High school and local college results and highlights from the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County coverage areas.
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WEDNESDAY’S EVENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS BASKETBALL
CLASS 4A SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS
BOLINGBROOK
Bolingbrook vs. Neuqua Valley, 7 p.m.
JOLIET WEST
Lockport vs. Marist, 7 p.m.
CLASS 3A SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS
DE LA SALLE
De La Salle vs. King, 7 p.m.
DEERFIELD
Wauconda vs. Deerfield, 7 p.m.
HINSDALE SOUTH
Wheaton Academy vs. Providence , 7 p.m.
CLASS 2A SECTIONAL SEMIFINALS
MENDOTA
Aurora Christian vs. Johnsburg, 7 p.m.
SENECA
Pontiac vs. Yorkville Christian, 7 p.m.
CLASS 1A SECTIONAL SEMIFINAL
AMBOY
Streator Woodland vs. Indian Creek, 7 p.m.
THURSDAY’S EVENTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
CLASS 2A STATE FINALS
At CEFCU Arena, Normal
Semifinals
Pleasant Plains (30-2) vs. Breese Central (30-3), 2:30 p.m.
St. Edward (27-8) vs. Byron (32-2), 4:15 p.m.
Third place, 8:15 p.m.
FRIDAY’S EVENT
LOCAL COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NCAA DIVISION III TOURNAMENT
First Round
At Wisconsin La Crosse
Aurora University vs. Claremont Mudd-Scripps (Calif.), 4:20 p.m.
SATURDAY’S EVENT
HIGH SCHOOLS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
STATE FINALS
At CEFCU Arena, Normal
CLASS 2A
Championship, noon.
MONDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
GIRLS BASKETBALL
SUPERSECTIONALS
CLASS 4A
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
Belleville East 54, Homewood-Flossmoor 47
LYONS
Nazareth 54, Waubonsie Valley 42
Waubonsie (32-4): Elliana Morris 12 points. Maya Pereda 12 points.
HOFFMAN ESTATES
Loyola 56, St. Charles East 34
DUNDEE-CROWN
Rolling Meadows 41, Carmel 37
CLASS 3A
CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY
Trinity 50, Glenbard South 36
CHATHAM GLENWOOD
Chatham Glenwood 62, Decatur MacArthur 35
WOODSTOCK NORTH
St. Viator 46, Geneva 43
Geneva (18-15): Keira McCann 20 points.
KANKAKEE
Washington (Ill.) 73, Providence 47
CLASS 2A
PLEASANT PLAINS
Pleasant Plains 54, Downs Tri-Valley 37
BENTON
Breese Central 46, Teutopolis 33
DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY
St. Edward 57, Phillips 51 (OT)
WILMINGTON
Byron 66, Pontiac 40
LOCAL COLLEGES
MEN”S BASKETBALL
CCAC CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Francis 81, Governors State 73
St. Francis (23-7): Merrick Small 21 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists. Damarcies Moore 15 points, 12 rebounds. Joffrey Nunnally 13 points. Earned automatic berth in NAIA Tournament.
Governors State (22-9): Javonte McKenzie 22 points. Maxwell Marius 12 points, 8 rebounds.
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
LOCAL COLLEGES
MEN’S BASKETBALL
NJCAA DIVISION I
REGION IV SEMIFINAL
Midwest District B
South Suburban College 89, Morton College 79
NJCAA DIVISION II
REGION IV SEMIFINALS
Midwest District A
Bryant & Stratton (Wis.) 58, Moraine Valley 53
Milwaukee Tech 99, Waubonsee Community College 93
NJCAA DIVISION III
MID-ATLANTIC DISTRICT 10 CHAMPIONSHIP
Joliet Junior College 92, Virginia Peninsula 88
SOFTBALL
College of Lake County 7, Joliet Junior College 0
Joliet Junior College 19, Elgin Community College 2 (5 innings)
St. Francis 3-15, Brescia (Ky.) 1-1 (Game 2, 5 innings)
Game 1 St. Francis: Kaitlyn Schofield (W) 6 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 7 Ks.
Game 2 St. Francis (6-3): Emily Boyle 4-for-4, triple, 3 runs, 3 RBIs; CG, 3 H, ER.
SATURDAY’S RESULTS
HIGH SCHOOLS
BOYS WRESTLING
DUAL TEAM STATE FINALS
At Grossinger Motors Arena, Bloomington
CLASS 3A
Marmion 36, Montini 22, championship
St. Charles East 34, Oak Park-River Forest 30, third
Marmion 52, St. Charles East 18, semifinal
Montini 42, Oak Park-River Forest 24, semifinal
CLASS 2A
IC Catholic 39, Providence 22, championship
Mahomet-Seymour 38, Chatham Glenwood 27, third
Providence 52, Mahomet-Seymour 19, semifinal
IC Catholic 60, Chatham Glenwood 12, semifinal
BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING
STATE FINALS
At FMC Natatorium, Westmont
Top local teams: 2. Marmion 214, 6. Stevenson 128, 7. Neuqua Valley 112, 11. Oswego co-op 80, 12. Vernon Hills 66, 13. (tie) St. Charles North 45, 20. (tie) Highland Park 26.
Top local individuals
200-yard medley relay: 1. Marmion (Patrick O’Connor, Tanner Spillane, Dan Ginaitis, Braden Nagel), 1:29.26; 3. Stevenson (Kasper Lee, Joshua Wong, Kyler Chou, Armeet Gill), 1:31.03.
200 freestyle: 3. Nagel, Marmion, 1:37.70.
200 individual medley: 1. Brayden Capen, Marmion, 1:45.77; 2. Ginaitis, Marmion, 1:47.18.
50 free: 1. Yury Plaskin, Vernon Hills, 20.09; 3. Owen Lippoldt, Oswego co-op, 20.32.
100 butterfly: 1. Thomas McMillan, St. Charles North, 46.85.
100 free: 1. Plaskin, Vernon Hills, 43.54.
500 free: 1. Capen, Marmion, 4:26.33.
100 backstroke: 2. McMillan, St. Charles North, 47.62; 3. Lee, Stevenson, 47.65.
100 breaststroke: 3. Allan Zhu, Stevenson, 55.31.
400 free relay: 2. Marmion (Nagel, Capen, Ginaitis, O’Connor), 3:00.55.
GIRLS WRESTLING
INDIVIDUAL STATE FINALS
At Grossinger Motors Arena, Bloomington
Top local teams: 1. Hampshire 86, 2. Lockport 65.5, 3. Oak Forest 49, 7. Lincoln-Way Central 40.5.
Top local individuals
100 pounds: 2. Alexandra Sebeck, Oak Forest. 115: 2. Stella Piazza, Hampshire; 3. Zoe Dempsey, Lincoln-Way Central. 120: 2. Amelia Nidelea-Potanin, Hampshire. 125: 2. Rain Scott, Oak Forest; 3. Mary Minogue, Libertyville. 130: 2. Lilly White, Bartlett. 135: 1. Claudia Heeney, Lockport; 3. Karina Lojowski, Stevenson. 155: 1. Allison Garbacz, South Elgin. 190: 2. Samantha Diehl, Hampshire. 235: 3. Rebekah Ramirez, Lockport.
LOCAL COLLEGES
BASEBALL
Franklin (Ind.) 12, North Central College 6
Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 10-7, St. Francis 6-5
Illinois College 17, Aurora University 14
Joliet Junior College 6, Illinois Valley 5
JJC (3-3): Jacob Miller GW RBI in bottom 9th. Scored 5 runs in bottom 9th.
St. Xavier 4, Aquinas (Mich.) 3 (7 innings)
St. Xavier (8-5): John Simecek GW single in bottom 7th.
Thomas More (Ky.) 2-6, Lewis 1-9
Game 2 Lewis (4-8): Constantine Coins run, 3 RBIs. Daniel O’Brien 2-for-4, solo HR, 3 runs.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
Upper Iowa 81, Lewis 60
NACC CHAMPIONSHIP
Aurora University 67, Marian (Wis.) 66
AU (23-5): Mehki Doby tying and winning FTs with :17 remaining. Cullen Rauls 22 points. Jeffery Hillmer 15 points, 7 rebounds. Juan Madrigal 15 points. Devon Richardson 17 rebounds. Earned automatic berth in NCAA Division III Tournament.
SOFTBALL
Brescia (Ky.) 3-3, St. Francis 0-10
Game 2 St. Francis (4-3): Emily Hurst 2-for-3, HR, 4 RBIs. Missy Saldana 3-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs.
Joliet Junior College 14, South Suburban College 5
Waubonsee Community College 11, Joliet Junior College 4
SPACE COAST SPRING GAMES (Fla.)
Judson 10, Goshen (Ind.) 8
Michigan Dearborn 9, Judson 1
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Lewis 72, Upper Iowa 64
Lewis (17-12, 13-7 GLVC): Mallory Ramage 24 points. Yahaira Bueno 14 points. Ally Cesarini 12 points, 10 rebounds.
NJCAA DIVISION II
REGION IV SEMIFINALS
Midwest District B
Moraine Valley 62, Carl Sandburg College 60
Kankakee Community College 91, College of Lake County 64
NEWS AND NOTES
St. Francis’ Le’lani Harris and Governors State’s Cencere McDaniel were named all-conference by the CCAC in women’s basketball. St. Xavier’s Brooklyn Johnson was chosen freshman of the year and Governors State’s Davina Smith newcomer of the year.
Compiled by Josh Krockey.
