York’s Helton, ICCP’s Bianchini, Guinan win wrestling regional titles
Dukes’ boys basketball team splits pair of recent games.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
York senior wrestler Tommy Helton won the 285-pound championship at the recent Class 3A Glenbard West regional.
Helton won the title with a 1-0 victory over Glenbard West’s Darien Kaufmann in the championship match. Helton improved to 36-6 with the win.
York’s Brian Nudera took second at 195 pounds and advanced. Nudera improved to 23-7.
Austin Hoffmann (138 pounds) and Lucas Wagner (152 pounds) also advanced to sectionals. Hoffmann took third at 138. He won the third-place match 7-5 and improved to 28-14. Wagner took fourth at 152 pounds. He has 19 wins on the season.
Helton, Nudera, Hoffmann and Wagner will wrestle in the Class 3A Conant sectional this weekend.
IC Catholic Prep wrestling
The IC Catholic Prep wrestling team took third at the recent Class 1A Lisle regional.
The Knights scored 101 points and advanced five wrestlers to this weekend’s Class 1A Plano sectional.
Sophomore Joe Bianchini won the 106-pound regional title. He won the championship match by technical fall in 1:58 and is now 36-1 this season.
Senior Pat Guinan also won the regional title at 170 pounds. Guinan (12-5) pinned his foe at the 1:12 mark of the championship match.
Brenden O’Brien took second at 145 pounds and brings a 16-9 mark into the sectional. Anthony Silva also was a runner-up at 160 pounds. Silva improved to 14-10.
Joe Bigane took fourth at 138 pounds. The freshman improved to 16-7. Fellow freshman Kemon Reese was fourth at 182 pounds. Reese is now 16-9.
York boys basketball
The York boys basketball team downed Lyons Township 54-43 in recent West Suburban Conference Silver Division play.
York led 14-10 after the first quarter and 29-15 at halftime. The Dukes outscored Lyons 16-11 in the third quarter and withstood a 17-9 Lyons run in the fourth quarter.
Patrick Grabowski led the Dukes with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Rich George had 11 points and three steals. Nick Kosich added nine points and two steals. Nick Trapani had six points on two 3-pointers.
Jack Julian chipped in five points, while Jordan Gray had four rebounds. Jack Morrissey added four assists and Ryan Camp had three assists. York held Lyons Township to 38.9 percent shooting.
York also dropped a 56-51 non-conference decision to DeKalb. York and DeKalb were tied 12-12 after the first quarter and DeKalb led 23-18 at halftime.
The two teams each scored 14 points in the third quarter and 19 in the fourth quarter.
Grabowski led the Dukes with 20 points on 9-for-11 shooting. Trapani added eight points. Camp had six points and five assists. Morrissey had six points, two assists and two steals. George also had six points.
