CL Central soccer notches big victory

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CRYSTAL LAKE – There’s nothing like being in a must-win situation to get a team’s attention.

Crystal Lake Central’s boys soccer team entered Tuesday trailing Johnsburg and Prairie Ridge by a game in the loss column in the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division standings with the season winding down. Central defeated Johnsburg, 3-1, to avenge a 2-1 loss to the Skyhawks this season.

“We played with some urgency,” Tigers coach Jay Schwarzrock said. “I just wish we played with the same sense of urgency the first time we played them.”

Joey Seldan and Tyler Fehring scored in the first half to give Central (13-7-1 overall, 7-2 FVC Fox) a 2-0 lead. Sam Kruse’s goal in the second half made it 3-0 before Dakota Pruitt scored for Johnsburg (10-4-2, 8-2) to end the shutout bid of Tom Breen, who made five saves.

“We did a better job of controlling the ball in the middle in the first half,” Schwarzrock said. “Overall, we kept them moving, and that allowed us to control the tempo from most of the game.”

Prairie Ridge 1, Grayslake Central 0: At Grayslake, Taylor Bennett scored on a free kick from 25 yards out to give the Wolves (10-6-3, 9-1) an FVC Fox victory against the Rams (3-11, 2-6).

Woodstock 10, Woodstock North 0: At Woodstock, the visiting Blue Streaks led, 8-0, at halftime and defeated the Thunder (0-17, 0-10) in FVC Fox play. Christian Harvey led Woodstock (7-10, 4-6) with four goals. Marcos Campos and Alex Niese made a combined 16 saves in goal for Woodstock North.

Cary-Grove 1, McHenry 0: At McHenry, Matt Latawiec scored the lone goal for the Trojans (12-1, 8-0) in an FVC Valley win against the Warriors (6-10-1, 2-6).

Jacobs 2, Dundee-Crown 1: At Carpentersville, the Golden Eagles (5-8-2, 4-4) beat the Chargers in FVC Valley play. Kyle Hagan scored for the Chargers (3-11-2, 0-8).

Harvard 5, Marengo 1: At Harvard, Jose Juarez and Rafael Juarez both scored a goal for the Hornets (14-3-2, 7-1-1 BNC East) in the Big Northern Conference East Division win against the Indians.

St. Francis 5, Marian Central 4: At Woodstock, senior midfielder Tyler Lund­quist scored a hat trick and added an assist, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the Spartans in a Suburban Christian Conference match. Kyle Gust added a goal and an assist for Marian (15-4, 3-2).

GOLF

Class 3A Harlem Regional: At Atwood Homestead in Rockford, Jacobs’ Scott Cahill and Josh Kopka advanced to sectionals. Cahill finished second with a 3-over-par 75, and Kopka finished seventh with an 80. Jacobs took fifth as a team (333), 13 strokes behind regional champion Rockford Auburn. Dundee-Crown finished seventh (364), and Jeff Allen was the Chargers’ top finisher in 28th place with an 89. Huntley was eighth (380), and Greg Scime shot an 88 to finish 26th.

Class 2A Dixon Regional: At Timber Creek, Marengo finished fourth with a team score of 358, 18 strokes behind regional champion Dixon. The Indians had four individual sectional qualifiers in Jake Tucker (85), Jordan Hernandez (87), Uriah Kosior (91) and Frank Cusimano (95).

CROSS COUNTRY

Prairie Ridge Fox Valley Jamboree: At Veteran Acres in Crystal Lake, Anthony Manfrin ran a time of 16:51 to take first place and lead Dundee-Crown (50 points) to a second-place finish. Prairie Ridge (32) took first and was led by Marc DiVerde’s third-place time of 17:42. Crystal Lake South (79) was third and was led by Brian Roesslein’s sixth-place time of 17:48. Jeff Sabatka (17:29) took second and led McHenry (84) to a fourth-place finish. Johnsburg (217) placed fifth and was led by Dan Fox’s seventh-place time of 17:54. Huntley (219) placed sixth and Woodstock North (514) placed seventh.

Jacobs Fox Valley Jamboree: At Sunset Park in Lake in the Hills, Ryan Alvarez (16:09) and Chris Alvarez (16:22) finished first and second to lead Crystal Lake Central (30) to first place in the meet. Ryan Gustafson (16:25) finished third and led Cary-Grove (52) to a second-place finish. Jacobs (86) finished third and was led by William Hennessy’s tenth-place time of 16:48. Woodstock (205) placed fifth.

Richmond-Burton 15, Marengo 45: At Chain O’ Lakes State Park in Fox Lake, Ian Sanchez placed first with a time of 15:39 as the Rockets swept the top-five places in the meet. The Indians were led by Pat Kueking’s time of 18:12 and sixth-place finish.

• Mike Kolton and John Solymossy contributed to this report.