RB swims to fourth - Riverside Brookfield Landmark

Fresh off winning their first Riverside-Brookfield Invitational a few weeks ago, the RB swim team stayed hot with a strong top-four finish at the Lockport invite last week. RB scored a 271, trailing only champion Stagg (358), St. Ignatius (343) and Hinsdale South (281).

Sean DeMuro won the 50-yard freestyle, touching the wall at 22.28 seconds. The Bulldogs’ 200-yard medley relay team also took first place with a time of 1:43.52.

LT boys basketball

The Lions continued their remarkable recovery from a 1-7 start this season with two more victories over the weekend.

LT (8-9, 4-2 West Suburban Silver) is on a six-game winning streak and suddenly in the thick of the conference race. The two-time defending conference champs rolled to a 63-35 win over visiting Proviso West on Saturday. Chris Antalek scored a game-high 17 points, while Kenny Smith and Chris O’Reilly chipped in 16 points and nine points, respectively.

The Lions appeared even more impressive with a 66-54 Friday victory at Hinsdale Central. Matt Robare and O’Reilly shared top scoring honors with 14 points apiece while Antalek added 13 points and 10 rebounds. LT made 8 of 19 three-pointers and finished 12-for-14 at the free-throw line.

LT girls basketball

Lyons Township avenged a loss to Proviso West earlier this season with a 57-48 win over the visiting Panthers on Saturday. Freshman Emily Swift led the Lions (13-6, 6-5 West Suburban Silver) with 18 points. She went 4-for-4 from three-point land. Colleen Connors scored 12 points and Ashanti Davis had eight to go along with five rebounds.

LT also knocked off York 46-44 in an overtime thriller last week.

LT, RB wrestling

The Lions finished second with 185 points trailing only its conference rival Oak Park (259.5), while RB scored 17 points to take 10th overall at the Oak Park Invitational on Saturday.

Although the host Huskies dominated the loaded competition with nine top two finishes, LT garnered a pair of second-place showings and four third-place marks. In the 145-pound title bout, the Lions’ Jack Bates lost to Minooka’s Cornett Oughton on a tech fall 6:00. Oswego’s Luis Flores edged Adam Rodgers of LT by a score 6-2 in the championship match at 285. Carter Beebe (120), AJ Villarreal (132), Jaime Jones (182) and Justin Fuller (195) comprised the Lions’ third-place performers.

LT swimming

The Lions took third place with 158 points at the Downers Grove North Invitational.

Danny McGuinness led the way, picking up 22 points for LT with a pair of fourth-place finishes in the 50-yard freestyle (23.41) and the 100-yard freestyle (51.59). Josh Hirt scored a top five showing in the 500-yard freestyle (5:16.98). Joe Shannon took sixth place in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:56.41) and the 100-yard breaststroke (1:04.69).

The LT 200-yard freestyle team of Peter Dore, Rob Williams, Shannon and McGuinness touched the wall at 1:36.61 to capture fourth place, while Dore, Hirt, Williams and McGuinness swam a 3:39.30 to finish sixth in the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Fenwick boys basketball

Fenwick’s game at St. Rita was cancelled on Friday night due to the heavy snowfall. The team was scheduled to take on its Catholic League rival Tuesday night (after deadline).

After dropping a 68-67 nail-biter to Hales Franciscan the week before, the Friars entered this week 4-10 overall and 1-4 in the Chicago Catholic League. They host St. Joseph on Friday night (7:30 p.m.).

Fenwick swimming

The varsity Fenwick swim meet against Loyola was cancelled on Friday, but the lower level hosted the Dan O’Brien freshman/sophomore Relay Meet on Saturday.

The Friars finished fourth overall (145), with Naperville North (186), OPRF (181) and Loyola (174) taking first through third, respectively.

Fenwick’s Ryan Masi, Chris Ray, Michael Hill and Jon Pyzdrowski won the freshman 200 medley relay in 1:57.82. Hill, Pyzdrowski, Colin Daly, and Masi took first in the frosh 200 free relay in 1:40.38. Connor Fabian, Daly, Ray, and David Durkin won the 200 breaststroke relay in 2:09.41.

Fenwick’s varsity squad travels to New Trier on Saturday before prepping for the Metro Catholic Aquatics Conference Meet.

“I am looking forward to a strong championship season, we have a great group of swimmers who have put in a tremendous amount of work and are destined to swim best times at the end of the season,” said Fenwick head coach Luke McGuire.

Fenwick wrestling

The Friars placed sixth as a team at the 13-school Chicago Catholic League Meet at Fenwick on Saturday.

Matt Garelli became a three-time CCL champion by taking first in the 121-pound weight class. Garelli wrestled for the first time since suffering a knee injury in December.

Danny Freitag, who had been out with a knee injury since November, finished third at 113. Mike Kozyra took third at 145 pounds for the Friars, and Graham Joss finished fourth at 160. Fenwick boys basketball

Fenwick’s game at St. Rita was cancelled on Friday night due to the heavy snowfall. The team was scheduled to take on its Catholic League rival Tuesday night (after deadline).

Fenwick girls basketball

The Fenwick girls basketball team erased the hardship of falling to an out-of-state team by walloping two East Suburban Catholic Conference rivals last week.

Minus reserve Mary Devereaux (broken wrist) and starter Marek Burchette (calf muscle), the Friars had a difficult time keeping a much taller St. Joseph of St. Louis team at bay at the McDonald’s Shootout earlier in the week. Fenwick had its lowest point total of the season in a 78-46 loss.

Maggie Reilly led the Friars with 15 points, all coming from behind the three-point arc. Sophomore Jade Owens added 13 points, and Paige Corvino 10, but the Friars had trouble defending 6-foot-3 junior center Sydney Stipanovich, who led the Angels (16-2) with 31 points and 10 rebounds.

Fenwick (16-5, 5-1) took out its frustration first on Joliet Catholic as Reilly rained down six three-pointers and finished with 22 points and Meredith Boardman powered up 19 points and hauled down 12 rebounds in a 71-60 victory on Jan. 18. Owens also finished with a double-double of 10 points and 11 assists.

On Saturday, the Friars upended St. Viator 86-52 behind Boardman’s 19 points and 10 rebounds. Owens added 17 points and six assists, while Reilly chipped in 14 points.

Along with Fenwick, Marist, Benet and Marian Catholic are all in the hunt for the ESCC title. Marist is currently undefeated at 6-0. Fenwick hosts the RedHawks on Feb. 8 and Marian Catholic, who is currently 4-1, on Feb. 9.

The Friars are scheduled to play two games at Lake Zurich on Saturday.