Girls Golf
By ANDY SCHMIDT
HAMPSHIRE – One of Hampshire coach Sue Ellett’s goals is to make both of her golfing daughters, Connie and Taylor, feel the same about the sport and to feel the same excitement.
Player of the Year: Connie Ellett, Hampshire, so.
CARBONDALE – Hampshire sophomore Connie Ellett shot an 8-over-par 80 Saturday for a 160 total to earn All-State honors with a 25th-place finish in the IHSA Class AA Girls Golf State Tournament at Hickory Ridge.
ROCKFORD – Hampshire sisters Connie and Taylor Ellett had one goal in mind for their second year together at the varsity golf level.
POPLAR GROVE – Richmond-Burton senior Bree Roberts nervously watched as the final groups’ scores were posted at the IHSA Class AA Belvidere North Regional.
WOODSTOCK – Andrew Hull made five saves in goal to record his ninth shutout this season in Marian Central’s 5-0 win against Vernon Hills in non-conference boys soccer action Monday.
WOODSTOCK – Crystal Lake Central’s girls golf team came into Wednesday’s Fox Valley Conference meet undefeated in conference play and the defending conference champions.
WOODSTOCK – Elise and Kayla Beattie finished first and second for Woodstock’s girls cross country team Tuesday in the four-team Woodstock Mega Meet at Emricson Park.
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.
HARVARD – The Harvard girls volleyball team won its own invitational on Saturday with a 5-0 record.
CRYSTAL LAKE – The Prairie Ridge girls volleyball team survived a close first set, 25-21, then prevailed in the second set, 25-14, to beat the Johnsburg Skyhawks on Thursday and remain undefeated in the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division.
GENOA – The Hampshire girls golf program has been in existence for only three years. After winning their first regional last season, the Whip-Purs are looking for more.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Crystal Lake South’s girls volleyball team outlasted Huntley, 25-21, 25-20, in Fox Valley Conference Valley Division play Tuesday to remain undefeated in the 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.
McHENRY – McHenry’s girls volleyball team gave Huntley a scare, but the Red Raiders proved to be too much Thursday in a three-set Fox Valley Conference Valley Division victory.
BULL VALLEY – Katelyn Horgan looked at the scoreboard when she finished her round Wednesday at the McHenry County Girls Golf Meet and couldn’t believe her eyes.
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.
BULL VALLEY – The Prairie Ridge girls golf team did not let Monday’s loss to Crystal Lake Central affect its play Tuesday at the McHenry County Meet at Boone Creek.
PRAIRIE GROVE – The Crystal Lake Central girls golf team remained undefeated in Fox Valley Conference play with a
DeKALB – Hampshire’s girls volleyball team continued its winning ways Saturday by claiming the DeKalb Invitational title with a 4-0 record.
BULL VALLEY – Stephanie Pettit’s 7-over-par 42 was the low round for the Marian Central girls golf team, which shot a 187 to beat McHenry (195) and Larkin (283) in a non-conference triangular Thursday at Boone Creek.
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.
CARY – The Cary-Grove volleyball team continued its strong start to the 2009 season with a decisive 25-22, 25-9 win against Harvard in non-conference play.
CARY – Cary-Grove’s volleyball team got a glimpse Thursday of what it might see this weekend at the Jacobs Golden Eagle Volleyball Invitational.
GENOA CITY, Wis. – The Hampshire girls golf team continued its strong start to the season Wednesday at Nippersink as the defending Big Northern Conference champs beat Richmond-Burton, 204-224, in conference play.
McHENRY – Danielle Roulo shot a 9-over-par 44 on Monday to lead Prairie Ridge’s girls golf team to a 179-208 Fox Valley Conference victory against McHenry at Boone Creek.
Cary-Grove has assumed its customary spot in The Associated Press Class 6A rankings to begin the season.
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GRAYSLAKE – McHenry started the boys soccer season with a 4-2 non-conference win against Grays-lake Central on Monday.
BYRON – Johnsburg’s boys golf team hopes to be one of the bigger surprises in the Fox Valley Conference this season.
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With the girls golf season getting under way this week, local golfers are transitioning from summer tournament play to team competition. Three story lines to watch this season:
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Laughlin leads C-G to boys golf victory
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PRAIRIE GROVE – Cary-Grove and Prairie Ridge (314 points) tied for third place in the Prairie Ridge Early Bird Tournament at Prairie Isle to open the boys golf season Monday.
McHENRY – After competing against one another individually all summer, McHenry County Junior Golf Association members played together in a team competition in the final event of the season Friday at Boone Creek.
HARVARD – Nick Robles headed into Thursday’s McHenry County Junior Golf Association’s Tournament of Champions at Oak Grove needing to shoot the day’s low round to win the junior boys division Player of the Year title.
McHENRY – There was a common theme to the opening round of the 35th annual McHenry Women’s Invitational on Monday at McHenry Country Club.
HARVARD – Ryan Laughlin came into the McHenry County Junior Golf Association Plum Tree Open on Wednesday having scored no points in any of the previous MCJGA events this summer.
LAKEWOOD – Monday’s Illinois Junior Golf Association event at Turnberry Country Club presented local golfers with a unique challenge: competing over 36 holes instead of the customary 18 played at most IJGA events.
CARY – Scott Brady has dominated the recent McHenry County Junior Golf Association events, winning the Marengo Ridge Open and Golf Club of Illinois Open the previous two weeks.
ALGONQUIN – Cary-Grove incoming senior Scott Brady won the senior division at last week’s McHenry County Junior Golf Association Marengo Ridge Open.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Katlyn Anderberg has had success this summer on the links, winning several events against some tough competition on the best courses the area has to offer.
McHENRY – A pair of playoffs decided the two senior division events Wedenesday at the McHenry County Junior Golf Association Chapel Hill Open.
PRAIRIE GROVE – Katlyn Anderberg and Taylor Ellett are arguably two of the top returning golfers in the area entering the girls golf season in August.
Jim Van Fleet’s sparkling rounds in the IHSA Class 3A Boys Golf State Tournament served him well in many ways.
