Plainfield North’s Jessica Kovalcik advances to Day 2 of IHSA State Finals: The Herald-News Thursday Roundup

Girls tennis

In Class 2A singles at the IHSA State Finals in suburban Chicago, Plainfield North’s Jessica Kovalcik, the defending state champion, won all three of her matches and advanced to the second day, 6-0, 6-0; 6-1, 6-0; and 6-0, 6-0.

Lincoln-Way Central’s Maria Manzella lost both rounds 6-0, 6-0, and Jenna Labriola fell in two rounds 6-2, 6-0 and 6-1, 6-1.

Lincoln-Way East’s Taylor Jones was also eliminated 6-0, 6-2 and 6-3, 6-2.

Joliet West’s Felicitas Scherer lost both of her matches, 6-0, 6-0 then 6-1, 6-0.

Emily Tigchelaar from Lincoln-Way West fell in two rounds, 6-3, 6-0 and 6-1, 6-4.

In 2A doubles, Lincoln-Way West’s Jess Dakin and Grace Cremieux lost their opening match 6-0, 6-0, won their first-round of consolation match 6-1, 2-6 (10-5), but fell in the second round 6-0, 6-3.

Hannah Tokarski and Annie Rogers from Lincoln-Way East lost both of their matches, 6-0, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-1.

Minooka’s Ashlyn Reade and Jocelyn Morales won their opening match 6-4, 6-1, but fell in the second round 6-0, 6-0 and lost in consolation play 6-3, 6-1.

Hannah Linko and Rebecca Linko from Plainfield Central lost their first two 6-1, 6-2 and then 6-2, 6-3.

Megan Covelli and Meda Bliudziute from Lockport lost 6-0, 6-0 in championship bracket play 0-6, 0-6 and 6-4, 6-0 in the consolation bracket.

In 1A singles, Morris’ Shreya Patel went 2-2, winning her opener 6-1, 6-1, losing in the second round 6-3, 6-1, winning her first consolation match 6-4, 6-1 but then falling 6-0, 6-0 to be eliminated.

Providence Catholic’s Reagan Sincak won her opener in a thriller, 5-7, 7-6, (11-9), then lost in the second round 6-1, 6-1 and lost in the consolation bracket 6-0, 6-1. Teammate Ema Szum also went 1-2, with an opening 6-1, 6-1 defeat followed by a 6-4, 6-1 win and a 6-0, 6-0 loss.

In 1A doubles, Morris’ Julia Borgstrom and Skyler Saelens advanced to Day 2 with wins in the first and second rounds, 6-0, 3-6 (10-7) and 4-6, 7-6 (5), 10-5. They then fell 6-2, 6-1 to move to Friday’s consolation play.

Joliet Catholic’s Megan Ardaugh and Alondra Espino fell 6-1, 6-1, won 6-0, 6-1 and 6-0, 6-0, then were eliminated 6-2, 6-2. Teammates Georgia Buza and Madeline Darley were defeated 6-3, 6-1 and 6-2, 6-2 to see their season come to an end.

Girls volleyball

Lincoln-Way Central 2, Richards 0: Morgan Kozlowski had five kills, two digs and a block during a 25-14, 25-21 victory.

Callie Jukovich had six aces and four digs, and Zoe O’Connor had seven assists.

Bolingbrook 2, Plainfield East 0: The Raiders swept in Southwest Prairie Conference play 25-14, 25-15.

Morris 2, Sycamore 0: Morris battled and came out on top for an Interstate 8 Conference victory 25-22, 25-18.

Plainfield North 2, Minooka 1: The Tigers battled to a Southwest Prairie Conference win, 22-25, 25-23, 25-23.

Montini 2, Providence Catholic 1: At Montini, the Celtics fell in Chicago Catholic Conference action 16-25, 25-22, 17-25.

Football

Lemont 43, Hillcrest 42: Lemont battled back to claim the South Suburban Blue league title in a Thursday night regular-season finale. Lemont (6-3) will await Saturday’s playoff pairings.

Cole Johnson (kickoff return, reception), Michael Preuss (two TD passes) and Zac Piskule (two TD runs) were responsible for two touchdowns each for Lemont.