Winter Playoff Tracker: Follow Lemont and Area Sports

It's playoffs season for high school winter sports, and we want to track the action for local teams in basketball, wrestling, gymnastics and more. We'll follow the top schools in the area, including Lemont, Downers Grove North and South, Hinsdale Central and South and area private schools.

You can also help us by sharing photos from games and meets. Follow a certain team? You can also post photos and updates to our Local Voices section: Write on Lemont Patch

Girls Basketball

Playoffs have started for girls basketball. Here's the latest results and upcoming games for local teams:

Lemont: Next game is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at home vs. Romeoville, Class 4A regional semis. Last game: Beat Plainfield South 33-21.

Hinsdale Central: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 at home against the winner of OPRF vs. Juarez. 

Hinsdale South: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Chicago Little Village against Little Village or North Lawndale Charter.

Downers Grove North: Season over. Lost 61-39 to Wheaton North in the regional semifinals.

Downers Grove South: Season over. Lost 48-27 to Elk Grove Village in the regional semifinals.

Benet: Next game: Regional championship, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 14 vs. Naperville Central. Last game: Won 60-54 vs. Naperville North. Christen Prasse scored 34 points, passing 1,000 for her career total. 

Montini: Next game is 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at Chicago (Crane), Class 3A regional semis. See the full Class 4A schedule for more information.

See the full Class 4A bracket here for more information. 

Boys Basketball

Regional play begins Feb. 25 and goes through March 1. The state tournament is March 15-16 in Peoria.

Lemont: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Bolingbrook, Class 4A Batavia regional.

Hinsdale Central: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Geneva/Wheaton South winner, Class 4A Wheaton South regional. 

Hinsdale South: Next game is 6 p.m. Feb. 25 at Oswego East, Class 4A Oswego East regional.

Downers Grove South: Next game is 6 p.m. Feb. 25 vs. Yorkville, Class 4A Wheaton South regional.

Downers Grove North: Next game is 6 p.m. Feb. 25 vs. Plainfield North, Class 4A Benet regional.

Benet: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 26 vs. Plainfield North vs. Downers North winner, Class 4A Benet regional.

Montini: Next game is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 vs. Nazareth, Class 3A Glenbard South regional.

See the full Class 4A schedule for more information .

Wrestling

Individual state finals are Feb. 14-16. The team sectionals are Feb. 19, and the team state finals are Feb. 23. 

Individual Preliminaries (Class 3A)

• 126 pounds: Joe Nugent, Downers Grove (South) (41-12)
• 138 pounds: Juwan Edmond, Hinsdale (Central) (38-9); Cullen Cummings, Downers Grove (North) (43-1)
• 145 pounds: Justin Maslow, Darien (Hinsdale South) (41-3)
• 160 pounds: Alex Anaya, Downers Grove (South) (39-6)
• 220 pounds: Joshua King, Darien (Hinsdale South) (32-7)
• 285 pounds: Brian Allen, Hinsdale (Central) (44-0); Mike Hobbs, Downers Grove (South) (40-5)

Individual Preliminaries (Class 2A)

• 106 pounds: Jimmy Pawelski, Lombard (Montini) (29-18)
• 113 pounds: Tommy Pawelski, Lombard (Montini) (38-6)
• 120 pounds: Vince Turk, Lombard (Montini) (38-10)
• 126 pounds: Jordan Laster, Lombard (Montini) (44-8)
• 132 pounds: Jose Champagne, Lombard (Montini) (35-16)
• 138 pounds: Chris Garcia, Lombard (Montini) (39-11)
• 145 pounds: Michael Sepke, Lombard (Montini) (34-9)
• 152 pounds: Luke Fortuna, Lombard (Montini) (32-18)
• 160 pounds: Xavier Montalvo, Lombard (Montini) (50-5)
• 170 pounds: Michael Maduko, Lombard (Montini) (20-13)
• 182 pounds: Jake Turk, Lombard (Montini) (39-8); Chris Giatras, Lemont (H.S.) (40-1)
• 195 pounds: Anthony Ferraro, Lombard (Montini) (31-8)
• 220 pounds: Edgar Ruano, Lombard (Montini) (40-8)

Team State Finals

Hinsdale Central vs. Sandburg, 6 p.m. Feb. 19 in sectional title game. Winner will face winner of St. Rita and Marmion Academy in Class 3A state quarterfinals.

In Class 2A, Montini faces Crystal Lake Central in the sectionals at 6 p.m. Feb. 19. Will face winner of Bremen and Lincoln-Way West in the state quarterfinals. 

Girls Gymnastics

State finals are this weekend, Feb. 15-16.  No area teams qualified, but here are individual qualifiers: 

Erin Morgan (Sr.), Hinsdale (Central): Qualified in All-Around, Vault, Uneven Parallel Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise, 

Maddie Nowak (Fr.), Darien (Hinsdale South): Qualified in All-Around, Vault, Uneven Parallel Bars and Floor Exercise

Cayley Brenk (Jr.), Hinsdale (Central): Qualified in Vault

Boys Swim/Dive

All sectionals will be Saturday, Feb. 16, and the state finals will be Feb. 22-23. See full sectional assignments here.

• Lemont is in the Lockport sectional. 
• Hinsdale South, Hinsdale Central, Downers Grove South and Downers Grove North are all in the Lyons Township sectional.  
• Benet is in the Neuqua Valley sectional.  

Boys Bowling

The boys bowling season is complete. The results were: 

• Lemont placed 15th at the Sandburg sectional.
• Hinsdale South placed 8th and Hinsdale Central 9th at the Oak Lawn sectional. 

Girls Bowling

The girls bowling season is complete. The results were:

Kyra Udziela (So.), Lemont, rolled 2,474 over four rounds, an average of 206.2, good for 28th place in state. 

Hinsdale South's team placed 23rd in state on day one, with an average game of 165.9  Kiaira Hassel (Jr.), Lauren Wolski (Sr.), Brittany Foldes (Jr.) and Faith Most (Jr.) all bowled at state. 

Downers Grove South placed 9th in the Plainfield North sectional, but didn't advance. Downers Grove North placed 16th at the same sectional.  Hinsdale Central placed 11th at the Reavis sectional. 

Competitive Cheerleading

Lemont placed 2nd in the state finals "medium team" category with a score of 90.80. 

Downers Grove South placed 6th in the state finals "co-ed team" category with a score of 89.34. 

Downers Grove North placed 18th in the co-ed team state prelims with a score of 83.18, but that wasn't enough to advance to the state finals.

Montini placed 23rd in the state prelims "medium team" category with a score of 76.56. 

Benet placed 7th in the Rolling Meadows sectional but didn't advance.

Hinsdale South placed 8th in the Mahomet-Seymour sectional but didn't advance.  

Competitive Dancing

Lemont placed 8th in the Andrew High School sectionals with a 56.97, but didn't advance.

Downers Grove South placed 7th in the Class 3A state finals with a score of 78.46. 

Downers Grove North placed 21st in the Class 3A prelims, scoring 69.82, but did not advance to the finals. 

Hinsdale South placed 18th in the Class 2A prelims, scoring 66.82, but didn't advance to the finals.