Soccer: Plainfield South tops Plainfield East

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Plainfield South's Colton Gallt (6) scores a goal in front of Plainfield East's Ryan Cohen. | Larry Kane~For Sun-Times Media

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Updated: November 9, 2011 5:33PM

Usually, when a team scores it’s a spark.

But for which team?

During Tuesday’s Southwest Prairie Conference boys soccer match between Plainfield South and Plainfield East, the Bengals’ tying goal in the second half sparked the Cougars to a 2-1 win.

Trailing 1-0, Plainfield East’s Jonathan Medina scored the equalizer off a Dominick Sullivan free kick with 30:07 to go in the second half.

Ninety seconds later, Plainfield South captain Colton Gallt scored his second goal of the game, assisted by Anthony Skrip, to give the Cougars the hard-fought win over their District 202 rivals.

“For some reason we didn’t have any energy today,” South coach Dave Brown said. “Even the first goal we scored was against the run of play in the first half. At halftime we talked about, if they want to do something in the conference, they have to show it on the field.”

Gallt scored from Jeff Bond’s assist in the first half to stake South (7-2-1, 2-0) a 1-0 lead at the intermission.

East (4-5, 1-1) tied the game and could have seized the momentum.

“Getting scored on almost benefited us today a little bit,” Brown said. “That woke us up a little bit, put a fire in our belly and we came back.”

“We scored and we thought we had it,” East coach Walter Flores said. “They did a nice job not letting us get the momentum after we scored.”

“Our team really came back strong after they scored,” Gallt said. “As a team we played really well, especially in the second half.”

The winning goal came off a corner kick.

“It was bouncing around in the box, Skrip headed it back to me and I put it in,” Gallt said. “It was a good overall finish by the whole team today.”

“We know East is going to play scrappy and physical,” Brown said. “Today, we were one play better than them. That’s what it came down to today.”

“We had a lack of energy today and our touch wasn’t there,” Flores said. “We’ve been looking forward to this game for a long time. I’m not taking anything away from them. They did a nice job.”

Providence 3, Joliet West 3: Jake Land, Brandon Picciolini and Mike Soucie each scored for Providence (0-10-1) in New Lenox.

Plainfield Central 2, Oswego East 1: Josh Rosenbaum scored on a penalty kick and Miguel Sanchez scored off a Nick Giocolo assist to lead host Plainfield Central (5-4-1, 2-1) to the Southwest Prairie win.

Lincoln-Way East 0, Andrew 0: Rick Torres made eight saves for his fourth save for East (3-3-3) in the SouthWest Suburban crossover in Frankfort.

Lemont 2, Bremen 0: Tommy Gasienica scored two goals and Andrew Putna made three saves for his third shutout of the season to lead Lemont (6-1, 2-1) to the South Suburban Blue win in Midlothian.

Lincoln-Way Invitational

Sandburg 5, Lincoln-Way West 0: Host Lincoln-Way West fell in pool play.

Girls Volleyball

No. 5 Minooka 25-31, Oswego East 21-29: Stacey Perinar (13 kills, 5 digs), Bri Marquez (20 assists, 4 aces) and Haley Bowden (10 digs) led host Minooka (9-2, 4-0) to the Southwest Prairie win.

Andrew 25-25-25, Lincoln-Way West 27-18-21: Rachel Johnson (13 kills, 6 digs), Caleigh Galvan (5 kills, 5 digs) and Kelly Stack (17 assists) led Lincoln-Way West in the SouthWest Suburban Red match in New Lenox.

Wilmington 25-25, Dwight 9-12: Alexis Zouganelis (8 kills) and Paula Tupper (3 aces) led host Wilmington (12-4, 3-0) in the I-8 match. Jamie Stanton had five assists and two digs for Dwight.

Seneca 25-25, Sandwich 9-7: Coley Baker (5 kills) and Nicole Pihl (4 kills, 3 aces) led visiting Seneca (9-4) to the I-8 win.

Boys Cross Country

East Suburban Catholic pre-conference meet: Joliet Catholic (225 points) finished eighth in the meet won by Benet (38) at Midlothian Meadows.

Gardner-South Wilmington/Dwight Invitational: Gardner-South Wilmington/Dwight (96), which was led by Lane Hoffman (14th, 5 minutes, 57 seconds), finished fourth in the meet won by Pontiac (29). Seneca (109) took fifth behind Ray LaFree (9th, 5:45)

Girls Cross Country

Gardner-South Wilmington/Dwight Invitational: Seneca (69) finished third in the meet won by Marquette (29). Savannah Baldauf (6:51) finished second for Seneca.

Boys Golf

Plainfield East 162, Lincoln-Way West 163: Medalist Peter Kaufman (1-under 35) and Jake Kaufman (36) led Plainfield East to the win at The Sanctuary in New Lenox. Will Knights led Lincoln-Way West with a 37.

Plainfield South 162, Plainfield Central 168: Medalist Matt Ward shot a 37 and Steve Catacano added a 39 to lead Plainfield South to the Southwest Prairie win at Wedgewood in Joliet. Mitch Young fired a 39 for Plainfield Central.

Joliet Catholic triangular: Medalist Jimmy Chignoli shot an even-par 36 and Cole Parris fired a 38 to lead Joliet Catholic (155) to the win in the East Suburban Catholic meet at Joliet Country Club. Joliet Catholic improved to 10-4. Carmel (157) and St. Patrick’s (191) rounded out the field.

Lincoln-Way East triangular: Medalist Shane Purtle fired an even-par 36 to lead Lemont (160) to the win at Prestwick in Frankfort. Tyler Kelley (39) led runner-up Lincoln-Way East (164) while Jake Hertzmann (40) paced Lockport (169).

Girls Golf

Sandburg 172, Lincoln-Way West 199: Medalist Alexis Bierdrzycki shot a 1-under 37 to lead Lincoln-Way West in the SouthWest Suburban crossover at Silver Lake’s North Course in Orland Park.

Lockport 170, Lincoln-Way Central 224: Medalist Krystal Garritson fired a 2-over 37 to lead Lockport to the SouthWest Suburban Blue win at Woodbine in Homer Glen.

Plainfield Central 199, Romeoville 253: Medalist Kelly Vazquez shot a 9-over 45 and Cailey Baker fired a 50 to lead Plainfield Central to the Southwest Prairie win at Prairie Bluff in Crest Hill. Taylor LeFaivre led Romeoville with a 57.

Minooka 184, Plainfield South 224: Co-medalist Krystal Paramo shot a 43 and Sammi Thompson added a 45 to lead Minooka to the win in the Southwest Prairie dual at Heritage Bluffs in Channahon. Co-medalist Alex Catalano shot a 43 for Plainfield South.

Lisle triangular: Medalist Nicole Fardiga (7-over 43) and Emily Lejman (44) led Lemont (184 strokes) to the win at River Bend in Lisle. Lisle (226) and Seneca (291) rounded out the field.

Kankakee quadrangular: Co-medalists Claire O’Connor and Maddy Troha shot 37s to lead Joliet Catholic (151) to the win at Shamrock Golf Club in St. Anne. Joliet Catholic improved to 8-5. Asha Reynolds and Hannah Godlewski shot 42s to lead Joliet Township (171). Beecher (173) and Kankakee (231) rounded out the field.

Girls Tennis

Plainfield North 5, Plainfield Central 2: Liz Gemelli won at No. 3 singles for host Plainfield North in the Southwest Prairie. Ali Foster won at No. 1 singles for Plainfield Central.

Lockport 4, Sandburg 3: Kelsey Forkin and Kat Samardzija won at No. 1 doubles to lift Lockport to the SouthWest Suburban Blue win in Orland Park.

Lincoln-Way East 4, Joliet Township 3: Madeline Voss and Rachel Casey won at No. 1 doubles to lead visiting East (5-3, 4-0) to the SouthWest Suburban Blue win. Caitlin Shea won at No. 1 singles for Joliet Township.

Plainfield East 6, Minooka 1: Adrianne Gimenez won at No. 1 doubles for host Plainfield East in the Southwest Prairie. Tori Anians and Claire Wojnarowski won at No. 1 doubles for Minooka.

Lemont 4, Oak Forest 1: Sam Drafke won at No. 1 singles while Jamie Drez and Brooke Olsick won at No. 1 doubles for host Lemont in the South Suburban Blue.

Providence 4, Joliet Catholic 1: Maggie Ruane won at No. 1 singles and Kelly Ruane won at No. 2 singles for Providence (10-1, 2-0) in the East Suburban Catholic match in New Lenox.

Girls Swimming

Lockport 93, Stagg 93: Amanda Moran earned wins in the 200-yard freestyle (2 minutes, 2.93 seconds) and 500 free (5:26.36) for host Lockport in the SouthWest Suburban crossover.

Lemont 116, Oak Lawn 64: Patty Zaporowski won the 100 fly (1:10.07) and 500 free (6:22.29) and was part of the winning team in the 200 medley relay (2:05.94) to lead visiting Lemont in the South Suburban crossover.

College Volleyball

Joliet Junior College 17-25-17-25-16, Rock Valley College 25-23-25-15-14: Host and ninth-ranked Joliet Junior College (12-6, 3-1) upset No. 6 Rock Valley in the N4C match behind Mallory Frankovich (19 kills, 23 digs) and Alexis Nelson (17 kills, 14 digs).

Contributing: Steve Millar