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Monahan named All-American;
Ruskowsky, Zordani also honored
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STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor
Matt Monahan, a Lincoln-Way
West graduate,
was named an honorable
mention NAIA All-American.
Monahan is the first St.
Xavier player to receive
All-American honors
since 2010.
The junior third baseman
hit .370 and led the
Chicagoland Collegiate
Athletic Conference in hits
(81) and RBI (60). He was
named the CCAC Player
of the Year.
Monahan ranked 10th in
the nation in NAIA in hits
per game with 1.59.
He led the Cougars to a
CCAC regular-season title
and a spot in the NAIA National
Tournament.
Monahan was not the
only LW West alum honored
for a starring role at
Big changes ahead for IHSA
boys, girls basketball state finals
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor
The Illinois High School
Association announced
last week a format change
for the boys and girls state
basketball finals. Beginning
in 2021, the finals
for all four classes in girls
basketball will be held
over one three-day weekend,
with all four classes
of boys being contested
the following weekend.
In the past, Classes 1A
and 2A were held over
one weekend, with 3A and
Lincoln-Way West graduate and St. Xavier junior Matt
Monahan was named an NAIA honorable mention All-
American. PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. XAVIER ATHLETICS
St. Xavier this spring.
Softball star Amanda
Ruskowsky was named
second-team All-Region
by the National Fastpitch
Coaches Association. Ruskowsky
was a two-way
threat as she hit .350 with
41 RBI and went 11-4 as a
pitcher with a 2.24 ERA.
4A the next.
Under the new format,
16 games will be played
each week, from Thursday
to Saturday, and the championship
games in all four
classes will be held on the
same Saturday.
The hope is the change
will boost attendance. It
prevents the large-class
boys finals from conflicting
with the highly-popular
opening weekend of
the NCAA Tournament, as
it has in recent years.
“There has been a great
LW West graduate Ben
Zordani, another leader
of the Cougars’ baseball
team, was named an NAIA
scholar athlete. The award
is open to junior and senior
athletes with a cumulative
GPA of at least 3.5.
Zordani hit .246 with 21
RBI.
deal of support for this
new tournament format
over the past few months,”
IHSA Executive Director
Craig Anderson said in a
press release. “We tried to
be as transparent as possible,
communicating the
idea and seeking feedback
from basketball coaches
and school administrators
throughout the state
in a variety of ways. It
was fairly unanimous that
most felt like it was {an}
idea worth trying.”
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