York girls badminton team wins own invitational
Timothy Christian’s Davidson and Strube earn state basketball honors.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The York girls badminton team recent won its own York invitational title.
Earlier, the Dukes also won the Glenbard East tournament. In dual matches, York is 4-1 through its first five contests.
York’s junior-varsity team recently won the West Chicago quadrangular. The Dukes’ JV team holds a 10-1 record in dual matches this season.
Davidson, Strube honored
Timothy Christian boys basketball players Joey Davidson and Jonny Strube recently were honored with Illinois Christian School awards.
Davidson was named to the Illinois Christian School all-state third team, while Strube was the runner-up for the Illinois Christian School boys basketball sixth player of the year award.
York boys volleyball
The York boys volleyball team recorded a recent 25-16, 23-25, 25-20 win over Chicago Payton Prep to move to 5-0 on the season. Bobby Krissinger had 13 kills, while Jake Wendell added 12 kills and four aces. Rio Diaz finished with 23 assists and five digs.
York also scored a recent 25-14, 25-21 win over Wheaton Academy. Wendell finished with 16 kills on 28 swings with only two errors (.500 hitting). Krissinger had 11 kills on 18 swings (hit .444) and had six digs. John Goehl finished with 17 assists, while Diaz had 13 assists. Andrew Lewand had three blocks and AJ Weber turned in 10 digs.
York also won the Oswego invitational with a 3-0 record. In an 18-25, 25-10, 25-12 win over host Oswego, Wenell had 14 kills and hit .375. Krissinger added seven kills and 11 digs, while Diaz had 23 assists. Weber finished with 16 digs. Zach Hughart had 11 digs.
In a 25-3, 25-10 win over Chicago DePaul College prep, Diaz had four aces and eight assists. Wendell had six kills, while Goehl had seven assists. Weber had 10 digs. York had 10 aces as a team.
In a 25-9, 25-5 win over Rockford Boylan, Jake Privett had five aces. Wendell and Lewand each had four kills, while Diaz and Goehl each had 11 assists. Weber finished with 11 digs. York again had 10 service aces as a team.
Timothy Christian girls track
The Timothy Christian girls track team recently won a quadrangular meet at home against Westmont, IC Catholic Prep and St. Edward.
The Trojans finished in first place with 93 points. Westmont was second with 64 points.
“It was a cold and wet evening, but the girls performed well,” said Timothy Christian coach Kevin Hackert. “Considering the conditions of the night and the team returning from spring break, we were just happy to get an outdoor meet on the books.”
Hannah Bosman took first in the triple jump at 32-2 and also won the 300 low hurdles with a time of 54.6.
Olivia Hoekstra placed first in the long jump at 14-4 1/2, while Ruth Hruska-Kelley won the high jump at 4-6.
Alyse Schnurr was first in the 100 high hurdles with a time of 19.6.
The Timothy 3,200 relay team of Tracy Westra, Rachel Stoll, Heidi Westra and Valerie Hoekstra was first with a time of 11:33.89.
Timothy’s 800 relay team of Olivia Hoekstra, Zoe Stanton, Schnurr and Bosman took first with a time of 1:57.0.
The Trojans’ 1,600 relay team of Bosman, Stoll, Tracy Westra and Olivia Hoekstra won with a time of 1:06.3.
Hackert lauded the efforts of Hruska-Kelley for competing in four field events simultaneously and winning the high jump. Hackert also was impressed with Troxel’s effort in the low hurdles. She’s a freshman. The coach also was pleased with the team’s three relays, which turned three first-place and one second-place finishes.
The Trojans head to Michigan this weekend for a 16-team meet.
