Cross-country
Neuqua Valley’s Chris Derrick surged past Mike Fout of LaPorte (Ind.) and shattered the course record by more than 30 seconds to win the 26th annual Culver Academies Invitational in Culver, Ind. Derrick, who took third place in Class AA last year, finished the 3.1-mile course in 14:47.9. Behind Derrick and teammate Danny Pawola (third), the Wildcats won the team title. Elaine Kuckertz’s third-place finish in the girls race helped Hinsdale Central take third place overall.
*Palatine edged defending Class AA champion York 77-79 to win the 29-team Palatine Invitational. York’s Tom Achtien finished first with a time of 14:02.8. Matt Smoody edged York’s Steve Sulkin for third to pace the Pirates. Lyons Township, led by Jane Simpson’s 10th-place finish, won the girls race. No Lions runner finished lower than 42nd. Palatine finished second. Warren’s Heather Olsen (17:16) took individual honors.
Football
Mt. Carmel linebacker Lawrence Henning suffered a concussion and spent Friday and Saturday at Christ Hospital under observation after collapsing on the sideline during the fourth quarter of the Caravan’s victory over Brother Rice on Friday night.
“I spoke with Lawrence’s dad [Saturday] and everything is going fine,” Mt. Carmel defensive coordinator Dave Lenti said. “We will go with whatever the doctor recommends, but he will probably be out at least a couple of weeks.
“Lawrence took a helmet-to-helmet shot at the end of the third quarter and came staggering off the field. He passed out there for a while, but was coherent when the ambulance took him to the hospital.”
— Bob Sakamoto
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