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30 | July 5, 2019 | the homer horizon sports homerhorizon.com Porters girls basketball readies for upcoming season Randy Whalen Freelance Reporter The turnaround for the Lockport Township girls basketball program started a couple of years ago when the Porters won a regional championship and completed back-to-back winning seasons for the first time in a long time. PROSPECTS SM BASEBALL 9U-14U Youth Travel On the surface, it would be easy to say that last season’s 9-22 record was a big setback. But with many of the players returning from that team and an excellent showing in some of the summer shootouts, the expectations will be high when the Porters take the court in November. Take the Morris Shootout, one of the top summer shootouts in the state. Lockport competed there on June 18 and 19 and placed third overall in the 32-team tournament. “We were competing at a much higher level than we had in the past,” Lockport coach Dan Kelly said. TRYOUT DATES PROSPECTS START JULY 8TH All Ages 8U to 18U Multiple Teams Venue: Lincoln-WayCentral XPOSURE 15U-18U High School TRAIN. PLAY. HAVE FUN! 2-minuteEarly BirdInterest Form at 2020tryouts.com Age Dates and Times On-line! Fund-raising DISCOUNT for ALL EARLY BIRD FORMS! •NoHidden Fees! Training sessions in-season! • Includes 2Under Armour uniforms w/ helmet/bag • Includes 8-10tournaments (8U-10U play 6-9 tourneys)** • Teams 8U to 14U have scheduled off weekends &flex schedules •Program built &proven by veteranCoach SteveKorbel • Xposureprogram with IHSA <strong>HO</strong>F Coach Jim Hall • Leading character&leadership programinclusion • Leading Presidential ServiceAward organization •Optional additional fund-raising assistance-top notch! July 8, 9, 10 July 15,16&July 20 Visit website fordetails ProspectsBaseball.com Training YouDeserve! ** Weather permitting. Wework with teams forindividual team goals! • Includes Positional Player Camps • Includes leading 12-week catcher camp •2018 Chicago Pitch&Hit Club (MLB) Youth Organization of the Year •Multi-venue training! No extrafees! Bo Dome |SportsPlex |Mokena Quarry LW Central Fieldhouse |Mokena Romeoville •Established baseball-only organization •Local Leader in SANCTIONED WorldSeries and Championships MANY OPPORTUNITIES PROJECTED!* 3-8U/9U teams! (Ages 7-9 welcome) 2-10U/11U/12Uteams 4-13U teams 3-14U teams * Interested Managers Multiple Xposure H.S. squads call Coach Korbel directly: 15U to 18U* (708) 209-9399 for any age SM “Certainly, the highest in my six years here. We lost to Highland [Illinois], which beat Joliet West for the title, in the semifinals. We beat a very good Oswego team in the quarterfinals and ended up taking third.” While summer success does not always transfer over to the regular season, there is still a lot of reason for optimism. The Porters graduated four seniors from last year, but eight players return that have varsity experience. Three of them, center Jenna Cotter, along with guards Sawyer Hollatz and Abby Papageorge, are returning seniors. “We have some new players, and we’re all learning to play with each other,” Papageorge said of the summer league. “We like working as a team together. Even after the summer workouts are over, we are going to get together to make sure we don’t lose what we have.” Cotter agreed the summer is a time to get to know new teammates and how everyone can perform. “Everyone is working really hard to get bigger, faster and stronger,” Cotter Athlete of the Month said. “We’re just practicing and learning each other’s styles.” Earlier in the summer, the Porters were at the DeKalb Shootout, which ended on June 8. There, they lost to eventual tourney champion Sycamore in pool play. In pool play at the Morris Shootout, Lockport defeated Ottawa, Romeoville and Tinley Park. Earlier in the summer, they toppled Joliet West, which they lost to by the score of 58-45 in the regular season last year. While last season was a struggle at times, there were highlights. Of their 22 losses, 14 of them were to teams with 18 or more wins, with the Porters being competitive in many of them. They had big wins over a 20-win Willowbrook team [50-48 on Nov. 21 at the Willowbrook Thanksgiving Tournament] and the first win against Lincoln-Way East [62-53 on Jan. 24] in over 13 years. Freshmen Cheri Michalek and Elizabeth Sochacki made big contributions as guards last year and will be looked at to make more. Returning juniors Sydney Furr and Elena Knebel will also be counted on in post positions. Lockport will open the season on Nov. 19 by hosting Romeoville. LW Central baseball player wins June competition Bill Jones, Managing Editor Lockport’s girls basketball team brought so many student-athletes to the Morris Shootout last month that not all of them could fit on the bench. Jeff Vorva/22nd Century Media Lincoln-Way Central’s Ryan Kraft already committed to play ball at Indiana after two more years of high school. The June 22nd Century Media Athlete of the Month competition also tilted in favor of Kraft, who earned the most reader votes to claim victory. The Athlete of the Month competition pits featured Athlete of the Week selections from our south suburban newspapers against one another in an online voting contest. The next contest is to begin Wednesday, July 10. To vote, visit Homer Horizon.com, hover over the “Sports” menu tab and click “Athlete of the Month.” Readers can vote once per session per valid email address. Voting ends at 5 p.m. July 25. All athletes featured in the June Athlete of the Week sports interviews are automatically entered into the contest.
homerhorizon.com sports the homer horizon | July 5, 2019 | 31 fastbreak Jeff Vorva/22nd Century Media 1st and 3 Porters girls basketball sets high expectations with summer play 1. Shootout success The Lockport girls basketball team took third overall at the 32-team Morris Shootout held over two days last month, leading to plenty of optimism to improve on last year’s 9-22 record. 2. Making strides In pool play at the Morris Shootout, Lockport defeated Ottawa, Romeoville and Tinley Park. They also beat Joliet West earlier in their summer break, too. 3. Returners ready to make impact Lockport graduated four seniors from last year’s squad but has eight returners with varsity experience, among them being seniors Jenna Cotter, Sawyer Hollatz and Abby Papageorge. Football Celtics to face new foes in 2019 with merger of two conferences Providence in Green Division with St. Rita, Montini, Niles Notre Dame Thomas Czaja, Editor The Providence football schedule for the 2019 season will look notably different than in years past. The Illinois High School Association released football schedules on June 26, including the full slate of games for the Celtics. Beginning this upcoming campaign, Providence will see the result of the merger between the Chicago Catholic League and East Suburban Catholic Conference. The Celtics hope the new alignments will bring favorable results, as the team looks to improve on last year’s 5-5 mark that saw them end the season with a 35-0 loss at Washington in the opening round of the playoffs. The new CCL/ESCC merger has created six four-team divisions — Blue, Green, Orange, Purple, Red and White. Aptly, the Celtics will be in the Green Division, which also features St. Rita, Montini and Niles Notre Dame. It will be anything but a cakewalk for Provi, with that trio going a combined 28-11 last year and all being ranked in the state’s Top 30 to end the 2018 season, according to MaxPreps.com. Noticeably absent from the schedule is longtime rival Mt. Carmel, which has been put in the Blue Division with no crossover game in Year 1 of the new alignments. The Celtics will have five home contests in 2019, including three in a row in the middle of the season, though they open on the road on 2019 Providence football schedule Week 1 – at Willowbrook, 7:30 p.m. Aug. 30 Week 2 – host Morgan Park, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 6 Week 3 – at Brother Rice, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 13 Week 4 – host Niles Notre Dame, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 Week 5 – host Carmel, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27 Week 6 – host St. Rita, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 Week 7 – vs. DePaul College Prep (neutral site at Chicago (C. Academy)), noon Oct. 12 Week 8 – host St. Laurence, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 18 Week 9 – at Montini, 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25 Aug. 30 at Willowbrook. From there, they once again take on Morgan Park in Week 2 in the home opener, having blanked them 31-0 in the second week last year. After that, highlights include a Sept. 13 Week 3 mathchup with Brother Rice before a couple new opponents in Niles Notre Dame Week 4 and Carmel Week 5. A divisional matchup with St. Rita — whom the Celtics got by 12-7 last year — occurs Oct. 4 in Week 6. A neutral site game with DePaul College Prep is Week 7, and the final home game happens Week 8 when St. Laurence travels Oct. 18 to New Lenox. Finally, in what could be a big regular-season finale in the Green Division, the Celtics head to Lombard to square off with Montini, a 27-3 victor against Provi in a late-season matchup the year prior. Football Schedule unveiled for Porters in 2019 Team to have more home games, face Sandburg after hiatus this upcoming season Christian Villanueva Editorial Intern 2019 Lockport Township football schedule Week 1 – host Grandville (MI), 7 p.m. Aug. 30 Week 2 – host Wheaton Warrenville South, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 6 Week 3 – host Lincoln-Way Central, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 13 Week 4 – host Homewood- Flossmoor, 7:15 p.m. Sept. 20 Week 5 – at Sandburg, 7 p.m. Sept. 27 Week 6 – host Bolingbrook, 7:15 p.m. Oct. 4 Week 7 – at Lincoln-Way East, 7 p.m. Oct. 11 Week 8 – at Andrew, 7 p.m. Oct. 18 Week 9 – vs. Stagg, 7:15 p.m. Oct. 25 The Lockport Township schedule for the 2019 football season has arrived. The Illinois High School Association released football schedules on June 26, including the full slate of games for the Porters. After an 0-9 season last year, LTHS is looking for a fresh start under new coach George Czart, who was hired earlier this year to help turn around the program. The Porters open with fourstraight home games to start the season, beginning Aug. 30 against the Grandville Bulldogs from Michigan. Six of Lockport’s nine games will be at home, which will be double the amount of contests they had on their home turf a year ago. A highlight of the 2019 schedule will be the Porters facing off against rival Sandburg for the first time since 2015 in Week 5 when they travel to Orland Park. A battle with Wheaton Warrenville South will happen in Week 2 for the second-straight year after the Porters played them on the road in 2018. Other big SouthWest Suburban Conference games for the Porters will include playing Lincoln-Way Central at home Sept. 13, Bolingbrook at home Oct. 4 and a rematch with perennial power Lincoln-Way East on Oct. 11 in Frankfort in the third to last game of the season. Lincoln Way East’s rising senior AJ Henning, a receiver/running back, is the top recruit in Illinois in the Class of 2020 by 247 Sports and announced his decision to commit to Michigan the same day schedules were released. Lockport takes on Andrew Oct. 18 in Tinley Park in Week 8, hoping to avenge a close 15-7 loss to the T-Bolts from last year. The team then closes out the schedule Oct. 25 at home against Stagg Week 9. LISTEN UP “We’ve got girls that can play every position, and we’ve seen a lot of improvement. We are just getting better, and the seniors have picked up the mantle and brought it in this summer.” Dan Kelly — Lockport girls basketball coach, on how the team is shaping up for next season Tune In Junior high badminton Learning the basics — 2-4 p.m. Monday, July 8-Thursday, July 11, at LTHS East Campus Gym • Junior high students will get the chance to work with coaches and former players to learn the fundamental skills needed to play badminton. Index 30 - Athlete of the Month 29 - Team 22 Baseball FASTBREAK is compiled by Editor Thomas Czaja, tom@homerhorizon.com.
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