42 | March 15, 2018 | The frankfort station sports frankfortstation.com Lincoln-Way East student to play volleyball for Augustana Submitted by Augustana College Mark Wroblewski, a standout athlete from Lincoln-Way East High School in Frankfort, has announced that he plans on continuing his education and volleyball career at Augustana. He will enroll this fall and join Coach Mark Lau’s Vikings. Wroblewski, a 6-foot-3, 172-pound outside and middle hitter, will earn his second varsity letter for Coach Kristopher Fiore’s Griffins this spring. As a junior, he recorded 29 kills and 19 digs for a Lincoln-Way East outfit that finished 34-8 overall, 8-0 and champion of the Southwest Suburban Conference and second at the IHSA state championships. One of his teammates was current Augustana freshman Jason Szara. As a freshman, Wroblewski played on a Griffin sophomore squad that finished the season 32-0. He is the son of Gregory and Barbara Wroblewski of Frankfort, and a three-year member of the high honor roll at Lincoln-Way East. Wroblewski joins a Viking program that began varsity play in January of 2018. Lau, who led Graceland University to a 25-8 record and a No. 4 national ranking in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics in 2016, was named Augustana’s first coach in April of 2016. A former club standout for the Vikings, he finished his career as a varsity player at Ball State, where he earned all-conference honors and was among the nation’s leaders in blocks per game. This Week In Griffins Varsity Athletics Boys water polo ■March ■ 15 – at Fenwick Invite, 5 p.m. ■March ■ 16 – at Fenwick Invite, 5 p.m. Girls water polo ■March ■ 17 – at Whitney Young Invite, 8 a.m. ■March ■ 22 – hosts Riverside- Brookfield, 5 p.m. Boys water polo ■March ■ 17 – at Fenwick Invite, TBA Girls soccer ■March ■ 15 – at Windy City Classic, TBA ■March ■ 17 – at Windy City wrestling From Page 47 eske, LaMonto, Adamo, and eighth-grader John Ingram at 185 pounds. Placing second at the regional was sixth-grader Sam Gade at 65 pounds, Stearns, eighth-graders Adam Drumheller at 119 pounds, Connor Lindaur at 145 pounds, and Andrew Miritello, who lost to Adamo in the title match, at 155 pounds. Seventhgrader John Hackett was Classic, TBA ■March ■ 20 – at Windy City Classic, TBA ■March ■ 22 – at Providence Catholic, 4:30 p.m. Boys baseball ■March ■ 15 – at Aurora Central Catholic, 4:30 p.m. ■March ■ 16 – hosts Plainfield Central, 4:30 p.m. ■March ■ 20 – at Brother Rice, 5 p.m. Girls softball ■March ■ 20 – hosts Mother McAuley, 4:30 p.m. Girls badminton ■March ■ 15 – hosts Andrew, 4:30 p.m. ■March ■ 17 – at Downers runner-up at 215 pounds. Taking third for Hickory Creek was Gavin Jones at 126 pounds and Rasheed Ayoola at 145 pounds. Fellow eighth-graders Griffin Bell and Ryan Ball placed fourth place at 135 and 167 pounds, respectively. "To qualify 15 [out of the 19 weight classes] for the sectional and have five regional champions was pretty successful right there," said Napier, a 2006 Oak Forest graduate who is currently an Grove North Invite, 9 a.m. ■March ■ 20 – hosts Lincoln- Way Central, 4:30 p.m. ■March ■ 22 – at Lincoln-Way West, 4:30 p.m. Boys track and field ■March ■ 16 – at SWSC Indoors, 4 p.m. Boys tennis ■March ■ 17 March 17 – at Downers Grove North Invite, 9 a.m. at Knights Invite Triad, 8:30 a.m. Girls track and field ■March ■ 17 – at SWSC Indoor, 10 a.m. Boys volleyball ■March ■ 22 – hosts Glenbard West, 6 p.m. assistant freshman football coach at Lincoln-Way West. "Then, to have Dominic have that success and win state was just great. "We will start back up with our Thunderbird [club] wrestling camp in April for eight weeks. We start back up the grade school season toward the end of November [Nov. 26]. We have some guys that wrestle club, but most of them want to wrestle for the community, and that's what they do." New Lenox resident finished his final game with the hockey team with an assist. He was also named All-State as a defenseman. BURNS PHOTOGRAPHY hockey From Page 44 the game when he delivered just 1:26 later. “We obviously knew anything could happen against them so we tried to come out at our best and I think we did a pretty good job of that,” Leptich said. “We just tried to stick what we do best against them, defense, b-ball From Page 45 as the two teams split a pair of close games (75-72 East win on Jan. 26, 65-62 Bolingbrook win on Feb. 20) this season. But it wasn’t to be. Still, the Griffins will always remember this season, which marked the first time they won a regional title and also registered back-to-back 20-win seasons after never winning 20 games in their first 15 years. That was a complete turnaround from a 7-19 campaign just two years ago. “There’s two things,” Kolimas stressed about this group. “First, we’ve known these guys since floor checking, blocking shots and staying disciplined and that seemed to work out well for us.” Despite falling short of a third straight appearance in the state title game at the United Center, the Celtics still finished with a strong post-season run after losing to Benet in the Kennedy Cup. “That was tough, but they fourth grade, so this [team] is home-grown. These kids have been developing their skills for a long time with us, and we’re extremely proud of how far they’ve come. “Secondly, Roger Bannister just passed away, so we talked about that. He broke the 4-minute mile, remember that? After he broke the 4-minute mile, great things happened and a lot of people ran 4-minute miles. So we’re hoping that this opens the door for us, and we continue to have success in our basketball program.” Sam Coverick, Danny Sajewski, and Desmond Shelton were also seniors on the team. But Buggemi, Parduhn, and Shafer came back and have played well the last few weeks,” Iaciancio said. “If you go back eight or nine years ago, this would’ve been a great finish. Expectations are a little higher now, but I think we realize we’re not going to win every time, but getting to the Elite Eight year after year after year is a sign of a successful program.” were all there for the past three years and will never forget it. “There’s so much,” Parduhn said of what he will remember. “Our trip down to Teutopolis, where we had so much fun. Winning the regional and coach Kolimas dancing in the locker room afterward. It’s sad that I won’t see the team at practice [anymore], but I made great friends and had a great time.” Shafer agreed. “Right now we’re disappointed,” he said. “But when we look back, we have accomplished so much. It’s awesome. Many of us have been playing together since grade school. It’s been a great ride with these guys and I love all of them.
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