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46 | March 21, 2019 | the tinley Junction sports tinleyjunction.com Andrew ready for another huge payoff during girls soccer season JEFF VORVA, Sports Editor Even though Andrew’s girls soccer players have not been very kind to opponents in recent history, they spent Valentine’s Day being nice to strangers. The Thunderbolts, who return a ton of talent from a squad that had a historic season by taking fourth in the state in Class 3A in 2018, return to the PepsiCo Showdown later in the season. Not only is the Showdown one of the biggest prep soccer events in the country, officials insist that teams participated in an off-the-field activity to help others. The Bolts gathered up dollar bills, attached notes with encouagement on them and placed them throughout the Dollar Tree store in Tinley Park for customers to find. “We wrote ‘have a nice day’ to try to make someone’s day,” senior Megan Nemec said. “We didn’t hide them - we left them out for people to find.” And find them, they did. “One lady asked the cashier ‘is this real?’ and wondered if she was getting pranked,” teammate Samantha Koppers said. “I was behind her in line and told her ‘oh yeah, that’s real, that’s from the Andrew soccer team.’ She thanked us and gave us a hug. It was really nice to see that we brought someone joy on the day.’’ Joe Trost the founder of the monster tournament, insists that activities off the field are as important as on the field. “Off the field, they’re truly teammates in the game of life helping enhance the lives of others,” he said. “It’s important to remember that one percent of PepsiCo Showdown student athletes will go on to play professionally, but 100 percent can From left, Megan Nemec, Gabby Sportiello and Sam Koppers are three all-SouthWest Suburban Conference Red players who are returning to try to help Andrew’s girls soccer team to another huge season. JEFF VORVA/22ND CENTURY MEDIA be change agents and leaders in their own communities for the rest of their lives.” The Bolts return players who scored 70 of the team’s 82 goals last year. Koppers collected 20 to lead the team while Erin Jaskierski came up with 16 and Nemec 13. They opened up the season outscoring Romeoville and Providence Catholic in the first two rounds of the Windy City Ram Classic by a combined score of 9-0. Nemec scored four goals and Koppers three while senior goalie Gabby Sportiello racked up a pair of shutouts. They dropped a 2-1 shootout to Glenbard East in the third round. Despite the returning firepower, the team is not resting on last year’s laurels. “We don’t want to say ‘oh, we’re good, we’re just going to do this,” Koppers said. “We know that with each game we play, the winner is going to be who puts the most effort into the game.” “We don’t want to be cocky or anything,” Sportiello said. “We want to have the same mentality every year. It helps that we have this connection already and the new players fit in so well.’’ Because of a beefed-up schedule, T-Bolts coach Loren Zolk has beefed up the depth on the team by rostering 22 players. Other members of the team are seniors Allison Lim, Brandi Muys, Allison Jensen, Irina Clausius, Madleen Shalabi, Alex Dennis, Megan O’Neill, Brooke Vaccarello, Claire Cronin, and Brigid Tunney, juniors Alyssa Schaeflein, Alexis Harrison, Nicole Koppers and Gianna Ennis and sophomores Samantha Gountounas, Diana Carbajal, Alyssa Watkins and Makayla More. “The early part of the season is going to be to try to sort out where people belong and when they belong,” Zolk said. “For the most part, the core of the team is back and we’ve added some players from last year’s undefeated JV team.” The Bolts have a supersectional rematch with Downers Grove North on Thursday, March 21 in Tinley Park and a battle with Plainfield North at home on Monday, March 25. “It will be fun watching these guys play,” Zolk said. “I’m going to enjoy it.” THIS WEEK IN TITANS VARSITY ATHLETICS BASEBALL ■ ■March 25 – at McAdory-Alabama, 9:30 a.m. ■ ■March 25 – at Jeminson- Alabama, 11:30 a.m. ■ ■March 26 – at Pleasant Valley- Alabama, 2 p.m. ■ ■March 27 – at Haleyville- Alabama, 4 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL ■ ■March 22 – at Homewood- Flossmoor Invite, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – at Homewood- Flossmoor Invite, 9 a.m. GIRLS TRACK ■ ■March 26 – at Lemont with Oak Lawn, Richards, 5 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER ■ ■March 21 – hosts Joliet Catholic, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – at Reavis Reavis Windy City Classic, TBA ■ ■March 26 – at Evergreen Park, 6 p.m. ■ ■March 28 – at Lincoln-Way Central, 11:45 a.m. SOFTBALL ■ ■March 27 – at Marian Catholic, 11 a.m. THUNDERBOLTS VARSITY ATHLETICS BASEBALL ■ ■March 21 – hosts Plainfield North, 4:30 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – at TBA-Jacksonville, IL, TBA ■ ■March 24 – at TBA-Jacksonville, IL TBA ■ ■March 25 – hosts Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m. ■ ■March 27 – at Sandburg, 11 a.m. BOYS TENNIS ■ ■March 27 – at Crete-Monee, 4:30 p.m. BOYS VOLLEYBALL ■ ■March 22 – at Marist Tourney, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – at Marist Tourney, 9 a.m. ■ ■March 26 – hosts Shepard, 1 p.m. BOYS WATER POLO ■ ■March 21 – at Lockport, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 22 – at St. Patrick, TBA ■ ■March 23 – at St. Patrick, TBA ■ ■March 25 – hosts Riverside- Brookfield, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 26 – hosts Shepard, 12 p.m. ■ ■March 28 – at Stagg, 10 a.m. BOYS GYMNASTICS ■ ■March 1 – at Hinsdale Central Invite, 6 p.m. ■ ■March 6 – hosts Andrew Triangular, 6 p.m. ■ ■March 13 – at Wheaton Warrenville South Triangular, 6 p.m. ■ ■March 15 – at Hinsdale Central Invite, 6 p.m. ■ ■March 20 – at Glenbard South Triangular, 6 p.m. ■ ■April 3 – at Glenbard East Triangular, 6 p.m. ■ ■April 8 – at Hinsdale South Invite, 6 p.m. ■ ■April 18 – at Independent Conference Championships- Wheaton Warrenville South, 6 p.m. ■ ■April 18 – at Wheaton South, 6 p.m. BOYS LACROSSE ■ ■March 23 – hosts Andrew Tournament, 8 a.m. ■ ■March 27 – at Lincoln-Way West, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS BADMINTON ■ ■March 23 – at Naperville Central Quad, 9 a.m. ■ ■March 26 – at Bolingbrook, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER ■ ■March 21 – hosts Downers Grove North, 5 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – at Reavis Invite, TBA ■ ■March 25 – hosts Plainfield North, 1 p.m. ■ ■March 27 – at Marist, 6:30 p.m. SOFTBALL ■ ■March 22 – hosts Thornton Fractional South, 4:30 p.m. ■ ■March 23 – hosts Oswego East- Double Header, 11 a.m. ■ ■March 25 – hosts Lockport, 4:30 p.m. ■ ■March 27 – at Lincoln-Way East, 11 a.m. ■ ■March 28 – at Providence Catholic Invite, 3:30 p.m. GIRLS WATER POLO ■ ■March 21 – hosts Lockport, 5 p.m.
tinleyjunction.com sports the Tinley Junction | March 21, 2019 | 47 fastbreak THURSDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK Some thoughts from a SWIC mind JEFF VORVA/ 22ND CENTURY MEDIA 1st and 3 NOTES FROM THE INFANT STAGES OF THE DISTRICT 230 CO-OP BOYS LACROSSE SEASON 1. For openers The team (above) opened the 2019 season with a home battle with Lockport on March 15 at Andrew and won 13-7. Last year, Lockport won the meeting, 12-5. 2. Last year’s postseason The co-op team beat Providence Catholic in the opening round of the regional and was stopped in the second round by Lincoln-Way’s co-op team. 3. Sophomore season This is just the second season lacrosse is sanctioned by the Illinois High School Association. Last year, Loyola Academy was the historic first state champion. Jeff Vorva Sports Editor During my career, I haven’t covered a lot of grade school sports so I don’t have much of a body of work to compare this with. But when it comes to having great information and history readily available to players, coaches fans and, in my case, the media, the South West Interscholastic Conference has to be up there as one of the best. I’ve covered three tournaments so far - girls basketball, boys basketball and girls volleyball. Each of them provided folks with a program full of rosters, standings from the season, past champions and MVP award winners. Some of these tournaments go back to the 1970s, so there is a lot of information there. Not only to we get to see some potential stars of the future but there are also some stars of the past to remember. On the other side of the coin, I don’t like the scheduling of the league’s championships. During the fall, girls basketball and boys volleyball championships were on the same day at around the same time at two different venues. On March 9, the girls volleyball and boys basketball championships were on the same day at two sites. I would be in favor of having title games on different days, or have one in the afternoon and the other at night. Prairie View champs Top-seeded Prairie View Middle School’s seventh graders claimed the SWIC Tournament at Liberty Jr. High School in Burbank. Members of coach Pat Nicols’ Eagles squad are Austin Cusack, Cooper Greenfield, Josh Richardson, Scott Dinnon, Marcos Gonzales, Joshua Waters, Kaleb Simms, Danny Laird, Ethan Berchos, Drew Silvia, Johnny Arvanetes, Benjamin Delaleurs, Jackson Ugo, Jacob Flores, Tre Dowdell, Colin Cloutier, Ethan Esparza and Anthony Adkins. Century champs Top-seeded Century Junior High’s seventh grade volleyball team ended up winning the SWIC tournament at Conrady Prairie View’s seventh basketball team captured the SWIC Tournament championship on March 9. PHOTO SUBMITTED Junior High in Palos Hills and infishing the season undefeated. Members of coach Brian Mallo’s squad are Grace Fuller, Ashley Fuller, Yanmeen Rayan, Karina May, Juliana Paddock, Emma Isenberg, Keira Fitzgerald, Nora Murray, Lizzie Boertlein, Reilly Chausse, Juliana MacInnis, Diana Jumah, Mennah Alameria, Lizzy Donlevy and Emily Hasan. All-Conference players While I have all this cool information, here are some area SWIC all-conference players: The eighth grade boys basketball team includes Century’s Niko Abusara, Tinley Park Central’s Nic Altobelli, Bryant Green and Johnny Wendling, Grissom’s Anthony Ceniti, Nathan LaPlant and Sean Monahan, Prairie View’s Brandon Cusack and Jerling’s Walter Davis. The seventh grade team includes Prairie View’s Dowdell, Gonzalez and Simms, Grissom’s Zavier Fitch, James Gallagher and Grantas Sakenis and Century’s Bobby Kutt. The eighth grade girls volleyball team includes Orland Junior High’s Emily Cossyleon and Gabby Gasior, Simmons’ Katelyn Dillon, Grissom’s Brooke Haggerty, Jerling’s Claire Hildebrand and Shannon Steed, Century’s Ivonna Latek and Maddie Smith, Prairie View’s Jessica Morawski, and Tinley Central School’s Hannah Wollschlager. The seventh grade team includes Century’s Chausse, MacInnis and May, Grissom’s Amanda Gaskin and Grace Wood, Tinley Central School’s Julita Latka, Prairie View’s Taylor London and Layla Martino, Orland Junior High’s Hanna Tutor and Mikayla Zoubek, Simmons’ Garbriella Woltman and Jerling’s Isabella Zientek. LISTEN UP “We don’t want to get cocky. I think we will have the same mentality we have every year.” Gabby Sportiello — Andrew soccer goalie, on returning a wealth of talent from last year’s state fourth-place team Tune In Boys lacrosse Saturday, March 23 • The District 230 co-op team hosts a tournament at Andrew. Some of the teams included in the field are Homewood- Flossmoor, Minooka, Lockport and downstate Dunlap. Index 45 - Athlete of the Week 44 - Youth sports Compiled by Sports Editor Jeff Vorva, JVORVA@22NDCM.com
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