Timothy Christian Preps

Timothy Christian senior Grace Roland becomes the sixth player in program history to reach the 1,000-point milestone, Benet gets a long-awaited tournament title and a look inside the conference races in Bill Stone's girls basketball notebook.

Lemont rallied past Downers Grove South and York and Timothy Christian also won Jack Tosh first-round games, Ben Oosterbaan's 27 points powered Hinsdale Central to a comeback win and Wheaton North, Hinsdale Central and Downers North were winners at the Falcon Classic.

Junior guard A.J. Levine, who has emerged as a go-to player for York, and the Dukes, are motivated to make a better showing at their Jack Tosh Holiday Classic later this month. That, and notes from Timothy Christian and Downers Grove South from Bob Narang.

Ben Oosterbaan scored 22 points as Hinsdale Central rallied past Oak Lawn in overtime, A.J. Levine scored 22 in York's win over Proviso West, Stella Sakalas' 11 points led a balanced Nazareth effort in a win over Joliet Catholic and more in Saturday's roundup.

Ben Oosterbaan's 19 points helped Hinsdale Central hold off Naperville North, Carter Reid and Nik Polonowski scored 13 in Lyons' win over Fenger, Shea Carver scored 16 and Alyssa Epps in Montini's win over Plainfield East and more in Monday's roundup.

The 2022-2023 boys basketball season tips off this week. Here are previews from the Metro Suburban Conference.

The girls basketball season tips off this week. Here are Bob Narang's previews of teams from the Metro Suburban Conference.

Ava Falduto's 26 kills rallied IC Catholic Prep to a three-set win over Timothy Christian in a Class 2A sectional final, while Kitty Sandt had 23 assists and four aces for Nazareth in a win over Fenwick in a Class 3A sectional final.

Timothy Christian and IC Catholic Prep volleyball advanced to meet in the Class 2A Christ the King Sectional final, while Nazareth and Fenwick moved on to face each other in the Class 3A Chicago Little Village Sectional final in Monday's prep sports roundup.

Flipping last year's script in a couple of ways, Timothy Christian edged conference rival and defending state champion Wheaton Academy 2-1 in penalty kicks in the Class 1A state third-place game on Saturday in East Peoria.

Timothy Christian defeated Wheaton Academy 2-1 to win the Class 1A State third place soccer game on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2022 at EastSide Centre in Peoria.

Ava Falduto had 22 kills to lead IC Catholic Prep to a three-set win over DePaul Prep, Abby VanderWal had 14 kills in Timothy Christian's win over Montini, Benet won its 15th straight regional title and Lemont volleyball also won a regional in Thursday's prep sports roundup.

Wheaton Academy and Timothy Christian soccer both advanced to state, Hinsdale Central volleyball's Amber Pelton recorded her 1,000th career assist and Benet, Hinsdale Central, Lemont, Montini, Wheaton North and Timothy Christian volleyball were all regional winners.

Hinsdale Central and Fenwick are in the hunt for team state titles, while York, Glenbard West and Timothy Christian had individuals advance to quarterfinal-round matches after the first day of action at the state tennis tournament across the northern suburbs.

Memphis recruit Jordan Heatherly is a triple threat for Montini, with more than 1,000 career assists and kills and more than 600 career digs. That, plus notes on Timothy Christian super sophomore Abby VanderWal and Lemont's Grace Ulatowski in Bill Stone's volleyball notes.