Justin Bowen’s 3-pointer with two seconds left gave Oak Park and River Forest High School a 58-55 boys basketball victory over Glenbrook South in the Huskies’ home opener on Dec. 9.
Playing against neighboring Oak Park and River Forest High School in the Chicago Elite Classic seems to bring out the best in Fenwick High School boys basketball guard Ty Macariola.
Being ranked #1 in the Chicagoland Soccer Top 25 Poll means the Oak Park and River Forest High School boys soccer team can expect a strong effort from opponents it faces.
Whenever OPRF and Fenwick meet, the matches are often not decided until the very end.“It’s always exciting for our teams, programs, and community,” said OPRF girls volleyball coach Kelly Collins.But this wasn’t the case Sept. 8 when the Huskies and Friars squared off in a match at the OPRF Field House. OPRF breezed to a 25-16, 25-13 victory.“It was a great team win for us,” Collins said. “I thought we did a really nice job of getting different players involved in our attack, and Kinsey [Smith] did a great job of distributing the ball and keeping [Fenwick] guessing.”Grace Nelson, who recorded her 1,000th career kill the previous week, added eight more against Fenwick.“It was awesome and super-special,” said Nelson of her accomplishment.Samantha Shelton led OPRF (13-2) with nine kills, and Smith finished with 21 assists.
Oak Park’s Ascension and St. Giles parishes sent almost 200 teens and adults to Appalachia last month as part of the Appalachia Service Project (ASP), a national youth service organization that provides home repairs using volunteer labor. Both parishes have sponsored ASP trips for more than 20 years. “The ASP is a relationship ministry that does some construction on the side,” said Paul Kraft, who has led 13 Ascension trips. Chris Goetz, who organized St. Giles’ program, stepped up to lead the trip last year when it was in jeopardy of being discontinued. The St. Giles team worked in Knott County in eastern Kentucky, repairing homes devastated by last summer’s flooding. The Ascension team worked in Clay and Wyoming counties in West Virginia. The demographic profile of both areas is similar, with high unemployment rates and about a third of the residents living below the poverty line.