Hampshire's Connie Ellett earns All-State finish

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CARBONDALE – Hampshire sophomore Connie Ellett shot an 8-over-par 80 Saturday for a 160 total to earn All-State honors with a 25th-place finish in the IHSA Class AA Girls Golf State Tournament at Hickory Ridge.

Her sister and teammate, junior Taylor, shot an 84 for a 169 total to finish 43rd.

Hampshire coach Sue Ellett said that she was impressed by Connie Ellett’s performance for her first time at state and that Taylor Ellett didn’t shoot as well as Taylor wanted.

“I thought Connie, for a first-time appearance, was pretty steady,” Sue Ellett said. “She made only two double bogeys over 36 holes and played with a lot of poise. Taylor was a little higher score-wise than she wanted. Nothing terrible but never really got it going. I thought all season long she carried us and ended up with a better finish than last year’s 43rd.”

Hayley Guyton of Kaneland won the individual state championship with a 1-over 145 total. Homewood-Flossmoor won the team title.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Big Northern Conference Meet: At Fuller Forest Park Reserve in Byron, Marengo’s Katie Adams won the individual conference championship in 16:49.

Hampshire took fifth with 104 points and was led by Cassie Kruse’s fourth-place time of 17:38.

Skylar Bayer (17:45) took eighth and led Richmond-Burton (120) to sixth. Harvard was led by Brittany Carr’s 41st-place time of 20:01.

Suburban Christian Conference Meet: At Oakhurst Forest Perserve in Aurora, Allie Manning ran a time of 18:32 and earned all-conference honors with a fourth-place finish to lead Marian Central (155) to a seventh-place finish. St. Francis won the meet with 59 points.

GIRLS TENNIS

Lakes Sectional: At Lake Villa, Johnsburg’s No. 1 doubles team of Nicole Stroner and Alexa Stroner qualified for the IHSA state tournament with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Grant’s Jessica Ring and Taryn Doherty in a third-place match.

Elgin Sectional: Katie Hougland took second in singles and Kelsey Burke and Vanassa Patthana placed third in doubles as Hampshire won the team title with 19 points. Jacobs (18) finished second and was led by its doubles teams of Kassandra Bernardo and Lindsey Gardeck and Marcilyn Rowan and Lauren Steinkamp as they placed first and second.

Sam Chapman and Ashley Pietrusiak took fourth and led Huntley (16) to a third-place tie with Elgin.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Elgin Invitational: Dundee-Crown went 0-5 and finished sixth. The Chargers (7-20) were led by Nicole Desmond’s 15 kills and Lauren Mosher’s 10 kills. Tess Barnes added 32 assists for D-C.

Woodstock North Invitational: Christina Bravos led Woodstock North (4-26) with 12 kills, and Sarah Diamond added 30 assists for the Thunder, who finished 1-4 and in sixth place. Marengo went 1-4 and finished in seventh.

Glenbard East Autumnfest: At Lombard, Prairie Ridge went 1-2 to take sixth place. Taylor Brauneis led the Wolves (24-9) with 43 kills and 47 assists. Huntley (24-9) went 2-1 and finished 11th. Crystal Lake South (23-9) went 1-2 and finished 14th.

CL Central Invitational: Amelia Anderson led Crystal Lake Central with 51 kills, and the Tigers finished with a 5-0 record to win the championship. Central (30-3) defeated Richmond-Burton, Antioch, Sycamore, Marian Central and McHenry. Marian Central (25-8) took second, and McHenry (20-11) was fourth. Katie Niehoff led McHenry with 99 assists. R-B was fifth. Tracy Holian had 61 assists in five matches to lead the Rockets (14-14).

GIRLS SWIMMING

Blue Devil Invitational: At Gurnee, Crystal Lake Central’s Maggie Gomberg won the 100-yard breaststroke in 1:11 and the Tigers won the 200 medley relay in 2:00. Central finished second overall with 210 points. Woodstock (192) finished fourth and was led by Becca Ortmann’s first-place time of 57.55 seconds in the 100 freestyle. Colleen Champa was third in the 200 freestyle (2:07) and second in the 100 butterfly (1:05) to lead Dundee-Crown (146) to sixth.

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Big Northern Conference Meet: At Fuller Forest Park Reserve in Byron, Ian Sanchez (14:40), Matt Lytle (14:58) and Richard Kaht (15:16) finished in the top 10 to lead Richmond-Burton (52 points) to the team championship. Sanchez won the individual championship.

Hampshire (203) took eighth and was led by Tanner Holman’s 12th-place time of 15:44. Pat Kueking (16:13) was 24th and led Marengo (236) to a ninth-place finish. Harvard (262) finished 11th and was led by Alex Kick’s 22nd-place time of 16:10.

BOYS SOCCER

Class 2A Marengo Regional: At Marengo, fourth-seeded Marengo (6-10-1) defeated fifth-seeded Woodstock North (0-20) in a first-round matchup, 9-0, behind James Simonson’s three goals.Marengo plays Marian Central in the regional semifinals.

Marian Central 2, Buffalo Grove 2: At Buffalo Grove, Kyle Gust scored both goals and tied the Marian Central record for goals in a season with 28. Tyler Lundquist had both assists for the Hurricanes (17-5-1).

• Mike Kolton and Andrew Hansen contributed to this report.