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Boys Basketball: Levin led Huskies storm past LT
BOYS BASKETBALL: Gabe Levin likes to show up early for games. He showed up early and often Saturday, scoring 19 points to lead Oak Park-River Forest to a 58-35 victory against Lyons Township in a West Suburban Silver contest. The victory avenged a 65-53 loss to the Lions on January 13th and kept the Huskies in first place in the conference.
Boys Basketball: Curie stymies Garrett, Morgan Park
Updated: 2012-02-12 21:14:35
Devin Foster scored 24 points and Cliff Alexander recorded a double-double in Curies 65-35 victory over Morgan Park in the Public League quarterfinal Sunday at Read More
- Saturday’s results Updated: Feb 12, 2012
- Friday’s results Updated: Feb 10, 2012
- Thursday’s results Updated: Feb 9, 2012
Boys Basketball: Fenwick rolls to easy win over Loyola
BOYS BASKETBALL: A couple of young, up-and coming Chicago Catholic League teams squared off in Oak Park Friday night, but it was host Fenwick that came out and looked like a squad of upperclassman as they had the upper hand in a 78-52 victory over Loyola.
Boys Basketball: Gustafson sparks OPRF past Panthers
BOYS BASKETBALL: Alex Gustafson provided some offense Friday to help Oak Park-River Forest cruise past host Proviso West 68-42 in a West Suburban Conference Silver game. Gustafson had 11 points, three rebounds and two steals.
Huskies set school mark at regional meet
Oak Park-River Forest figured to rule the roost at this year’s Class 3A Leyden regional and that estimation played out, as the Huskies advanced all 14 wrestlers to the De La Salle individual sectional on Saturday. “That’s the first time in school history we’ve had …
New Friars player makes commitment
GIRLS SOCCER: New Saint Louis recruit Bridget Hillsman plans on coming out for the Friars this spring.
Six Fenwick wrestlers advance to sectional meet
Fenwick didn’t let a little rust prevent six of its wrestlers from moving on to state sectional action after victories in Saturday’s Class 2A St. Patrick Regional. Three of the six Friars who advanced to the Grayslake Central Sectional, which begins at 4:30 p.m. Friday …
Fenwick uses new attire to race to MCAC title
Maybe it was the new Fastskins swimwear or the fact that the championship season has arrived, but the Fenwick boys swimming team made a big leap last weekend with its first Metro Catholic Aquatics Conference championship since 2005. The Friars (401 points) outswam rival Loyola …
Lewis leads Huskies at conference meet
DIVING: OPRF’s Ben Lewis takes care of business with a conference title Friday night.
Huskies look to finish strongly
GIRLS GYMNASTICS: OPRF hopes to keep its season alive at the regional Friday night.
Boys Basketball: Fenwick celebrates Senior Night with big win
BOYS BASKETBALL: Senior Night couldn’t have turned out much better for three Fenwick basketball players. The senior trio of Sam Ainsworth, Jeremy Gruszka and Patrick Moran combined for 34 points and 25 rebounds as Fenwick dominated inside during a 64-39 thrashing of Holy Trinity Saturday in Oak Park.
Girls Basketball: Trinity cruises to GCAC title with romp over Loyola
GIRLS BASKETBALL: If stifling defense is going to be a component for a deep IHSA playoff run for Trinity, it was definitely on display Saturday night against Loyola in the GCAC Red division conference championship. In a rematch of last year’s final, the Blazers limited Loyola to single digits in all four quarters and cruised to a 49-18 title victory in River Forest.
Boys Basketball: Fenwick done in by Howard’s hot hand
BOYS BASKETBALL: It didn’t matter where on the floor he was or who was guarding him or how closely, Brian Howard seemingly couldn’t miss a shot. The St. Ignatius guard was so hot from the floor in the first half in the Catholic League North game against Fenwick that the Wolfpack had the game sewed up early on its way to a 59-38 win.
Boys Basketball: Rafferty’s buzzer-beater propels Red Devils past OPRF
BOYS BASKETBALL: Hinsdale Central freshman Matt Rafferty took a beautiful pass from Brian Owens and converted a layup at the buzzer to help Hinsdale Central stun West Suburban Conference Silver leader Oak Park-River Forest 63-62 in overtime.
Boys Basketball: OPRF takes control of conference with resounding win over Hilltoppers
BOYS BASKETBALL: Oak Park-River Forest played like a conference champion Wednesday night. The Huskies played up to their potential and then some in routing Glenbard West 81-54 in Oak Park to put themselves firmly in the driver’s seat in the West Suburban Conference Silver Division.
Girls Basketball: Trinity advances to GCAC finals with win over Wolfpack
GIRLS BASKETBALL: No. 3 Trinity (24-1) overcame St. Ignatius’ tricky defensive game plan and rolled to a 48-27 victory in the semifinals of the 37th annual Girls Catholic Athletic Conference tournament at Trinity on Thursday.
Girls Basketball: Trinity gets after New Trier in final game of Sweet 16
GIRLS BASKETBALL: There is a reason why the Trinity Blazers stand at 22-1. They are an aggressive team that comes after foes. On Saturday night, that opponent was New Trier in the final game of the Sweet 16 Tournament held at Lake Zurich.
