LANSING, Ill. (December 17, 2022) – Basketball and bowling continued their seasons, with mostly positive results:
Boys Basketball
Tuesday, December 6
Opponent: Argo High School
Results:Â TF South beat Argo 62-55
The Red Wolves were led by Caleb Newman, who scored 21 points in the contest. Romelo Ali scored 14, and Marqell Wilson scored 12.
Tuesday, December 8
Opponent: Hillcrest High School
Results:Â TF South fell to Hillcrest 80-67
Romelo Ali led TFS in scoring with 17, while Marqell Wilson and Daetwan Thomas each contributed 15 points. TFS lost in a nearly identical score to their first contest with Hillcrest in November, which ended 80-68.
Girls Basketball
Wednesday, December 14
Opponent: Romeoville High School
Results:Â TF South bested Romeoville 63-53.
Rayvan Rush scored 15 points and notched 7 steals in the game, while Gigi Dillon led the team with 15 rebounds alongside 11 points. Jaiden Thompson collected 13 points and 9 rebounds, and Tariya Wright scored 12 points.
Thursday, December 15
Opponent: Lemont High School
Results:Â TF South beat Lemont 58-39
Tariya Wright led in the scoring category with 16 points. Rayvan Rush was close behind, notching 15 points alongside 7 rebounds and 5 steals. Katlynn Williams-Clark had 12 points. Gigi Dillon again led the team in rebounds with 9.
TFS’ record is now 11-3.
Boys Bowling
Thursday, December 8
Opponent:Â Bremen High School
Results: TFS lost to Bremen in a close match: 1962-1923
Ethan Modjeski had the high game, at 237.
Tuesday, December 13
Opponent:Â Evergreen Park High School
Results: TFS bowled 2076 in the win over Evergreen Park
High game for the Red Wolves went to Karter Thomas – 244.
Thursday, December 15
Opponent: Hillcrest High School
Results: TFS beat Hillcreat 2009–1771
The two high games on the day went to Ethan Modjeski – 246 and 257.
TF South is now 13-2 on the season.
Athlete of the week
Last week’s athlete of the week was Louis Rocano.
“Lou is a one-man team, on the boys’ swim team. He’s finished third, in three events, in the past couple of weeks,” said Assistant Athletic Director Doug Smith.
Our student athletes deserve local coverage
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