Boys Golf
WAUCONDA – So far, Kristian Rockall has had little trouble adjusting as Marian Central’s boys soccer coach.
WEST DUNDEE – Scott Cahill is living up to the hype of trying to repeat as Northwest Herald Golfer of the Year.
BARRINGTON – The Crystal Lake Central boys golf team has had its eyes on qualifying for the state tournament ever since Grayslake Central edged the Tigers by one stroke in sectionals last year.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – Alden-Hebron came into Saturday’s season-opening football game against Christian Liberty looking to get a quick start on the year.
PLAINFIELD – Crystal Lake South’s girls volleyball team split a pair of matches Friday at the Plainfield North Invitational, losing, 25-21, 25-23, to Rosary in the first match, and defeating Oswego East in the second match, 25-20, 25-12.
WEST DUNDEE – Jacobs’ Scott Cahill has had no trouble picking up where he left off last year’s Northwest Herald Golfer of the Year campaign.
GENOA – A day after losing its season opener to Dundee-Crown, coach John Gosling and Hampshire’s boys soccer team recovered with a 2-0 Big Northern Conference crossover win against Genoa-Kingston on Tuesday.
HUNTLEY – The Crystal Lake South boys golf team went into Saturday’s Huntley Invitational hoping to improve upon the third-place finish it earned Monday in its season-opening Prairie Ridge Invitational.
BYRON – The Johnsburg boys golf team took second place Friday at the four-team Byron Shootout at Prairie View.
LAKEWOOD – Caelan Murphy and J.B. Garoufalis tied for medalist honors Thursday in Crystal Lake Central’s 157-167 Fox Valley Conference boys golf win against Grayslake Central at Turnberry Country Club.
PRAIRIE GROVE – The 2010 boys golf season got underway Monday at Prairie Isle Golf Club with the Prairie Ridge Early Bird Invitational, and if one round means anything, one team has made an early statement.
Scott Cahill has been busy this summer preparing for the high school golf season.
BULL VALLEY – All Mike Olszewski wanted to do Tuesday in the final round of the
CARY – Coming into the McHenry County Junior Golf Association’s Cary Open on Wednesday, no golfer has shot an under-par round on the year.
Hampshire High School’s Taylor Ellett and sister Connie Ellett finished first and second, respectively, in the IJGA-CDGA Junior Amateur that concluded Thursday at Mill Creek in Geneva. The two-day, 36-hole event is co-sanctioned by the Illinois Junior Golf Association and the Chicago District Golf Association.
ALGONQUIN – Participants in the McHenry County Junior Golf Association GCI Open had to compete against the hot, humid conditions in addition to one another Wednesday at the Golf Club of Illinois.
MARENGO – Danielle Roulo shot a 57 on Monday in the Marengo Ridge Open junior girls division to win her second consecutive McHenry County Junior Golf Association event.
HARVARD – On Monday, Luke Waggoner played in the McHenry County Junior Golf Association’s McHenry Open at McHenry Country Club.
BARRINGTON – Nick Robles did his best to play catch-up at the 41st Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship on Thursday.
McHENRY – Luke Waggoner, coming off a ninth-place finish Thursday in the Illinois Junior Golf Association’s Prairie Isle Regional, began play in Monday’s McHenry County Junior Golf Association McHenry Open looking to improve on that finish.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County Junior Golf Association season opened Wednesday at Prairie Isle Golf Club.
By ANDY SCHMIDT
CARY – Going undefeated in any sport is no easy accomplishment.
Player of the Year: Scott Cahill, Jacobs, jr.
Crystal Lake South sophomore Nick Robles normally wouldn’t consider a round of 6-over-par 78 acceptable, but given the weather conditions Friday for the first round of the IHSA Class 3A Boys Golf State Tournament, he wasn’t complaining.
ST. CHARLES – Coming into the IHSA Class 2A West Chicago Sectional at Pheasant Run, golfers knew the competition for the top two team spots needed to qualify for the state tournament would be stiff.
LAKE BLUFF – On the inside, there were nerves and anxiety to be sure, fueled by the memories of last year’s unsuccessful sectional.
PRAIRIE GROVE – Crystal Lake Central’s Riley Bauman wasn’t thrilled by his 6-over-par 78 on Tuesday, but he wasn’t displeased, either.
CRYSTAL LAKE – There’s nothing like being in a must-win situation to get a team’s attention.
HARVARD – Shortly after the final group of players headed into the clubhouse Tuesday at Oak Grove Golf Course, rain and shifting winds gave way to sunshine and a gentle breeze.
NILES – Woodstock’s J.D. Fuller and Phil Meyer finished first and second, respectively, Saturday at the 36th annual Pat Savage Cross Country Invitational.
HARVARD – Cary-Grove’s boys’ golf team couldn’t have cut it any closer.
POPLAR GROVE – Hampshire senior Grant Yoder knew what to do playing in less-than-ideal conditions.
HARVARD – Crystal Lake South’s boys golf team achieved a rare feat in its 156-170 Fox Valley Conference win against Woodstock on Tuesday at Plum Tree National.
MARENGO – With matches against Burlington Central and Cary-Grove looming this week, Hampshire’s girls volleyball team easily could have looked past Marengo on Monday.
WOODSTOCK – Playing in adverse weather conditions can wreak havoc on a golfer's game, and with winds gusting more than 30 mph at Crystal Woods on Monday, Marian Central's boys golf team was competing not only against Grayslake Central, but against the elements, too.
FOX LAKE – Ian Sanchez ran a time of 15:57 to win Grant’s James “J.T.” Taylor Invitational on Saturday at Camp Henry Horner and lead Richmond-Burton to a second-place finish at the 12-team cross country meet.
CHICAGO – Alden-Hebron’s Sig Finley did exactly as his coach told him.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Prairie Ridge boys soccer team overcame a 2-1 halftime deficit Tuesday by scoring four second-half goals to defeat Woodstock, 5-3, and remain perfect in the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division.
McHENRY – Prairie Ridge’s boys golf team defeated Johnsburg, 160-161, on Monday at Chapel Hill in a Fox Valley Conference dual meet with an ironic twist.
WEST DUNDEE – In a matchup of two of the top three boys golf teams in the Fox Valley Conference from a year ago, Jacobs proved its elite status by edging Crystal Lake South,
HUNTLEY – Taylor Pignataro scored a goal and added an assist Thursday, and Jacobs defeated Huntley, 3-1, in a key Fox Valley Conference Valley Division boys soccer match.
HARVARD – The Harvard boys golf team earned its first win of the season Wednesday with a 198-224, non-conference win against Round Lake at Plum Tree National.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Alberto Ocampo scored the lone goal for the Prairie Ridge boys soccer team Tuesday in the Wolves’ 1-0 victory gainst Johnsburg in Fox Valley Conference Fox Division play.
CARY – Cary-Grove’s boys golf team put together an impressive team performance Monday, shooting a collective 1-under-par 147 at Cary Country Club for an 11-stroke Fox Valley Conference win against Prairie Ridge.
ROCKFORD – Jacobs’ Scott Cahill shot a 1-under-par 71 on Saturday to tie for first place at the Rockford East Brad Frowler Invitational at Aldeen.
McHENRY – Crystal Lake Central’s boys golf team came into the season with expectations of being one of the elite teams in the Fox Valley Conference.
BULL VALLEY – The McHenry girls golf team used its overall depth to defeat Huntley, 200-201, in a tight Fox Valley Conference match Wednesday at Boone Creek.
LAKEWOOD – Crystal Lake Central’s Riley Bauman shot a 4-under-par 32 on Tuesday to tie the school record for nine holes and lead the Tigers to a Fox Valley Conference win against Huntley at Turnberrry.
WAUCONDA – The Wauconda Soccer Invitational will have two McHenry County teams playing in its championship game Saturday as Huntley and Marian Central both won their semifinal matches Thursday.
