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Falk Fires Up For JCA

Josh Falk placed third in a pair of events for Joliet Catholic Academy boys track team.

A defensive end that can run? Joliet Catholic Academy senior Josh Falk, a Northwest Missouri State football recruit, fit that bill last week at the ICOPS/St. Patrick Indoor Track Invitational.

On the campus of , Falk finished third in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.85. He also placed third in the 200 with a 23.90, scoring all 10 of the Hilltoppers’ team points for the meet.

Falk then competed in the 1,600 relay that placed ninth with a 3:51.95, one spot off the scoring list.

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“We have a lot of injuries already coming into the season,” JCA coach Cory McDermott said. “But Josh Falk did very well in the first meet of the season running the 200, 400 and the 4x400 relay.”

Other top finishers for JCA by event: high jump (Falk, 14th, 5-6), shot put (Max Terlep, 21st, 38-03), 3,200 (Jeremy Adams, 19th, 11:22.24), 800 (Tommy Wiffler, 20th, 2:12.74), 1,600 (Connor McNulty, 28th, 5:22.94), 55 (Eddie Schipman, 36th, 7.68) and 200 (Grayson Horton, 20th, 25.58).

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Spring ahead

Opening day for JCA’s spring sports season is on the horizon. The baseball team begins on Saturday at Lemont, followed by the softball team playing host to Morris on March 24. The boys volleyball team travels to Lincoln-Way Central today and the boys tennis team starts by hosting Plainfield East April 2. Keep track of JCA at www.jca-online.org/news.

3-point contest

Although the boys basketball team’s season ended with a 59-31 loss to the host Mustangs at the Class 3A Evergreen Park Regional, JCA junior forward Adam Janusz-Lancaster (Channahon) stayed alive in the state’s Three-Point Showdown and shoots tonight in the sectional finals at Park Forest Rich East for the right to advance to the state finals on the following weekend.

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy

Francis Ruettiger, the JCA football team’s strength and conditioning coach, has been named to the National Fitness Hall of Fame. He is among five who will be inducted on April 29. Ruettiger, 57, a detective with the Joliet Police Department, owns and operates Rudy’s Gym in Shorewood. His most success story is Rob Ninkovich, who played in the Super Bowl with New England.

Where are they now?

Alyssa Warren (’10), a sophomore libero at Seton Hall University, has been named an alternate for Team USA’s A2 Program in women’s volleyball. It is the third straight year that Warren has earned a spot on the national level. She will compete at the USA Junior National Championships in Columbus, Ohio from June 26-July 5. Warren, a Joliet resident, is the daughter of Mark and Cindy and was a starting outside hitter on the Angels’ back-to-back state championship teams … Megan Novak (’11), a freshman guard for the Benedictine women’s basketball team and a Romeoville resident, scored a career-high 20 points against Carthage and was named to the Northern Athletics Conference All-Freshman Team. She is coached by Kristen Gillespie, Gordie Gillespie’s granddaughter.

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