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36 | December 15, 2016 | The orland park prairie SPORTS opprairie.com This Week In ... Eagles Varsity Athletics Wrestling ■Dec. ■ 15 - host Lockport, 6 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 16 - at Hinsdale Central Invite, 4:30 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Hinsdale Central Invite, 9:30 a.m. Girls Basketball ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Oak Lawn Christmas Tournament, TBA Boys Basketball ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Crete-Monee, Noon Boys Swimming ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Peoria Richwoods Invite, 8:30 a.m. 815.221.6000 • Jan 7 - Feb 25 • Saturdays - 8 Weeks • $150-$180 per player • Ages 5-6 & 7-9 Two Minute Drill Football Camp • Jan 7 - Feb 18 • Saturdays, 9am -11am • 7 Week Program • $250 Per Player • Ages 8 - 14 ELITE SPORTS TRAINING ATHLETES INSIDE-OUT www.bjesLockport.com ■Dec. ■ 20 - host Lincoln-Way Central, 5 p.m. Girls Bowling ■Dec. ■ 15 - host Lockport, 4:30 p.m. Girls Gymnastics ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Homewood- Flossmoor Invite, Noon Hockey Club ■Dec. ■ 17 - at Plainfield, 6 p.m. ■Dec. ■ 18 - host Lyons Township, 8:40 p.m. Sports Briefs Orland’s Joe Kuligoski contributes to EIU men’s basketball team As of the first two games of the season, Eastern Illinois University men’s basketball team was 1-1. In those games, No. 24 forward Joe Kuligoski — a 6-foot- 6, 220-pound senior from Orland Park — averaged 2 points and had half a rebound in relief. Following four games, he was averaging 1.3 points, 0.7, rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. At that point, he had a season-high 13 minutes versus Western Illinois, with two assists. Following six games, he was averaging 1 point, 0.8 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Following eight games, he was averaging 2 points, 0.7 rebounds and 0.3 assists. He had eight points at UIC (3- of-4 on field goals), with a then-season-high 17 minutes of playing time. Following nine games, he was averaging 1.7 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.3 assists. Through those games, he was .364 (4-of-11) on field goals, .250 (1-of-4) on 3-pointers and .750 (3-of-4) on free throws. Compiled by Editor Bill Jones, bill@opprairie.com. Athlete of the Week 10 Questions with Joey Jenkot Joey Jenkot is a junior on the boys swimming team, as well as the water polo team, at Sandburg High School. He is working toward setting a school record this season as a swimmer. How did you get started with swimming? When I was 5 or 6, my parents signed me up for the club team in Orland, and I’ve just been swimming ever since then. What keeps you motivated? The desire to keep winning. We have a pretty good team this year — last year, we were good, too — we want to keep some momentum from last year. What are your goals for this season? I want to break the varsity 100-yard breaststroke record. I have the freshman and sophomore [record], but I want to break the varsity one, too. At the first invite, I swam a 1 minute, 2.05 seconds, and the record for the 100-yard breast is a 0:58.2. If you had a house party, who would be your celebrity guest? Probably Ryan Lochte, because he seems like he’d be pretty fun at a party. What’s the best prank you or the team has pulled? After practice, if you leave your backpack unguarded, then you get your backpack flipped inside out. It’s probably one of the better pranks people pull. If you’re talking to a girl, who would you want your wingman to be? Aidan Farley, or my other friend Kyle Fox. They know I do stupid stuff, so they’d prevent me from doing those stupid things. What are you binge watching on Netflix right now? I always binge watch “The Office.” I’ve watched it in its entirety six times through. Even though I keep watching, it still gets funnier each time. Dwight and Jim’s feud is probably the best part of the show. If you could buy 22nd Century Media File Photo anything, what would it be? I would probably get season tickets to every Chicago sports team. If you went into Walgreens with a few dollars, what would you buy? I would buy Ben & Jerry’s. Cherry Garcia is the best flavor. What’s your favorite book? I read “Unbroken” recently. I really like the World War II era, the survival aspect of the story and how it’s also based on a true story. It’s a comeback story of a POW, it’s easy to connect with because he was also an athlete and he was in the military. I want to be in the military, too, so it was easy to connect with. Interviewed by Assistant Editor Brittany Kapa
opprairie.com SPORTS the orland park prairie | December 15, 2016 | 37 Boys Swimming Eagles dominate Fenwick in home opener Students find inspiration against coach’s former school Randy Whalen Freelance Reporter It may have just been a dual meet, but there was a feeling that there was a little more to it when Fenwick took on the Sandburg boys swimming team this past week. For starters, it was the final swimming home opener for Sandburg coach Jim Caliendo, who is in his 40th season of coaching the sport. And what better way to start things off than to have a dual meet against the school he coached to three consecutive state championships in the early 1990s. And what better coach to go up against than Fenwick coach Luke McGuire, who was captain on Caliendo’s first state title team in 1990? Plus, what better result for the Eagles, who showed this could be a special sendoff for Caliendo with a 117-68 victory in the nonconference dual meet Friday, Dec. 9, in Orland Park? “They’re a good team to ““We were going up against a competitive team, and I just worked as hard as I can to get that win. It felt to me like it was a close meet all the way through.” Nick Jackson — Sandburg boys swimmer, on a dual win over Fenwick have early in the season, because they always race well,” Caliendo said of facing Fenwick. “I like to put our kids in those situations to see what we have. We went to the Stevenson Invite [Dec. 3] and swam against some great competition there. Now, we had Fenwick. So, that’s a great way to start the year. “It’s fun to go against Luke. He was the captain of the 1990 team. So, it’s really cool and friendly when he comes here. His family is a big part of my life.” The two programs have alternated hosting a dual meet against each other for more than a decade. Mc- Guire was more than happy to take his team to Orland Park one more time to face his old coach. “It’s a blast, and I love seeing him,” said McGuire, who has been head coach of the Friars for eight years and in the program for 11. “He’s still my coach. I watch what he does, what little tricks he does to get his kids going. “Coach Cal has been a great friend, and we will be back here for the invite.” This past week, against the Friars (3-1), Sandburg (1-0) certainly did well in capturing first in 10 of the 12 events. Senior Aidan Farley and junior Joey Jenkot each won a pair of individual events to lead the way. Farley was on the two winning Eagles relay teams, too, but the final one produced one of the three close finishes of the night. That was the 400-yard freestyle relay, in which senior Nick Jackson gave everything he had in the anchor position to hold off the Friars by .13 of a second. Jackson gave so much to getting the foursome of Farley, juniors Kyle Fox and Cooper Reiher, and himself a time of 3:21.71 that he got physically sick after the relay. “Afterward, I had to find a garbage can,” said Jackson, who threw up twice during the meet. “We were going up against a competitive team, and I just worked as hard as I can to get that win. It felt to me like it was a close meet all the way through.” The Fenwick foursome of Liam Hutchinson, Kyle Poland, Tommy Bartecki and Payton Comstock finished with a time of 3:21.84. “That was a big swim for Nick,” Caliendo said. “He’s never been an anchor, so it was a nervous moment for him to come through in that type of situation. Even if it was a simple dual meet, it was a big moment in a pressure situation.” Jackson (50.25 seconds) also won the 100 free by edging Bartecki (51.04). Plus, he led off for the winning 200 free relay team (1:31.08) that also included Jenkot, senior Ben Mars and Farley. They won by just over a second against Comstock, Poland, Dan Lynch and Hutchinson (1:32.10). Farley (1:44.13) won the 200 free over Hutchinson (1:45.26). Then, he captured the 500 free (4:41.64) by exactly 7 seconds over Hutchinson (4:48.64). Jenkot (2:07) defeated sophomore teammate Brendan Lee (2:09.43) to win the 200 individual medley. Jenkot also took honors in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.66) over Lynch (1:04.73). “Aidan swam really fast in the 200 and the 500,” Caliendo said. “He’s really feeling good. And Joey had a really good swim in the breaststroke.” Fox (23.30) also won a close race for the Eagles by edging Poland (23.32) in the 50 free. Sandburg took the Top 3 spots in 100 butterfly, as Carter Thoss (54.77) won it, fellow junior Andrew Sutkus (58.21) was second and Mars (58.31) took third. The Top 3 spots in diving also went to the Eagles. Senior Leo Espino (241.35) won, while junior Ahmad Albzour (174.70) was second and freshman Cody Thill (137.80) placed third. Bartecki was the lone individual winner for Fenwick, capturing the 100 backstroke (57.40). Thoss (58.13) was second. The Friars also won the initial event of the evening, the 200 medley relay. There Bartecki, Lynch, Kevin Finn and Poland (1:42.68) just beat out the Sandburg squad of Thoss, Jenkot, Reiher and Fox (1:42.81). The season may just be underway, but there was no holding back for Jackson and the Eagles. “Since coach used to be there, it’s really competitive, and we have that rivalry,” Jackson said of facing Fenwick. “That brought out the competitiveness in me, and I had to push my body to the limit.” The Eagles were to host Consolidated High School District 230 rival Stagg Tuesday, Dec. 13, in a key SouthWest Suburban Conference meet. This Saturday, Dec. 17, they are slated to travel to the Peoria Richwoods Invite, which starts at 8:30 a.m. At 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 20, Sandburg is slated to host Lincoln-Way Central in another SWSC dual meet. Then the Eagles are scheduled to turn around and travel to the Lincoln-Way Central Invite at 1 p.m. Dec. 27. Basketball From Page 38 outscored Andrew 15-11, thanks to two 3-pointers by Kennedy Sabutis and another 3-pointer made by Morgan McAuliffe (11 points). But Signore kept her team in the game, scoring seven points in the third. In the fourth, Andrew’s defense improved, leading to a 12-7 run to close out the game and tie it. Nine of those points came from Signore. “The [defensive] effort wasn’t necessarily lacking in the middle of the game, but it was lackluster,” Matz said. “There was effort there, but I didn’t think it was consistent effort. We’d show spurts. But once we got later into the game, there were no spurts anymore; we played at one intensity, one speed. That was really impressive for me to see out of these kids.” Matz said his team’s noquit attitude was what impressed him most. “When it mattered most, we came together,” he said. For the Eagles, the Andrew comeback spoiled what had been a dominant third quarter, during which Sandburg scored 15 points to grab a five-point lead heading into the final frame. “I think the biggest difference was that Andrew wanted it more than us,” Fotopoulos said. “We didn’t play good defense. During the whole game, we had a tempo. But toward the fourth quarter, our defense broke down. That was a big issue for us.” Late foul trouble also hurt the Eagles, with senior center Megan Hardesty fouling out down the stretch. “It’s hard to win a game when you’re letting girls shoot two free throws every time,” Fotopoulos said. “But I thought we played hard. Both teams played hard. We just needed to take care of the ball better and play better defense.” It has been a tough start to the season for the Eagles, but Fotopoulos said he has seen some bright spots. “We have a lot of good senior leadership,” he said. “And our younger players are learning. Right now, we’re 1-7, because we’re taking those lumps. But we’re getting better each game. It just stinks when you lose like this.” Meanwhile, for Andrew, with so many young players on the varsity this year, Matz said every game is a learning experience. “Win or lose, if we walk away from a game learning something about our teammates or the game, we’re going to get better — if not this year, then next year,” he said. “But I think it is going to be this year.”
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