Matthew S. Lindgren was the first Naperville runner across the finish line at Monday’s Boston Marathon, placing 707th.
Lindgren, 26, was clocked in 2 hours, 47 minutes, 48 seconds.
Other top finishers from Naperville were Sean P. Kennedy, who was 1,114th in 2:51:43; Christopher D. Johanneson (2,707th, 3:00:16); Patrick M. Timmons (4,469th, 3:09:15); Ken Osmun (6,068th, 3:16:18) and Tony Serna (6,499th, 3:18:07).
Softball
Plainfield South 3, Waubonsie Valley 2: Losing pitcher Shannon Hohman (5-4), who scored both Warriors’ runs after reaching base on a double and single, carried a two-hit shutout into the bottom of the seventh. The Cougars used a double, three walks and game-winning RBI single from Brianna Lillwitz to claim the win. Hohman struck out 10 for Waubonsie Valley (13-4).
Girls Soccer
Benet 1, Wheaton Academy 0: Ellie Bumpus scored with an assist from Katie Gesior at 24:31 of the first half and Benet (10-0-1) held on to remain unbeaten. Emma Hlavin earned the shutout.
Boys Rugby
Fox Valley Chiefs 22, Neuqua Valley 19: Fox Valey scored late to overcome a 19-17 deficit at Commissioners Park. Joey Montagano, Christopher Szeplaki and Ryan Scarr each had a second-half try for Neuqua Valley. Neuqua had beaten Plainfield 59-12 on Friday as Czeplaki had two tries.
Sunday’s ResultsCollege Baseball
North Central 6, Elmhurst 2: Bobby Smith was 2-for-3 with a walk, two runs scored and two RBIs as North Central (20-11, 11-4) won at home in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin. Vito DeRango went 2-for-3 with a run and Sam Klein was 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Cardinals. Evan Blunk (3-1) allowed two runs over six innings for the win.
Men’s Tennis
Augustana 9, North Central 0: North Central fell to 11-10 overall and 3-2 in the CCIW with the home loss.
Saturday’s ResultsCollege Baseball
North Central 9-8, Elmhurst 0-1: Ben Krusen (2-2) pitched a three-hitter and struck out 11 in the opener and Joe Paparone homered in each game as North Central rolled to the CCIW sweep on the road. Paparone and Sam Klein each went 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs for the Cardinals in Game 1. Bobby Smith was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI and Paparone went 2-for-3 with three runs and two RBIs in Game 2. Bryan Polowy (6-1) went the distance, striking out eight, in the nightcap.
College Softball
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North Central 7-0, Illinois Wesleyan 3-3: In a matchup of Division III top-10 teams, No. 10 North Central (23-3, 8-2) settled for a CCIW road split with No. 6 Illinois Wesleyan (25-7, 4-2). Andrea Starr (14-1) pitched a five-hitter and slugged a grand slam in the opener for NCC, while Andrea Tinkoff added a two-run homer.
Men’s Track
Wheaton Don Church Twilight Meet: No. 4 North Central beat runner-up Wheaton 246-124 for the title. Taking firsts for the Cardinals were Zion Mason in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 14.98 seconds; Nick Fridrich in the javelin at 167 feet, 6 inches; Ken Hoffman in the 3,000 steeplechase (9:23:68) and Zach Plank in the 5,000 (14:58.50).
Women’s Lacrosse
North Central 19, Illinois Wesleyan 12: Gina Fisher’s six goals and five assists powered North Central (10-2, 4-1) to the CCIW road win.
Women’s Track
North Central takes fourth, seventh: North Central split its squad, finishing fourth in the Southern Illinois Edwardsville Gateway Invitational and seventh at the Wheaton Don Church Twilight Meet. NCC had seconds at Edwardsville from Hayley Falzarano in the javelin (124 feet, 6 inches) and Miranda Rorer in the long jump (17-0.5).
Women’s Golf
Millikin Spring Tournament: North Central, which did not field a full team, had Rachel Oberheide shoot 82-85–167 to finish second. NCC’s Nicole Dutz tied for sixth at 90-89–179.
Men’s Golf
Millikin Weist Foundation Classic: North Central took 10th in the 14-team field in Decatur with a 36-hole total of 617. Lincoln Slagel led the Cardinals, tying for 21st at 73-77–150.
Softball
Naperville Central 5-5, Neuqua Valley 2-4: Julie Kestas earned a win in the opener and a save in the nightcap for Naperville Central (7-3).
Girls Soccer
Benet 3, Nazareth 0: Loretta Elder had a goal and an assist to pace Benet to the East Suburban Catholic win. Kerry Abello and Jacquie Kaufman also scored for the Redwings.
Metea Valley 2, Vernon Hills 1: Alena Sidwell and Abby Severson scored for Metea Valley in the PepsiCo Showdown match. Avery Cielinski had five saves for the Mustangs (7-3-3).
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