Team Elmhurst Soccer Club hosts German soccer camp
IC Catholic Prep’s Hurt, York grad Less compete in summer golf tournaments.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The Team Elmhurst Soccer Club recently hosted the TESC German Soccer Camp at Eldridge Park for more than 75 children ages 7-14.
Former Chicago Sting soccer player and NASL champion Ingo Peter and German youth soccer coach Gregor Podeschwa flew in from Germany to coach during the week of the camp.
At the camp, players worked on skills, played various small-sided games and improved their agility and coordination, TESC noted.
All campers received uniforms of Borussia Dortmund of the German Bundesliga, the professional soccer league in Germany.
The campers also enjoyed a special day during the camp when U.S. Soccer Hall of Fame member Willy Roy (former coach of the Chicago Sting) stopped by to talk soccer with the players and sign autographs.
Cougars 16U baseball
The Elmhurst Cougars 16U team won the Game Day USA Cheesehead championship.
Elmhurst started the tournament with a 15-3 loss to Illinois Crush, but came back to record a 9-6 win over the Midlothian Braves. AJ Parnell was the winning pitcher and struck out five.
Connor Gwaltney belted a three-run homer for Elmhurst in the Midlothian win.
Elmhurst started bracket play with another 9-6 win over Midlothian. The win advanced Elmhurst to the semifinals where it scored a 6-4 win over the Lakeside Legends.
Zach Pflum had two hits and three RBI in the win over Lakeside. He doubled in the third inning and singled in the fifth inning. Matt Crandall was the winning pitcher. He struck out three.
Elmhurst then faced the same Illinois Crush team in the finals, but this time the Cougars scored an 11-8 victory and took home the tournament title.
Hurt finishes ninth
IC Catholic Prep girls golf standout Maddie Hurt, the 2015 Class A state champion, recently placed ninth at the MAJGT Players Challenge No. 4/Jr. PGA Qualifier at Highland Park Country Club.
Hurt finished with a two-day total of 157, which included a 75 on the final day.
Earlier, Hurt tied for eighth at the MAJGT-IJGA girls championship at Royal Hawk Country Club in St. Charles. Hurt finished with a three-round total of 241, which included a first-day score of 76.
Less competes in Amateur Championship
York graduate Jordan Less recently competed in the 47th annual Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship at Makray Memorial Golf Club in Barrington.
Less finished tied for ninth with a three-round total of 225, which included identical rounds of 75 in each of the three rounds.
Less also tied for fourth at the ISJA qualifier No. 3 held at Pine Meadow in Mundelein. Less finished with a 72.
IC Catholic Prep golf
The IC Catholic Prep golf team will kick off the 2017 season with a meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 10. Freshmen golfers are to report at noon to the cafeteria where a quick informational session will take place prior to the start of the school’s freshman orientation.
Sophomores, juniors and seniors should report to the cafeteria at 12:45 p.m. where an informational meeting will be followed by a practice. Students should bring their clubs and shoes with them.
