Briefs: Malak sisters have MGM Grand time

LAS VEGAS -- Two Lemont sisters, 14-year-old Lanaea Malak and her 10-year-old sister Breanna, recently placed in the Toyota Arenacross Nation Championships at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Lanaea Malak finished third among 20 competitors in the girls class and also was in the women's class, where she placed fifth among 20 riders. Breanna was 14th in the girls class even though she was the youngest competitor by two years. They qualified in earlier competition to participate at the nationals.

AMA Arenacross is a compact style of motocross that plays in arena-size venues -- aka arenacross. The bar-to-bar racing tends to send riders flying off the track and into the protective lane barriers, only to have them re-mount and quickly get back into the hunt.

Lanaea and Breanna Malak are proving to be masters of the craft at a young age.

JJC honors -- Joliet Junior College goalkeeper Michelle Del Sarto was a first-team All-North Central Community College Conference selection and also was an All-America nominee. Wolves defender Mary Grace Leinweber and forward Sarah Bock were second-team all-conference and all-region selections. Oster ranked No. 2 -- Former Lockport High School standout Jake Oster begins his senior season at Elmhurst College ranked No. 2 in the 133-pound weight class in the National Wrestling Coaches Association Division III Brute-Adidas poll.

Oster became the first Elmhurst wrestler to win an NCAA championship when he edged Mike McInally of Rochester Institute of Technology 8-7 in the title match last season at Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The win capped a 27-0 year for Oster.

When he was at Lockport, he won the 112-pound Class AA state championship in 2004. His little brother, Jameson, won the state 3A title at 119 last year.

Lewis d. Maryville -- At St. Louis, junior Lauren Seliga recorded a match-high 9 kills and had 5 digs in No. 12 Lewis' 25-17, 25-18, 25-22 victory over GLVC rival Maryville. The victory pushed the Flyers to 26-3 and 12-0 heading into a 7 p.m. Friday home match vs. Drury. Lewis falls -- Sophomore Devon Carbaugh scored 14 points and grabbed 4 rebounds in 22 minutes of action, but Lewis dropped a 93-62 decision to Bradley in an exhibition game on Sunday in East Peoria. The Flyers play the second of their three exhibition games Sunday at Illinois. Southwest Suburban Red Conference meet -- At Bradley-Bourbonnais, Lincoln-Way West freshman Emily Gallagher won two events to help the Warriors claim a fifth-place finish. Gallagher was the conference champion in the 500 free and the 100 breast. She set a school record with her time of 1:10.02 in the 100 breast.

Sara Carse placed third in the 200 I.M. and sixth in the 100 free. Michelle Fairbairn was fourth in the 200 free and fifth in the 100 fly. Kaitlyn Neiheisel finished third in diving.

Beddows makes grade -- Lewis senior midfielder/defender Erin Beddows has been selected to the women's soccer District V College Division All-Academic second team by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Beddows, a biology major, has made the dean's list in each of her first six semesters at Lewis. She is a three-time academic all-GLVC honoree and three-time recipient of Lewis' Delahanty Award for academic excellence among student athletes. Krisch, Tondini honored -- Redshirt freshman running back Connor Krisch (JCA) and true freshman linebacker Drew Tondini (Morris) each have been awarded Player of the Week recognition from the Mid-States Football Association after leading University of St. Francis to a 19-0 victory at Waldorf (Iowa) on Saturday afternoon.

Krisch was named the MSFA/Midwest League Offensive Player of the Week for the second time this season after rushing for 200 yards on 32 carries and scoring three touchdowns on a soggy and muddy field in Forest City, Iowa. Tondini led the Saints with six solo tackles, which included a tackle-for-loss, and spearheaded a USF defense that posted its first shutout since a 2008 season-opening 21-0 win over Valparaiso (Ind.).

The Saints (3-6, 2-3) travel to Quincy (2-7, 1-4) for an MSFA/Midwest League game on Saturday. Kickoff is at noon.