Timothy Christian’s Ross competes in three state events
Rhiner-Wells team wins two matches at state tennis meet.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
Timothy Christian sophomore Xavier Ross was plenty busy at the recent Class 1A boys track and field state meet at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston.
Ross competed in three events at the state meet. He took second in his preliminary heat of the triple jump with a mark of 42-1 1/2, but did not advance to finals.
He took fourth in his preliminary round heat of the 300 hurdles with a time of 40.66 and did not move on.
Ross also was fourth in his preliminary heat of the 200 with a time of 23.21 and did not qualify for finals.
Teammate Eryk Biegunski took eighth in his preliminary heat of the 800 with a time of 2:05.64.
Timothy Christian boys tennis
The Timothy Christian boys tennis doubles team of Jared Rhiner and Jack Wells won a pair of matches at the recent IHSA state meet.
Rhiner and Wells opened the tournament with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 loss to Teutopolis, but came back to record a 3-6, 7-5, (10-6) win over Chicago University High and then notched a 6-4, 5-7, (10-6) win over Schaumburg. Rhiner and Wells lost 7-5, 6-1 to Champaign Centennial in their fourth match of the tournament.
Teammate Nate Daniels won his first match in the singles tournament, a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Lake Park. Daniels then dropped a 6-3, 6-3 match to Naperville Central and a 6-4, 6-3 contest to Wauconda in the consolation bracket.
Timothy Christian baseball
The Timothy Christian baseball team saw its strong season come to a conclusion after a 14-5 loss to Chicago DePaul College Prep in one semifinal of the Class 2A Lisle sectional at Benedictine University.
DePaul College Prep had six hitters combine for 10 hits, 11 RBI and 10 runs scored. Timothy trailed 8-0 at one juncture, but scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth to close the deficit.
Josh Anderson was hit by a pitch and advanced to second on a wild pitch. Jimmy Brush reached on an error that scored Anderson. Noah Marrera singled, advancing Brush, who scored when Joey Davidson reached on an error. Brian Schiff then was hit by a pitch to load the bases.
Marrera scored the last run of the rally when Patrick Roelofs reached on an error.
After DePaul scored six runs in the top of the seventh, Timothy came back again with two more runs on an RBI double by Davidson and an RBI single by Roelofs.
Timothy Christian had six hits in the game. Roelofs took the loss.
Earlier, Timothy advanced to the sectional by winning a Class 2A regional title with a 4-3 win in 10 innings against Lisle.
The game featured seven lead changes. Roelofs was the winner in relief. He pitched the 10th inning.
With the score tied 3-3, Allen singled and stole second base. Brush then lined a single down the left-field line that scored Allen and gave Timothy the regional title.
Timothy battled back from an early 1-0 deficit with two runs in the second. Marrera walked and Schiff singled, moving Marrera to third. Roelofs singled, scoring Marrera with Schiff advancing to third on an error. Connor Gwaltney then drove in Schiff with a sacrifice fly.
Lisle scored two in the top of the sixth to take the lead, but Timothy countered with a run in the bottom of the sixth to tie the game at 3-3. Allen reached on an error, stole second and advanced to third on Anderson’s groundout. Brush singled off the third baseman to score Allen.
Allen pitched the first nine innings. He allowed two earned runs, gave up six hits and struck out six. In addition to picking up his second win in the regional, Roelofs also went 3-for-3 with an RBI. Brush and Schiff each had two hits.
