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the Homer Horizon | February 8, 2018 | 47
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1st and 3
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LOCKPORT wrestling
HAS another strong
SHOWing at regional
1. Far and away
champion
The Lockport
wrestling team
made easy work
of its opponents
Saturday, Feb. 3,
at the IHSA Class
3A Joliet Central
Regional, winning
the competition with
225.5 points. Runnerup
Neuqua Valley had
139.5 points.
2. Seven solo champs
The Porters
had a total of
seven individual
champions at the
regional, including
Mike Kaminski
(106), Matt Ramos
(113), Anthony
Molton (120), James
Pierandozzi (138),
Baylor Fernandes
(145), Zach Reese
(152) and Yousif
Salah (182).
3. Three other
advancers
In addition to those
solo champions,
Matt Kronsbein
(132) and Austin
Kolada (160) both
placed second, and
Jake D’Angelo (126)
finished third for
the Porters, with
that trio likewise
advancing to the
Alton Sectional.
Girls bowling
Porters continue rolling at regional
LTHS takes home title for
fifth consecutive season
Randy Whalen, Freelance Reporter
Art Cwudzinski has been through
a few seasons as Lockport Township
girls bowling coach. This is his
18th, in fact. He’s won a couple of
state championships in that time and
brought home four state trophies, including
the past three years in a row.
But this might be his favorite season
of all.
The Porters kept up their postseason
success by bowling a 5,989 to
capture their fifth-straight regional
title on Saturday, Feb. 3, in the Plainfield
North Regional at Echo Lanes
in Morris.
Bailey Delrose continued her
amazing season by bowling a 1,456
series, which was the best by anyone
in the 18 regionals held throughout
the state. Oswego East senior Kiana
Krahulik (1,309) bowled well, as her
score would have won eight other
regionals, and was still a distant second
by 147 pins. Delrose finished
first in a tournament for the ninth
time in 10 tourneys.
“We were consistent all day,”
Cwudzinski said. “We threw a 977 in
the first game, and that was our low,
so we climbed the hill all day [finishing
with a high of 1,042 in the final
game]. This is what, the fifth year of
them having a regional? We’ve won
one each year, but this is the most
LISTEN UP
“He’s wrestling really well. I don’t even
think many matches have gone beyond the
first period. He’s pretty dialed in.”
Josh Oster — Lockport wrestling coach, on LTHS wrestler
Baylor Fernandes, who hasn’t lost a match since early
January
gratifying one. That’s because, outside
of Bailey, people didn’t think
our kids had this talent, but here we
are.
“If you would have told me in
the beginning of the year that we’d
go 29-2 [in dual meets and tournaments],
I wouldn’t have believed it,
but we also know at this time of year
that doesn’t mean anything. You
have to go out and show it, and we
did.”
The Top 4 teams advanced to
the Bolingbrook Sectional, which
will be held this Saturday, Feb. 10,
at Brunswick Zone in Woodridge.
Those were Lockport (5,989), Oswego
East (5,724), Plainfield North
(5,447) and Neuqua Valley (5,445).
Fifth-place Oswego (5,434) just
missed a tie for the fourth spot by
11 pins. East Aurora (4,963) was
sixth, followed by Plainfield East
(4,904), Lemont (4,894), West Aurora
(4,882), Bolingbrook (4,554),
Romeoville (4,410) and Waubonsie
Valley (4,326) rounded out the 12-
team field.
All Delrose did in bowling the
1,456 six-game series is fire a 709 in
the morning and a 747 in the afternoon.
She saved her best two games
for last with a 267 and a 257.
“I never imagined that I’d have
this great of a performance this season,”
Delrose said. “But I knew I’d
have to take a bigger role and be a
leader for the underclassmen. It just
shows what you can do if you put
your mind to it.”
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“If you would have told me in the
beginning of the year that we’d go 29-2 [in
dual meets and tournaments], I wouldn’t
have believed it.”
Art Cwudzinski — Lockport girls bowling coach, on his
team’s success this season
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Wrestling
Attention to Alton — Saturday, Feb. 10, at
Alton Sectional
• Lockport hopes to maintain momentum
heading into a sectional, where the
opponents will only get tougher.
Index
Ever since she threw a 300-game
in helping to get the Porters a state
championship her freshman year,
Delrose has been something special.
Now a senior, she’s signed to continue
her bowling career at Maryville
University in St. Louis. But before
that, she’s looking forward to one
final run to the state finals on Feb.
16 and 17 at The Cherry Bowl in
Rockford.
“I’m really excited that it’s here,”
Delrose said of the postseason. “This
team has worked so hard all year,
and it’s paid off.”
Sophomore Jessica Ramirez
(1,203, high of 224 in Games 2 and
4), junior Erin Kleffman (1,167, high
of 223 in Game 4), freshman Chloe
Siezega (1,139, high of 204 in the last
game) and senior Kaelin Miller (863
in 5 games, high of 211 in Game 3)
were the Porter starters. Sophomore
Samantha Traina (161) bowled one
game. Junior Katelyn Bacys finished
one game after entering at the midway
point. Her younger sister, freshman
Meghan, was dressed but didn’t
bowl.
Earlier in the week, on Jan. 30, the
Porters celebrated Senior Night by
hosting Minooka in a final dual meet
at Strike N’ Spare II. There, the Indians
handed Lockport a rare dual meet
loss by the score of 3,551-3,428 in a
six-on-six, three-game format meet.
Ramirez (669, with a high of 278 in
the second game) was the medalist,
edging Delrose (655, with a high of
228 in the second game). Delrose
and Miller are the only two Lockport
seniors.
“Give Minooka credit, that’s a
good young team,” Cwudzinski said
of the Indians. “But for us this year,
we didn’t know what we had. I always
tell the kids that the work in the
38 weeks of the offseason are more
important than the 14 weeks in the
season. For us to be this good is a
credit to these kids who have worked
so hard.”
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