Neighbor Sports

Basketball

Openings: Next Level Basketball Academy is forming its boys spring AAU basketball teams for fifth- to 11th-graders. For more information, call (847) 508-2721 or e-mail NLBA1@yahoo.com.

Dodgeball

Spring league: A Saturday dodgeball league for third- through sixth-graders will be held Saturdays from 2 to 4 p.m. April 5 to May 31 at the JCYS Northwest Family Center, 1700 Weiland Road, Buffalo Grove. The fee is $85. For more information, call Isaac Brubaker at (847) 279-0900 or visit the Web site at jcys.org/northwest.

Golf

Substitutes needed: The Elk Grove Village Senior Men's Golf League, which plays on Tuesday mornings at Fox Run Golf Links, needs substitutes. This is a handicapped league with four flights and tee off at 7:30 a.m. Substitutes will fill in for absent members, are guaranteed to play, and do not have to be Elk Grove Village residents.

The season starts April 22, and runs until Sept. 2. There will be a meeting of members and substitutes to organize teams and explain rules on April 15. For information, call Gerald Aleksy at (847) 910-1247.

Gymnastics

Itasca meet: Level 4 and Level 6 teams from North Shore Gymnastics in Lake Forest participated in the Itasca Gymnastics Invitational. Eight-year-old Laken Ritzert of Lake Forest walked away with top honors in the Level 4 division. She placed first in all four events making her the all-around champion as well. In the 10-year-old division, Madeleine Collins of Lake Forest won vault and placed second all around. The Level 4 girls swept uneven bars as Laken Ritzert placed first, Chapin Grumhaus of Lake Forest placed second and Rachel Weis of Libertyville placed third in the 8 and under age group.

Three of the four specialty awards were won by North Shore Level 6 girls. Isabella Armstrong of Wilmette won best form on beam, Laura Blake of Lake Forest won best swing on uneven bars and Devin Shannon won best leaps on floor. Isabella Armstrong also won the all around and Devin Shannon placed first on beam.

Hockey

Stevenson vs. Glenbard S.: The Stevenson Patriots beat the Glenbrook South team 3-1 in the fourth game of the Metro North Junior Varsity round robin playoffs. South was coming off a victory over first seed Glenbrook North and Stevenson was coming off of a defeat by New Trier.

Stevenson began the scoring in the first period when Marc Weiner scored on a rebound. Glenbrook tied the game in the second period.

In the third period the Patriots' Justin Krupp scored on a power play on a soft shot from the blue line. It appeared to hit someone in front of the net and deflected past the goalie for what proved to be the game winner. Tyler St. Martin scored to clinch the game at 3-1. Strong play by Marc Weiner and Justin Krupp combined with Mitch Levinson's goaltending contributed to the victory.

After the game, Stevenson still had to defeat Lake Forest and Glenbrook South would have to lose to St. Viator for Stevenson to advance in the Metro playoffs.