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When consistency fluctuates, golf can be a maddening game. Luckily for Lincoln-Way East coach Mary McGivern, the Griffins are about as dependable as they come. East, led by sophomore medalist Kelly Sterling, continued its steady play to finish second at the Marian Catholic Sectional on Monday. The runner-up status gives East its second trip to state in program history. “The hard part’s … ]]> Wed, 10 Oct 2012 18:59:44 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/15682992-393/girls-golf-lincoln-way-east-primed-for-state-title-run.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/15682992-393/girls-golf-lincoln-way-east-primed-for-state-title-run.html
The scores were trickling in Wednesday at the Class AA Homewood-Flossmoor Regional as Mother McAuley’s Carly Bettinardi and Marian Catholic’s Bree Veazey watched and waited. Each posted a 5-over 76 at Coyote Run, and the scores held up as the final entries trickled in, forcing a playoff to decide the individual champ. Back on the course, Veazey blasted a clean drive down … ]]> Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:10:42 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/15547085-393/girls-golf-carly-bettinardi-wins-playoff-to-capture-h-f-regional.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/15547085-393/girls-golf-carly-bettinardi-wins-playoff-to-capture-h-f-regional.html Marian Catholic senior Julian Childers hasn’t been working out lately. You would never know it by the results of his match against Deerfield’s Toby Ma. Childers vaulted into Saturday’s final four with a 6-0, 6-0 victory over Ma during Friday’s state finals at Hersey. ‘‘I’m not quite playing my best tennis,’’ Childers said. ‘‘I haven’t been in the gym lately and I … ]]> Fri, 25 May 2012 19:07:24 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/12776054-393/story.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/12776054-393/story.html
Friends off the court, Marian Catholic’s Julian Childers and Homewood-Flossmoor’s Brad Holt are quite familiar with each other on the court as well. The two seniors had faced each other three straight times in the sectional finals back to when they were freshmen, and at Saturday’s Marian Catholic Sectional, the duo squared off for a fourth time. In a three-set slugfest in … ]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 15:58:57 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/12641410-393/boys-tennis-marian-catholic-captures-own-sectional.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/12641410-393/boys-tennis-marian-catholic-captures-own-sectional.html
The 2011 season was a campaign of firsts for Marian Catholic’s boys tennis program. The Spartans won their first conference and sectional titles in the school’s 53 years, while also finishing a program-best 12th at the state meet. Returning the core of the 2011 team, Marian is poised to have an even better season. How good could it be? “For sure a … ]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:45:32 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/11252146-393/boys-tennis-marian-catholic-expecting-bigger-things-this-season.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/11252146-393/boys-tennis-marian-catholic-expecting-bigger-things-this-season.html Choosing to swim three relays and only one individual event at the state meet, Sandburg’s Matt Veldman might have appeared to be sacrificing personal for team success. And to a point, the senior was, but Veldman still had individual goals for himself. But Saturday at Evanston High School, it wasn’t only Veldman in the spotlight. It was the Eagles as a team … ]]> Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:45:39 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/10882536-393/swimming-sandburg-4th-as-team-matt-veldman-2nd-in-butterfly.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/10882536-393/swimming-sandburg-4th-as-team-matt-veldman-2nd-in-butterfly.html Head bear Lake Zurich has promoted assistant David Proffitt to head football coach. Proffitt, the Bears’ defensive coordinator for the past six years, will replace Bryan Stortz, who has taken the head coaching job at Rock Island. Proffitt has been coaching high school football for 25 years, including 10 seasons as the head coach at Marian Central (1991-2001). Simeon star Simeon outfielder … ]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:56:19 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/10542914-393/sun-times-high-school-news-and-notes.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/10542914-393/sun-times-high-school-news-and-notes.html Leaders of pack The Class 3A girls and boys cross country champs ran victory laps last weekend, earning top-five finishes last Saturday at the Nike Cross Nationals in Portland, Ore. The Wilmette Running Club, made up of members of the 3A girls champ New Trier squad, took fourth. Freshman Mimi Smith paced Wilmette, taking 14th among team runners (30th overall) with a … ]]> Thu, 08 Dec 2011 18:23:23 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/9331299-393/sun-times-news-and-notes.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/9331299-393/sun-times-news-and-notes.html While the final score was much closer than it had been over recent years, the end result was still very much the same for Lincoln-Way East Saturday at the Homewood-Flossmoor sectional. Led by Taylor Jach, Sloane McDermott and Jana Witulski, the Griffins held off a charge from rival Lincoln-Way North to take the sectional team title, winning 268-259. The title was East’s … ]]> Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:26:32 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8793043-393/girls-swimming-lincoln-way-east-holds-on-for-sectional.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8793043-393/girls-swimming-lincoln-way-east-holds-on-for-sectional.html
A year ago at the state tennis tournament, Homewood-Flossmoor was far and away the top local squad, finishing in a tie for 10th. Lockport was the next closest Southland competitor, another 27 spots back. With their entire team returning, the Vikings expect to climb higher among the state’s elite at this year’s meet, which is being held Thursday through Saturday at 12 … ]]> Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:52:07 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8290394-393/h-fs-entire-squad-back-for-another-state-run.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8290394-393/h-fs-entire-squad-back-for-another-state-run.html For 18 holes Wednesday, Sylvie Brick and Bree Veazey were Marian Catholic teammates. On the 19th, they were foes, playing for the Class 3A regional title at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. Brick won the sudden-death battle with a par 5 on the first extra hole, the 474-yard 17th, while Veazey bogeyed. Together, they led the Spartans to their first regional … ]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:49:05 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8057102-393/marian-catholic-duo-finish-1-2-at-h-f.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/8057102-393/marian-catholic-duo-finish-1-2-at-h-f.html
Low numbers on scorecards preceded high winds on the golf courses Saturday at Green Garden Country Club. When the skies cleared, Prospect came away the clear winner, capturing both the boys and girls competitions in the Green Garden Coed Classic in Frankfort. Prospect’s boys scored a four-stroke victory over Waubonsie Valley (302-306), while the girls beat Marian Catholic by 12 strokes (312-324). … ]]> Sat, 03 Sep 2011 21:10:23 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/7456040-393/lemonts-kling-ties-for-second-at-coed-classic.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/7456040-393/lemonts-kling-ties-for-second-at-coed-classic.html
Woulda, shoulda, coulda. Sylvie Brick had that feeling Monday after scoring 1-over 72 in the Marian Catholic Invitational at Coyote Run Golf Course in Flossmoor. Brick was pleased with winning the individual title, and pleased that Marian Catholic captured the team crown. It’s just that there was so much more out there. “I’m not particularly happy,” Brick said. “There were a lot … ]]> Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:10:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/7105456-393/brick-marian-catholic-open-in-style.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/7105456-393/brick-marian-catholic-open-in-style.html
Playing Homewood-Flossmoor’s Brad Holt in Saturday’s H-F sectional championship, Marian Catholic’s Julian Childers got pushed. With history on the line, Childers pushed back. The junior won the sectional singles title 6-4, 6-1 over Holt while the doubles team of Mitch Zavesky and Kyle Scheffers took first to give Marian Catholic its first ever sectional title. “It’s great for Marian, the boys who … ]]> Sat, 21 May 2011 21:38:13 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/5512585-393/spartans-childers-claims-h-f-sectional.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/5512585-393/spartans-childers-claims-h-f-sectional.html
Marian Catholic (42 points) took home the Lockport Invitational Saturday, out dueling Marmion (39) and Lockport (26) in the eight-team invite. The Spartans had been getting a little tired of looking up in team standings in recent years. "We've been close the last couple years at this invitational and sectionals, but our young team has gotten a little older now," Marian coach … ]]> Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:28:01 CST http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/5010049-393/marian-catholic-edges-out-marmion.html http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/schools/mariancatholic/other_sports/5010049-393/marian-catholic-edges-out-marmion.html