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42 | December 13, 2018 | The New Lenox Patriot sports<br />
newlenoxpatriot.com<br />
Sports Briefs<br />
LWC basketball welcomes<br />
future Knights at Junior High<br />
Night<br />
Those who want more<br />
information about Lincoln-<br />
Way Central’s academic and<br />
athletic programs for their<br />
child who is going to attend<br />
that school are encouraged<br />
to attend Junior High Knight<br />
on Monday, Dec. 17.<br />
From 5-5:45, the school<br />
will provide everything parents<br />
and children need to<br />
know about its programs.<br />
Afterwards at 6 p.m., guests<br />
can watch the boys varsity<br />
basketball game against Chicago<br />
A&S High School for<br />
free. For more information,<br />
call (815) 462-2100.<br />
South Suburban Rugby hosts<br />
classes for newcomerrs<br />
South Suburban Rugby<br />
Club hosts classes for newcomers<br />
(hed)<br />
The South Suburban Rugby<br />
Club Cobras is hosting<br />
classes for those in grades<br />
1-8 who want to learn more<br />
about rugby.<br />
Rookie Rugby, for grades<br />
1-3, is from 6-7 p.m., and<br />
Rugby 101, for grades 4-8,<br />
meets at 7-8 p.m. Classes<br />
take place at Spencer Crossing,<br />
1701 S. Spencer Road.<br />
On Jan. 3, the club will<br />
host a meeting for new, returning<br />
and interested players<br />
and their parents.<br />
The meeting from 7-9<br />
p.m. at Beggar’s Pizza in<br />
New Lenox located 650 W.<br />
Maple St. will address registration,<br />
expectations and<br />
more information about the<br />
club. Attendance is expected<br />
for athletes looking to play<br />
in the spring season. Pizza<br />
and pop will be provided for<br />
the players only. Families<br />
are welcome to order off the<br />
menu.<br />
For more information,<br />
email sscobrarugby@gmail.<br />
com.<br />
Sports Briefs are compiled by<br />
Editor James Sanchez, james@<br />
newlenoxpatriot.com.<br />
This Week In...<br />
Warriors Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - hosts Tinley Park,<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - hosts Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, 6:30 p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - hosts Lockport,<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - at Thornridge,<br />
5:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
West Quad, 10 a.m.<br />
Girls Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - hosts Stagg, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Cup, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - at Joliet West (at<br />
Town and Country Lanes),<br />
4:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Cup, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys Swimming and<br />
Diving<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at York Invite,<br />
9 a.m.<br />
Competitive Cheerleading<br />
■Dec. ■ 16 - at Joliet West<br />
Invite, TBA<br />
Competitive Dance<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Stagg Invite, 7<br />
a.m.<br />
Knights Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - at Stagg, 6:15<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Minooka, 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 17 - hosts Chicago<br />
A&S High School (Junior High<br />
Night), 6 p.m.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - hosts Andrew, 6<br />
p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - at Glenbrook<br />
South Tournament, 3:30 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Glenbrook<br />
South Tournament, 10 a.m.<br />
Girls Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Cup, 9 a.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 19 - hosts Southland<br />
College Prep, 4:30 p.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - hosts Lincoln-Way<br />
Cup, 9 a.m.<br />
Boys Swimming and<br />
Diving<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - at Neuqua Valley<br />
Invite, 5 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Neuqua Valley<br />
Invite, 9 a.m.<br />
Competitive Cheerleading<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Rolling<br />
Meadows Invite, TBA<br />
■Dec. ■ 16 - at Joliet West<br />
Invite, TBA<br />
Competitive Dance<br />
■Dec. ■ 16 - at Warren<br />
Township Invite, TBA<br />
Celtics Varsity<br />
Athletics<br />
Boys Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - hosts DePaul<br />
Prep, 7 p.m.<br />
Girls Basketball<br />
■Dec. ■ 13 - at De La Salle, 7<br />
p.m.<br />
Wrestling<br />
■Dec. ■ 14 - at 53rd Rex<br />
Whitlatch Invite (at Hinsdale<br />
Central High School), 4:30<br />
p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at 53rd Rex<br />
Whitlatch Invite, (at Hinsdale<br />
Central High School)<br />
9 a.m.<br />
Hockey<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Benet Academy<br />
(at Seven Bridges), 4:45 p.m.<br />
■Dec. ■ 16 - at Carmel<br />
Catholic, 5:10 p.m.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at CCL North vs.<br />
CCL South doubleheader, 10<br />
a.m.<br />
Competitive<br />
Cheerleading<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Andrew Invite,<br />
TBA<br />
■Dec. ■ 16 - at Joliet West<br />
Invite, TBA<br />
Competitive Dance<br />
■Dec. ■ 15 - at Stagg Invite, 7<br />
a.m.<br />
This Week In is compiled by<br />
editor James Sanchez, james@<br />
newlenoxpatriot.com.<br />
high school highlights<br />
The rest of the week in high school sports<br />
Wrestling<br />
Sandburg 53, Lincoln-Way<br />
Central 9<br />
Conor Smetana (113),<br />
Jackson Hosman (152)<br />
and Mason Sargent (195)<br />
all won by decision in the<br />
Dec. 6 dual against the Eagles.<br />
Boys Swimming and Diving<br />
Warriors place second in<br />
triangular<br />
Gavin Boomsma won<br />
the 200 freestyle (1:55.48),<br />
Sean Finley won the 200<br />
individual medley by more<br />
than 11 seconds (2:09.32),<br />
and he also won the 100<br />
breastsroke (1:03.31).<br />
The medley relay team of<br />
Tristan Minarik, Finley, Lukas<br />
Gonda and Joe Valente<br />
narrowly took second. Josh<br />
Bakke was runner-up in the<br />
50 freestyle, Minarik was<br />
second in the 100 freestyle<br />
and 100 backstroke and the<br />
200 relay team of Finley,<br />
Valente, Bakke and Boomsma<br />
also took second in the<br />
Dec. 6 meet.<br />
Boys Bowling<br />
Lincoln-Way Central 1948,<br />
Sandburg 1913<br />
Alex Nolan came up big<br />
with a 504 series (225, 279)<br />
to lead the Knights’ win over<br />
the Eagles on Dec. 6.<br />
High School Highlights is<br />
compiled by editor James Sanchez,<br />
james@newlenoxpa<br />
triot.com.<br />
KNIGHT<br />
From Page 47<br />
Maloney made a 3-pointer<br />
midway through the third<br />
quarter to give Central its<br />
largest lead at 46-34.<br />
A pair of Curran free<br />
throws in the final minute<br />
of the third quarter matched<br />
that lead and made it 52-40.<br />
The Knights led 52-42 after<br />
three. But the Eagles never<br />
quit, getting back within<br />
one possession on three occasions<br />
down the stretch.<br />
The closest they got was 61-<br />
59 on a 3-pointer by senior<br />
guard Ray’von Houston (7<br />
points, all in the 4th quarter)<br />
with 2:05 to play. They<br />
were still within 63-60 after<br />
a free throw with 1:43 remaining,<br />
but 26 seconds later<br />
missed a trey that would<br />
have tied the game. Central<br />
went 4-of-4 from the line<br />
in the final 41.3 seconds to<br />
clinch the win.<br />
“We just came out strong<br />
in the second half and we all<br />
played together,” Tingley<br />
said. “We started playing<br />
together more and put some<br />
scoring together and that<br />
helped and just took over<br />
from there. We’re a young<br />
team so the more that we<br />
play together, the more that<br />
it will help. We have some<br />
guys on this team who are<br />
good leaders so we’re just<br />
trying to play together and<br />
preparing for the future but,<br />
also, trying to get as many<br />
wins as we can.”<br />
Sophomore guard/forward<br />
Wesley Woods (15<br />
points) led Southland. Junior<br />
center Emeka Ajaere<br />
(12 points), senior guard<br />
Dwayne Neff (9 points)<br />
and senior forward Jaylon<br />
Barnes (8 points) also contributed<br />
for the Eagles.<br />
Central jumped out to an<br />
early 8-3 lead, but the Eagles<br />
came back with a 10-0<br />
run. The score was tied 13-<br />
13 after one quarter. That<br />
was the first of four ties<br />
that quarter, and there were<br />
also eight lead changes in a<br />
competitive second quarter<br />
that saw each team score 17<br />
points.<br />
“They played hard and<br />
made some shots,” Central<br />
coach Bob Curran said of<br />
the Eagles. “They’re quick<br />
and they might have shot<br />
better from the three-point<br />
line than we did, and that<br />
kept them in the game. With<br />
a lot of sophomores, you<br />
can tell that we’re physically<br />
weak. We’ve had a<br />
bunch of close games, and<br />
the more games you have<br />
like that, the better.<br />
“We have a bunch of multiple-sport<br />
kids so we do not<br />
get together in the summer<br />
as a group, so that’s always<br />
a struggle every year. We’re<br />
trying to find chemistry and<br />
who should be out there and<br />
things like that. But they’re<br />
great kids, they work hard<br />
and they have good basketball<br />
IQs, so I expect them to<br />
keep getting better.”<br />
Starting with the South-<br />
West Suburban Conference<br />
Red Division opener last<br />
Friday, Dec. 7 at Bradley-<br />
Bourbonnais, the Knights<br />
have a plethora of games in<br />
a 2-week span. On Tuesday,<br />
Dec. 11 they hosted Andrew<br />
and then on Thursday,<br />
Dec. 13, at 6:15 p.m. they<br />
travel to Stagg for another<br />
SWSC Red matchup. Then<br />
on Saturday, Dec. 15 there’s<br />
a 4;30 p.m. nonconference<br />
game at Minooka.<br />
Next week, at 6 p.m.<br />
on Monday, Dec. 17, the<br />
Chicago Agricultural Science<br />
High School comes to<br />
town. The week ends with a<br />
local SWSC crossover<br />
showdown at 6:30 p.m. on<br />
Friday, Dec. 21 at Lincoln-<br />
Way East.