When you’re the defending state champions and lay claim to three other state titles in the 1990s, a 12-0-1 record is considered “struggling.”
St. Charles broke out of its “slump” by blanking No. 6 Palatine 4-0 and then edging the host school 1-0 for the championship of the Rockford Boylan tournament.
“We were struggling the last couple weeks,” said St. Charles coach Joe Moreau. “But just before this tournament we started playing a little better, and the last two days we really put it all together again.”
Led by senior forward Laurie Seidl, the top-ranked Saints won four straight games en route to the title. Seidl netted three goals and added an assist in the Palatine game, then scored the lone goal–from 25 yards out–in the late game. She finished with seven goals in the tournament and has 18 on the year. Goalie Laura Rowland stopped 11 shots on the day to post shutouts Nos. 10 and 11.
“I think this gets us in the direction we need to be going in,” Moreau added.
Naperville North 2, Fremd 1: Emily Clark scored both goals to lead the third-ranked Huskies (7-0-2) to the non-conference victory. Carla Wagner made 18 saves.
Rich East 2, Oak Lawn 0: Alaina Jasinevicius and Jen Keltner each scored for Rich East (7-3). Brenna McBurney (seven saves) posted her fourth shutout.
Barrington tournament: No. 9 Glenbard West (6-1-2) prevailed over third-ranked Naperville Central 1-0 on penalty kicks for the title. Sarah Rowland, Katie Kovatch and Heidi Spandikow scored in the shootout. Allison Glibkowski posted the shutout. Naperville is 7-2-1.
In the third-place game, Barrington (9-2-1) edged No. 2 Sandburg 2-1 with two goals by Kim Doetzel. Sandburg fell to 12-2-1.
Bolingbrook tournament: Freshman Lauren Covay scored two goals as Oswego (6-2-1) rolled past Lockport 5-1.
DeKalb tournament: Jamie Wisner scored three times as Antioch (7-2-1) topped Metamora 3-0 in the title game.
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Evanston tournament: The host Wildkits (8-0-1) defeated Lake Forest 4-0 to capture the title for the first time in the nine-year history of the tournament. Julie Ward scored twice for Evanston. Goalie Abby Butkus (four saves) earned the shutout.
Libertyville tournament: No. 8 Wheaton-Warrenville South edged seventh-ranked Libertyville 2-0–despite being outshot 17-6 for the game and 11-1 in the first half–to capture the round-robin title. Kate Knorring scored for the Tigers (9-1) on just their third shot and assisted on Brooke Bell’s goal 8 minutes later. Goalie Lisa Fredrick kept Wheaton South in the game, thwarting a flurry by Libertyville (7-2) in the closing minutes of the first half.
Rosary tournament: Rebecca Mayer headed home a crossing pass from Amy Dunn to give the host Royals (6-4-1) a 1-0 victory over St. Edward in the title game.
Boys volleyball
Wheaton-Warrenville South tournament: Trevor Ryan had 10 kills while Chris Watson added eight and three blocks as No. 8 Naperville Central (16-1-1) swept No. 2 York 15-13, 15-6 to win Saturday’s eight-team invitational.
Naperville Central setter Dave Stuart had 34 assists and six blocks in the title game and 118 assists for the tourney.
Lake Forest tournament: No. 4 Sandburg defeated No. 9 Lake Forest 19-21, 15-2, 15-9 for the title. Kyle Owens, Ken Regan, Matt Abbeduto and Kevin Ludden all earned all-tournament honors for the Eagles.
Palatine Invitational: Led by all-tournament selections Dan Gavin and Bill Knapstein, host Palatine rolled through the five-team field with a 5-0 record to take first place.
Gavin had 29 kills and 24 blocks in the Pirates’ five matches, and Knapstein had 82 assists.
Rolling Meadows tournament: Terrence White had 32 kills, Jim Doman added 26 and Chuck Sylvester contributed 96 assists for the tournament as No. 7 Hersey defeated Wheeling (15-9, 15-4), St. Viator (15-7, 15-7), Maine South (15-9, 15-2) and Rolling Meadows (15-6, 9-15, 15-4) to claim the title.
Boys track and field
Schaumburg Relays: Anthony Moorman, the defending 100- and 200-meter state champion, swept both sprints, anchored the winning 800 relay squad and ran the third leg of the first-place 400 relay team to lead Lake Park to the championship (186.5 points).
“I was a little disappointed,” said Moorman, who ran the 100 in 10.7 seconds and the 200 in 21.8. “I thought I ran faster than my times showed.”
Girls track and field
Waukegan Invitational: Waukegan’s Shakedia Jones won the 100, 200 and 400 meters, breaking her own meet record (11.9 seconds) in the 100 with a time of 11.3.
Jones, the three-time defending state champion in the 100 and 200, beat her nearest competitors by an average of nearly 2 seconds.
Barrington finished first with 109.5 points, followed by Simeon (81) and Waukegan (74).