St. Charles North duo finishes 4th

For Naperville North it was a great test going into next week's DuPage Valley Conference Tournament.

While the five final matches amounted to a dual meet between Oak Park and Hinsdale Central, the Huskies took third place at this weekend's Naper Valley Invitational, sparked by a pair of third-place finishes.

Oak Park swept the Red Devils in the three doubles finals to finish with 82 points, while Hinsdale Central's Augie Bloom and Krishna Ravella defeated the Huskies at first and second singles, and the defending state champions finished second with 78 points.

Naperville North was third with 48 points. Host Waubonsie Valley and Wheaton Warrenville South were tied for fourth in the tournament with 32 points each, followed by Downers Grove South with 30, St. Charles North with 29 and Benet with 28. Geneva scored 17 points and West Aurora 7.

Also earning third-place Saturday were Benet's Mark Angel and Tim Martin at second doubles and Wheaton Warrenville South's Brooks Thacker and Ben Tietze of Wheaton Warrenville South at third doubles.

Thacker and Tietze defeated Grant Johnston and Alex Enskat of St. Charles North 6-4, 6-4 in the consolation match.

"Grant and Alex were 8-2 coming into this tournament," said North Stars coach Tim Matacio. "They've done a good job all season. Dan is very quick and Alex is very steady, so they make a good team."

"We played really well today," said Johnston. "We knew we'd be against top competition and we were able to bring a balanced game. Alex is good at the baseline and I'm more of a volleyer. We work well together and we've been improving all year."

Batavia quad: Marmion defeated Batavia 5-2 in the first round of a meet that had to be canceled due to bad weather.

Tom Weiler won first singles for the Cadets in three sets and John Mason and Mike Duofil won second doubles. Alex Haizman picked up a win for Batavia in second singles.

Hononegah defeated Willowbrook 4-0 in the other first round match.