The Doings Weekly

Times show that Devils ready for sectional

 

BY GEORGE M. WILCOX | gwilcox@pioneerlocal.com | @geomwilcox February 11, 2013 5:00PM

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Hinsdale Saturday 2/2/13 Hinsdale Central's Will Leach during the 200 medley relay. | Jerry Daliege~for Sun-Times Media

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Thursday

Girls basketball: regional semifinal, 8 p.m.

Lily Sarros, Gabrielle Rush and Co. open the Class 4A playoffs at home against 11th-seeded Oak Park-River Forest (10-17) or 21st-seeded Juarez. The Devils have defeated OPRF twice this season. Central enters the playoffs riding a three-game losing streak. The Devils’ last win was 63-55 over OPRF Jan. 26 in Hinsdale. The winner likely plays fourth-seeded Bogan in the regional final at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

Saturday

Boys swimming: at Lyons Sectional, 1 p.m.

Breaststroker Eddie Mapel and diver Ryan O’Donnell lead the five-time WSC Silver champions into the Lyons Sectional. The Devils held off Lyons for the conference title with championships in the 200-yard medley relay and 200 freestyle relay. Newcomers hoping to qualify for their first state meet include Peter Quinones, Nicky Relias and Brogan O’Doherty.

Updated: March 15, 2013 12:19PM

Eddie Mapel and Danny Ciciora already showed state-meet form in the West Suburban Silver meet Feb. 2.

The Hinsdale Central seniors finished 1-2, respectively, in the 100-yard breaststroke at the conference meet. The Missouri-bound Mapel and Ciciora would be happy to stage a repeat at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Lyons Sectional in Western Springs.

Mapel and Ciciora touched under the IHSA state qualifying times at conference and could trim even more time in preparation for the state meet Feb. 22-23 at New Trier. The state cut in the 100 breast is 1 minute, 0.83 seconds. Mapel, from Hinsdale, clocked 59.90 and Ciciora, from Clarendon Hills, touched in 1:00.66.

“Eddie Mapel has been under the state qualifying time all season and we are very optimistic about him getting through to state and doing quite well,” Hinsdale Central coach Corky King said.

Those two were the only Hinsdale Central individual swimmers to eclipse state times at conference.

The Devils had eight champions in the conference meet and could rack up even more titles in a sectional that includes eight teams from the West Suburban Conference, including host Lyons, which placed second at the Silver meet.

Hinsdale could win all three relays after picking up conference wins in the 200 medley with Will Leach, Mapel, Bryan Bu and Connor Schroyer and the 200 free with Schroyer, Nicky Relias, Bu and Leach.

“Our strength is in our relays and we believe they can all qualify and score points for us at state,” King said.

Michigan-bound Ryan O’Donnell is the favorite to take diving at the sectional after winning conference. Teammate Sam Pielet finished second in the conference and is looking for his first trip to state diving.

A few surprises for the Devils in the conference meet, such as Mitch Courtney and Craig Smith, have outside chances at reaching the state qualifying time. Peter Quinones upset OPRF’s Nikita Bondarenko for the 500 free title in the Silver, but needs to drop more time to reach state. Conference runners-up such as Quinones (200 free) and Brogan O’Doherty (100 back) must swim faster to advance in those events.

One of the favorites to reach the state meet will be Georgetown-bound Leach, who won the 100 free at the Silver meet in 49.39 and gained ground on the state qualifying time of 48.09.




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