Huntley blanks Guilford to win girls soccer regional

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ROCKFORD – Huntley girls soccer coach Kris Grabner thought his team could have been a bit more patient with its shots Friday in the IHSA Class 3A Jefferson Regional final.

Otherwise, there was little to criticize in the Red Raiders’ 4-0 victory against Guilford that gave Huntley its fourth consecutive regional title.

Huntley will face Barrington in a Boylan Sectional semifinal at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

“It took about five minutes for us to establish our possession on the ball,” Grabner said, “but once we established our possession we controlled the game. We were a little impatient with our shots; there were at least four or five shots that we took right at the goalkeeper, and she did a great job. But overall we played well today. I was very pleased.”

Junior forward Aimee Wronski scored twice for her 27th and 28th goals of the season, and Priscilla Jara and Rachel Chapuis added a goal each.

Emily Konior and Bre Burry had two assists apiece for the Raiders (21-3-1).

“We really need to be looking at making the next step,” said Grabner, whose team has reached the sectional final the past two seasons but come away empty-handed. “We need to look at winning a sectional title and advancing to a supersectional. ... We are very happy to win another regional title, it’s very good for the program, but we need to focus on getting a sectional plaque.”

Class 2A CL Central Sectional: Top-seeded St. Viator defeated third-seeded Crystal Lake Central, 4-0, in the championship game.

SOFTBALL

Prairie Ridge 12, Dundee-Crown 2 (6 inn.): At Crystal Lake, Johanna Turner (14-7) struck out four in three innings in the Wolves’ Fox Valley Conference crossover win. Erin Smith went 3 for 4 with a double, and Amanda Ambrose went 2 for 3 for Prairie Ridge (25-9).

Brittany Schultz was 2 for 3 for the Chargers (1-25).

Cary-Grove 10, Grayslake North 5: At Grayslake, Lindsay Efflandt set a school record by earning her 23rd win of the season, giving up four earned runs over five innings in the Trojans’ FVC crossover win. Efflandt (23-5) also went 2 for 3 with a double and three RBIs, and Eleni Polites was 3 for 4 and recorded her school-record 28th steal of the season for C-G (27-6).

Jacobs 4, Johnsburg 1: At Jacobs, Amber Livinston gave up one earned run and went 2 for 3 with a double for the Golden Eagles (19-11) in an FVC crossover win.

Mary Chamberlain took the loss for the Skyhawks (10-19), giving up two earned runs on five hits over seven innings.

Huntley 6, Grayslake Central 3: At Grayslake, Tara Lycos, Aryana Burgos and Randi Peterson each had an RBI for the Red Raiders (21-10) in their FVC crossover win.

Taylor Larson improved to 18-8 on the season, giving up no earned runs in 4 2/3 innings and striking out six.

BOYS TRACK

Class 1A Genoa-Kingston Sectional: At Genoa, Harvard won the sectional with 110 points and qualified for state in eight events.

Coty Kramer won four events, setting meet records in the long jump (21 feet, 5½ inches), the 100-meter dash (10.45 seconds), and as a member of the 800-meter relay team (1:31.67) with Pat Wilkening, Matt Smith and Andy Kick.

Also qualifying for the Hornets was Mark Sadler, winning the 800 in a meet-record time of 2:00.28, and Keenan Baldwin in the pole vault with a vault of 12-9.

Alden-Hebron’s Zach Kleven qualified for state in two events, winning the discus and placing second in the shot put with a throw of 44-9. Kleven’s discus throw of 155-8 was a meet and school record.

BASEBALL

Johnsburg 5, Grayslake North 1: At Grayslake, David Virgo had a three-run home run to lead the Skyhawks (12-20, 8-15) to an FVC Fox win. Zach Ignoffo earned the win, giving up one earned run in seven innings and striking out seven.

McHenry 6, CL South 2: At McHenry, Chase Matheson was 2 for 2 with a double and two RBIs, and Kevin Wollscheid was 2 for 3 with a double and an RBI for the Warriors (23-9, 16-7) in their FVC Valley win.

Greg Pagnotta and Billy Wright each went 2 for 4 with a double for the Gators (19-14, 13-10).

• Maureen Lynch and Andrew Hansen contributed to this report.