Coal City boys, girls hoops earn conference wins: Friday’s Joliet Herald News Sports Roundup

Boys basketball

Coal City 56, Reed-Custer 45: At Coal City, the Coalers improved to 12-4 overall and 5-1 in the ICE with the win over the Comets.

IC Prep 61, Providence Catholic 45: At New Lenox, Ryan Lipke scored 19 but it wasn’t enough as the Celtics fell in a Chicago Catholic League contest. Kelechi Enyia added 14 for PC (5-12, 0-1).

Lemont 75, Oak Lawn 61: At Oak Lawn, Alanas Castillo scored 210 and pulled in eight boards as Lemont won its South Suburban Blue Conference contest with the Spartans. Matas Gaidukevicius and Gabe Sularski added 18 points each as Lemont improved to 13-4, 7-0 in the SSC.

Oswego East 73, Plainfield East 49: At Oswego, the Bengals fell to 4-12 overall and 2-5 in the SPC with the loss to the Wolves.

Joliet West 54, Yorkville 42: At Yorkville, Zion Gross scored 14 points to lead the Tigers to the Southwest Prairie Conference win over the Foxes. Mickeis Johnson added 12 as West improved to 11-5 overall and 5-1 in SPC play.

Bradley-Bourbonnais 56, Lincoln-Way West 35: At Bourbonnais, the Warriors dropped their SWSC contest to the Boilermakers to fall to 8-8 on the season.

Sandburg 50, Lincoln-Way Central 47: At New Lenox, Lucas Andressen tallied 17 points as the Knights fell to the Eagles in an SWSC contest. Central fell to 11-6 overall and 4-3 in conference play.

Homewood-Flossmoor 68, Lincoln-Way East 41: At Frankfurt, the Griffins fell to the defending Class 4A state champions in an SWSC contest. East is now 9-7 overall and 3-4 in the SWSC.

Seneca 69, Henry 33: At Henry, the Irish improved to 4-0 in the Tri-County Conference with the win over the Mallards. Seneca improved to 14-3 overall.

Girls basketball

Beecher 45, Gardner-South Wilmington 28: At Beecher, the Panthers fell to the Bobcats.

Coal City 48, Reed-Custer 28: At Coal City, Kylee Kennell scored 13 and Jori Tucker 12 to lead the Coalers (12-5, 5-1) to the win in the Illinois Central Eight contest. Isabell Toler scored six and pulled in seven boards for RC (8-8, 2-4).

Minooka 65, Joliet Central 32: At Joliet, the Indians won their fourth straight with the victory over the Steelmen. Minooka improved to 10-8 overall, 4-3 in the SPC.

Kaneland 55, Morris 50: At Maple Park, Morris fell to Kaneland in an Interstate Eight contest.

Boys wrestling

61st Annual Lyle King PIT: At Princeton, Coal City, and Reed-Custer advanced several individuals after the first day of competition. Owen Peterson, Culan Lindemuth, Cooper Morris, Luke Munsterman, Roberto Rodriguez, Aidan Kenney, Noah Houston, Trace Wilson, Mason Garner, Brock Finch, Landin Benson, Cade Poyner, John Keigher, and Payton Vigna advanced for Coal City. Colton Drinkwine, Cole Harris, Jeremy Eggleston, and Dominic Alaimo advanced for Reed-Custer. Logan VanDuyne advanced for Wilmington.

Marmion Academy 36, Providence Catholic 35: At Aurora, winners for the Celtics in the dual meet included: Lucas Forsythe, JT Potocsnak, Andrew Pellicci, Justus Heeg, Jasper Harper, Brayden McCay, and Timotheus Connor.

Lincoln-Way West 36, Lockport 28: At New Lenox, the Warriors held off the Porters in a battle of two state-ranked teams. Jakob Siwinski, Jack Strezo, DJ Freeman, Jimmy Talley, Nathan Elstner, Brandon Bavirsha, Brady Glynn, and Max Munn were winners for West. Liam Zimmerman, Justin Wardlow, Jaedon Calderon, Chris Miller, Caleb Russell, and Isaac Zimmerman won their matches for Lockport.

Lincoln-Way Central 44, Andrew 22: At New Lenox, Caden Harvey picked up his 100th career win as the Knights cruised to the SouthWest Suburban Conference win. Eric Hoselton, Michael Heimberg, Ryne Nape, Ethan Harvey, Jalen Byrd, Justin Langford, Logan Wooten and Ethan Toosley also were winners for LWC.