Senior Jack Posluszny of Riverside soon discovered his potential upon joining the Fenwick High School boys swimming team.
“My freshman year I was never a very serious swimmer, but when I started doing breaststroke, I kind of realized it was my strongest,” Posluszny said. “Ever since, I started training as hard as I could and made it all the way here.”
Posluszny was speaking at his third state swimming and diving meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont and after again reaching the consolation finals Saturday following top-16 preliminary finishes in Friday’s preliminaries.
In his final high school race, Posluszny was 10th in the 100-yard breaststroke (season-best 56.92) after earlier contributing the breast leg to the 11th-place 200 medley relay (1:33.84) following a season-best 1:33.13 Friday. Besides being his third year in the consolation state finals (9th to 16th place), these also were his highest state finishes in both races. The medley was 14th in 2025 and 15th in 2024. Last year, Posluszny was 12th in the 100 breast after a lifetime-best 56.59 in prelims, just .02 from the school record set in the 1990s.
“[This state meet] was such a great experience. It was so much fun to do with my team for one last year,” Posluszny said. “[I’ll remember] just all of the practices with my teammates. Swimming at Fenwick has been the greatest experience of my life.”
LTHS boys basketball
The Lyons Township High School boys basketball team needed a great effort Friday if they were going to upset No. 1 sectional seed Curie in the Class 4A Jones Regional final. Little did the No. 9-seeded Lions realize just how much they would have to overcome.
Only trailing by eight points at halftime, the Lions were hampered by a rough second half in the 73-51 defeat to snap a 12-game winning streak that included a 55-51 comeback victory over No. 8 Oak Lawn in the Feb. 25 regional semifinals by scoring the final eight points.
Senior Owen Carroll (19 points with 2 three-pointers, 4 rebounds) and juniors Grant Smith (21 points with 4 threes, 7 rebounds), Nate Woods (5 points) and Timmy Sloan (5 assists, 4 rebounds) led the regional final effort for the Lions (23-7).
The season included a share of their first West Suburban Conference Silver Division title since 2015 behind their starting five, which also included senior Tommy Blyth, and consistent bench play from seniors Tommy Sloan and Dylan Holcer and junior Grayson Lee.
The Lions were eliminated by Curie (28-1) in the postseason for the third straight year, last year in the regional semifinals. The Condors have won 18 straight since its lone loss to defending 4A state champion Benet 74-41 Dec. 31.
Needing strong outside shooting, the Lions were 8 of 25 from three-point range. Yet they only trailed 25-17 at halftime and closed to 25-20 on a Carroll three early in the third quarter. Behind seven offensive rebounds in the quarter and a 10-point outburst with three threes by Michael Oliver, the Condors responded with a 17-4 run to lead 42-24 with 3:12 left in the period. Justin Oliver extended the margin with 12 of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.
The Lions also battled foul disparity that contributed to LTHS coach Tom Sloan receiving back-to-back technical fouls and game ejection with 6:19 remaining and Curie leading 57-35. Sloan appeared to be questioning a guarding foul not being called at the top of the key in front of the LTHS bench.
During the first half, Sloan turned and told vocal fans to let the officials officiate. The Lions received the game’s first seven fouls and had more than twice as many fouls called extending into the second half.
With their backs against the wall against Oak Lawn, the Lions overcame trailing 51-47 with 2:46 left after once leading 26-10 with 6:17 left in the second quarter. Woods (14 points with 4 first-quarter threes, 7 rebounds), Smith (14 points, 9 rebounds), Carroll (12 points, 5 assists, 4 steals), Timmy Sloan (7 points) and Blyth (4 rebounds) fueled the comeback. Three straight turnovers from the defense and three straight Smith baskets in crunch time shifted the momentum.
Down four, the Lions pressed and Carroll stole the ball and fed Smith for the layup. After a five-second inbounds call, Smith scored on a driving layup and then turned a steal by Blyth into another driving score for a 53-51 LTHS lead with 1:10 left.
After Oak Lawn missed a potential tying shot, Carroll hit one of two free throws. Smith then rebounded a missed potential tying three, was fouled and added one free throw with 7.5 seconds left.
Nazareth boys basketball
The Roadrunners (15-18), the No. 6 seed in the Class 3A Hinsdale South Sectional, lost to No. 3 Wheaton Academy 57-40 in the Ridgewood Regional final Friday after beating No. 9 Ridgewood 57-46 Feb. 25.