Girls Roundup: North volleyball wins opener

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ADDISON – The St. Charles North girls volleyball team started its season with an exciting come-from-behind victory against Addison Trail on Tuesday night.

The North Stars dropped Game 1, 25-20, before coming back to win convincingly in Games 2 and 3, 25-14 and 25-13. North Stars coach Lindsay Trudell said that it took some time to find the right combination.

“We started off fresh with a new lineup in Game 2, and some of the girls really gave us a boost,” Trudell said.

Trudell had high praise for Allie Van Dril (six kills, two aces), Kari Roberts (17 digs, two aces) and Steph Rasmussen (three kills, four digs).

“Steph Rasmussen is a really solid player out there,” Trudell said. “What she does doesn’t always show up in the box score, but she is a very smart player.”

Huntley 2, South Elgin 0: At Huntley, the Storm (0-1) struggled to get anything going, falling 25-10, 25-16. Genevieve Johnson had 11 digs in the losing cause.

St. Charles East 2, Wheaton North 0: At Wheaton, the Saints (1-0) won their opening match, 25-21, 25-10.

CROSS COUNTRY

Elgin Classic: At Lords Park in Elgin, St. Charles East finished fourth and South Elgin sixth in a field of seven teams. The Storm were led by freshman Jordan Tuin, who finished eighth overall with a time of 20:38. Lauren Ayala (21:59) was 23rd.

East was paced by junior Ashley Perez (20:56) and Becca Schuck (21:18).

Sycamore Invitational: At Sycamore, Burlington Central and Sycamore tied for the top spot with 40 points, but Sycamore won the tiebreaker with a better score from its sixth runner.   Central’s Maggie Gannon took first overall with a time of 19:51.

GOLF

South Elgin 185, Waubonsie Valley 196: At Bartlett Hills, Carly Schneider medaled with a 6-over-par 41.

St. Viator 166, St. Francis 175: At Arrowhead Golf Course in Wheaton, the Spartans fell despite 4-over-par 40s from Kayla Stueland and Lynn Dreisilker.

Burlington Central 202, St. Edward 209: At Sycamore, the Rockets were led to a seven-stroke victory by Taylor Colby and her medalist round of 44.

Nicole Brown (49), Jordan Maisto (53) and Katie Cappas (58) rounded out the scoring for Central.

GIRLS TENNIS

Neuqua Valley 7, South Elgin 0: At South Elgin, the Storm fell to Neuqua.

GIRLS SWIMMING

St. Charles East 105, West Chicago 79: At West Chicago, the Saints’ medley relay team of Ashley Shanel, Emma Smith, Kayla Scott and Juliet Suess led the team’s effort over West Chicago. Smith also placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:10.51, while Hayley Krzeczowski (5:46.28) and Allison Ritter (5:58.09) finished 1-2 in the 500 freestyle.

The Saints’ Meaghan Patterson, Megan Armstrong and Anna Greetis finished on top in 1-meter diving.  

Naperville North 108, St. Charles North 78: At St. Charles, the North Stars’ Angie Chokran placed first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 54.71 and first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:05.57. Jessica England finished first in the 500 freestyle (5:23.03) and second in the 200 freestyle (1:59.57).

– Tom Kappele and Kevin Chroust contributed to this report.