BOYS GOLF
At Bloomington: Fieldcrest senior Carter Senko shot a 73 on Saturday and finished with a two-round score of 149 to tie for eighth place in the IHSA Class 1A state tournament at Prairie Vista Golf Course.
Hall senior Noah Plym carded a 153 to tie for 17th, St. Bede’s Grady Mueller had a 161 to tie for 39th and Hall senior Joseph Perez had a 163 to tie for 48th.
FOOTBALL
St. Bede 44, Walther Christian 8: Stuart McGunnigal completed 6-of-8 passes for 97 yards and three touchdowns as the Bruins cruised to a victory in Melrose Park.
Landon Marquez, Max Moreno and Nico Pappas each caught a TD pass from McGunnigal, while Brennen Hirst rushed for 81 yards and two touchdowns on 10 carries for the Bruins (6-2), who led 22-0 after the first quarter and 38-0 at halftime.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
At Palos Hills: Izzy Pecchio and Phoebe Shetterly won region titles in singles and doubles to lead IVCC to the team title at the NJCAA Division II Region 4 Tournament to qualify the Eagles for the national tournament in May.
IVCC scored 20.5 points to top the eight-team field, beating second-place Moraine Valley by eight points.
Pecchio won the No. 3 singles title and teamed with Raleigh Leininger to win at No. 2 doubles, while Shetterly claimed the No. 5 singles title and paired with Grace Pecchio to win at No. 3 doubles.
Also for the Eagles, Leininger was runner-up at No. 4 singles, Yaquelin Hernandez-Solis was second at No. 6 singles and at No. 1 doubles with Ellie Taylor.
BOYS SOCCER
Mendota 4, Ottawa 2: Isaac Diaz scored three goals to lead the Trojans to a nonconference victory in Mendota.
Cesar Casas had a goal and three assists for Mendota (16-4-1), while Oscar Castaneda made four saves.
Streator 7, St. Bede 1: The Bruins fell to 2-12 with a loss in Streator.
CROSS COUNTRY
At Sandwich: Gianni Verucchi ran the 3-mile course in 16:25 to win the individual title and lead La Salle-Peru to the team title at the Sandwich Invite.
The Cavaliers scored 37 points to win the seven-team, beating second-place Sandwich by 10 points.
Luca Verucchi (17:36) placed fifth for the Cavs, while Bryce Keckler (18:13) was ninth.
In the girls race, L-P finished fifth in the five-team field.
Mina McFadden led the Cavs as she placed fifth in 20:58.
At Princeton: Princeton’s Payton Frueh and Ruby Acker placed top 10 in the Sterling Invitational.
Frueh ran the 5,000-meter course in 19;53.5 to finish sixth, while Acker was ninth in 20:35.
Princeton placed sixth in the nine-team field.
In the boys race, Brady Gross led Princeton as he was 71st in 20:42.
At Heyworth: Fieldcrest’s Gavin Dikeman finished 19th in the Heyworth Invitational, running the 3-mile course in 18:27.4.
The Knights were sixth in the seven-team field.
In the girls race, Fieldcrest’s Khloe Nussbaum was 25th in 23:17.4.
At Pontiac: Henry-Midland’s Max Dalton placed 32nd in the Prairie Central/Pontiac Invitational, running the 3-mile course in 17:55.2.
The Timberducks finished 10th in the 11-team field.
In the girls race, Henry’s Danika Maddex was 48th in 25:20.3.
VOLLEYBALL
Earlville def. Indian Creek 25-16, 25-19: Jacey Helgesen had 13 digs and 10 points as the Red Raiders won the consolation final in the Little Ten Conference Tournament in Shabbona.
Audrey Scherer put down 11 kills for Earlville, while Payton Actis had 11 assists and Liz Vazquez added 11 points and nine digs.