Plainfield North, JCA win boys basketball regional semifinals: The Herald-News sports roundup for Wednesday

Boys Basketball

Plainfield North 56, Metea Valley 54: At thr Class 4A Metea Valley Regional in Aurora, Quentin Wiensek hit a driving layup at the buzzer Wednesday to lift the Tigers into Friday’s regional final against Waubonsie Valley. Jeffrey Flemming was on fire again for North (18-14), scoring 35 points to lead all scorers.

Manteno 58, Reed-Custer 38: At the Class 2A Manteno Regional, the Comets’ season came to an end in the regional semifinals.

Benet Academy 65, Plainfield East 48: At the Class 4A Oswego East Regional in Oswego, East saw its season end in the regional semifinals.

Bolingbrook 78, East Aurora 40: At the Class 4A Yorkville Regional, JT Pettigrew led the Raiders with 19 points and 11 rebounds as the top seed moved into Friday’s regional final. DJ Strong added 15 and Davion Thompson 14 for Bolingbrook (25-4). The Raiders will face West Aurora in the regional final.

Kankakee 57, Morris 31: At the Class 3A Streator Regional, Morris saw its season ended by the top-seeded Kays. Brett Bounds with nine points, Griffin Zweeres with six and Jack Wheeler with four led Morris (18-12). Kankakee led 34-11 at the half.

Waubonsie Valley 59, Plainfield Central 30: At the Class 4A Metea Valley Regional in Aurora, Central saw its season come to an end at the hands of the second-seeded Warriors.

Bloom Township 59, Lincoln-Way Central 28: At the Class 4A Andrew Regional in Tinley Park, the No. 14-seeded Knights closed out their season at 16-15 by falling to the third-seeded Blazing Trojans in a regional semifinal.

Homewood-Flossmoor 82, Lockport 45: At the Class 4A Stagg Regional in Palos Hills, the Porters’ season ended in a loss to the top-seeded Vikings in the regional semifinals.

Hillcrest 56, Providence Catholic 40: At the Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional, the Celtics’ season ended at 15-14 with the loss to the Hawks in the regional semifinals.

Seneca 67, Mendota 42: At the Class 2A Hall Regional in Spring Valley, the Irish improved to 23-9 with the regional semifinal win. No. 2 seed Seneca will face No. 3 seed Riverdale in Friday’s regional final.

Wilmington 43, Coal City 40: At the Class 2A Manteno Regional, the Wildcats improved to 19-9 and will have a shot at their first regional title since 2011 after downing the Coalers in a regional semifinal.

Normal Community 53, Minooka 32: At the Class 4A Normal Community Regional, Micah Hamilton scored 10 points as Minooka closed out its season against the top-seeded Ironmen in the semifinals.

Joliet West 85, Sandburg 59: At the Class 4A Lincoln-Way West Regional in New Lenox, the Tigers (20-9) move into the regional final against Rich Township on Friday with the in.

Andrew 66, Romeoville 60: At the Class 4A Andrew Regional in Tinley Park, the Spartans (21-10) fell in the regional semifinals.

Lemont 69, Oak Forest 58: At the Class 3A Marian Catholic Regional in Chicago Heights, Ryan Runaas recently was named the South Suburban Conference player of the year, and he played like it in the regional semifinal win for Lemont (19-11), scoring 21 points. Matas Gaidukevicius added 16, and Klaidas Paskauskus 15 for Lemont, which will face No. 3 seed Marian Catholic in Friday’s regional final.

Joliet Catholic 49, Westmont 35: At the Class 2A Westmont Regional, Jayden Armstrong led a balanced scoring attack with 14 points to lift the Hilltoppers into Friday’s regional final against top-seed and unbeaten Beecher. Drew Willis and James Pilapil scored 11 points each for JCA (11-19).

Boys Track and field

Lincoln-Way East 69, Providence Catholic 54, Marist 11: At Frankfort, the host Griffins captured five individual event wins and a relay win to earn the indoor tri-meet win. Dedrick Richardson won the long jump, Isaiah Kuli the high jump, Ryan Usher the 55-meter hurdles, Calan Dunlop the 400 and Miko Moraga the 200 for East. Luke Leverett won the 55-meter dash, Kyle Szafranski the 800, Xavier Coleman the triple jump and Alex Lubinski the shot put for Providence.

Girls Track and Field

Romeoville 68, Tinley Park 36, Hillcrest 13: At Romeoville, Gracie Griffin won the long and triple jumps, and Tania Miller won the 55- and 200-meter dashes as the host Spartans cruised in the indoor tri-meet. Gisela Alcantara won the 800 run for Romeoville.