FS_050417

frankfortstation.com sports
the frankfort station | May 4, 2017 | 49
This week in
Griffins Varsity
Athletics
Girls badminton
■May ■ 4 at IHSA Sectional
Baseball
■May ■ 4 at Stagg,
4:30 p.m.
■May ■ 5 host Andrew,
4:30 p.m.
■May ■ 6 at Richards,
10 a.m.
■May ■ 9 at Bolingbrook,
4:30 p.m.
Girls soccer
■May ■ 4 host Andrew,
6:15 p.m.
Softball
■May ■ 4 host Homewood-
Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m.
■May ■ 5 at Lincoln-Way
Central, 4:30 p.m.
■May ■ 6 host Whitney Young,
10 a.m.
■May ■ 9 at Sandburg,
4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis
■May ■ 4 host Stagg,
4:30 p.m.
■May ■ 5 at Naper Valley
Tennis Invite, 3:30 p.m.
■May ■ 6 at Naper Valley
Tennis Invite, 8:30 a.m.
Boys track and field
■May ■ 6 at Lisle Valley
Invitational, 9 a.m.
Girls track and field
■May ■ 4 at SWSC Conference
Meet, 4:30 p.m.
Boys volleyball
■May ■ 4 at Lincoln-Way West,
5:30 p.m.
■May ■ 9 host Bolingbrook,
5:30 p.m.
Boys water polo
■May ■ 5 at Lincoln-Way
Central, 5 p.m.
■May ■ 6 host Conant,
noon
■May ■ 8 at ISHA Sectional
Girls water polo
■May ■ 5 host Lincoln-Way
Central, 5 p.m.
■May ■ 8 at ISHA Sectional
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Griffins athletics
Baseball
Lincoln-Way East 8,
Sandburg 0
Danny Zimmerman
pitched six shutout innings
and Jimmy Quinn added a
home run during the April
25 shutout.
Softball
Lincoln-Way East 7,
Plainfield South 5
Lexi Krause went 2-for-
2 and Allison Jaquith went
2-for-4 in the April 24 win.
Alex Storako added eight
strikeouts.
Lincoln-Way East 10, Stagg 0
Ami Ill went 2-for-3 with
a home run and 3 RBI, while
Lauren Hunter and Lexi
Krause both had a home run
RBI during the April 25 shutout.
Pitcher Danielle Drogemuller
had 6 strikeouts.
Lincoln-Way East 7, Minooka
1
Lindsay LaDere went
2-for-2 with two home runs
and three RBI and pitcher
Alex Storako landed nine
strikeouts in the April 26
win.
Boys tennis
Lincoln-Way East 3,
Downers Grove South 4
Despite a strong showing
in singles and doubles from
Ryan Mitchell, Spencer
Hein, Nikhil Piska, Weston
Dell and Matt Zuccato, the
Griffins lost their third nonconference
match April 25.
Lincoln-Way East 7, Andrew
0
Ryan Mitchell won the
marquee match up with a
6-1, 6-2 victory over Nick
Karczynski from Andrew.
Boys volleyball
Lincoln-Way East 30-28,
25-19 over Lockport
Jason Szara had 7 kills and
Jake Snyder had 26 assists in
the two-set match win over
Lockport April 25.
Boys water polo
Lincoln-Way East 18,
Lincoln-Way West 4
Jason Parkinson lead the
way with 4 goals and Ryan
Murphy held down the Griffins’
defense with 7 steals
during the April 25 win.
Girls water polo
Lincoln-Way East 16,
Lincoln-Way West 4
Reis Parkinson scored 4
and Emily Bonebrake scored
3 during the Griffins’ win
over the Warriors April 25.
Kaylie Pollard had 12 saves
in the goal.
Lincoln-Way East 5, Bradley-
Bourbonnais 1
Reis Parkinson scored 2,
and Sarah Jackson, Katie
Meagher and Jordan Bruni
each scored 1 in the conference
win April 27.
Boys volleyball
Lincoln-Way East 25-19, 15-
25, 25-23 over Sandburg
Jake Snyder had 36 assists
8 digs in the three-set win on
April 27.
Celtics Athletics
Baseball
Providence 5, St. Rita 12
Frankfort resident Logan
Anderson blasted a 3-run
home run added two more
hits, but the Celtics fell short
against the Mustangs on
April 24.
Athlete of the Month
Providence Catholic hockey player
wins hotly contested April title
Bill Jones, Managing Editor
It is rare that 22nd Century
Media Southwest Chicago’s
Athlete of the Month competition
ends in a tie. Potentially
unprecedented, though, is
the contest ending in a threeway
stalemate at the end of
regulation.
But as everyone outside
of soccer — and, on rare occasion,
American football
— knows, ending in ties is
no fun. So this past month’s
Athlete of the Month competition
got sent to the rare staff
overtime tiebreaker vote.
The choices came down to
Lockport Township baseball
player Kevin Davis, Providence
Catholic hockey player
Kevin Horan and Lincoln-
Way East boys water polo
competitor Ryan Murphy.
When the dust settled, Horan
earned the win yet again.
The senior has played on
the varsity hockey team for
the past two years, in which
the Celtics won back-toback
Kennedy Cups. He
also took the trip once again
track
From Page 51
said. “We’ve been pushing
them hard in practice lately,
including (Monday). They’re
tired. They’re grumpy. But
they still came out today to
compete.”
With the postseason approaching,
the focus for East
will begin to switch in practices.
The SWSC outdoor
championships take place on
Thursday, May 11, at Sandburg,
and sectional is May 18.
“It’ll start to get easier,” Widinski
said. “Their legs start to
feel better and they can get everything
else going. We want
After winning a staff-vote tiebreaker, Providence Catholic
hockey player Kevin Horan claimed the title of 22nd
Century Media Southwest Chicago’s April 2017 Athlete of
the Month. 22nd Century Media File Photo
to the Amateur Hockey Association
of Illinois Red
Division State Finals at the
United Center.
The Athlete of the Month
competition pits featured
Athlete of the Week selections
from our south suburban
newspapers against one another
in an online voting contest.
The next contest is to begin
Wednesday, May 10.
to see our top guys continue
to refine their skills. That includes
either their finishing
speed, their form, whatever it
is they need to work on individually.”
“And have fun,” assistant
coach Wayne Hollow said.
“It’s a long season, so need to
keep them going late here.”
Widinski and Hollow have
expectations for several competitors
in the track and in the
field to qualify for state. That
would require finishing in the
top two in their event – by
time or distance – or meeting
the state qualifying standard
during sectional.
Among potential state
qualifiers are Henning in the
To vote, visit Frankfort-
Station.com, hover over the
“Sports” menu tab and click
“Athlete of the Month.” Readers
can vote once per session
per valid email address. Voting
ends at 5 p.m. May 25.
All athletes featured in the
April Athlete of the Week
sports interviews are automatically
entered into the
contest.
100-meter dash, Miranda in
the 400-meter dash, a 400-meter
relay team and a 1,600-meter
relay team.
In distance races, senior
Noah Healy (1,600-meter
run), senior Scott Platek
(3,200-meter run) and freshman
Brett Gardner (3,200-meter
run) are hopefuls.
In the field, Paraday (discus)
Stringfellow (triple
jump) and Ben Skolek (pole
vault) are potential qualifiers.
Stringfellow has jumped 42
feet, 9 inches in his first season
in the triple jump; Class
3A state qualifying is 44 feet,
4 inches. He needs to add six
inches to his season-best long
jump of 21 feet, 7 inches.