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THE BUGLE/SENTINEL JUNE 4, 2014

>> LOCALS, from page 14 13-2. Zack Thomas went six innings for the win, while posting three hits and three RBI. Robert Talarico had four hits and >> EXIT, from page 13 eliminating each other both of the past two seasons. That and the fact that the Hillmen have a storied past, Voss said JCA is used to getting the opponents’ A game. “We always get everyone’s best, we know we will get that,” >> SUCCESS, from page 11 Codiscus with a throw of 16111 to earn his second discus medal in as many years and place his name in that quartet.

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Joliet West defeated Yorkville

4-3 to win the Lincoln-Way West Regional title. Joy Treasure led the way for the Tigers, going six innings in the circle and posting two hits. Kiley Robb had an RBI and

earned the save. In the game before that, Treasure had four hits and four RBI in a 16-0 win over Bloom. Robb pitched the win, striking out five.

he said. The Hillmen got their first hit in the seventh inning after Morgan was removed from the game. “When they took him out he had no-hits and coaches had to make a decision and they made the right one,” Voss said. “You have to give credit to Luke, he

threw a great game. Everyone talked about (Lemont ace Jake) Latz and (JCA sophomore Drake) Fellows and Dalesandro and Morgan may have been the sleeper of the whole thing. But, he is a Division-I baseball player and he has had a great career at West and he had a great performance.”

Despite falling in the first round, Voss said he was still happy with the season the Hillmen (28-8) put together. “We won conference, we had a great regular season, we had a good run at the Bajenski Memorial Tournament last weekend and we knew this was going to be a tough regional,”

Voss said.“It is just unfortunate that only one team can come out of this, but that is baseball. It is single elimination and you have to be ready.” Top-seeded Lemont advanced to the sectional, defeating Lincoln-Way West in the finals of the Joliet Catholic Academy Regional behind Latz.

With the medals this year, Connor and Nunez are the lone Joliet athletes, public or private, to ever both earn medals in the same event in the same season. They are the

first Central teammates to both earn medals in any event since Mike Poloskey (shot put) and Phil Whitehead (110-meter high hurdles) each medaled in 1986.

•Minooka had the local who finished highest on the podium this season, as Indian sprinter Chris Wilson placed second in the 400 dash with a time of 47.40. He finished behind Plainfield Central’s Kahmari Montgomery (46.82), who he raced all season in the Southwest Prairie Conference. “He is the only guy to beat me this year,” Wilson said. “This feels great. This was the goal. I obviously had high hopes for myself, but I knew (Montgomery) would do phenomenal, but I still tried to stick with him. I thought maybe I would get him in the last 100, but that didn’t happen. Last year, I messed up in prelims and didn’t even make finals, so this year I just knew what I had to do and I did it and I feel amazing for it.” Wilson also anchored the Minooka 4x400-meter relay team that also included Devin Ingram, Kyle Shelton and Jake Smith. The quartet placed sixth in 3:18.60. Wilson earned his third medal of the day as a member of the 4x100 team, which placed sixth in 42:12. On that team, he was joined by Ingram, Mitch Miller and Chris Hopkins. Ingram was also a threeevent medalist, competing in all three Minooka relays. He was joined by Miller,Victor Turpin and Matt Dlugopolski in the 4x200, in which the Indians placed sixth in 1:27.78. Individually, Minooka’s Shabari Bailey was seventh in the 110-meter high hurdles with a time of 14.73. “This wasn’t my best race,

the meet got to me and it was a mental thing,” Bailey said. “But earning a medal is a good thing.” •Finishing one spot behind Bailey in the 110 hurdles was Lockport’s Cody Andrus, who placed ninth in 14.95. “I am happy, I medaled in the state and I am going home with a smile on my face,” Andrus said. “I was hurt for a month and I worked really hard to get back here and I am happy with the end result. There is nothing better than placing in the state.” Minooka pole vaulter Ryan Pullara advanced to the finals by clearing 13-9, but failed to hit on the opening height Saturday and placed 15th. Minooka’s Peter Andreano competed in a pair of events in Friday’s preliminary round, as he cleared 6-2 in the high jump and tallied a leap of 21-04 in the long jump. Also competing in the high jump was Joliet West’s Ronald Banner, who jumped 20-0.25, Banner also teamed with Cedric Green, Elton Hodges and Jonathan Fowler in the 4x200 relay. The team competed, but was disqualified during the race. The area saw a pair of hurdlers compete in the preliminaries of the 110 hurdles, as Joliet Central’s Drake Bernhard posted a time of 14.61 and Lockport’s Grant Golob ran a 15.02. Andrus also ran a 39.93 in the prelims of the 300-meter intermediate hurdles, but did not advance. Fellow Porter Adrian Walkosz ran a 49.80 in Friday’s 400-meter dash.

two RBI, while Cody Grosse had three hits and a pair of RBI. The Tigers advanced to the title game by getting past BradleyBourbonnais 5-1, as Talarico pitched a complete game with

nine strikeouts. Matt Ramirez paced the offense with a pair of hits and two RBI.

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