IC Catholic Prep boys basketball team defeats Illiana Christian in overtime
Timothy Christian boys basketball now 8-1; York cheerleading wins Joliet West title
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The IC Catholic Prep boys basketball team recorded a 51-48 Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division win in overtime against Illiana Christian.
The Knights trailed 13-12 after the first quarter and 26-15 at halftime after being outscored 13-3 in the second quarter.
But IC Catholic Prep came right back and outscored Illiana 13-7 in the third quarter and 14-9 in the fourth quarter to force an extra session. The Knights outscored Illiana 9-6 in the overtime.
Austin Reed led the Knights with 14 points. Kevin Cheng and Alex Meurer each had 12 points, while Amari Reed had eight points.
Cheng hit three 3-pointers, while Meurer and Austin Reed each hit two 3-pointers.
Timothy Christian boys basketball
The Timothy Christian boys basketball team upped its mark to 8-1 on the season with a recent 65-36 Metro Suburban Conference Red Division win against Guerin Prep.
Timothy led only 15-12 after the first quarter but then turned on the jets and outscored Guerin 18-3 in the second quarter and 16-4 in the third quarter.
Brandon Orange led the Trojans with 17 points on 6 of 11 shooting. Michael Thomas added 12 points on 5 of 8 shooting. Jonny Strube had nine points on 4 of 7 shooting. Nick Huisman finished with six points. Orange made 5 of 6 free-throw attempts.
Orange pulled in 11 rebounds, while Strube had 10 rebounds. Joey Davidson had eight rebounds and Jimmy Allen finished with six boards. Davidson also had four assists. Allen had three steals. Timothy had 11 steals as a team.
Timothy grabbed an impressive 52 rebounds as a team.
The Trojans are in the midst of playing in the Jack Tosh Holiday Classic at York.
York heerleading
The York co-ed varsity cheerleading squad took first place at the recent Joliet West Cheer Fest competition.
York also took third at the recent Belvidere North Co-Ed Challenge that featured 20 teams.
The Dukes’ junior-varsity team was fourth at the Joliet West event.
