May 2009 Archives

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.

By Jason Ivanitz

The Bolingbrook girls softball team (9-14) drew the 17th seed in the Lisle Super-Sectional and will compete in a play-in game against the 16th seeded Waubonsie Valley.

The play-in game will take place on Memorial Day (Monday) at 10 a.m. Bolingbrook will get a chance to perfect its lineup for the postseason as the Raiders have three games, all against conference opponents, remaining in their regular season.

If they win the play-in game, the Raiders will take on top-seeded and SWSC rival Lockport.

"I actually think our girls play better on the road so going to Waubonsie won't be a problem for us. When you are at home you just sit around and wait for the umpires and the other team and the girls' minds are all over the place. When you are on the road you just get off the bus and play softball," Raiders coach Jean Ryan-Moak said. "Playing in a play-in game is always difficult especially on the coaching staff because you know you need to beat the opponent you are up against to move on but also have one eye on the future. We have played Lockport tough this season and would like to play them, but first we have to beat Waubonsie, which will be a good game."

By Jason Ivanitz

As the end of the regular season approaches, seeding meetings have been conducted in most of the team sports. Here's where Bolingbrook's baseball team is seeded within the Lockport Sectional:

1 Lincoln-Way East
2 Naperville North
3 Lockport
4 Plainfield North
5 Neuqua Valley
6 Downers Grove South
7 Naperville Central
8 Benet Academy
9 Joliet Township
10 Hinsdale Central
11 Waubonsie Valley
12 Romeoville
13 Lyons Township
14 Plainfield Central
15 Plainfield South
16 Providence Catholic
17 Downers Grove North
18 Lincoln-Way Central
19 Oswego East
20 BOLINGBROOK
21 Hinsdale South
22 East Aurora

By Jason Ivanitz

The Raiders girls soccer team lost a heart-breaking 2-1 game in overtime against Willowbrook on Friday. Williowbrook will play top-seeded Neuqua Valley at Plainfield North on Tuesday.

The Raiders played without senior midfielder and team captain Hannah Jahn, who tore her ACL in a conference game two weeks ago. This week, Raiders coach Martin Uscila has held one-hour practices this week, focusing on offense. The reason for the short practices is the concern of team fatigue.

By Jason Ivanitz

The girls track and field team participated in the Plainfield Central sectional on Saturday, a meet that was originally scheduled for Friday. It was pushed back due to bad weather.

Eventually, Bolingbrook advanced to state in five events and a total of eight girls will be making the trip to Eastern Illinois University for Friday's prelims. Here's the run down of the events and girls that advanced.