailed to Jim Prunty, St. Ignatius College Prep, 1076 W. Roosevelt Road, Chicago 60608.

For more information, contact Prunty at (312) 432-8355.

Softball

Natalie Chase (Libertyville) of Illinois Wesleyan was hitting .364 after 19 games.

Karate

The Chicago Classic Karate Championships will be held on Sunday, April 20 at Harper College.

Students from local park district classes, as well as karate athletes from across the country will compete.

Competitors will be from ages 5 years through senior adults.

Doors open at 8:30 a.m. with black belt competition kicking off the tournament at 9 a.m. The event will run until approximately 7 p.m.

Wrestling

Dillon Pousson (Round Lake) placed third in the ASICS USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Championships at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He went 6-1 for the weekend, winning 5 matches by falls.

Cheerleading

Allison Holden (Lake Zurich) has been selected to be a cheerleader on the 2008-09 University of Iowa Spirit Squad. The squad consists of 12 women and 12 men along with the Iowa Dance Team and the Herky Mascots.

Bowling

Kathryn Saffold (Lake Zurich) of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater was named a recipient of the Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete award.

Golf

Tyler Wollberg (Mundelein) of Carthage tied for fifth in the Loras College Duhawk Invitational with rounds of 70-79. He has a team-leading 72.9 average.

Hockey

Schaefer Shaughnessy (Prospect) is a defenseman on the Chicago Mission Bantam Major 93 team that reached the finals of the USA Hockey National Tournament before losing to Detroit. The team plays out of Addison and 7 Bridges in Woodridge and compiled a 63-12-5 record in winning state, regionals and reaching the nationals.

• Johnny Griggs (Barrington), who was the No. 1-ranked goalie in the Central States Hockey League, helped lead his team to Boston for the Junior A national tournament. Over three games, he ranked fourth among the 17 goalies at the nationals despite playing with a broken rib. He gave up 1 goal in 50 minutes to the national champion New Hampshire Monarchs.

Volleyball

Oakton Community College's women's volleyball team was named Fall Academic Team of the Year by the NJCAA. The Raiders, who had a 28-16 overall record, boasted a 3.44 GPA, which was 15th best in the nation.

Wheeling camps

Wheeling High School's athletic department is again offering summer sports camps throughout June and July. Various camps are open to athletes as young as third grade.

Anyone interested should stop by Wheeling for a brochure or call (847) 718-7020.

Fencing

Adam Barbanell, Mikhail Heber and Theresa Stoodley won titles in the Illinois Fencers Club Foil & Sabre Challenge Tournament held in Mount Prospect.

Barbanell took first in the Open Senior Mixed Foil.

Heber won the Open Y-12 Mixed Foil, and Stoodley won the Open Women's Sabre.

The IFC teams took first and second in the Open Tam Senior Mixed Foil.

Heber (Open Y-14 Men's Foil), Stoodley (Division II Senior Women's Sabre), Harrison Siegel (Division II Senior Men's Epee) and Alan Markow (Open U-16 Men's Foil) then won titles in the Illinois Divisional Championships in Prospect Heights.