The Riverside-Brookfield wrestling team made headway in securing the Metro Suburban Conference title with a 41-32 victory over Fenton last week. The win was the Bulldogs’ first against Fenton in seven years.
Riverside-Brookfield finished with a total of six pins on the night. Keegan Buttimer (112-pound weight division), Sam Weiss (135), Chris Russell (140), J.J. Odeh (171), Juan Gomez Valez and John Schraidt all pinned their Fenton opponents. Mike Abbatacola won the 103-pound weight division by forcing a technical fall.
The Bulldogs also wrestled to third place at the Mundelein Tournament on Saturday. Both Buttimer and Schraidt finished second with 4-1 records in their respective divisions.
Fenwick hockey
Aidan Verbeke scored a goal in the third period to lead the Friars past Catholic League rival St. Viator 7-6 last week.
The Friars jumped out to an early lead when Ryan Fitzgerald buried a St. Viator turnover with a pin point slap shot. But St. Viator responded with two quick goals to take a 2-1 lead.
Fitzgerald answered with his second goal of the game on a power play at the end of the first period.
St. Viator took a 4-2 lead heading into the final minutes before the Friars received a shot in the arm with two late second period goals by Greyson Feichtinger and Conor Ward to knot the score 4-4.
The Friars fell to Loyola 2-1 on Saturday. Karl Langhans had 30 saves in the net for Fenwick.
The Friars will compete in the Blackhawk Charities Tournament at The Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville this weekend.
