Naperville Central captured its first trophy Saturday by racking up 12 points to tie Fremd for second place at the state finals at Eastern Illinois University.
Stevenson's starting front line outscored Metea Valley 10-2 in two periods of action en route to a 14-8 victory on Saturday. Stevenson senior Brittany Gartenberg scored a game-high five goals for the victorious Patriots, while junior Ashley Oliver added four goals.
Metea Valley’s Lori Obendorf, the 2012-2013 Beacon-News Player of the Year, headlines this season’s All-Area Team. Check out the full list of players named to the team here.
Steve Nemeth previews the Aurora-area girls soccer teams, including Waubonsie Valley, which has five players committed to Division I programs next season.
Plainfield East senior Lakshmi Tatineni won all seven of her matches at the Joliet Central Birds of Steel Tournament on Saturday to capture the No. 1 singles crown for the third consecutive year.
Neuqua Valley finished 1-2 in the 1,600 and 3,200, and also won the 1,600 relay to fuel its second-place finish in the Upstate Eight indoor conference meet at Batavia on Saturday.
Despite losing several key players to graduation, Metea Valley returns a nice blend of veteran and younger players focused on building off last spring's Romeoville Sectional championship game appearance.
02/27/2013, 11:31pm CST, By Rick Armstrong rarmstrong@stmedianetwork.com
Jared Brownridge poured in 27 points as Waubonsie Valley survived a back-and-forth battle with District 204 rival Metea Valley, 51-48 in overtime, at the Class 4A Oswego East Regional.
Metea Valley found itself trailing East Aurora late before battling back to pull out the 57-53 win at the Class 4A Oswego East Regional quarterfinal Monday.