Girls track and field

Class 1A State Meet: At Eastern Illinois University in Charleston on Thursday, Wilmington’s McKenna Van Tilburg (6th, 12.46 seconds in the 100; 5th, 25.25 in the 200; 3rd, 15.02 in the 100-meter hurdles; 3rd, 44.71 in the 300 hurdles) will be heading to Saturday’s finals in four events after a spectacular performance in prelims of the IHSA State Meet.

Seneca’s Lila Coleman (4th, 59.03 in the 400), Emily Aldridge (8th, 3.0 meters in the pole vault) and Avery Aldridge (12th, 3.0 meters in the pole vault) also advanced to Saturday, as did Dwight’s Mikayla Chambers (9th, 2:20.21 in the 800) and the Reed-Custer due of Alyssa Willenzien (5th, 15.34 in the 100 hurdles) and Kaitlyn Lantka (14th, 3.0 meters in the pole vault).

Boys track and field

Lincoln-Way West finishes third in Class 3A Bloomington Sectional: Braydon McNulty qualified for state in the 100 meters and 110 hurdles. Zaven Johnson qualified in the 400 at 50.32 seconds. Hunter Spree made it to state in the 800 in 1:56.68. Nicholas Dul is heading to state in the 3,200, Anthony Lusciatti in the 300 hurdles and Benjamin DeMaertelaere in the discus. Jack Drozdek made it in the pole vault, and the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams also advanced.

Bolingbrook takes eighth in Class 3A Downers Grove North Sectional: Lemont’s Nathan Murray finished third in the 200 and won the 400. Bolingbrook finished third in the 4x100m relay, and Romeoville’s Shaun Alexander won the triple jump and finished third in the long jump.

Boys volleyball

Lockport 2, Andrew 0: The Porters won 25-14, 25-19. Lockport wins at least a share of the Southwest Suburban Conference title for the third time since 2021. Leading the way were Aiden Morgan (nine kills, three blocks), Hunter Fash (six kills, two blocks) and Antonio Fiordirosa (11 assists, seven digs).

Bolingbrook 2, Plainfield Central 1: The Raiders won 23-25, 25-18, 31-29. Sophomore Edison Ah-Yo had a Bolingbrook single-match record 27 kills.

Baseball

Gardner-South Wilmington 8, Cissna Park 1: Reed Millette struck out nine in four innings.

Andrew 4, Lockport 3: Brendan Mecher had two hits for the Porters.

Milford 12, Peotone 1 (5 inn.): Peotone was held to just one hit.

Minooka 6, Oswego East 5: Brady Kozlowski had two RBIs for Minooka.

East Moline 10, Morris 0 (5 inn.): Morris had just one hit as a team.

Plainfield North 1, Oswego 0: John Andretich and Chase Holtzman combined to strike out seven batters.

Plainfield East 9, Plainfield Central 4: Cole Sisti had a bases-clearing double to lead Plainfield Central. Plainfield East was led by Jeffrey Wheeler (4 for 4) and Victor Pietrzyk (3 for 4, two runs).

Reed-Custer 4, Grant Park 2: Christian Mounts went 4 for 4 with one RBI for Reed-Custer.

Plainfield South 6, Romeoville 1: Richard Conley went 4 for 4 for Romeoville.

Lincoln-Way East 3, Sandburg 2: Rocco Triolo had a two-run double that made the difference.

Coal City 11, Seneca 0 (5 inn.): The Irish had just one hit with Lance Cuddy not walking anyone and striking out six for Coal City.

Wilmington 14, Dwight 4: Ryan Kettman (3 for 4, four runs) and Zach Ohlund (4 for 4, six RBIs, home run) led the way for Wilmington. Jacob Wilkey went 3 for 3 with three RBIs and a homer for Dwight.

Yorkville 11, Bolingbrook 2: Pharrell Weekley went 2 for 3 for Bolingbrook.