Prep roundup: AFC volleyball takes River Ridge title
BY SVN SPORTS STAFF
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AFC swept five matches to take top honors at the River Ridge volleyball tournament on Saturday.
In pool play, AFC (22-2) knocked off Polo 25-10, 25-22; Pearl City 25-19, 25-18; at River Ridge 25-14, 25-10.
In the semifinals, the Raiders held off Warren 25-23, 27-25. Grace Kennay led the way with 15 points, 11 assists and seven digs. Samantha Vivian added seven kills and four blocks.
AFC took the championship with a 25-23, 14-25, 15-12 decision over Stockton. Ashley Hahn had a big game with eight digs, seven kills and seven assists. Kennay finished with 12 points, eight digs, seven assists, five kills, three blocks and two aces.
Steamers third at NE Invite: Fulton won three of fourth matches and placed third at the Northeast Tournament in Goose Lake, Iowa.
In pool play, the Steamers beat Maquoketa 21-9, 17-21, 15-8; Northeast 24-22, 21-12; and Prince of Peace 21-10, 21-13.
In the medal round, Fulton lost to Durant 25-16, 27-25.
Top performers for the Steamers included Kelsey Munck with 31 kills and two blocks; Lindsey Renkes with 21 kills and three aces; Allison DeWeerdt with 37 assists, nine blocks, five kills and three aces; Amber Grant with 15 kills and seven blocks; Lydia Schaver with 43 assists and 10 digs; and Kari Kuehl with 28 digs.
Boys cross country
Rockets second in Freeport: Rock Falls finished second out of seven teams in Freeport Invite at Highland Community College.
The Rockets had 79 points behind only Kaneland that dominated with 26 points. Oregon as sixth with 161.
Nathan Hudson finished fifth for Rock Falls in 16 minutes 42 seconds. Zach Billings was 11th in 17:06.
Girls cross country
Hawks third at Freeport: Jeneen Schier finished fifth in 19:49 to lead the Hawks to third place at the Freeport Invite at Highland Community College.
Oregon finished with a score of 71 behind Winnebago at 50 and Kaneland at 68. Rock Falls fifth at 95.
The Rockets were led by Savanah Davis in seventh at 19:53. Aubree Johnson was 13thin 20:25.
Boys soccer
Sterling second at Orion: The Golden Warriors won two of three matches to take second at the Orion Invite.
The Warriors defeated Oregon 3-0 to open the tournament with Eddie Chavez, Tony Cervantes and Pedor Ocampo each scoring goals.
They beat Princeton 3-1 in the second match with Ocampo, Aaron Brenner and Bruno Rodriguez scoring the goals.
Byron beat Sterling in the final match 1-0. Chavez and Cervantes were both named to the all-tournament team.
Oregon lost all three of its matches. They also lost to Princeton 1-0 and Peoria Woodruff 4-0. Woodruff won the tournament.
Girls swimming
Sterling second at J-Hawk Invite: The Golden Warriors won four events to finish second behind Boylan at the 14-team J-Hawk Invite at Rockford Jefferson High School.
Sterling finished with 233.5 points behind Boylan at 266. Newman was seventh with 76.
Allie Yemm won both the 200 IM (2 minutes, 19.10 seconds) and the 100 breaststroke (1:10.88). Sterling also won the 200 medley relay (1:57.20) and the 400 relay (3:50.75).
Newman was led by Marissa Gill, who won the 100 backstroke in 1:04.26. Sterling's Sophie Borer was second in that event at 1:05.01. Gill also was second in the 50 freestyle in 26.21.
College tennis
Sauk competes at Region IV: No. 6 player Alyssa DeLong split a pair of matches for the Skyhawks at the Region IV Tournament at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills.
DeLong's 6-3, 7-6 decision over Nicole Rusnak of Moraine Valley was the lone point for Sauk Valley. Also competing for the Skyhawks were Megan Schultz, Alex Mahan, Katie Overby, Rachel Pashon and Tess Ginn.
Competing teams were Elgin (22 points), Waubonsee (15), Lake County (13), McHenry (seven), Moraine Valley (four), Oakton (three), Sauk Valley (one) and Illinois Valley (zero).
The top three teams advance to the junior college national tourney next May in Tucson, Az.
