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LW Central, East athletes celebrate National Signing Day
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Community School District
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On May 2, 2018, studentathletes
from LW Central
and East took part in The
National Signing Day Ceremony.
From Central:
Nick DeGregorio - football
at Illinois Wesleyan
University; Mark O’Reilly
- football at Concordia University-St.
Paul; Matt Granberry
- football at Robert
Morris University-Chicago;
Sam Pipiras - football at
Wabash College; Matt Pollack
- football at Northern
Illinois University; Danny
Jones - football at Elmhurst
College; Jake Pott - football
at University of St. Francis;
Liam Markham - football
at St. Ambrose University;
Alec Robustelli - football
at John Carroll University;
E.J. Charles - golf at University
of St. Francis; Joe
soccer
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game and win a regional
championship against a good
Lincoln-Way Central team,”
East coach Mike Murphy
said. “Especially with the
inexperience we had early.
The team worked hard and it
paid off.”
Especially for Johnston,
who was relegated to filming
duties for the Griffins since
she was hit in the head twice
and suffered a concussion on
March 22 in a game against
Providence. She returned
May 8 in the final regular
season game at Bradley-
Bourbonnais.
In the regular season meeting
between the two teams,
Kayleigh Hanlon scored
the only goal for the Griffins.
The junior midfielder
started the only scoring play
last week, too. She passed to
junior forward Haley Moustis,
who got off a shot from
the left side. Knight junior
goalkeeper Peyton Vecchiet
knocked the ball out, but
couldn’t secure it.
Johnston was there to hit
a rebound attempt. That too
was tipped out, but not secured
and went right back
to Johnston, who knocked
her second rebound attempt
inside the right post for the
games only goal just 3:03
into the contest.
“I hit if off the keeper
once, it came back to me,
and I hit it again,” Johnston
said. “Haley put a good shot
off the goalie, and I just followed
up on it.
“It feels really good to be
back. I’m just really happy
to be back and be able to
help the team.”
“She made a good save
when they scored the goal,”
Central coach Dan Radz said
of Vecchiet. “We just didn’t
clean it up.
Claffy - volleyball at Robert
Morris University-Chicago;
Aiden McGuire - volleyball
at Culver Stockton College;
Ricky Wesel - bowling at
Lewis University; Trevor
Amir - bowling at St. Xavier
University; Devin Smith
- baseball at Triton College;
Nate Davis - baseball at Triton
College; Jake Blount
- baseball at Concordia University-Wisconsin;
Brandon
Bennitt - baseball at Illinois
Institute of Technology;
Lauren Limpin - soccer at
St. Ambrose University;
and Kamryn Murphy - softball
at Saint Xavier University.
From East:
Jordan Abbasi - soccer
at Gannon University; Kellen
Bachler - swimming at
DePauw University; Colin
Brady - swimming at University
of Wisconsin-La
Crosse; Hayley Brothen
- lacrosse at Illinois Wesleyan
University; Joey Buggemi
- basketball at North
Central College; Jake Buhe
- football at Illinois Wesleyan
University; Kevin
Bullington - golf at Illinois
Wesleyan University;
Declan Carr - football at
Drake University; Greyson
Cox - volleyball at Clarke
University; Katie DeJuliustrack
and field at Augustana
College; Frankie DiCosola
- soccer at Millikin University;
Meghan Fisher - water
polo at Carthage College;
Cavon Gardner - football
at Millikin University;
Delani Grayer - basketball
at Clark Atlanta University;
Jaden Hacha - football at
Illinois State University;
Mike Herlihy - volleyball
at Loyola University; Lauren
Huss - soccer at Bryant
and Stratton College;
George Kougan - volleyball
at Dominican University;
Natalie LaMonto - cross
country and track and field
at Lawrence University;
“We’re snakebit. We lost
to Lincoln-Way West 1-0 in
the regional title game last
year and now 1-0 to East
this year. I was hoping the
seeds would work out where
we didn’t have to play another
Lincoln-Way in this
game, but they didn’t. We’d
been on the down-slide, we
couldn’t score.”
The Knights had their
chances. Senior forward
Maddie Melde had a couple
of good strikes in the first
half. But Fields, a senior,
made nice saves on both. Senior
defender Leah Willner
tried to get things going with
a corner kick and a crossing
shot, but those didn’t find
their mark.
Central’s best opportunities
came on a series of
second half free kicks on restarts
near the top of the box.
Junior forward Nicolette
Gossage took the first three
in the first 10 minutes of the
Tony Mavrogiannis - soccer
at Benedictine University;
Jared Mutter - baseball at Illinois
Wesleyan University;
Cristian Nolasco - cross
country and track and field
at St. Ambrose University;
Hailey O’Malley - cross
country and track and field
at Millikin University; Elyse
Panzella - track and field
at University of St. Francis;
Zach Parduhn - basketball
at the Illinois Institute of
Technology; Ian Piet - volleyball
at Loyola University;
Dante Smith - swimming
at Grinnell College;
Rick Smith - lacrosse at Illinois
Wesleyan University;
Jake Tencza - baseball at Illinois
Wesleyan University;
Katie Trudeau - hockey at
St. Norbert College; Jake
Vander Woude - baseball at
Calvin College; Mark Wroblewski
- volleyball at Augustana
College; and Luis
Zavala - volleyball at Augustana
College.
second half. All of her kicks
sailed high.
“The first part of the season,
Nicolette was solid in
the upper window [on free
kicks],” Radz said. “We had
opportunities, but we just
couldn’t score.”
Central had one last free
kick opportunity, this one by
junior defender Megan Andjelic
with 8:19 to play. But
it too sailed just too high.
That was the last opportunity
for the Knights as East’s defense
— led by junior Amber
Brooks, freshman Bianca
Cahue, junior Ashley Kuzlik
and freshman Lauren Sandburg
— buckled down for
the final eight minutes
“Our defense was really
impressive, especially the
last 15 to 20 minutes. We
gave up some free kicks and
we can’t foul there. But most
of the fouls happened because
the defense was playing
hard.”
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Boys volleyball
Lincoln-Way Central 25, 25, Stagg 14, 21
Jack Yurkanin led the team with 10 kills and added eight
digs and an ace. Garrett McCrea was second with eight
kills and two blocks. Joe Claffey added five kills and four
blocks, and Aidan McGuire had 24 assists, six digs and
three kills in the May 17 win.
Boys Water Polo
Central players earn All-Sectional recognition
Ryan Burke earned First Team All-Sectional at the Lincoln-Way
East Sectional that concluded on May 12. Adam
Ceh earned second-team honors.
Girls Water Polo
Central players earn All-Sectional honors
Caroline Heathcock was named First-Team All-Sectional
at the Lincoln-Way East Sectional that concluded on May
12. Teammates Megan Cales and Claire Connors earned
second-team honors.
Baseball
Lincoln-Way East 7, Bolingbrook 0
Cole Kirschieper broke the school record with his ninth
win of the season on May 15. Jacob Slager and John Slager
each added two RBI.
Softball
Lincoln-Way East 4, Providence Catholic 3
Alex Storako had 23 strikeouts, Lauren Hunter was
4-for-5 with one RBI and Danielle Drogemuller had the
game-winning hit for the Griffins on May 16.
Lincoln-Way East 5, Stagg 3
Alex Storako was 4-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs
to lead the Griffins on May 15.
Lincoln-Way Central 4, Munster (Indiana) 2
Olivia Flinn kept the Munster offense at bay,
pitching a complete game, allowing only two runs and
striking out six. Gabriella Gedville went 2-for-3 with a run,
and Ashley Platek went 1-for-3 with two RBI in the May
15 win.
LWE 9, Oak Forest 2
Danielle Dorgemuller was 3 for 3 with two RBIs, Macie
Nuzzo was 2 for 2 with a home run and one RBI and Paige
Geraghty 2 for 2 at the May 14 game.
Lincoln-Way Central 17, Thornwood 0
Kamryn Murphy was a perfect 3-for-3 at the plate with
three RBI and a double. Sarah Wilson got the win in the
circle, allowing zero runs and striking out five in her outing
in the May 11 win.
High School Highlights is compiled by Editor T.J. Kremer III,
tj@mokenamessenger.com