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Kankakee boys soccer falls in Windy City Classic semis: Tuesday’s Daily Journal roundup

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BOYS SOCCER

Windy City Classic: Kankakee fell 2-0 to De La Salle in the semifinals of the Windy City Classic at Reavis High School on Tuesday. No individual stats were available for the Kays, who fell to 3-1 on the season with the loss.

Coal City 2, Lisle 0: In its Illinois Central Eight opener at home Tuesday, Coal City picked up its fifth consecutive shutout win to begin the season. Parker Jacovec and Carter Hollis each scored a goal for the Coalers, with Hollis and Owen Peterson tallying an assist apiece. Carter Nicholson made seven saves.

Reed-Custer 3, Streator 1: The Comets (2-3, 1-0) opened up ICE play with a home win over Streator Tuesday. Favio Rodriquez, Jayden Bustos and Tristan Randall all scored for Reed-Custer, with Bustos and Randall also having assists. Vinny Bollino made nine saves to preserve the win.

Manteno 4, Herscher 1: After taking a couple of tough losses over the weekend, Manteno (3-2, 1-0) bounced back at home Tuesday to win its ICE opener against Herscher (1-1-1, 0-1).

Justin Foster had two goals for the Panthers, while Eric Eldridge and Giovanni Arrigo each had a goal and an assist. Ben Foreschle also had an assist. Rowan Keigher had Herscher’s goal on an assist from Owen Bollino

Clifton Central 4, Grant Park 2: A hat trick from Ashton Reiniche helped propel Clifton Central (3-2, 2-1) to a River Valley Conference win on the road over Grant Park (1-3, 1-2). Reiniche also had an assist on a goal from Erick Gutierrez, who also had an assist. Jesus Munoz added two assists.

For the Dragons, Sam Cordes scored a pair of goals while Rigo Venegas and Dirk VanDrunen each had an assist.

Beecher 8, St. Anne 1: Beecher (4-2, 3-0) cruised to an RVC win on the road over St. Anne (2-2, 1-2) on Tuesday. Erick Franco had the lone goal for the Cardinals. No individual stats were available for Beecher.

Momence 9, Illinois Lutheran 0: Alonso Sanchez’s hat trick provided more than enough scoring in a home RVC win for Momence (3-1, 2-1). Omar Caballero and Ulises Garcia Herrera added two goals apiece, while D’Angelo Hundley and Alexis Pena each added one goal. Garcia Herrera had two assists, while Sanchez and Victor Alonso had one each.

GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL

Bradley-Bourbonnais 51, Plainfield East 0: The Boilermakers (4-0) kept their perfect start to the season with a 50-point shutout win, their second of the season after their 61-0 win over Joliet Central in last week’s season opener. Bradley-Bourbonnais quarterback Elise Munsterman threw for five touchdowns while Avery Moutrey had four interceptions on defense.

GIRLS VOLLEYBALL

Kankakee 2, Joliet Central 1: After winning a close first set 25-23 and dropping the second 25-17, the Kays (2-1) buckled down on their home court to dominate the third set 25-9 and pick up their first win of the season. No individual stats were available for the Kays.

Bishop McNamara 2, Grace Christian 0: Following a 1-3 week at the Cissna Park Timberwolf Tipoff to open the season, Bishop McNamara (2-3) picked up a 2-0 win in their home opener on Tuesday against the Crusaders (0-2). No individual stats were available for either team.

Manteno 2, Herscher 0: Illinois Central Eight Conference play got underway for Manteno and Herscher on Tuesday, with the Panthers (4-2, 1-0) picking up a home win over the Tigers (2-5, 0-1) by scores of 25-9, 25-17. Maddie Gesky led the team with eight kills, while Maddy Belisle had six kills and seven digs and Leah Donnelly had 14 assists.

For Herscher, Charlotte Fulton had two kills and two digs while Emery Fritz had a team-high eight digs.

Wilmington 2, Peotone 1: After taking the opening set 25-17 and then dropping the second 25-21, Wilmington pulled away for a 25-13 win in the decisive third set to beat Peotone in what was both teams’ ICE opener. For Peotone (1-3, 0-1), Allie Werner had 11 assists with Mia Connelley tallying five kills and Alexa Matichak adding three.

No individual stats were available for Wilmington (6-1, 1-0).

St. Anne 2, Hoopeston 1: Two of the three sets went long Tuesday, but St. Anne (2-0) managed to grind out a home win over Hoopeston. They won the first set 25-21, dropped the second 27-25 and took the third set 30-28. Tessa DeYoung had 12 kills, Quinlin Kirkland had 12 assists and Tatum Kirkland had six kills and 11 assists.

Newark 2, Gardner-South Wilmington 0: Liv Siano had nine assists and three kills for Gardner-South Wilmington (1-2) from their home loss Tuesday, while Maddie Simms added 11 digs and six assists.

Iroquois West 2, Illinois Lutheran 1: After winning the opener on the road and then dropping consecutive games at home, Iroquois West (2-2) got back into the win column with a home victory Tuesday. No individual stats were available.

Lisle 2, Coal City 0: The Coalers (2-4, 0-1) fell at home in their ICE opener Tuesday. No individual stats were available.

Streator 2, Reed-Custer 0: No individual stats were available for the Comets (0-4, 0-1) from their ICE opener.

BOYS GOLF

Lincoln-Way West quad: Bradley-Bourbonnais got a sparkling 36 from individual medalist Max LaMore and finished third as a team at a quad hosted by Lincoln-Way West on Tuesday. They shot 171 as a team, trailing West’s 151 and Lockport’s 159 while edging out the 177 of Homewood-Flossmoor. Jake Kehoe shot a 44 for the Boilermakers, with Sam LaMore shooting 45 Kaden Davis shooting 46.

Coal City 184, Manteno 202: Each of Coal City’s top four golfers shot a 46 at Cinder Ridge on Tuesday, giving the Coalers an ICE win over Manteno. Sophomores Jaxon Duke, Trevor Walker and Cody Scheer, and freshman Reed Sulzberger all tied for second individually with their 46s.

Manteno’s Landon Bukowski shot a 44 to lead the Panthers, while Ty Carlile shot a 49, Kyle Hupe shot a 53 and Nate Kisala shot a 56.

GIRLS GOLF

Coal City 227, Manteno 232: The Coalers picked up a narrow win over the ICE rival Panthers at Cinder Ridge on Tuesday. Josephine Kline led all golfers with a 53 for the Coalers, while Kayla Kowalski, Kylan Colambuono and Liv Sulzberger each shot 58.

For Manteno, Genevive Kvasnicka shot 55, Olivia Bukowski shot 56, Sophie Peterson shot 60 and Camryn Haines shot 61.

Monday

BOYS SOCCER

Fisher 7, Bishop McNamara 1: No stats were available for Bishop McNamara (0-4) from their road loss Monday.

BOYS GOLF

Streator 157, Manteno 194: The Panthers fell in Labor Day action to Streator at Aspen Ridge. Landon Bukowski led the way with a 43, while Ty Carlile shot a 49, Liam

Jedlicka shot a 50, and Nate Kisala shot a 52.

Adam Tumino

Adam Tumino

Adam Tumino has been a sports reporter at the Daily Journal since October 2024. He is now in his third year covering high school sports, and before that covered sports as a student at Eastern Illinois University.