Lemont wins state cheerleading title: The Herald-News Saturday Roundup

COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING

IHSA State Finals: Lemont won the state championship in the Medium Team division with a score of 97.50. That beat out runner-up Providence Catholic’s score of 97.22. Lemont’s team, coached by Bree Grady-Simpson, includes seniors Claire Auw, Jordan Cryer, Mia Federovich, Grace Markun, Ella Mierzwa, Kelsey Schmidt, Molly Wallace and Ashley Wrublik; juniors Samantha DuVall, Ella Phelan, Morgan Sadelski and Victoria Swanstrom; sophomores Hailey Borner, Emma Federovich, Allyson Fluder, Natalie Oprondek, Alexa Verhoeven and Melanie Wallace; and freshmen Emma Schrimpl and Sabrina Tavolino.

Morris was fourth in the division with a score of 93.09.

In the Large School division, Lockport finished sixth with a score of 90.16, while Lincoln-Way West (88.68) was ninth and Minooka (88.38) finished 10th. In the Small Team division, Wilmington finished third with a score of 91.08.

BOYS WRESTLING

Class 3A Normal Community Regional: Joliet Catholic Academy won the team title with a total of 244.5 points, topping runner-up Lockport’s total of 201.0. Regional champions were Kane Robles of JCA (106), Maddux Tindal of JCA (120), Jason Hampton of JCA (126), Liam Zimmerman of Lockport (132), Naseem Jaber of Lockport (138), Elias Gonzalez of JCA (144), Justin Wardlow of Lockport (150), Jaedon Calderon of Lockport (157), Luke Hamiti of JCA (165), Nico Ronchetti of JCA (190), Charles Walker of Joliet Central (215) and Robbie Murphy of Minooka (285).

Also advancing to next weekend’s Joliet Central Sectional were Pedro Hernandez of Romeoville (3rd, 106), Jakob Crandall of Joliet West (2nd, 113), Anthony Sutton of Lockport (3rd, 113), Timmy O’Connor of Lockport (2nd, 120), Noah Avina of Minooka (3rd, 120), Isaac Zimmerman of Lockport (2nd, 126), Adrian Hernandez of Joliet West (2nd, 132), Dawson Mack of JCA (2nd ,138), Mason Vogt of Minooka (3rd, 138), Anthony Diorio of Lockport (2nd, 144), Tremaine Cooper of Joliet Central (3rd, 144), Carson Weber of Joliet West (2nd, 150), Nolan Vogel of JCA (3rd, 150), Vince Tindal of JCA (3rd, 157), Chris Miller of Lockport (2nd, 165), Kaden Meyer of Minooka (3rd, 165), Isaac Clauson of JCA (2nd, 175), AJ Frescura of Minooka (3rd, 175), Drew Silzer of Lockport (2nd, 190), Santino Capodice of Minooka (3rd, 190), Derrick Pomatto of JCA (3rd, 215), Jamir Thomas of Romeoville (2nd, 285) and Elijah Watt of JCA (3rd, 285).

Class 3A Rich Township Sectional: Lincoln-Way East captured the team title with a score of 246.0, topping Lincoln-Way West’s score of 203.0. Individual champions were Brady Glynn of Lincoln-Way West (113), JT Theis of Lincoln-Way East (126), Tyson Zvonar of Lincoln-Way East (132), Jadon Zimmer of Lincoln-Way Central (138), Kaidge Richardson of Lincoln-Way East (144), Connor Schultz of Lincoln-Way East (150), Jalen Byrd of Lincoln-Way Central (165), Colton Zvonar of Lincon-Way East (190), Nate Elstner of Lincoln-Way West (215) and Gage LeDere of Lincoln-Way East (285).

Also advancing to next weekend’s Joliet Central Sectional were Nathan Powers of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 106), Noah Ciolkosz of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 113), Max Munn of Lincoln-Way West (3rd, 120), Shane Stream of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 126), Carter DiBenedetto of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 132), Connor Richardson of Lincoln-Way Central (3rd, 132), Jakob Siwinski of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 138), Brayden Mortell of Lincoln-Way East (3rd, 138), Jack Strezo of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 144), Haden Anderson of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 150), Ethan Harvey of Lincoln-Way Central (3rd, 150), Alex Lizek of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 157), Caden Harvey of Lincoln-Way Central (3rd, 157), Christian Darnell of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 165), DJ Freeman of Lincoln-Way West (3rd, 165), Jackson Zaeske of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 175), Jimmy Talley of Lincoln-Way West (2nd, 190), Justin Powers of Lincoln-Way East (2nd, 215), Logan Wooten of Lincoln-Way Central (3rd, 215), Aiden Hennings of Lincoln-Way Central (2nd, 285), and Brandon Bavirsha of Lincoln-Way West (3rd, 285).

Class 3A Moline Regional: Individual champions were Maddux Garbis of Plainfield North (106) and Aidan Durell of Plainfield North (126).

Also advancing to next weekend’s Joliet Central Sectional were Drew Ritchie of Plainfield South (2nd, 106), Brian Tejeda of Plainfield East (3rd, 113), Nathan Alli of Plainfield North (3rd, 132), Jack Bowen of Plainfield Central (3rd, 138), Kyle McCormick of Plainfield South (3rd, 144), Muhammad Hasib of Plainfield East (3rd, 150), Chase Pierceall of Plainfield South (2nd, 165), Colin Bickett of Plainfield South (2nd, 175), Ty Sabin of Plainfield Central (2nd, 190), Hugh Callaghan of Plainfield East (3rd, 190), Anthony Minnito of Plainfield Central (2nd, 215), Jakub Kowal of Plainfield South (2nd, 285) and Liam Corona of Plainfield North (3rd, 285).

Class 3A Naperville North Regional: Tommy McDermott of Bolingbrook won the regional title at 165.

Also advancing to next weekend’s Hinsdale Central Sectional were Bolingbrook’s Aaron Camacho (2nd, 144).

Class 2A Richards Regional: Regional champions were Tommy Banas of Providence Catholic (132), Justus Heeg of Providence (150), and Jasper Harper of Providence (157).

Also advancing to next weekend’s Hinsdale South Sectional were Christian Corcoran of Providence (2nd, 106), Alex Powers of Lemont (3rd, 106), Nathan Ortiz of Providence (3rd, 113), Max Mandac of Providence (2nd, 120), Lucas Forsythe of Providence (2nd, 126), Parker Ludwig of Lemont (3rd, 126), Cory Zatar of Lemont (2nd, 132), Luke Banas of Providence (2nd, 138), Andrew Pellicci of Providence (3rd, 144), Brayden McKay of Providence (3rd, 165), Declan Dircks of Providence (2nd, 175), Judah Heeg of Lemont (2nd, 190), Koda Miller of Providence (2nd, 215) and Mike Sisk of Providence (2nd, 285).

BOYS BASKETBALL

Plainfield East 64, Downers Grove South 59: The Bengals won their fifth straight game behind 21 points, 10 rebounds and five assists from KJ Miller. Josh Stone had 14 points and five rebounds, while Jayden Cawthon had nine points and four steals.

St. Ignatius 70, Joliet Catholic Academy 58: Jayden Armstrong led the Hilltoppers with 15 points, while Donavyn Simmons scored 11. Eli Passehl added 10.

Naperville North 62, Plainfield North 50: Pierre Pointer and Quintin Wiencek each scored 15 points for the Tigers (16-10) in the nonconference loss.

Morris 63, Rochelle 61: Morris trailed 43-42 entering the fourth quarter, but rallied for the Interstate 8 Conference win.

Jack Wheeler led Morris with 26 points and seven rebounds, while Brett Bounds had 21 points and five rebounds. Landon Norris added nine points and three assists.

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Joliet Central 63, Stagg 33: The Steelmen improved to 14-16 with the nonconference win.

Providence Catholic 55, Trinity 37: The Celtics took third in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Tournament with the win. They were led by Taylor Healy with 18 points, Molly Knight with 17 and Eilish Raines with nine.