Kiya Newson-Cole’s late free throw leads Lincoln-Way Central to win: The Herald-News Thursday Roundup

Girls basketball

Lincoln-Way Central 28, Stagg 27: Kiya Newson-Cole drew a foul as the time expired and made a free throw to help the Knights get past Stagg for a Southwest Suburban Conference victory.

Brooke Katzmann led L- W Central with 11 points.

Lincoln-Way West 43, Homewood-Flossmoor 41: Ava Tisch put 14 points on the board to lead the Warriors to a Southwest Suburban Conference win.

Molly Finn had 10 points, Kenzie Roesner added nine, and Caroline Smith chipped in with seven.

Coal City 52, Lisle 41: Kylee Kennell had 15 points on the night and helped the Coalers to an Illinois Central Eight Conference victory.

Emma Rodriguez scored 11. Jori Tucker added nine.

Seneca 48, Ottawa Marquette 42: Alyssa Zellers scored 13 points as the Fighting Irish picked up a Tri-County Conference win.

Audry McNabb added 11 points and Lainie Olson chipped in with nine.

Manteno 52, Peotone 30: At Peotone, Manteno fought for an Illinois Central Eight Conference victory.

Wilmington 37, Reed-Custer 29: At Braidwood, the Comets battled but came up short in Illinois Central Eight Conference action.

Alyssa Wollenzien had seven points, eight rebounds and five steals. Gwen Stewart, Leah Grace and Harlie Liebermann combined to score 18 points.

Yorkville 68, Plainfield East 36: The Bengals fell and couldn’t come back in SouthWest Prairie Conference play.

Montini 43, Providence 40: The Celtics battled until the last minute but came up just short in a Chicago Catholic Conference matchup.

Boys swimming

Lincoln-Way West 117, Bradley-Bourbonnais 64: The Warriors dominated and picked up a Southwest Suburban Conference victory.

The 200 yard medley relay of Jake McCormack, Ethan Ferrucci, Matt Wolf and John Kucala finished in first (1:46.27). Ryan Medel took first in the 200 yard freestyle (2:03.64), Nathan Morandi won the 1-meter diving (180.25), and Jake McCormack won the 100 yard butterfly (55.98).

Boys wrestling

Joliet Central 37, Loyola Academy 35: Evan Patton sealed the dual with a big pinfall at 285 pounds to help the Steelmen to a three-team meet victory.

Liam Walsh, Aleck Allende, Jowel Maldonado, Tremaine Cooper and Connor Gualandi all had wins.

Joliet Central 49, St. Lawrence 26: The Steelmen battled and earned a triangular win.

Charles Walker, Evan Patton, Xavier Eggert, Caleb Dennis, Tremaine Cooper, Liam Walsh, Aleck Allende and Brody Walsh all contributed to the win.

Lincoln-Way West 52, Homewood-Flossmoor 24: At Flossmoor, the Warriors battled to a Southwest Suburban Conference win.

Yorkville 66, Plainfield North 9: The Tigers fell and couldn’t come back in Southwest Prairie Conference action.

Girls bowling

Joliet Central 2195, Romeoville 2139: Tashera Miller bowled a 569 series to help the Steelmen to a Southwest Prairie Conference win.

Kennide Handy bowled a 486 series, and Madelyn Diaz had a 397 series.

Kayla Esquivel led the Spartans with a series of 509.