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44 | September 27, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot SPORTS newlenoxpatriot.com Football Big third quarter from H-F puts away Warriors Sean Hastings Freelance Reporter Sixty-five yards, 32 yards and 50-yards. Those are the lengths of three Homewood-Flossmoor plays that went for touchdowns in its 28-14 win over Lincoln- Way West Friday, Sept. 21 at H-F. The Warriors stopped the Vikings throughout the first half, but come the third quarter, H-F started to have its way with West. Senior quarterback Greyson Grimm provided the only scoring of the first half on a 3-yard quarterback keeper. H-F nearly tied the game on a last-minute drive in the first half, but two breakups by senior defensive back Quan Brown and one by senior defensive back Aidan Tyk, both right at the goal line, stopped the drive and kept West in the lead. The Vikings went for the big play numerous times in the first half, but the passes were either long, or broken up by a West defensive back, who stayed on the receiver. The big play finally came in the third quarter and on fourth down. However, the pass was originally planned to just get a first down for H-F. Viking quarterback Dominick Jones connected with wide receiver William Pauling across the middle, and Pauling did the rest by taking it 65 yards for the score. West senior Andrew Sherry blocked the extra point try to keep the score at 7-6 early in the second half. “The first series out there [in the second half], we made some mistakes and it cost us,” head coach Dave Ernst said. “Our guys played hard, though, and I’m proud Lincoln-Way West quarterback Greyson Grimm accounted for the Warriors’ two touchdowns in the loss against Homewood-Flossmoor. He ran one in from three yards and fired a 51-yard pass for the other. 22ND CENTURY MEDIA FILE PHOTO of them. But we can play better than we did.” And just a few minutes later H-F running back Leon Tanna took a run play 32-yards for a touchdown. A two-point conversion put the score to 14-7 with less than six minutes to play in the third quarter. H-F’s next big play was not an offensive one. Sixteen seconds into the fourth quarter, Wynston Russell managed to score on a 50- yard fumble recovery. He broke two tackles and made moves on other Warrior players en route to the end zone and the lead. On a short run up the middle that would have went for a gain, the ball was punched out from behind and bounced five yards right into the hands of Russell. This came just after West tied the game on a 51-yard trick play near the end of the third quarter. Grimm handed it off to junior running back Caleb Marconi, he handed it off to senior wide receiver Billy Dozier, he pitched it back to Grimm, and Grimm fired a 51-yard pass to senior wide receiver Nick Gula for an, at the time, game-tying touchdown at 14 a piece. The Vikings’ final touchdown, a 4-yard run by Tanna, came after another Warrior fumble. Ernst said the turnovers in the second half “broke their back.” “We fought our butts off,” Ernst said. “That’s a really good team and a really good program. You have to talk about them being one of the top couple programs in Illinois and one of the better ones in the Midwest.” Although the lows outweighed the highs for the Warriors in the end, there was still enough for the Warriors to look back on Box Score and continue to build off. Grimm, for example, had another long run. Breaking off at least one 20-yard plus run a game, seems to be the norm for him. He said after the Bradley win, that he was glad to be using his feet to make plays again. He had a 31-yard scramble, which followed 30 yards of penalties the Warriors racked up on one play. Two 15-yard flags sent the Warriors from H-F’s zone back into its own. And as Ernst calls him, the “unsung” hero senior 1 2 3 4 F WEST 7 0 7 0 14 H-F 0 0 14 14 28 Top Performers: 1. Nick Gula - yard touchdown reception, 64 yards total 2. Brett Carberry - 9 tackles 3. Quan Brown - Two key pass breakups near end zone in final minute of first half. fullback Dylan Holstein had a catch go for 34 yards. He was also tasked at times with blocking H-F’s defensive lineman Isaiah Coe, who is ranked as one of the top in the state, but Holstein put him to the ground on some plays. Defensively for the Warriors, despite allowing a huge second half to the Vikings, held the opposition to just 86 in the first half. The Vikings ended with 365 total yards. Junior linebacker Brett Carberry led the Warriors with nine tackles and AREA FOOTBALL STANDINGS SOUTHWEST SUBURBAN Team, Conf. Record, Overall LW East 3-0 5-0 H-F 3-0 5-0 Andrew 3-1 4-1 LW Central 3-1 3-2 LW West 2-2 3-2 Bolingbrook 2-1 4-1 Thornton 2-1 3-2 Stagg 2-1 2-3 Thornridge 0-2 1-4 Thornwood 0-2 1-4 Sandburg 0-3 2-3 Brad. Bourb. 0-3 2-3 Lockport 0-3 0-5 SOUTH SUBURBAN RED Team, Conf. Record, Overall TF South 3-0 5-0 Hillcrest 2-0 5-0 Lemont 2-1 2-3 Bremen 1-1 1-4 TF North 1-2 2-3 Tinley Park 0-3 2-3 Oak Forest 0-3 0-5 CHICAGO CATHOLIC LEAGUE BLUE Team, Conf. Record, Overall Brother Rice 2-0 5-0 Montini 1-0 5-0 Providence 1-1 4-1 Loyola 0-1 3-2 St. Rita 0-2 1-4 at least five other defensive players had at least five tackles. “We don’t like losing, we’re not going to accept it, we’re going to learn from it, but we fought hard and I’m proud of the guys,” Ernst said. “There’s no question we’re taking steps in the right direction. We’re getting better every week and that’s our goal to make a run.” West is back on the road Friday, Sept. 29 to play Sandburg.
newlenoxpatriot.com SPORTS the New Lenox Patriot | September 27, 2018 | 45 Knights look ahead after Senior Night success James Sanchez, Editor For Lincoln-Way Central’s dual against Stagg on Sept. 18, it was about celebrating and playing the upperclassmen, even if it meant sitting its Top 2 players to make room on the lineup. While Sean Curran and Juney Bai, the team’s No. 1 and No. 2 players, respectively, sat out on Senior Night, the Knights still took care of business against the Chargers by 34 strokes. They won 163-197 at The Sanctuary to boost their record to 6-2-1. Junior T.J. Edmier led the way with a 39 (3-over), senior Brian Sterling shot a 40, junior Connor Hogan was right behind with a 41, and senior Noah Devries posted the fourth score with a 43. Seniors Jon Soldan, T.J. Pope and Sean Gandy also played in the match. The upperclassmen will be crucial come postseason to advance out of the upcoming Joliet Central Regional Tuesday, Oct. 2 at Inwood. Lockport, which is undefeated outside of weekend tournaments, are the frontrunners to take the regional title, while Central, Lincoln-Way West, Providence, Lincoln- Way East and Homewood- Flossmoor are also among the formidable schools in the nine-team field vying for the Top 3 spots to advance to sectionals. Curran and Bai have been key cogs in the Top 2 spots averaging in the mid-to-high 70’s in 18-hole rounds, but coach Ryan Pohlmann said he’s been rotating his lineup on the back end to see who could be their consistent closing scorers. With the loss of regular starters E.J. Charles and Ryan Nolan to graduation, Pohlmann said one player who took a major step forward to help fill that Pictured are Lincoln-Way Central’s five seniors who competed at Senior Night on Sept. 18. The seniors helped defeat Stagg 163-192 at The Sanctuary. Photo Submitted void is Edmier, who now averages a 40 in nine-hole rounds. Pohlmann added the most improved player could be sophomore Nick Tingley, who has posted a few weekend tournaments in the high 70’s, as well as a 38 during a nine-hole dual at Kankakee Elks. Pohlmann said Tingley entered the JV golf program last year averaging in the low 50’s and now has improved to where he’s relied upon at the varsity level. Other low scorers on the team include Sterling and Soldan, who both average 40. “The competitive nature of this group has been strong,” Pohlmann said. “Guys have competed for spots. I don’t think we’ve played our best golf yet, so I really hope down the road we got some great rounds left in us.” It’s still a deep bunch, despite losing Charles and Nolan. The addition of Bai, a freshman, filling into the No. 2 role where Charles used to play helped maintain the Knights’ competitiveness in the conference. “Juney has exceeded my expectations,” Pohlmann said. “I knew he was going to be a solid player coming in, but his maturity on the course has been fantastic. He’s an even better kid. He’s probably got one of the best wedge games in our program.” Bai said he exceeded his own expectations as a newcomer, admitting it was intimidating coming in with all the juniors and seniors. But he said the welcoming and motivating team atmosphere raised his comfort level, and seemingly now raised his confidence. “We have a great team, so I’m expecting to win everything,” Bai said of the upcoming postseason. “We’ve had a rough couple weeks going in, but we’ve got that out of the way, and now we can beat these teams later on.” Curran, a sophomore, is also eager to get into the postseason swing. He’s coming off a tie for 26th at state, individually (151). His finalround score of 71 at The Den was tied for fourth best on the day. He tied for sixth at sectionals with a 75 to help advance the team to state where they finished 10th. Sterling was also a part of that state lineup and finished 90th. Devries played the first round at state and was swapped with Soldan during the second round. “It was one of my first time playing [The Den] out there in Bloomington,” Curran said. “Kind of getting used to the atmosphere is definitely going to help [in my second year]. I hope to put together rounds out there if I make it.” But to get to state, they must get through regionals first. Pohlmann described Inwood as “quirky” because of having small greens and “funky” holes, which includes a par-3 10th hole, which is uncommon to start a back nine with. Competition will be stiff, but if history can repeat itself, Pohlmann prefers his team to face that adversity. “We have a decent chance, but it’s not an easy route by any means, and you want to be tested early on,” Pohlmann said. “That’s what happened last year. We played poorly early in the front nine [at regionals] and battled back and were able to sneak out for the third spot, and that propelled us to make it out of sectionals [as champions].” high school highlights The rest of the week in high school sports Boys Soccer Lincoln-Way Central 7, Rich Central 0 Joey Rotondi had the biggest night for the Knights totaling two goals and an assist. Alex Serelas joined in with a multi-goal effort with two, and also adding goals were Nick Willner, Jake Camaioni and Brandon Mellen. Devan Whitehead had two assists in the Sept. 17 win, and also adding assists were Dylan Leonard, Evan Pagliaro, Cam Difiori and Willner. Brendan McCarthy recorded shut out in goal. Girls Volleyball Lincoln-Way Central 25, 25, Stagg 18, 18 Kirsten Leitshuh was the top performer with 12 kills, Hannah Rubin had 24 assists, and Katie Little registered 10 digs in the win on Sept. 20. The Warriors’ record is 10-8. Lincoln-Way Central 25, 27, Bolingbrook 27, 29 Katie Barry lead the knights with 11 kills and eight digs, Nicole Dvorak had six kills, and Nicole Ramirez had 30 assists and two aces in the narrow Sept. 20 loss to put the Knights record at 12-6. Knights take first in gold division of Oak Lawn FOOTBALL From Page 47 thought we had very good coverage and he put it in some nice spots and receivers made some nice catches.” Coglianese said. “They were very solid.” Coming into the game, Providence had only allowed 19 points through Tournament Nicole Ramirez earned tournament MVP after totaling nine aces and 186 assists in the five-game tournament on Sept. 15. Katie Barry had eight aces and 23 kills, and Layne Stevens finished with three aces, 27 kills and nine blocks. The Knights opened the tournament with a 25-16, 25-17 win over Argo; then 25-20, 25-20 over Reavis; followed by 25-13, 25-11 over Vernon Hills; then 17- 25, 25-19, 25-20 over Lincoln-Way West; and finally a 17-25, 25-23, 25-23 win in the championship game over Lockport. Girls Swimming and Diving Lincoln-Way West wins host College Events Invite by one point Delaney Jacobsen won the 1000 freestyle with a time of 11:23.96. Lea Moeller won the 50 freestyle with a time of 24.87. The foursome of Julia Mindy, Teagan Zack, Ameilia Dellamano and Moeller won the 200 freestyle relay finishing at 1:46.25. Kasey Fris won the 200 backstroke by nearly six seconds at 2:16.73 during the event on Sept. 15. High School Highlights are compiled by Editor James Sanchez, james@newlenoxpatriot.com. four games. In one half alone, they surrendered 20. “The game was won on the line of scrimmage,” Coglianese said. “Their defensive line stopped our running game and that’s kind of our bread and butter. They played a complete game. We’re young. We learned some things tonight. We took some lumps but hopefully it will make us better.”
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