VILLA PARK – Sisters Alyssa and Jamie Kovatchis spend of a lot of time together.

The twins play not only one, but two varsity sports together at York.

In the winter both are starters on the girls basketball team. When the weather warms up and spring comes around, the Kovatchis sisters are star soccer players.

Alyssa is a four-year varsity player in both sports. Jamie is a two-year varsity player in basketball and a four-year varsity player in soccer.

That’s a lot of seasons together, and one more still to come.

“Some of the girls are on soccer also so we see them all year, which is nice,” Jamie Kovatchis said. “We’re all really good friends.”

There’s no one-upmanship or competition between the sisters. They prefer to take the positive approach to playing together.

“We like to make each other look good,” Alyssa Kovatchis said.

In soccer, Alyssa is one of the Dukes’ top offensive threats and a key playmaker while Jamie is a rock in the center of the defense.

That plays out somewhat similarly in basketball as well. Jamie is one of the team’s top defenders while Alyssa is a key ballhandler for the Dukes and scores more than Jamie.

“We put her on the [other team’s] best player for basketball and she’s our center defender [in soccer],” Alyssa said of her sister. “I’m more offensive for soccer and a little more offensive for basketball, too.”

As of now, neither plans on a collegiate athletic career. Alyssa was committed to Colorado State to play soccer, but decommitted saying she wants to focus on academics in college.

“I decided school is more important,” Alyssa said. “I might walk-on somewhere, though.”

Girls basketball coach John Constable complimented both for their defensive play. This season the sisters have helped York win 20 games for the first time in 12 seasons.

“I think both of them are leading the team in charges,” Constable said. “You just know you’re going to get consistency defensively out of both of them, and offensively they have the ability to attack the rim and they have the ability to step out and knock down the three. They’re very hard to guard in that sense.”

York beat Willowbrook 42-19 in the regular season finale Wednesday to improve to 20-7 on the season. As the No. 3 seed in the Geneva sectional, postseason hopes are high for York.

The Kovatchis sisters are hoping to extend the season as long as possible. They’re in no rush to join the soccer team’s morning indoor practices.

“We want to go as far as possible, but we really want to win regionals,” Alyssa said. “We don’t want it to end.”

“If we’re playing like we can, we can get pretty far,” Jamie said.