Kastel's king at 149

Elmhurst wrestler Jeff Kastel (Hinsdale Central) upped his overall record to 30-4 by posting a 5-0 record last week.

Kastel, who's ranked fifth in the nation at 149 pounds, defeated North Central's Jacob Sandborne 15-7 a 5-0 record last week. Kastel also defeated North Central's Jacob Sandborne 15-7 in a 20-14 dual-meet loss for the Bluejays last Wednesday.

On Saturday, Kastel was 4-0 at the Border Brawl Duals at Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Kastel, a senior, now has a 108-37 career record and is only 6 wins shy of becoming Elmhurst's all-time leader in wins.

"Jeff has been a huge part of building a successful wrestling program," said Elmhurst coach Steve Marianetti. "He's been a starter for four years and is an example of how our wrestlers should be performing."

Kyle Katz (4-0 at 149) and Jake Oster (3-0 at 125) were both perfect at the Border Brawl. Freshman heavyweight Mark Corsello posted a 3-1 record while scoring a 7-5 win over fifth-ranked Sean Evans of Wisconsin-Whitewater. It was Corsello's second win of the year over a wrestler ranked in the top five.

Men's basketball: The Elmhurst men's basketball team (13-4, 3-3) split a pair of games against College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin opponents last week.

Brent Ruch and Ryan Burks scored 13 apiece in the Bluejays 66-39 win over North Park last Wednesday and both players recorded double-doubles in Saturday's 79-75 overtime loss to Wheaton. Ruch finished with 19 points and 13 boards, while Burks had 13 points and 12 rebounds.

For the season, Burks ranks fourth in the CCIW with a 17.3 ppg average and leads the league in 3-pointers with 42 and free-throw percentage at .915.

Ruch is fifth in the league in scoring at 16.5 and third in rebounding with an 8.6 rpg average. He also leads the league with a .663 field goal percentage and he's second in free-throw percentage at .870.

DuPage: John Shodipo (Lisle) played his best game of the year, thus far, according to coach Don Klaas, scoring 20 points to help lead the College of DuPage men's basketball team (10-11, 1-2) to a 54-51 win over North Central Community College Conference foe Harper.

Down 33-24 at halftime, the Chaps turned up the heat in its matchup zone defense and held the Hawks to only 18 second-half points, for their first conference win of the season.

"We played our best defense of the year in the second half," said Klaas.

All-American Tim Niles also scored 20 for DuPage.

The Chaps host Wright College today at 7 p.m.

Women's basketball: The College of DuPage women (13-9, 2-1) snapped a three-game skid with a 66-42 win over Harper College last Saturday. Three Chaps scored in double figures led by Amanda Smith (Willowbrook) with 19 points, while Bonnie Nge (Westmont) collected 13 and LaChelle Williams (Addison Trail) added 11.

The Chaps will host Wright College today at 5 p.m.

Benedictine: For the second time in as many weeks, Benedictine senior Kimyenna Abron rewrote the Eagles' indoor track and field record books as the Eagles finished in ninth-place at the Wisconsin Whitewater Invitational.

Abron again broke the records she set just last week in both the 55 and 200 meters. And in her first-ever race in the 400 at the collegiate level, Abron established a new record, as well.

Abron ran a 7.40 in the preliminaries in the 55, which was the top qualifying time for the 52 entrants. She went on to finish third in the finals with a time of 7.48.

In the 200 meters, Abron took first place out of 56 race entrants, finishing in 26.74, just ahead of the second-place runner.

In the 400 meters, Abron placed third in 59.85.

She was the top finisher from any Northern Athletics Conference school in all three events.

North Central: The ninth-ranked North Central wrestling team (14-1) posted a 3-1 record and placed second at the Border Brawl Duals last Saturday at Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Junior Ben Youel (34-6), who's ranked No. 7 in the nation at 165, was a perfect 4-0, including a victory over third-ranked Jake Wozniak of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.

Senior Adam Johnson, the No. 1-ranked wrestler in the nation at 133, also went 4-0 on the weekend.