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WheelingTaft

Wildcats
5
Eagles
14

The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity lacrosse team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Wheeling (IL) by a score of 14-5.

Q1Q2Q3Q4Final
Wheeling11305
Taft641314
Final score provided by A. Kapustka.
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Game Stats

Wheeling (24-25)

Wheeling has not entered stats for this game.

Taft (24-25)

Taft

Scoring

#Athlete NameGAsstPtsTSSOGSHT%
Team Totals1410243922.359
1Eric Dutkiewicz (Fr)11
3Jake Anto (Jr)1111
8Saul Zacarias (Sr)11111.000
9N. Dutkiewicz (Jr)12353.200
10Kevin Anti (Sr)1
14Ryan Suing (Sr)32565.500
19Lucas Hurtado (Sr)66147.429
28Mike Niesel (Jr)34753.600
34Tyler Lawriw (Jr)51
37Miguel Martinez (Fr)11
Taft

Fielding

#Athlete NameGBTOTAUE
Team Totals693535
1Eric Dutkiewicz (Fr)311
3Jake Anto (Jr)455
6Lucas Bernson (Sr)2
7K. Szaczkowski (Sr)1
8Saul Zacarias (Sr)11
9N. Dutkiewicz (Jr)522
10Kevin Anti (Sr)722
13Daniel Boyke (So)244
14Ryan Suing (Sr)744
19Lucas Hurtado (Sr)411
23Grant Nadig (Fr)1
24Brandon Adamus (Fr)344
28Mike Niesel (Jr)511
29Rocco Esposito (Sr)411
31M. McCarthy (Fr)111
33D. Paladino (Sr)355
34Tyler Lawriw (Jr)11
35M. Dominick (So)811
37Miguel Martinez (Fr)211
40Zach Sullivan (So)7
Taft

Faceoffs

#Athlete NameFWFAFO%
Team Totals1022.455
23Grant Nadig (Fr)26.333
40Zach Sullivan (So)816.500
Taft

Goaltending Stats

#Athlete NameMINGAGAASOGSVsSOWLT
Team Totals4855.0105
6Lucas Bernson (Sr)2424.064
45Teddy DeSalvo (So)2436.041
Taft

Penalties

#Athlete NamePPT
Team Totals7
1Eric Dutkiewicz (Fr)1
3Jake Anto (Jr)1
14Ryan Suing (Sr)1
23Grant Nadig (Fr)1
24Brandon Adamus (Fr)1
29Rocco Esposito (Sr)2

Game Story

Illinois High School Lacrosse - Taft overwhelms Wheeling

May 17, 2025: Chicago, IL 60631

The Taft Eagles (Chicago, IL) lacrosse routed the visiting Wheeling Wildcats (Wheeling, IL), 14-5 in Saturday's non-league outing.

The Eagles now own a 8-8 record. They take the field next when they travel to Fenwick for a non-league outing on Wednesday, May 21. Taft will face a Friars squad coming off a 9-8 non-league loss to Oak Park-River Forest (Oak Park, IL). The Friars record now stands at 7-11.

With the loss, Wheeling falls to 2-17 on the year. The Wildcats travel to Fremd (Palatine, IL) to confront the Vikings in a non-league match on Thursday, May 22. The Vikings come into the match with a record of 13-5. Fremd won 9-1 in their recent non-league match against Wheaton North (Wheaton, IL)

Players of the Game

Wheeling (24-25)

Wheeling has not selected any Players of the Game.

Taft (24-25)

Congratulations to #19 Lucas Hurtado for being selected the Taft Lacrosse Player of the Game.

Wheeling @ Taft Lacrosse Game Info

Sat., May. 17, 2025 @ 10a
The Taft (Chicago, IL) varsity lacrosse team won Saturday's home non-conference game against Wheeling (IL) by a score of 14-5.

Rankings & Records

Wheeling (24-25)

NationalIL
2,826101
OverallConferenceHomeAwayWin %Conference %GFGA
2-171-100-112-6.105.09173303

Taft (24-25)

NationalIL
2,45387
OverallConferenceHomeAwayNeutralWin %Conference %GFGA
8-82-34-23-51-1.500.40098111

Team Scoring Averages

Q1Q2Q3Q4OT1Final
Wheeling		.5.51.50-3.8
Taft		1.81.41.41.51.06.1

Team Stat Comparison

WheelingTaft
64Goals98
21Assists71
359Ground Balls816
236Goals Against111
-Goals Against Average6.9
-Goalkeeper Minutes771
162Saves149

Team Leaders

WheelingTaftNational Avg.
#23 Colla Brent32Goals#19 Lucas Hurtado2810
#5 Yannick Gbekou9Assists#19 Lucas Hurtado126
#5 Yannick Gbekou107Ground Balls#22 Petr Malina9220
#12 Alex Mitroi0Goals Against#45 Teddy DeSalvo1128
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Goals Against Average#45 Teddy DeSalvo6.211.3
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Goalkeeper Minutes#6 Lucas Bernson686289
#54 Hunter Adams148Saves#6 Lucas Bernson13434

Common Opponents

SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.SchoolCommon Opp. Rec.
Wheeling2-5Taft4-4
DateAwayHomeResultDateAwayHomeResult
3/18/25Lake ParkWheeling(L) 19-25/14/25TaftLake Park(W) 4-2
3/21/25Crystal Lake SouthWheeling(L) 19-24/5/25TaftCrystal Lake South(L) 15-2
4/1/25Dundee-CrownWheeling(L) 10-14/22/25TaftDundee-Crown(L) 12-4
4/3/25Lincoln ParkWheeling(L) 10-15/1/25TaftLincoln Park(L) 4-1
5/13/25Lincoln ParkTaft(W) 5-4
4/7/25WheelingNorthside(W) 6-04/24/25TaftNorthside(W) 9-1
4/24/25WheelingElk Grove(W) 13-74/8/25TaftElk Grove(W) 13-3
4/30/25WheelingLake Forest Academy(L) 12-64/14/25TaftLake Forest Academy(L) 10-4

Record Breakdown

Wheeling (24-25)

Taft (24-25)
2-17
Overall
8-8
1-10
League
3-4
1-7
Non-League
5-4
0-1
Head to Head
1-0
2-5
Common Opponent
4-4
0-11
Home
4-2
2-6
Away
3-5
0-0
Neutral
1-1
0-0
Playoff
1-1
2-17
In-State
8-8
0-0
Out-of-State
0-0