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44 | September 14, 2017 | The orland park prairie Sports opprairie.com Need a job? Then join us at our recruiting event! Open Positions: - Fork Lift Drivers (ALL TYPES) - Entry-level General Labor - Packers - Assembly - Load/Unload - Machine Operators Don’t miss these awesome opportunities. Bring your friends and family, and we’ll see you there! Pay rates: between $10-14/hour based on experience September Friday Saturday 8 9 12pm-6pm 10am-2pm 15 16 Quality Inn & Conference Center Georgio’s Banquets 8800 W. 159th St. Orland Park, IL Girls tennis Sandburg wins Ottawa Invite This Week In ... Eagles Varsity Athletics Football ■Sept. ■ 15 - at Lincoln-Way East, 7 p.m. Girls Volleyball ■Sept. ■ 14 - hosts Lincoln-Way Central, 5:30 p.m. ■Sept. ■ 16 - at Wheaton Classic, 8 a.m. ■Sept. ■ 19 - at Lincoln-Way West, 5:30 p.m. Boys Soccer ■Sept. ■ 14 - at Marian Catholic, 5 p.m. ■Sept. ■ 16 - hosts Joliet West, 3:15 p.m. high school highlights The rest of the week in high school sports Anna Loureiro and Agnes Florczyk were ■Sept. ■ 19 - at Stagg, 6:15 p.m. Boys Golf ■Sept. ■ 16 - at Lincoln-Way Central Challenge, 7 a.m. ■Sept. ■ 18 - at Homewood- Flossmoor, 3:45 p.m. Girls Golf ■Sept. ■ 14 - hosts Lockport, 4:30 p.m. ■Sept. ■ 16 - at Providence Catholic Invite, 11 a.m. ■Sept. ■ 18 - hosts Hinsdale Central, 4:30 p.m. at the forefront of Sandburg’s victory in the Ottawa Invite Sept. 2. The doubles team of Sam Warchol and Maria Pappas also won their flight. Girls Tennis ■Sept. ■ 14 - at Lockport, 4:30 p.m. ■Sept. ■ 16 - hosts Sandburg Invitational, 9 a.m. ■Sept. ■ 19 - hosts Homewood- Flossmoor, 4:30 p.m. ■Sept. ■ 20 - hosts Marist, 4:30 p.m. Boys Cross Country ■Sept. ■ 16 - at Peoria Notre Dame Invite, 9 a.m. Girls Cross Country ■Sept. ■ 16 - at Peoria Notre Dame Invite, 9 a.m. 295359_5.5_x_5.indd 1 9/5/17 3:08 PM Volleyball From Page 46 senior middle hitter Haley Hart (3 kills) had a kill and a block. Ahead 13-12, senior outside hitter Kaelyn Daniel deposited a pair of kills, and senior libero Emily Ripp (15 digs) ripped an ace, as East extended to an 18-12 lead. With the help of a kill by senior right side hitter Teresa Egan (4 kills), the Eagles clawed back to 20-19, but they still trailed 23-20 before a co-block by Mizera and senior setter Maureen Imrie (6 assists), a long hit and the kill off the tape by Stefanon (team-high 7 kills) tied it at 23-23. “We’re working on personal responsibility,” Sandburg coach David Vales said. “We had some people who had trouble with personal responsibility at the beginning of the first set. But we never gave up, and we’re confident on our home floor. “We thought for sure that we’d be able to roll after a while. They gave us some free balls, and we didn’t put those down. That’s what you have to do versus teams of this caliber, and we didn’t do that.” Junior setter Rachel De- Fries (6 assists) and sophomore libero Rachel Krasowski (12 digs) also contributed for Sandburg, which won last season’s matchup 25-17, 23-25, 25-22 over East on Oct. 6 in Orland Park. There was no third set this season, however. The Griffins jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second set, and it was never tied. Leading 8-5, Hackett had a pair of kills, freshman setter Kaleigh Ritter served an ace, and Hart capped off a 6-0 spurt with a tip kill as the lead grew to 14-5. It was 17-6 after a Hackett ace. But true to their nevergive-up attitude, the Eagles went on an 11-4 stretch. Egan had a trio of kills in the burst, as they closed the gap to 21-17. But they could not get closer than the four-point deficit. With her team ahead 24- 19, Hackett hoped to serve it out with another ace. But her attempt went just long. No matter, as she stepped up on the next rotation and put away a final kill to end the match. “I though it was in and on the line,” Hackett said of her serve. “But then Madi had another great set [on the match-ending kill].” Both teams will win many more matches, and the rest of the SWSC Blue battles will be from mid-October on. But this was a big win for the Griffins. “It’s been a long time,” Vales said of the Eagles’ last loss to East. “I still felt pretty confident after the first set. I felt like we’d get back in rotation, but we shot ourselves in the foot and never really got in rhythm.”
opprairie.com Sports the orland park prairie | September 14, 2017 | 45 Football Bolingbrook raids Sandburg’s chances on red zone trips Promising offensive drives thwarted in tough home loss Jim Easterhouse Freelance Reporter It was a lopsided 52-7 outcome, but Sandburg and Bolingbrook mirrored each other throughout the first half of Friday night’s game in Orland Park. The two SouthWest Suburban Conference squads both were equipped with shotgun offenses, often boasted two- to three-wide receiver sets on either end of their offensive lines and exchanged a handful of personal fouls throughout the contest Sept. 8. It was the Raiders of Bolingbrook, however, who were able not only to match Sandburg’s athleticism but also capitalize on errors and accelerate scoring opportunities to create their 45-point win. “We just have to execute,” said Sandburg junior running back Andrew Schab, who scored Sandburg’s only touchdown in the second quarter. “We have the tools, but in this game you need to execute in the first half. The first half is really the game, in my opinion.” The Eagles and Raiders both aimed to spread open their offenses early through their aerial attacks. Both teams employed several quick slants and post routes to try to score first. Rapid linebackers crowded the defensive lines for both teams, forcing opposing quarterbacks to quickly haul the football to slanting wide receivers downfield. Sandburg successfully executed this defensive tactic first, as Bolingbrook senior quarterback Anthony Vespo rolled out of a congested pocket and lobbed the ball down the left sideline and into the hands of Sandburg’s Josh Heavrin. The junior defensive back tracked the momentum of the ball effectively and was able to separate from the sprinting wideout, intercept the pass and sprint to the opposing 4-yard line. After a holding penalty against the Raiders brought Sandburg to the goal line a few plays later, it seemed that the Eagles were destined to strike first offensively. However, Bolingbrook’s Elisha Armstrong penetrated the passing lane of Sandburg’s inside receiver and intercepted the ball in the end zone. This would shape up to be one of dynamic turnovers that allowed Bolingbrook to own the momentum and eventually capitalize. Although the Raiders were Sandburg defensive back Josh Heavrin runs the ball back after intercepting a Bolingbrook pass in the first quarter Friday, Sept. 8, in Orland Park. Bob Klein/22nd Century Media not able to score off of that turnover, an Eagles fumble on the subsequent drive put Bolingbrook ahead once and for all. After a pass interference call brought Sandburg to their own 40-yard line, the football trickled out of a moving scrum among both squads on a quick running attempt. Bolingbrook defensive tackle Dashaun Mallory scooped up the fumble and trotted to the end zone, which gave the Raiders their first 6-0 lead of the evening. It was the first of Mallory’s two fumble recoveries for touchdowns. “I thought our kids played tough,” Sandburg coach Scott Peters said. “Our biggest issue was big plays; we gave up that defensive touchdown that they had earlier in the game, a couple big pass plays. Truthfully, we didn’t finish drives that we needed to finish. We were down on the side there a few times, threw an interception, then we got the defensive touchdown for them. A couple of those things that go the other way and the game starts off a little differently, and who knows what goes from there.” That fumble recovery was the catalyst for the Raiders. After a squib kickoff, Sandburg started its answering drive on its own 11-yard line. Bolingbrook linebacker D’Mauryon Hunter intercepted Sandburg quarterback Christian Shepherd and resumed the Raiders offensive threat on the Sandburg 12-yard line. Even after a personal foul drove Bolingbrook back to the 21-yard line, wide receiver I’Shawn Stewart caught a touchdown pass on a post route to put the Raiders up 13-0. Bolingbrook tacked on another touchdown on their following possession, as wide receiver Luke Junkroski caught a touchdown pass on a curl route on the opposite side of a four-wide receiver set just outside of the Sandburg goal line to go up 19-0. Sandburg’s answer on their next possession would shape up to be their most successful drive of the night. Starting on their own 20- yard line with 11:53 remaining in the second quarter, Shepherd executed a fake handoff to Schab on his left and ran around the right side for a smooth 14-yard gain. Even as a contesting Bolingbrook linebacker corps pressured Shepherd out of the pocket to his right side a few plays later, the 6-foot-3 senior rolled to his left and capitalized on a shifted secondary and ran to the opposing 39-yard line. A flag against Bolingbrook granted Sandburg another first down in opposing territory. That personal foul was critical for Sandburg’s offense. Although the Eagles relied on their passing attack throughout most of the contest, Schab broke through a hole in between his left guard and left tackle and darted to the end zone for a 22-yard score. “On that play, we got some really nice blocks, and [Schab] hit the seam where he was designed to go,” Peters said. “Once he’s in the open field, he’s a fast kid, he’s a track kid. The guys up front had a hole that he needed to hit, and once he’s in the secondary he can finish those.” Bolingbrook’s thorough attack prohibited the Eagles from retrieving any offensive momentum after the scoring drive. With 7 minutes and 23 seconds remaining in the third quarter, Vespo threw a 62-yard strike to a sprinting Antonio King to put the Raiders ahead 33-7. Even with the additional 19 points Bolingbrook produced afterward, including Dashaun Mallory’s second fumble recovery for a touchdown, senior Sandburg captain and linebacker Michael Stevens believes the Eagles will progress ahead of their game at Lincoln Way-East on Friday, Sept. 15. “I think we have a lot of things to build on. In practice, we need to work on limiting big plays that we let up,” said Stevens. “I feel really good about this team toward the end of the season. We’ve got some young players who are learning and getting better. We’ll be ready for next week.” PRESSBOX PICKS Our staff’s predictions for the top games in Week 4 10-5 9-6 9-6 9-6 Lockport (1-2) at Lincoln-Way Central (3-0) Sandburg (1-2) at Lincoln-Way East (3-0) Tinley Park (1-2) hosts T.F. North (1-2) Providence Catholic (1-2) hosts St. Ignatius (3-0) Lincoln-Way West (2-1) at Thornridge (3-0) 11-4 Tom Czaja | Contributing Editor • LW Central 21, Lockport 14. The Knights stay unblemished, avenging a close loss to the Porters from a year ago. • LW East • Tinley Park • Providence • LW West Joe Coughlin | Publisher • LW Central 38, Lockport 21. Well-rounded Knights too much on both sides of the ball. • LW East • Tinley Park • Providence • LW West Tim Carroll | Sports Editor • LW Central 40, Lockport 27. Lockport’s loss to South Elgin put me behind Tom, so I’m picking Central on a grudge. • LW East • Tinley Park • St. Ignatius • LW West Heather Warthen | Chief Operating Officer • LW Central 24, Lockport 21. The Knights continue to roll early in the season against the Porters. • LW East • Tinley Park • St. Ignatius • LW West Max Lapthorne | Contributing Editor • LW Central 35, Lockport 24. Tavares Moore finds the end zone a few times for the Porters, but Central pulls away late. • LW East • Tinley Park • Providence • LW West
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