York’s Sidoryk earns academic All-American status
Seven York girls lacrosse players earn all-state recognition.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
York boys lacrosse player Kenny Sidoryk was recently named to the academic All-American team by US Lacrosse.
In a letter sent to him by the Illinois chapter of US Lacrosse, it was noted there are about 2,200 varsity boys lacrosse players in the state and about 1,100 are seniors.
Sidoryk was one of 22 qualified individuals who applied for the honor in the state and based on national guidelines, Illinois received 12 berths on the All-American list.
Sidoryk was scheduled to be given the award during halftime of the boys lacrosse state title game at Montini earlier this month.
York girls lacrosse
An impressive seven York girls lacrosse players earned all-state recognition recently. Lauren Anderson (midfielder), Emma Baubly (midfielder), Hannah Fleckenstein (defense), Ellie Grubbs (attack), Zoe Lawless (attack), Emily Siegenthaler (midfielder) and Katie Toohey (defense) all were named to the Illinois High School Women’s Lacrosse Association all-state honorable-mention team.
Also, Anderson, Lawless, Fleckenstein, Baubly and Siegenthaler were named to the all-West Suburban Conference team. Toohey was an at-large all-conference selection.
York boys lacrosse
The York boys lacrosse team placed five players on the all-West Suburban Conference first team. That group includes Jack Buckley (attack), Cam Dobrotka (defense), Tommy Angelos (goalie), Grujic Matteo (long-stick midfielder) and Quinn Gaughan (midfielder).
Grant Zielke (attack) and Sam Rasnic (defense) were named to the all-WSC second team, while Sidoryk (midfielder) earned all-WSC honorable-mention accolades.
IC Catholic Prep boys lacrosse
The IC Catholic Prep boys lacrosse team had two players earn all-Suburban Christian Conference first-team honors. Charlie O’Brien (attack) and Pat Guinan (defense) were named to the first team. Max Czyzycki (midfielder) and Jim Kenneally (defense) were named to the all-SCC second team. Brendan O’Brien (midfielder) was named all-SCC honorable mention.
York athletes in college
A total of 29 York student-athletes signed national letters of intent to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level.
The list of Class of 2016 signees includes Tommy Angelos (lacrosse, Augustana), Marc Bernard (football, Augustana), Nick Brown (football, Illinois Wesleyan), Jack Buckley (lacrosse, Sienna), Garrett Campbell (football, Carroll), Lauren Cushing (tennis, Carthage), Matthew DeJesus (cheer, McKendree), Johnny DiCanio (football, Illinois Wesleyan), Cam Dobrotka (lacrosse, Wittenberg), Hannah Fleckenstein (lacrosse, Butler), Quinn Gaughan (football, Carnegie Mellon), Will Gunst (golf, Mercer), Patrick Grabowski (basketball, Kirkwood Junior College), Elizabeth Hagstrom (cross country and track, Washington University in St. Louis), Robert Hanrahan (football, Wabash), Tommy Helton (Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville), Jordan Less (golf, Northern Illinois University), Gabby Magnifico (softball, Valparaiso), Jon May (cross country, Bradley), Cole Miller (baseball, Samford), Ian Moles (lacrosse, Monmouth), Paula Nolte (swimming, Hope), Cassidy Privett (soccer, UIC), Alexandra Preuss (volleyball, Lewis), Frank Romano (baseball, Trinity), Jenny Rudenga (lacrosse, Concordia, Wis.), Norman Stapleton (football, Dubuque), Halle Truett (volleyball, Notre Dame) and Matt Wozny (football, Stevens Point).
Elmhurst College’s Rogers headed to Brazil
Elmhurst College women’s volleyball junior outside hitter Alli Rogers is one of 10 NCAA Division III players who participated in a USA Division III volleyball tour of Brazil.
Rogers joined a group of nine other women from eight different colleges and universities for the tour, which started earlier this month.
“This is a once in a lifetime experience,” Rogers told the college’s athletics website. “I’ve had a solid foundation of support to help me get there. I’m excited to see what I can learn and bring back to the team next fall.”
Rogers competed in contests held in Jundiai, Valinhos and Rio de Janeiro. Team USA competed against top U-22 club teams from Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
