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Sports Roundup: Joliet West and Minooka Girls' Soccer Teams No Longer in the Running

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Girls Track

Minooka’s Kiley Saunders earned a spot at the girls track and field state meet by taking second in the 800 in 2::21.04 at the Naperville North sectional Friday in Naperville.

The state meet will be held Friday and Saturday in O’Brien Stadium on the Eastern Illinois University campus in downstate Charleston.

Joliet West did not feature a state qualifier at the meet.

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Softball

For the second time this year, Minooka beat Oswego East by the slimmest of margins, taking home a 3-2 Southwest Prairie Conference victory Tuesday in Minooka.

Oswego East scored twice in the top of the seventh inning to take a 2-1 lead.

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However, Minooka scored two of its own in the bottom half to earn at least a share of the SPC championship.

The Indians are 25-7 overall and 12-1 in the SPC. Plainfield Central (21-7) is a game back at 11-2 in the loop. Minooka hosts Romeoville (11-10, 2-9) while Plainfield Central visits Plainfield North (5-14, 3-7) on the final day of league play Thursday.

The Indians edged the Wolves 4-3 in their first meeting this year in Oswego.

Tuesday, Katie Chitkowski (2-for-3) was credited with the game-winning single, making a winner of Sara Novak (10-2). She fanned 12, allowed just one hit and walked two.

Kassie Marsala also went 2-for-3 with a double.

Kayla Ruettiger doubled, while Payton Laczynski and Mikala Melone each had safeties.

Girls Soccer

Joliet West (5-11-2) was eliminated from the state playoffs after a 4-0 loss to host Lincoln-Way Central in a regional semifinal game Tuesday in New Lenox.

The Tigers beat Joliet Central 5-1 in a regional quarterfinal game to advance to the semifinal round. Taylor Adler and Morgan Graves each had two goals for the Tigers.

Minooka’s season came to an end in a 6-3 Lincoln-Way Central regional semifinal loss to Providence Catholic Tuesday. The Indians ended the season 8-10.

Boys Volleyball

John Savickas had eight blocks and Jordan Smith dished out 21 assists as the Indians beat the Wolves 25-14, 19-25, 25-12 in a Southwest Prairie Conference game Tuesday, May 17 in Oswego.

Nick Vertin’s six kills led the Indians, who ran their records to 25-5 overall and 11-2 in the SPC. Rick Bishop added five kills for Minooka, who hosts SPC champion Plainfield North Thursday during the final day of league play.

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