Roundup (October 6)
Fox Valley Conference
Crystal Lake South 2, Prairie Ridge 1
Nick Prus' brace wasn't even the most impressive part of his performance. The fact that he scored his second goal unassisted with 52 seconds left to deliver the win was. Andrew Smart assisted the first goal in the big league win for the Gators (10-4-2, 6-1-0). A game Prairie Ridge squad dropped to 8-8-0, 5-3-0. Next up for Crystal Lake South is its Senior Day game against Rolling Meadows at noon Saturday.
North Suburban Conference
Warren 3, Zion-Benton 0
The Blue Devils scored three times in the last 21 minutes to take the match. Miguel Garcia scored the game-winner off an assist from Leo Arizmendi in the 60th minute. Tommy DeSanto put away the last two. Lucas Ahonen helped with his first; the second was unassisted. Keeper Ethan Cole made six saves for a clean-sheet in the league finale for Warren (11-3-2, 3-2-2). "Extremely happy with what I saw in the second half from our team," said coach Jason Ahonen. "We got off to a very sluggish first half start. Zion-Benton was all over us, but we were able to weather the storm and regroup at halftime. The boys were efficient on their opportunities in the second half, and we were able to secure a much-needed conference victory."
Northern Lake County Conference
Grayslake Central 0, Wauconda 0
Uriel Garcia-Perez made two saves for the 11th-ranked Rams (12-1-2, 5-1-1) and Christian Melchor made four saves for host Wauconda (8-2-3, 4-0-2) in the draw. The result allowed Round Lake (9-3-2, 6-1-0) to clinch the conference title with its 9-0 win at Antioch on Thursday.
West Suburban Conference Gold Division
Morton 2, Leyden 1 (1 OT)
Leyden made its guests work for their 64th-consecutive league win. Danny Guevara gave the host Eagles an early lead. Morton's Julian Sotelo tied the game on a bicycle kick in the 66th minute. Leyden went down a man on a soft red, and couldn't hold off the Mustangs. Alexis Meza scored the golden goal after a headed assist from Ismael Zepeda.
Nonconference
Glenbard North 1, Proviso West 0
The win was all about the Panthers' Senior Night celebration. The 18 members of the Class of '23 put in valuable minutes throughout the match. Senior Jorge Roman started the game-winning sequence and finished it with the game-winning goal into the side netting with 3:40 to play. He won a ball in the defensive third and ignited a counterattack. Rijad Kadirc delivered the assist after a great ball from Adan Solorio to complete the all-senior play. Classmates Stavros Veremis and Raul Ceja split the shutout and the team's six saves.
Fox Valley Conference
Crystal Lake South 2, Prairie Ridge 1
Nick Prus' brace wasn't even the most impressive part of his performance. The fact that he scored his second goal unassisted with 52 seconds left to deliver the win was. Andrew Smart assisted the first goal in the big league win for the Gators (10-4-2, 6-1-0). A game Prairie Ridge squad dropped to 8-8-0, 5-3-0. Next up for Crystal Lake South is its Senior Day game against Rolling Meadows at noon Saturday.
North Suburban Conference
Warren 3, Zion-Benton 0
The Blue Devils scored three times in the last 21 minutes to take the match. Miguel Garcia scored the game-winner off an assist from Leo Arizmendi in the 60th minute. Tommy DeSanto put away the last two. Lucas Ahonen helped with his first; the second was unassisted. Keeper Ethan Cole made six saves for a clean-sheet in the league finale for Warren (11-3-2, 3-2-2). "Extremely happy with what I saw in the second half from our team," said coach Jason Ahonen. "We got off to a very sluggish first half start. Zion-Benton was all over us, but we were able to weather the storm and regroup at halftime. The boys were efficient on their opportunities in the second half, and we were able to secure a much-needed conference victory."
Northern Lake County Conference
Grayslake Central 0, Wauconda 0
Uriel Garcia-Perez made two saves for the 11th-ranked Rams (12-1-2, 5-1-1) and Christian Melchor made four saves for host Wauconda (8-2-3, 4-0-2) in the draw. The result allowed Round Lake (9-3-2, 6-1-0) to clinch the conference title with its 9-0 win at Antioch on Thursday.
West Suburban Conference Gold Division
Morton 2, Leyden 1 (1 OT)
Leyden made its guests work for their 64th-consecutive league win. Danny Guevara gave the host Eagles an early lead. Morton's Julian Sotelo tied the game on a bicycle kick in the 66th minute. Leyden went down a man on a soft red, and couldn't hold off the Mustangs. Alexis Meza scored the golden goal after a headed assist from Ismael Zepeda.
Nonconference
Glenbard North 1, Proviso West 0
The win was all about the Panthers' Senior Night celebration. The 18 members of the Class of '23 put in valuable minutes throughout the match. Senior Jorge Roman started the game-winning sequence and finished it with the game-winning goal into the side netting with 3:40 to play. He won a ball in the defensive third and ignited a counterattack. Rijad Kadirc delivered the assist after a great ball from Adan Solorio to complete the all-senior play. Classmates Stavros Veremis and Raul Ceja split the shutout and the team's six saves.