ELBURN – Kaneland golfer Matt Yonkovich wasn’t surprised that he qualified for the sectional meet last season as a sophomore. He felt he improved leaps and bounds from the previous season and he deserved it.

What surprised Yonkovich was that he was the only one to qualify from his team, which won the Northern Illinois Big 12 East.

“It was sad to see them all go,” Yonkovich said. “Playing by myself was crazy. You’re the only one on the team to make it that far. … I expected to at least have one of my other teammates with me. It just didn’t happen.”