The Brook Blog

Here's how Bolingbrook star basketball player Morgan Tuck tore her ACL.

These Bolingbrook student-athletes have received college scholarships:

CARTHAGE COLLEGE
Four-year Full Football Scholarship: John Seigler

EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY
Four-year Athletic Full Scholarships: Roosevelt Holliday and Alex McNulty

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY
Four-year Full Athletic Scholarship: Satavia Taylor

MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY
Four-year Athletic Full Scholarship: Candace Nevels

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
Four-year Full Athletic Scholarship: Diamond Taylor

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, GREEN BAY
Four-year Full Athletic Scholarship: Troy Snyder

By Jason Ivanitz

Bolingbrook sophomore Ariel Massengale and freshman Morgan Tuck are living a dream right now as they were chosen to the inaugural USA Basketball Women's U16 National Team on Sunday.

A total of 34 girls were invited to the Olympic facility located in Colorado Springs to try to make the roster of 12 that will be used when team USA participates in the 2009 FIBA Americas Tournament. The tournament will feature eight teams (to be announced) and the top three countries will advance to the FIBA Under 17 basketball championship in 2010.

The two Raiders plan to return home Thursday from Colorado after spending a little more than a week away from home; the return date to Colorado has not been announced.

Bolingbrook is one of only two schools that has multiple players on the squad, and Tuck and Massengale are the only representatives from the state of Illinois.

By Jason Ivanitz

In late May, middle schoolers from Bolingbrook competed in the Illinois Elementary Education Association Class AA state track championships.

Here are the results from the meet:

Team results

7th Grade girls: Brooks Middle School 8th place; Lukancic Middle School 37th place.

8th grade girls: Brooks Middle School 7th place.

8th grade boys: Humphrey Middle School 23rd place.

By Jason Ivanitz

The Bolingbrook girls softball team had their season come to an end on Monday as they lost 2-0 to Waubonsie Valley in the play-in game to the Lockport regional. Mallie Hall and Kelsey Obzera had the only two hits of the game for the 17th seeded Raiders.

Junior Amanda Duncan went five innings, giving up two runs on six hits with two strikeouts and two walks. Both runs came in the fifth inning when Waubonsie's Becky Horton hit a double to right field with the bases loaded.

Lindsey Jozefowicz got the win for the Warriors, pitching a complete-game shutout while striking out 11 Raiders. Waubonsie next plays top-seeded Lockport.

By Jason Ivanitz

Bolingbrook resident and current St. Patrick's student Bryant Smith will go on to play college basketball at the University of Texas at Arlington next year. Smith was the East Suburban Catholic Conference Player of the Year in his senior season at St. Pat's.

"I feel pretty good about the decision, because (UTA's) an up-and-coming program," Smith said. He plans on pursuing a degree in business management.

By Jason Ivanitz

Bolingbrook's 800-meter relay team returned home from the girls state track and field meet this weekend at Eastern Illinois University as state champs.

The team of Samantha Horton, Chantel Stennis, Kimerly Azie and Mercedes Griffin won the event with a time of 1:39.82. The team once again beat Waubonsie Valley, which took second in the event with a time of 1:40.39.

The other Raiders team that qualified for the state finals was the 400 relay squad, consisting of Samantha Horton, Rosemary Onyeguble, Kimberly Azie and Mercedes Griffin. The team took eighth place with a time of 48.63.

Freshman Jahnell Horton represented Bolingbrook in the 800 and took sixth place with a time of 2:15.61. Bolingbrook scored 16 team points, good enough for 20th place.