Daily Archives: October 12, 2021

In search of goal, Fenwick, St. Ignatius find none

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CHICAGO — To say that Fenwick and Saint Ignatius have quite the rivalry might be an understatement. Since the 2016 season, the teams have either tied or been involved in one-goal affairs and records can be thrown out the window when the two meet.

St. Ignatius’ Jack Regan looks to keep the ball away from Fenwick’s Will Jancewicz Sept. 28 in Chicago. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw

Coming into Tuesday’s Chicago Catholic League Blue Division matchup at Fornelli Field, the recent stretch of both teams’ play wasn’t bound to play a role in the match’s result — another classic seemed to be on deck on the Wolfpack’s Senior Night Sept. 28.

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Early goals help Notre Dame hold off Marist

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NILES — The 2021 calendar year has been quite a successful one for the Notre Dame boys soccer program.

After setting a school record with six conference wins during the spring 2021 COVID-influenced season, the fall version of the squad, which returned 21 of 24 players, had already hit that mark with three conference games remaining entering Saturday’s contest with Marist.

Notre Dame’s Jack Plovanich looks to get past a Marist defender Oct. 2 in Niles. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw

The fall season has gone even better for the Dons (16-1-1), who already have set a new school record for regular-season wins and earned the program’s first top seed, in the Speer Sectional, for the upcoming state playoffs.

The Dons, ranked 22nd in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25, can add one more first as they set a new school record with their seventh East Suburban Catholic Conference win, a 2-1 decision over Marist that improved their East Suburban Catholic Conference record to 7-0-0.

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Oak Park and River Forest maintains standing with win over Lyons

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OAK PARK — There’s a reason Lyons and Oak Park and River Forest are the number nine and 10 teams, respectively, in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25.

The precision with which they play, the skill, the cohesiveness between the players on the pitch, the tenacity that all those in the stadium can see are just some of the things that set the two squads apart from others not only in the western suburbs but the Chicagoland area and state.

Lyons’ Aidan Hillig clears the ball against Oak Park-River Forest. Photo by Michael Wojtychiw

Before the West Suburban Conference Silver Division showdown on Tuesday, Oct. 5, night, Huskies manager Jason Fried told his squad that the game would probably come down to one goal.

Fried ended up being right. His squad scored the only goal to give the Huskies (12-2-0, 4-1) the shutout win over Lyons. It was the fifth-consecutive win for Oak Park and River Forest.

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Addison Trail gets back on track with shutout of Fenwick

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By Michael Wojtychiw

RIVER FOREST — It’s been a rough two weeks for Addison Trail.

Addison Trail’s Uriel Bibiano brings the ball up the field against Fenwick. Photos by Michael Wojtychiw

Two of the last three games in the past week have been against York and Morton, the fourth- and second-ranked teams in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25. Unfortunately, for the Blazers, they were outscored 9-0 in those two games. So the squad’s nonconference game against Fenwick on Thursday, Oct. 7, afternoon was one where it hoped to get back in the win column.

The visitors did just that, walking away with a 2-0 win at Dominican University’s Priory Campus.

“We did a pretty good job of attacking,” Addison Trail manager Ryan Dini said. ” This is our 10th win of the season. We’ve had ups and downs, but I thought we played really well today as a group. We take that as a positive going into the last week before playoffs.”

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