IC Catholic Prep girls soccer team finishes fourth in state
Timothy’s Daniels and Hoogendorn win four matches at state tennis.
By Mike Miazga
Correspondent
The IC Catholic Prep girls soccer capped off a record-breaking season by finishing fourth in the state in Class 1A.
The Knights lost 9-0 to Quincy Notre Dame in the Class 1A state semifinals at North Central College in Naperville.
IC Catholic Prep then dropped a 5-4 decision in penalty kicks to Johnsburg in the state third-place game.
Abi Wagner scored York’s first goal at the 2:09 mark of the first half. Olivia Hurt had the team’s second goal at 7:43 and Wagner scored again at 36:49 to give the Knights a 3-0 halftime lead.
Johnsburg outscored IC Catholic Prep 4-1 in the second half. Tessa Langan tied the game at 4-4 at the 79:51 mark.
Johnsburg made four of its five penalty kicks, while Langan and Bella Leslie made penalty kicks for IC Catholic Prep.
The Knights had a 16-14 shots advantage and a 12-7 shots-on advantage.
Rochelle Spizzirri and Gabby Smola shared time in goal for the Knights.
IC Catholic Prep finished the season 21-7. It was the Knights second appearance in the state tournament and farthest advancement (state semifinals).
Timothy Christian boys tennis
The Timothy Christian boys tennis doubles team of Nathan Daniels and Trevor Hoogendorn had success at the recent Class 1A state finals tournament.
Daniels and Hoogendorn went 4-2 in the doubles tournament and advanced all the way to the consolation bracket quarterfinals.
Daniels and Hoogendorn started the tournament with a 6-1, 6-0 win over a team from Providence Catholic and then scored a second-round win over a team from Charleston by a count of 6-3, 6-1.
Daniels and Hoogendorn lost 6-2, 6-2 to a team from Chicago University High in the third round.
In the fourth round of the consolation bracket, they downed a team from Fenwick by a 6-3, 6-1 count and won their fifth-round consolation match over Benet Academy by scores of 6-3, 6-2.
Daniels and Hoogendorn lost to a team from Chicago Latin School 6-1, 7-5 in the consolation bracket quarterfinals. They earned six team points for Timothy in the state team standings.
IC Catholic Prep baseball
The IC Catholic Prep baseball team lost 2-0 to Chicago Holy Trinity in one semifinal of its own Class 2A IC Catholic Prep sectional held at Plunkett Athletic Complex in Elmhurst.
Holy Trinity scored a run in the third inning and one more in the seventh.
Brendan Russ went 2-for-3 for the Knights. Matt Sutton, Austin Reed, Andrew Falduto and Griffen Eichhorn each had a hit. Falduto, Russ and Sutton each had a triple among their offensive production.
Russ took the loss, despite throwing a seven-inning complete game. He allowed only two earned runs and struck out eight, while walking only one.
The Knights reached the sectional after scoring a 6-5 win over Westmont to win the Class 2A Westmont regional title.
The Knights trailed 2-0 after three innings, but tied it with two runs in the fifth and went ahead with four runs in the sixth before holding off a late Westmont rally.
Sutton went 3-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI. Trey Morris was 2-for-4. Ryan Malek had a hit, a run scored and an RBI. CJ West had a hit, a run scored and two RBI. Austin Reed had a hit, while Eichhorn had two runs scored, a hit and two walks.
Sutton doubled in the game.
Austin Reed pitched the first six innings and allowed only five hits, while striking out nine. West pitched the seventh and struck out three to pick up the save.
The Knights finished the season with a 14-19 overall mark.
York boys volleyball
The York boys volleyball team defeated Chicago Latin School 25-18, 25-17 to win the Chicago Latin School regional title.
York reached the regional final with a 25-9, 25-10 win over Chicago Lincoln Park.
York advanced to the River Grove Guerin Prep sectional where it lost 25-14, 25-21 to Chicago St. Patrick.
The Independent will have more on the York boys volleyball team’s season in next week’s paper.
Timothy Christian softball
The Timothy Christian softball team dropped a 15-5 decision to Chicago Academy in a recent Class 2A regional quarterfinal game played at Timothy Christian.
