Boys Golf: Plainfield South beats Plainfield North
By Tim Tierney For Sun-Times Media September 14, 2011 10:24PM
Plainfield South's Matt Ward tees off from the fourth tee vs. Plainfield North at the Whitetail Golf Club. | Ray Luna~For Sun-Times Media
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Updated: November 30, 2011 12:33AM
To have a chance to win the Southwest Prairie Conference title this year, Plainfield South’s boys golf team had to come out on top Wednesday against Plainfield North, which previously was unbeaten in conference dual meets.
Plainfield South handled the pressure with a 169-176 victory as Matt Ward and Todd McGuire were co-medalists with 5-over 41s at Whitetail Ridge in Yorkville. Jerry Estes shot 43 and John Smith 44 for the Cougars.
“They knew what we had to do,’’ South coach Tim Boe said of his team. “For them to know that and still come out and play against a team like Plainfield North, that’s pretty good.’’
Ward had medaled alone in every conference match this season. A triple-bogey on the par-5 546-yard second hole helped open the door for McGuire.
“Besides one hole, it wasn’t bad,’’ Ward said. “One bad drive out of bounds and one bad decision. They add up. I had a couple drives that weren’t too good, but I recovered from there.’’
McGuire, whom Boe said played his best nine-hole match of the year, realized what he accomplished by tying Ward.
“It feels good because he usually is the one to try and beat or try to do just as good as,’’ McGuire said. “It’s a good accomplishment to tie him.’’
“It wasn’t an easy day on the course,’’ Boe said. “When they started it was cold and windy and wet, so the course was playing slow.’’
Slow or fast, Ward has been the leader all season for South (6-3, 5-2).
“Absolutely, absolutely,’’ Boe said. “This is the first match he’s had in conference that anybody tied him. He’s medaled in every conference match. I’ve never had that before; I’ve never seen another player do that before in the conference. He’s been playing unbelievable.’’
“It’s just been pretty consistent,’’ Ward said. “I’ve been putting pretty well. The shots have been pretty consistent. I just need to continue doing the same thing.’’
North (6-2, 4-1) was led by Caleb Kissel (42), Taylor Hollingshaus (43), Jack Rante (45) and Corey Evak (46). The Tigers have only one senior on the varsity roster.
“It’s been going well up until tonight,’’ North coach Brad Shinovich said. “It’s been a promising season. Coming into tonight we had high expectations. Unfortunately, the guys didn’t play real well. We’re disappointed in that. All we can do is regroup.’’
Plainfield Central 157, Romeoville 182: Medalist Mitch Young shot an even-par 36 for Plainfield Central at Prairie Bluff. Bobby Leach (43) was the top golfer for Romeoville in the Southwest Prairie.
Oswego 150, Plainfield East 171: Jake Kaufman shot a team-best 38 for Plainfield East in the Southwest Prairie dual at The Links of Carillon. Matt Anderson, of Oswego, was the medalist after carding a 34.
Lincoln-Way West triangular: Lincoln-Way West’s Will Knights posted a 37 to share medalist honors with Joliet Township co-op’s Trent Wallace at The Sanctuary. In the team standings, Lincoln-Way West won via a tiebreaker over Joliet Township co-op after each carded a 163, Crete-Monee (196) was third.
Providence triangular: Providence (151) topped Catholic League foes Brother Rice (160) and De La Salle (210) at Green Garden. The Celtics were led by Telly Korbakes, Casey Labuda and Nick Anderson, all of whom carded 1-over 37s. Brother Rice’s Dan McGrail (35) was the medalist.
Girls Golf
Fenwick triangular: Joliet Catholic registered a 211 in taking third behind East Suburban Catholic foes Fenwick (186) and Marist (196). The medalist was Marist’s Meg Maloney, who shot a 42 at Willow Crest in Oak Brook.
Boys Soccer
Joliet Catholic 2, St. Patrick 0: Goals by Cody Vercellotti and Dan Rabulinski lifted visiting Joliet Catholic (4-3-1, 1-1) in the East Suburban Catholic.
Homewood-Flossmoor 1, Lockport 0: Lockport (1-5-1, 0-2) dropped the SouthWest Suburban Blue contest in Flossmoor.
Leyden 4, Bolingbrook 2: Bolingbrook lost at home.
Girls Volleyball
No. 3 Providence 25-25, St. Viator 20-18: Nora Mitros totaled 11 digs, eight kills and four blocks for host Providence (8-2, 1-0) in the East Suburban Catholic. Krista Brakauskas added 25 assists for the Celtics.
St. Charles East 25-25, No. 4 Lockport 17-18: Christina Wilson had 14 assists and seven digs for visiting Lockport (6-4).
Wheaton-Warrenville South Invitational: Megan Litoborski totaled 23 assists on the night as Lemont (8-4) lost to Hinsdale Central 25-7, 25-22 and beat Oak Park 25-12, 25-19 in Pool E. Emily Brown added 11 kills and 10 digs for the Indians.
Contributing: Josh Krockey
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