Broncos poised for sixth straight team state title Dual team state wrestling Who: Montini vs. Lincoln-Way West What: Class 2A state quarterfinal When: 11 a.m. Saturday Where: U.S. Cellular Coliseum, Bloomington
champion last year, Tommy Pawelski, was the runner-up at 113. He has signed to wrestle at Princeton next winter. Jimmy Pawelski took fourth at 106. Seniors Jordan Laster (126) and Sepke (152) were runners-up. Laster is signed to wrestle at Stanford. Other medalists were Vince Turk (second at 120) and Dan Ruano (third at 220).
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Montini’s Anthony Ferraro pounds his chest after winning his championship match at state Saturday in Champaign.
Zito returns to finals with state’s seventh best sectional time SUBURBAN LIFE MEDIA WESTERN SPRINGS — Nick Zito, a Willowbrook senior, highlighted the Addison Trail-Willowbrook boys swimming co-op’s sectional Saturday at Lyons Township. Zito won the 200-yard in-
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The Broncos finished off conference play Saturday against Marian Central with a 66-56 win. Matt Brachmann had a doubledouble with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Logan Goss scored 12 points and dished out six assists. Montini had an 8-2 record in the Suburban Christian Gold, good for second place. IC
State swimming When: Friday and Saturday Where: New Trier High School, 385 Winnetka Ave., Winnetka
dividual medley with a time of 1:55.45, the seventh best
Catholic Prep won the league with a 9-1 record. The Broncos lost at Aurora Central Catholic 84-72 in a Suburban Christian crossover on Tuesday. Willowbrook
The Warriors lost the West Suburban Gold and home finale to Proviso East 81-63 on Friday. Willowbrook finished 3-9 in the Gold. The Warriors lost a WSC crossover 73-62 at Glenbard West on Wednesday.
qualifying time in the state. Zito also qualified in the 100 breaststroke after touching in 58.51 seconds. His time in the 100 breaststroke was second in the sectional, but also fifth best in the state. Last year, Zito qualified for the consolation finals in the 100 breaststroke and
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The Blazers lost to Morton 67-52 on Friday in the West Suburban Gold finale. AT finished 3-9 in the league, good for a three-way tie for fifth place. The Blazers lost to Lyons Township 66-35 in a WSC crossover on Wednesday.
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won that race to take seventh place. He just missed the cut of the 200 IM, placing 15th in the preliminaries. Zito anchored the 400 freestyle relay team that also qualified. Max Railing, Jason Sechan and R.L. Aldridge swam the first three legs of the relay, which was fourth
in the sectional with a time of 3:14.20. The co-op team was seventh out of 13 teams at the sectional with 89 points. The state meet will take place at New Trier’s Winnetka campus. The host Trevians won the state title last year.
14 with a regional final loss at Schaumburg. The No. 2 seed Warriors fell 60-39 at the No. 10 Saxons. Willowbrook finished the season 22-6 and second in the West Suburban Gold with a 10-2 record.
that resulted in no Broncos scoring in double figures. In the Nazareth sectional semifinal, Montini beat Westinghouse 67-42 thanks to 22 points from freshman Lea Kerstein. Kerstein made six three-pointers to lead the Broncos in the romp ahead of Thursday’s sectional final against Glenbard South. Leading scorer Kateri Stone missed the Westinghouse game with an ankle injury.
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The Broncos picked up a ninth consecutive regional title with a 65-23 win over Rosary Feb. 14 to win the Class 3A Crane regional. Montini had a balanced attack
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ANTIOCH — Fresh off the individual state tournament where Montini had four champions and 10 medalists place in the top four, the Broncos are set to chase after a sixth straight dual team title. The Broncos beat Crystal Lake Central 59-7 in the sectional Tuesday in Antioch with pins from George Benes, Tommy Pawelski, Michael Sepke, Luke Fortuna and Anthony Ferraro. Montini faces Lincoln-Way West on Saturday in a state quarterfinal. Montini brings plenty of momentum into the dual team tournament after Chris Garcia (138 pounds), Xavier Montalvo (160), Jake Turk (182) and Ferraro (195) won individual state titles last weekend in Champaign. The Broncos’ lone state
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