York’s Helton records 100th career wrestling win
IC Catholic Prep girls basketball team defeats Fenton.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The York wrestling team recently scored dual wins against Hinsdale South and Round Lake and lost to Hinsdale Central and Stevenson.
During that stretch senior heavyweight wrestler Tommy Helton recorded his 100th career win at York. He was 31-6 overall through late last week.
Brian Nudera went 4-0 during the span and upped his record to 19-6. Austin Hoffmann had 24 wins at 138 pounds through late last week, while Demetri Karabelas (120 pounds) and Lucas Wagner (152) each had 18 wins. Antonio Gutierrez had 17 wins at 126 pounds.
IC Catholic Prep girls basketball
The IC Catholic Prep girls basketball team recorded a recent 54-30 Metro Suburban Conference West Division victory against Fenton.
Claire Gibler led the Knights with 14 points and six rebounds. Lilian Brown added 13 points and five rebounds. IC Catholic Prep moved to 9-12 overall and 3-7 in MSC West play with the win.
York girls gymnastics
At the recent Niles North invitational, Sydney Hill took third on beam, fifth in the all-around competition and eighth on bars.
York also recently hosted its own York invitational. “We held our own,” said York coach Tammy Henderson. “The girls were trying some higher-level skills that I hope will help them do well at the upcoming conference and regional.”
Henderson has seen plenty of positives out of her group this season. “I am very pleased with the persistence and dedication of the varsity team this year,” she said. “The work ethic of the freshmen is impressive. I am hoping this will set the expectations for years to come. Gymnastics is a difficult sport. It requires extreme strength, endurance and flexibility, but it also is a mental sport. Your mind needs to be clear and focused in order to have productive practices and reach goals. We had a very good week of practice (last week) and I am looking forward to a lot of goals being met (at the conference meet).”
York competed in regional competition earlier in the week at Geneva High School.
York girls basketball
The York girls basketball team recorded a recent 44-43 overtime win against Proviso West in West Suburban Conference Silver Division action.
York led 8-7 after the first quarter and 21-16 at halftime. York outscored Proviso West 12-8 in the third quarter, but Proviso West came right back and held a 15-6 advantage in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
Sophomore Danielle Dennis led the Dukes with 11 points and 13 rebounds. Sophomore Caylin Rufus had an all-around strong game with nine points, 13 rebounds, five assists, two steals and three blocks.
Kaylin Kenny added eight points, including two 3-pointers. Kelly Polte had eight points and five rebounds, while Ellen Foley hit two 3-pointers for six points. York had 45 rebounds in the game.
