Girls Golf
Hampshire senior Connie Ellett and Crystal Lake Central sophomore Lexi Harkins met head-to-head on golf courses four times this fall.
Softball pitcher Lindsay Melson wrestled with her college decision for several months, with NCAA Division I Louisville and University of Illinois-Chicago leading the way.
Hampshire senior Connie Ellett saw all the extra work she spent on her short game pay dividends over the weekend.
Athletes of the Week
Marian Central senior Luke Waggoner knew what was at stake Monday.
BUFFALO GROVE – Lexi Harkins of Crystal Lake Central and Connie Ellett of Hampshire have had fantastic seasons for their respective schools. Two weeks ago, they tied at the Fox Valley Conference Meet with Harkins winning on the third playoff hole. Ellett won the Belvidere Regional, while Harkins finished second at the Prairie Ridge Regional.
Athlete of the Week
PRAIRIE GROVE – Crystal Lake Central golfer Ann Bandolik hugged the IHSA Class AA Prairie Ridge Regional plaque like she might never let go.
Athlete of the Week
Boys Athlete
HARVARD – Only two strokes separated Woodstock’s top four golfers in a 163-167 non-conference victory against Marian Central on Wednesday at Plum Tree National.
ELGIN – Connie Ellett shot an even-par 35 to take medalist honors for the Hampshire girls golf team Monday at the South Elgin Invitational at Elgin Country Club.
Athletes of the Week
WOODSTOCK – Melissa Rose won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:33.99 and Lauren Curtis (2:04.97) won the 200 freestyle for Cary-Grove in a 86-84 Fox Valley Conference victory Thursday against Woodstock.
BULL VALLEY – In Lexi Harkins’ case, exercising a double standard is not necessarily bad.
CRYSTAL LAKE – It all came down to the last score Monday at Crystal Lake Country Club.
MUNDELEIN – Delainey Peterson shot a 7-over-par 42, earned medalist honors and led Prairie Ridge’s girls golf team to a 180-217 victory against Lake Zurich on Thursday at Village Green, for the Wolves’ eighth consecutive win.
CRYSTAL LAKE – J.B. Garoufalis and Paul Schlimm shared medalist honors for the Crystal Lake Central boys golf team as the Tigers defeated Crystal Lake South, 167-176, in a Fox Valley crossover match Wednesday at Crystal Lake Country Club.
RICHMOND – Richmond-Burton’s girls volleyball team remained undefeated Tuesday after a 25-19, 25-18, win against Winnebago.
LAKEWOOD – The biggest improvement Lexi Harkins made over the summer was with the accuracy of her golf shots.
ANTIOCH – McHenry’s Dylan Clohessy scored the winning goal with eight seconds left in the game to give the Warriors a 2-1 non-conference boys soccer win against Antioch on Monday.
ANTIOCH – Richmond-Burton’s girls cross country team won the Pat Harland Invitational on Thursday, placing four runners in the top 10.
CRYSTAL LAKE – Junior Jenna Wallace won at No. 1 singles, 6-3, 6-0, on Tuesday as Crystal Lake Central edged Cary-Grove, 4-3, in girls tennis.
HAMPSHIRE – Belvidere North might have assumed a victory in Monday’s non-conference boys soccer match against Hampshire was inevitable.
OAKWOOD HILLS – Jarrett Kinney shot a 2-under-par 34 on the front nine and finished with an even-par 73 Wednesday to lead Cary-Grove (325) to a first-place finish in the school’s invitational at Chalet Hills Golf Club.
Fox Valley
Area girls golf teams will tee it up this week as the 2011 season begins. Here are three storylines to help follow the action this season:
WOODSTOCK – Evan Mass played in only about half of this year’s McHenry County Junior Golf Association events, but he earned enough points to qualify for Tuesday’s season-ending Tournament of Champions at Woodstock Country Club.
HARVARD – Brothers Jarrett and Justin Kinney have played golf together for a long time.
WOODSTOCK – Evan Mass checked the MCJGA player standings Monday night and knew he had to play well in the Crystal Woods Open at Crystal Woods Golf Club.
FLOSSMOOR – Trailing by four holes only six holes into a match against an outstanding opponent, a lesser golfer than Lexi Harkins might have mailed in the rest of the match or come up with an injury and retired.
FLOSSMOOR – Lexi Harkins of Crystal Lake stayed alive in the Western National Junior Championship golf tournament Wednesday by winning a sudden death playoff in match play at Flossmoor Country Club.
PALATINE – Taylor Ellett tried not to think too much about the scholarship.
MARENGO – Last week, Michael DiGrazia remarked that he never had played well at Marengo Ridge, the site of Wednesday’s McHenry County Junior Golf Association Marengo Ridge Open.
BARRINGTON – Luke Waggoner’s situation Wednesday was a near carbon copy of the one he found himself in last year.
This week was a rough one for some of the area’s best big men.
