CARPENTERSVILLE, Ill. — It was closer than their first meeting, but the final result was the same. Hononegah's seventh-seeded girls flag football team downed No. 10 Hampshire, 20-12, in an IHSA regional semifinal Tuesday night at Dundee-Crown High School.
Hononegah (9-1) had knocked off Hampshire in Rockton in a non-conference regular season game 26-2 on Oct. 1. This won was a little more dramatic, but the Indians still came out on top and advance to Thursday's regional final against second-seeded Lake Villa Lakes at Dundee-Crown at 6 p.m.
Lake Villa Lakes routed No. 15 Dundee-Crown in its regional semifinal 34-0.
Hononegah quarterback Addison Hulburt completed 15-of-25 passes for 194 yards and three touchdowns. She also threw for a two-point conversion and ran three times for 38 yards.
Her favorite target was Irelyn O'Brien, who caught four passes for 88 yards and a touchdown. Natalie Harris caught four passes for 49 yards and a score and Ava Schaumburg caught six passes for 42 yards and a touchdown and ran twice for nine yards.
Harris led the defense with six tackles. Addision Beilfuss, Hulburt and Madeline Kahly each had four.
GIRLS SWIMMING: Host Beloit Memorial won eight events on its way to a 108-58 victory over Delavan-Darien at the Richard Vogel Natatorium.
Several Purple Tide led the way. Caroline Severson picked up firsts in the 50-yard free (28.85 seconds) and the 200 individual medley (2:45.29) and swam a leg of two winning relays. Laila Lee did the same, winning the 100 free (1:01.79) and the 200 free (2:20.20) and also was part of the relays.
Severson, Aalayja Fleming, Emma Polo Fuertes and Lee won both the 200 medley relay in 2:17.37 and the 200 free relay in 1:56.02.
The Tide also picked up an individual first from Camilla Castaneda in the 500 free (6:51.83) and a first from its 400 free relay quartet of Chloe Collins, Alexis Thomas, Casteneda and Serinity Buchanan (4:55.50).
Taking seconds were Ava Wehrli in the 100 fly (1:37.01) and 100 back (1:25.68), Listenbee-Fleming in the 100 breaststroke (1:24.66) and 100 free (1:07.39), Polo Fuentes in the 200 IM (2:46.02) andThomas in the 50 free (31.07).
• GIRLS VOLLEYBALL: Hononegah junior Lili Fox was on fire from the outside, racking up 12 kills to go with her 10 digs and one block as the Indians took down host Antioch in three sets in non-conference play on Monday.
Jordan Dimke and Addison Erb each contributed five kills while Alyssa Zowaski had four as Hononegah (16-3) rebounded from a 25-22 loss in the first set to win the final two 25-20, 25-15. Courtney McWilliams had a team-high three aces and racked up 24 assists against the Sequoits (11-11).
Erb and Dimke, who had two aces, finished with three blocks apiece while Cami Jenkins had 20 digs.
• BOYS GOLF: JACOBS SECTIONAL: Hononegah finished its season at Randall Oaks Golf Club in Algonquin for an IHSA 3A sectional hosted by Jacobs High School on Monday.
No Indian advanced onto the state championships as senior Evan Sayles had the team’s lowest score after he shot an 82. Logan Duhigg was next with an 86 followed by Rory Ruper (89), Logan Risch (90), Colin Reese (91) and Shane Dotson (106).
Deerfield senior Hunter Whitney won after shooting a 70 and beating Stevenson's Trenton Kurtz in a playoff. Lake Forest placed first as a team with a 297. Also advancing was Libertyville (301) and Barrington (305). Hononegah shot 347 as a team.
• KANELAND SECTIONAL: North Boone senior Brayden Sunden shot an 85 but it wasn't enough to advance at an IHSA 2A sectional hosted at Hughes Creek Golf Course in Maple Park.
Teammate Bryce Muller scored an 88 for the Vikings. Rockford Boylan's Cole Beto shot a 69 to win medalist honors. Burlington Central and Ottawa tied for first as a team (311) while the Titans advanced to state as a team after finishing third (317).
• BOYS SOCCER: WINNEBAGO 6, NORTH BOONE 0: The Indians' offense proved to be simply too much for the Vikings in Monday night's regular season finale.
The loss dropped North Boone (6-2) to third place in the Big Northern Conference as Winnebago (6-2) now holds the tiebreaker.
The sixth-seeded Vikings will open IHSA 1A regional play at home against Johnsburg on Oct. 16 at 4:30 p.m.
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