Sunday, December 18, 2011
Lyons Township senior and Western Springs resident Alexis Viliunas has been named the Gatorade Illinois Volleyball Player of the Year, the first LT player to receive the honor.
Lyons Township senior volleyball player Alexis Viliunas knew something was up Wednesday. As she sat in teacher Kristine Blachinski’s calculus class, Viliunas caught a glimpse of LT girls volleyball coach Joann Pyritz outside the room. “When I saw her I was like, ‘This is weird.’ The (north campus) buildings are separate, and she usually isn’t in our building,” Viliunas said. Moments later, Pyritz was standing at the class podium to read an announcement – Viliunas had just been named the 2011-12 Gatorade Illinois Volleyball Player of the Year. Viliunas, a 6-foot-1 setter/hitter, is the first LT volleyball player to receive the honor. She is among 50 nominees for the National Volleyball Player of the Year award to be announced later this …
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Lyons Township girls volleyball team will play Marist at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Hinsdale South Super-Sectional with a downstate berth on the line after beating Whitney Young in three sets Thursday to capture the Class 4A Whitney Young Sectional.
Senior four-year varsity players Laura Williams, Alexis Viliunas and Megan Miller looked like veteran leaders for the Lyons Township girls volleyball team Thursday. So did Toni Saracco and Hannah Juley. And they’re freshmen. The Lions were challenged by an inspired Whitney Young team playing on its home court, but they found another gear in the third set and prevailed 27-25, 22-15, 25-16 to capture the Class 4A Whitney Young Sectional championship. LT (30-8) goes for its third straight downstate trip against Marist (33-6) at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Hinsdale South Super-Sectional. It's the Lions' eighth consecutive appearance in the super-sectionals. “I just think the three seniors made a huge difference, but also Toni Saracco not playing …
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
The Lyons Township volleyball team advanced to Thursday's Class 4A Whitney Young Sectional final by defeating Hinsdale Central while the football team plays at home Saturday night against Glenbrook South in the second round of the 8A playoffs.
The Lyons Township girls volleyball team surrendered the first point of each set Tuesday but otherwise never trailed its match. A quick start was among the key components for the Lions as they defeated rival Hinsdale Central 25-18, 25-19 in the Class 4A Whitney Young Sectional semifinals in Chicago. “We know to start strong. We know to start and build for those first five points,” LT coach Joann Pyritz said. “Even when we were tied in the second game, we know how to come out of that and stay strong and not lose more than a couple of points at the time.” LT (29-8), the sectional’s No. 1 seed, will play the host No. 6 Dolphins (33-4) for the sectional title Thursday. The start time of the match has been moved from 7 p.m. to 6 p.m., pending …
Monday, October 31, 2011
While Lyons Township football pulled out an astonishing playoff upset win over Bartlett, the volleyball team, the No. 1 seed in the Whitney Young Sectional, advanced to the sectional semifinals.
Lyons Township's football season was looking dead and buried—down 35-10 midway through the second quarter of their elimination playoff game against Bartlett High, and still trailing 42-24 at the beginning of the fourth. But the tenacious Lions (6-4) fought back, first wtih a 7-yard run by senior Jaime Jones, then a Zachary Mahoney 14-yard pass to senior Evan Booth. They wrapped up their incredible comeback as jack-of-all-trades Matthew Harris first blocked a punt, then took a direct snap 18 yards in to give the Lions an improbable 45-42 lead. Bartlett's Ian Dobek has a chance to tie it with a 33-yard field goal at 0:10 left, but the kick sailed wide left, setting off a frenzied Lions celebration. Harris was the game's undisputed star, …
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
The Lyons Township soccer team lost to Morton 4-3 in overtime in the Class 3A Hinsdale Central Sectional semifinals while the volleyball team goes after a regional title and the football team prepares for its Class 8A playoff opener at Bartlett.
The Lyons Township boys soccer team made an admirable comeback in Wednesday’s Class 4A Hinsdale Central Sectional semifinals by overcoming from a two-goal halftime deficit and actually taking the lead. Morton answered with an even more stunning one, scoring with just 2:18 left in regulation to force overtime. The perennial soccer powers once again brought out the best in each other before Morton prevailed 4-3 on Jesus Morales’ penalty kick with just six seconds left in the second of four 10-minute, sudden-death overtimes. The kick was awarded after LT senior standout center midfielder Elliot Borge had to make an intentional handball save to prevent a winning shot by Luis Jose Alvarado off a strong sidelines throw-in. LT (14-5-3), the …
Saturday, October 15, 2011
The Lyons Township boys soccer team won 1-0 at Oak Park-River Forest to share the conference title with Glenbard West; the football team fell to Proviso West; the swimming and diving team finished fourth at the Barrington Invite, and the volleyball team t
Senior defender Kevin Shaw’s first goal this season for the Lyons Township boys soccer team proved to be a big one Tuesday. The early second-half tally gave the Lions a 1-0 victory at Oak Park-River Forest and a share of their third consecutive West Suburban Conference Silver Division title. Elliot Borge and Kovas Zygas were given credit for assists. Goalie Max Hadley made 10 saves to help the Lions (12-4-3) record their fourth straight shutout and ninth overall. LT and Glenbard West both finished 5-1 in the Silver. The Lions lost at Glenbard West 1-0 Sept. 13, but the Hilltoppers lost at Proviso West 3-1 Sept. 20. Glenbard West, which beat Hinsdale Central 2-1 Tuesday, had defeated OPRF (16-3-1, 4-2 in Silver) Sept. 22 in Glen Ellyn 1-0 …
Thursday, September 1, 2011
The Lyons Township volleyball team will be led by fourth-year varsity players Alexis Viliunas, Laura Williams and Megan Miller after winning the 2010 Class 4A state title and taking second in 2009.
LYONS TOWNSHIP GIRLS VOLLEYBALL PREVIEW COACH: Joann Pyritz (23rd season, 650-214 record) 2010 RESULTS: 41-1 overall, 6-0 in West Suburban Conference Silver Division (1st place); won Class 4A state championship by defeating Cary-Grove 25-23, 19-25, 25-23 RETURNING STARTERS: Seniors Megan Miller (5-6 L/DS), Alexis Viliunas (6-1 S) and Laura Williams (5-10 OH) OTHER VARSITY RETURNEES: Seniors Kelly Blank (5-9 OH) and junior Alyssa Keeve (6-0 OH) VARSITY NEWCOMERS: Seniors Kim Campbell (5-7 OH), Angelina Gradilla (5-3 DS) and Anna McJohn (5-10 MH); juniors Katie Hogan (5-8 OH), Morgan Houk (5-8 S); Ana Krkic (6-1 MH), Megan Masterson (5-7 OH), Maggie O’Brien (5-5 S) and Amy Westrick (5-8 OH); sophomore Catherine King (5-10 MH); and freshmen…
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6:26 pm on Monday, December 19, 2011
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