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THE BUGLE/SENTINEL APRIL 3, 2013
WJOL
three RBI.
JOLIET WEST
Continued from page 11 had an RBI single and Matt Fox and Nick Bell had two hits each. It was Carnagio who doubled in the Indians’ two runs in the top of the seventh to break a scoreless tie against Providence. In Minooka’s opening round 3-1 win over Joliet Catholic Academy, Max Brozovich went 3-for-4 with a pair of doubles and
Despite an opening round, 9-0 loss to Plainfield South, the Tigers are having a good start to the season. West won all both of its other games in the WJOL Invite. The Tigers also defeated Andrew on Good Friday to start with a 4-1 record. “This is a great tournament,” said West coach John Karczewski. “The coaches all get along, we know the players, we read about them in the paper, the kids all play together in the summer, so it is fun. They are friends before the game and then they are not friends during the game and as soon as it is over, they are friends again.” West defeated Joliet Catholic 8-2 for fifth place in the tournament behind senior righthander Quinn Ahern’s complete game five-hitter. The Tigers posted 11 hits off of Hillmen pitching, including a single, double and two RBI from Alex Wesner. To get to that game, West
Sports defeated Joliet Central 3-0. “It is always nice to beat Joliet Central,” Karczewski said. “Our guys know them and it is always fun.” Anthony Dinardo drove in a run early and Alex Lakatos sealed the game with a two-run single in the sixth. “It is nice to see Alex come through,” Karczewski said.“If we start picking up the bats, we will be good.”
JOLIET CATHOLIC After suffering a tough loss to Minooka in the opener of the WJOL invite, JCA rallied back to beat Plainfield Central 2-1, but the Hillmen may have lost more than they won. Senior left-handed pitcher Matt Testa left the game in the fourth inning after feeling pain in his elbow while delivering a pitch. An MRI was performed Monday to assess the extent of the injury. Testa had retired 10 straight Wildcats after allowing a lead-off double prior to the injury. In the win Alex Voitik had a pair of hits in the game, including an RBI double, while Ryan Peter
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Minooka’s Max Brozovich went 3-for-4 with three RBI against JCA.
drove in the other JCA run on a single. “Come the end of May or early June the hitters will catch up,” said JCA coach Jared Voss. “This is a marathon, not a sprint. We are still happy across the board with our pitching, we have a lot of good arms.”
JOLIET CENTRAL The Steelmen did not enjoy a good tournament, going 0-3 at the WJOL Invite, but coach Tony Juarez knows the team will be better once at full strength.
“We did some nice things to keep us in the ball game and we are down on pitching right now with guys on band trips or guys with families,” Juarez said. “So our moves were limited. We tried to put ourselves in the best position possible.” Juarez said it really comes down to making just a few more plays. “We mishandled some plays we should have made,” he said. “We talked about what to do and how we have to do it.” mark@buglenewspapers.com Follow Mark @2Mark_My_Words