THE JOURNAL & TOPICS NEWSPAPERS | FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2008

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Soccer Rolls Into Post-Season

The girls soccer post-season officially kicks off this afternoon (Friday) as lower seeds battle in regional play-in games. The Journal-area is full of a lot of the top talent and this could be a memorable post-season with several interesting early match-ups.

The highest local seed goes to Maine South, who is the No. 1 seed in the Streamwood sectional, just in front of Conant with the No. 2 seed. Over in the Palatine sectional Fremd is the No. 1 seed with Hersey close behind at No. 3. The Vikings and Huskies were scheduled to meet yesterday (Thursday) in the MSL championship game and that could be a preview of a big sectional game to come.

Also in that sectional comes an interesting first round contest as No. 8 St. Viator and No. 9 Prospect meet in a regional semi-final of two talented squads.

Here are your regional pairings:

Palatine Sectional

Vernon Hills Regional

(7) Palatine vs. (12) Buffalo Grove, 6:15 p.m. Weds.

Lake Zurich Regional

(3) Hersey vs. (14) Wauconda, 5 p.m. Weds.

St. Viator Regional

(17) Prairie Ridge vs. (15) Wheeling, 4:30 tonight (Fri.)

(1) Fremd vs. winner match 1, 4 p.m. Tues.

(8) St. Viator vs. (9) Prospect, 4 p.m. Weds.

Lyons Sectional

Downers Grove South Regional

(8) Morton vs. (9) Leyden, 7 p.m. Weds.

Streamwood Sectional

Larkin Regional

(2) Conant vs. (15) South Elgin, 4:30 p.m. Weds.

Lake Park Regional

(4) Hoffman Estates vs. (12) Maine West

Elk Grove Regional

(17) Elgin vs. (16) Maine East, 4:30 p.m. tonight (Fri.)

(1) Maine South vs. winner match 1, 4:30 p.m. Weds.

(8) Elk Grove vs. (9) Streamwood, 6:30 p.m. Weds.