St. Francis will add boys and girls swimming
St. Francis athletic director Paul Linden said Friday the Wheaton parochial school will add boys and girls swimming for the 2008-09 school year.
Because the school doesn't have a swimming pool, it is trying to find another place to hold practices, and it won't have any home meets.
Kristina Lipskis, a St. Francis math teacher, has been named to coach both the girls team, which will swim in the fall, and the boys team, which swims in the winter season. Lipskis, a 2001 graduate of St. Charles East High School, won three state team championships with the Saints. She also swam at Ohio State University and served as a graduate assistant coach there.
"St. Francis is fortunate to have an individual with the drive, passion and dedication of Kristina Lipskis leading this initial chapter in the history of St. Francis team swimming," Linden said. "Since the first day of our investigation into if swimming was a viable option for expansion, she was an enthusiastic driving force in making this vision a reality."
Actually, St. Francis has had swimming teams in the past, including a fourth-place girls team finish in 1979.
Baseball
Batavia 7, Morris 6 (9 innings): Morris jumped ahead with four runs in the first, but Batavia kept battling. Trailing by three in the seventh, Alex Beckmann and Brad Brandenburg had RBI hits and Batavia (18-12) scored the tying run on a walk.
After neither team scored in the eighth, Brandenburg led off the ninth with a double off the left field fence. With one out and the bases full, Tim Drish singled home the winning run.
Marmion 9-3, Streator 7-1: The Cadets (15-8) won 14 of their final 17 regular season games. They knocked off 24-8 Streator on the road in a twinbill on Saturday.
In Game 1, an eight-inning affair, Dave DeSimone tripled, walked twice, and scored three runs. On the mound, he also picked up his fourth win of the year. Matt Milroy went 3-for-5, hit his fourth homer of the year, and drove in three.
Game 2 saw Allen Kus limit Streator to 1 run over 5 innings, striking out nine.
Softball
Westmont 13, Aurora Christian 3: The Eagles got off to a great start, scoring three runs in the top of the first. But the Sentinels' offense proved too much as they scored at least twice in all five innings. Megan Cryder went 2-for-3 a double and scored a run. The Eagles ended their season with a 6-16 record.
Kaneland 7-12, Rosary 0-0: In the opener, Vicki Mathieu batted 2-for-4 with a double and 3 RBI. Jordan Hester added 3 hits. Kylie Schalz and Courtney Classen both had 2 hits for Rosary (17-12).
Game 2 saw Kaneland (21-6) outhit Rosary 13-2. Lindsay Hansen homered and collected 3 RBI. Brianna Hurst and Chastity Mangers added 3 hits each. On the mound, Brittney Nelson picked up her third win.
Plainfield North 6, Geneva 3:ŒThe Tigers scored five runs in the sixth to take the nonconference game in Geneva. Danielle Caprile batted 4-for-4 with a pair of doubles for the Vikings (13-14).