Bloom Township Boys Race to Title at Indoor Track Meet

Blazing. Yep, that's the word.

The Bloom Township boys track and field team recently took first place in the Gene Armer Invite at the University of Illinois.

The Blazing Trojans did it with a team effort.

Bloom won only one event but scored in all but three events as it ruled in the 31-team field. Craig Davis won the 200-meter dash with a time of 22.85 and also took third in the 55 meter dash.

Michael Henry took second in the 800 and was part of Bloom's second-place finishing 4x800 relay team. He was joined on the team by  Jacob Hernandez, Nick Anderson and Rexford Wiafe. Chris Kress took third in the 55-hurdles, while D’Vonte Gore took third in the high jump and sixth in the triple jump.

Marian off to Hot Start

The Marian Catholic baseball team is off to a hot start.  After winning just eight games last season, the Spartans already have posted five wins (5-1 overall) in six games, including a 5-3 victory over Bradley-Bourbonnais.

The Spartans scored all of their runs in the first inning against Bradley, highlighted by a Brett Lilek RBI double. In the Spartans' 8-7 comeback victory over Crete-Monee earlier in the week, Jeff Leppellere cracked a two-run single in the bottom of the sixth inning and finished with three RBIs. Mitch Weissenhofer tossed two innings of scoreless relief to pick up the victory.

Turnaround Time

After starting the season with five straight losses, the Marian Catholic boys volleyball team is on a two-game winning streak.

 The Spartans defeated St. Laurence (25-15, 25-10) in their final game of the Marist tournament last Saturday. Bob Piekarski picked up his first win as coach of the Spartans.

Then, on Wednesday, the Spartans beat Joliet West (25-14, 25-21) as Will Craft had five kills. Jay Hochstetler had 11 assists. Matt Novosel and Jason Kint each added three kills. Dwayne Cecil and Matt Anderson both had two kills, and Connor Fagan notched eight digs.

Extra Points

Both the Marian Catholic boys and girls lacrosse teams got their season’s off to great starts.

The girls defeated Mother McAuley 22-13 on Tuesday to improve to 3-0.  Emma Terrazas and Hannah Conway each had team-highs with six goals, while Shelby Cosman had four goals and Liz O’Malley had three goals. Conway also had four assists and Terrazas had three assists.

The Marian boys won their opener 10-7 over Lincoln-Way on Wednesday.  Alexander Videka scored six goals and added three assists, while Ryan Thier added three goals and an assist. Sean Kelly recorded nine saves in goal for the Spartans.

Keep an Eye Out

The Rich Central baseball team has two highly touted college prospects on its roster.  Pitcher/first Baseman Tyler House is signed to play at Missouri next season, while Northern Illinois and several other Division I schools are looking hard at second basemen Nick Collins.