August 02, 2025
Sports

Prep roundup: Hinsdale Central tennis cruises to conference title

By SUBURBAN LIFE

Hinsdale Central's Sandra Keta competes Saturday in No. 1 singles at the West Suburban Silver tournament. Keta was fourth in her bracket. (Erica Benson)

With just two seniors competing, Hinsdale Central’s girls tennis team cruised to the title Saturday at the West Suburban Silver tournament at Downers Grove North.

The Red Devils won five of seven titles at the tourney and scored 38 points to finish comfortably ahead of Lyons Township and Glenbard West (27 points each). They also won every regular-season conference dual meet.

Seniors Lorena Dulce and Valeria Dulce lost just four games on their way to the title at No. 4 doubles. The pairings of sophomore Jacqueline Ahn and Zeana Badawi (No. 3) and Erika Oku and Stephanie Dolehide (No. 1) also cruised to straight-set titles in doubles play.

In the singles brackets, sophomore Mira Amin and freshman Amanda Cashman were straight-sets title winners at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, respectively.

GIRLS TENNIS

Hinsdale South

Natalie Axelrod and Sarah Puz (No. 1), Anisha Atluri and Casey Droske (No. 2), Dione Sun and Claudia Morawa (No. 3) and Giedre Motuzyte and Kiana Horvath (No. 4) all earned runner-up finishes in doubles play at the West Suburban Gold conference tournament on Saturday.

Shalini Atluri was third at No. 2 singles and Rachel Hoffstetter second at No. 3 singles.

As a team, the Hornets finished second in the tournament, second in head-to-head dual meets and second overall in the conference this season.

GIRLS SWIMMING

Hinsdale Central

Going against a strong field at the St. Charles North Invite on Saturday, the Red Devils placed fourth with 146 points. Neuqua Valley (199) beat out St. Charles North (183) for the title.

Emily Graham notched Central’s top finish with her second-place time of 31.57 seconds in the 100-yard breaststroke.

Graham swam with Hollis Clark, Stephanie Bowater and Mia Chiappe on the 200 medley relay that finished third in 1:53.19.

Chiappe was fourth in the 100 freestyle (55.43), Bowater fifth in the 100 butterfly (1:01.76), and Chiappe and Graham bookended Maud Willemse and Jazmin Shenouda on the fifth-place 200 freestyle relay.

Clark (100 backstroke), Shenouda (200 freestyle), Peyton Lienhart (200 freestyle) Alyssa Pavich (100 backstroke), Zoe Relias (100 breaststroke), Nina Relias (100 breaststroke), Karley Berger (500 freestyle) and Andrea Running (500 freestyle) notched top-10 finishes.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Hinsdale Central

In their final competitive race before the West Suburban Silver meet this weekend, the Red Devils picked up a pair of victories in a triangular meet against Lyons Township and Glenbard West.

Central topped LT 15-46 and won 25-30 against Glenbard West.

Alexa Haff (17:02), Anne Zaher (17:16) and Reilly Revord (17:28) finished second, third and fourth overall, respectively, and Grace McCabe (sixth, 17:49) and Sara Folliard (10th, 18:05) weren’t far off the pace.

BOYS SOCCER

Hinsdale Central

Bryan Loebig’s first-half goal was the only scoring in the Red Devils’ 1-0 win Tuesday against York. The victory clinched an undefeated West Suburban Silver title for the Red Devils, who improved to 12-3-4 overall. They finished 6-0 in the conference.