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Reporter • mysuburbanlife.com • Wednesday, February 6, 2013 • WSD
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Lions wrestle to regional title with 10 champs By JASON ROSSI ‘jrossi@shawmedia.com Lisle wrestling coach John Davis gave an apt description of his team’s performance at its own regional tournament Saturday. “I thought we wrestled pretty well,” Davis said.
While accurate, Davis’ account didn’t reflect just how well the Lions performed. They sent all 13 wrestlers who competed in the regional on to this weekend’s Plano sectional. They crowned 10 champions. And they won their first regional title since 2009. “We didn’t expect to get
everybody through, but we came out and we wrestled well,” Davis said. Bailey Welch (160 pounds), Kevin Sheahan (182) and Jared Arellano (220) didn’t take home titles but finished strong with wins in thirdplace matches. Sheahan and Arellano secured their sec-
tional berths with pins in the third-place matches. The coach hopes the trend continues at the sectional as his wrestlers look to punch their tickets to the state tournament. The top four wrestlers at each weight class this weekend move on to state. “It’s definitely going to be
a challenge this week,” Davis said. Lisle should be familiar with much of the competition. Interstate Eight Conference foes Wilmington, Coal City, Dwight, Herscher, ReedCuster, Plano, Peotone, Seneca, Westmont and Manteno all filter into the Plano sectional.
8PREP ROUNDUP Boys basketball
BENET The Redwings suffered their first East Suburban Catholic Conference defeat when they fell to St. Viator 55-54 Friday night, but they rebounded nicely with a 62-50 win over highly regarded West Aurora Saturday night. Benet (20-4 overall) shot 68 percent from the field in the first half and built a 40-21 halftime lead on they way to a comfortable win. Jack Euritt led Benet with a game-high 18 points. Sean O’Mara had 13 points and Pat McInerney finished with 12 points, nine rebounds and four assists. LISLE The Lions ended a three-game slide by topping rival Westmont 53-49 Friday night. Their record improved to 12-12 overall and 7-1 in the Interstate Eight Conference.
Girls basketball
BENET Highly regarded Marian Catholic topped the Redwings 63-56 Friday night in Chicago Heights. Benet’s record slipped to 17-9 overall. LISLE The Lions completed a perfect run through the Interstate Eight Conference when they won 38-30 over Peotone Jan. 31. Kelly Urban scored a game-high 14 points, nine in the fourth quarter, to lead Lisle (22-5 overall, 11-0 in the I-8).
Girls bowling
LISLE With a score of 4,048, the Lions finished 18th at Saturday’s Plainfield North sectional tournament.
Hockey
BENET The Redwings will take on St. Viator at 7 p.m. Friday at Soldier Field as part of the High School Hockey Face Off event, the third and final game of the day. Tickets are $5 and are available at Benet on Wednesday, Feb. 6. General admission tickets are available for $7 by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000 or by visiting ticketmaster.com.
Bill Ackerman – backerman@shawmedia.com
Lisle’s Skyler Tomko drives by Westmont’s Mara Cooper during their game Jan. 24 in Lisle.