ARLINGTON HEIGHTS – To round out his outstanding career, Joliet West Co-op’s Tom Carney decided to take his first shot at doubles in the boys tennis state tournament.
He talked with freshman Morgan Red about becoming partners.
They did, and when the state tournament concluded Saturday, it was evident the move was sound.
Carney and Morgan Red finished with an 8-2 record and claimed sixth place in a marathon trek through the state meet.
Their only losses were to Highland Park’s David Aizenberg-Max Gordon, 6-7, 6-2, 7-6 (4) in the third round of the championship bracket and to Hinsdale Central’s Lope Adelakun-Michael Czlonka, 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (6) in a grueling fifth-place match.
Lemont’s Nick Urban and Nate Burner, who were top-seeded and finished second to Carney and Red in the Joliet West Sectional, won their first three matches at state but lost their fourth match and then fell in the sixth round of the consolation bracket.
Joliet West Sectional singles champion Jack Randall of Lockport reached the seventh round of the consolation bracket before being ousted. He finished the tournament 5-2.
JCA’s Jack Geissler and Lincoln-Way East’s Rohan Piska both lost their opening match, then won three rounds in the consolation bracket before being eliminated.
SOCCER
Lemont 3, Tinley Park 1: With the Lemont Sectional championship victory, Lemont will face St. Francis in the Class 2A Hinsdale South Supersectional at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
Class 4A regionals: Bolingbrook beat Plainfield North, 1-0, in the Bolingbrook Regional semifinal Friday.
Homewood-Flossmoor beat Plainfield South, 4-2, in the H-F Regional championship game.
Class 3A regionals: Peotone topped Marian Catholic, 2-1, in the Class 3A Rich East Regional championship game.
In the Lemont Regional championship game Friday, Lemont fell to Kaneland, 3-0.
Class 2A sectional: Bishop McNamara downed Wilmington, 8-0, in the Seneca Sectional championship game.
BASEBALL
Marist 8, Lincoln-Way East 1: Lincoln-Way East, which scored an upset victory over Homewood-Flossmoor in the semifinals, fell to Marist in the Class 4A Andrew Regional championship game.
MEN’S TENNIS
Lewis’ Levandi honored: Lewis’ Armand Levandi claimed his second straight International Tennis Association Division II All-America award for singles play.
The two-time GLVC Player of the Year went 35-4 in singles and was 20th in the country in the final rankings.
Levandi won his second straight USTA/ITA Midwest Regional singles title and placed second at the National Small College singles championships.
Two of his four losses came against opponents who are ITA Division II All-Americans and were ranked in the top 10.