Tigresses capture Rock Falls Invite
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| Princeton’s Allie Youngren engages in a clash of blue 14s against Sterling Newman during Saturday’s Rock Falls Invite. PHS finished 5-0 for first place. (Shaw News Service/Chris Padgett) |
The Princeton Tigresses captured Saturday’s Rock Falls Invitational volleyball tournament with a 5-0 finish.
The Tigresses defeated Newman (10-20, 20-18, 15-10), Dixon (20-12, 20-11) and Rock Falls (20-13, 20-10) in pool play. PHS rallied to beat Rock Island 19-25, 25-6, 15-12 in the semifinals and came back in the title match to top Sterling Newman 25-15, 21-25, 15-10.
Sarah Maynard and Jacquie Kane each had 23 kills, and Jolyn Kane added 21. Jolyn Kane was also the top scorer with 28 points and 11 aces. Other top contributors for PHS (7-0) were Molly Stephens (87 assists, 20 points), Sylvie Tracy (17 digs, 11 points), Steph Bonucci (24 points, 4 aces), Kaitlyn Petersen (16 points, 4 aces) and Jordann Mason (24 points, 14 kills).
Bureau Valley defeated Rock Fails 23-25, 25-20, 16-14 to win the fifth-place consolation game. In other matches, BV defeated Hall 20-18, 18-20, 16-14 but lost to Rock Island (14-20, 17-20) and Morrison (19-21, 20-15, 4-15).
Leading contributors for the Storm (3-3) were Lauren Hasbrook (26 points, 9 aces, 24 kills, 25 digs), Meghan Musche (29 digs), Sam Shepard (13 points, 1 assists, 8 kills), Aubrey Franklin (18 points, 21 kills, 20 digs) and Gabby Fisch (9 blocks, 10 points, 6 kills).
The Hall Lady Red Devils went 1-2 in pool play before falling to Dixon 25-23, 20-25, 15-11 in the seventh-place match.
Soccer
Earlville 2, Princeton 0: A match-up of two North Central Illinois elite programs Saturday saw the Tigers shutout on six shots. The Red Raiders scored goals in each half for the nonconference win. PHS keeper Jeremy Rotramel had seven saves.
Golf
At Rock Falls: Princeton finished second in the Class A Division of Saturday’s Rock Falls Invite with a score of 332. Rock Island Alleman took first at 312 while Dixon (308) claimed the 2A division.
Bureau Valley (360) was sixth, and Hall (368) was ninth in Class A.
“I was really pleased with the our performance today. Rock Island Alleman is an outstanding team, and finishing second to them is nothing to be ashamed of,” PHS coach Brian Church said.
“This is a good tournament for us, but I think that we can improve on it. Our younger kids are realizing what a grind an 18-hole tournament is all about, and they will learn from it and work harder to improve on their score.”
Tigers Noel Nichols and Collin Slattery each shot 77s with Nichols taking third by a scorecard playoff. It was Nichols’ personal best score. Other scorers for PHS were Eric Bickett (86) and Cole Evenson (92).
“(Nichols) has been struggling lately, but really found his game today. I am very happy for him and hope that this is a sign he is back,” Church said.
Both Nick Rounds of Hall and Jordan Twidell of Bureau Valley shot 82s. The No. 2 scores also repeated with Hall’s Cody Kirkman and BV’s Riley DeBrock firing 87s. Other scorers were Hall’s Ben Dagraedt (98) and Dean Colmone (101) and BV’s Alex Knisley (94) and Chris Miller (97).
Tennis
At Coal City: The Princeton Tigresses won their second tournament of the young season, taking top honors at Coal City Saturday. See Thursday’s BCR for more details. PHS previously won the Sterling Newman tournament.
Cross country
At Oregon: Jacob wMead finished 22nd and Zach Kieffer was 34th for Princeton in Saturday’s Oregon Invite. The Tigers finished fifth as a team with Sterling Newman (44) winning the seven-team field. Also for PHS, Greg Musselman (20:42) was 54th, Ryan Arndt (20:51) was 57th and Cody Schertz (23:14) was 77th.
The PHS girls pack of 21st CJ Rhodes (22:02), 27th Emma Makransky (22:37) and 28th Alix Forristall (22:38) gave the Tigresses (190) a push for ninth-place finish in the 12-team field. Kaneland was first at 64.
Top JV finishers for JV were Victor Wolsfeld (38th, 23:30) and Kathyrn Krieger (36th, 27:06) and Caitlyn Branske (37th, 27:06).
