Oak Lawn graduate Davion Lawrence is filling the stat sheet this season for St. Xavier.
He entered this week leading the Cougars in scoring (14.9 points per game), 3-pointers made (45) and steals (27).
He is also second in rebounding (4.5 per game) and third in assists (26).
While he is happy he can help the Cougars out in so many different ways, there is one stat that he hopes can change soon: the team’s won-loss record.
Through 21 games, the Cougars are 8-13 with six regular-season games left and are in jeopardy of experiencing their first losing season since 2018-19’s 10-20 mark.
Six of the 13 losses were by six points or less and the Cougars suffered a nine-point overtime defeat to neighbor Trinity Christian.
“It’s been tough to watch a few baskets go in and out, but we stay together,” Lawrence said. “We’re way better than our record, honestly. It’s just the little things. We have to fix those.
“The best thing is that even though our record is what it is, we don’t point fingers.”
After college, the sports nutrition and medicine major would like to open up a fitness facility. When he was in high school, he lost 45 pounds between his junior and senior year and kept it off four years later as he is listed at 6-foot-6, 230 pounds.
He said that eating and exercise discipline is the key.
“Motivation and discipline are two different things,” he said. “You could be motivated, but you have to be disciplined to be able to do it.”
Lyons third in state dance
Lyons won its first IHSA trophy in competitive dance, taking second in the Class 3A state finals on Jan. 30-31 at Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington.
The Lions scored a 96.60 to finish runner up to Lake Park (96.88). Andrew (89.10) finished 10th and Sandburg (88.94) took 11th.
Nazareth placed 10th in Class 2A with an 86.08 and Evergreen Park with 10th in 1A with an 85.14.
Oak Lawn 10th in boys bowling
Oak Lawn rolled a 12,236 for 12 games and finished 10th in the IHSA state tournament Jan. 30-31 at St. Clair Lanes in O’Fallon.
Spartans senior Charlie Dell was the top area finisher with a 2,632, good for 11th place.
Cheerleaders heading to state
Sandburg and Shepard won sectional cheerleading titles on Jan. 31.
Sandburg took first in the Class 3A Reavis Sectional with a 96.03. Defending state champion Marist was second with a 94.20, Andrew was third with a 94.17 and Mother McAuley fifth with a 90.87.
Shepard took first in the coed division with a 93.15 and Lyons was fourth with a 91.32.
In Class 3A, Evergreen Park was third with a 90.50 and St. Laurence was fifth with an 88.97.
Kafka hired by Lions
Former St. Rita standout Mike Kafka, who spent a chunk of the 2025 season as interim head coach of the New York Giants, has been hired as an offensive coach for the Detroit Lions.
The 38-year-old Kafka had a 2-5 record in his stint with the Giants, finishing the season off with a 34-10 win over the Raiders and 34-17 triumph over the Cowboys.
Forty-two for Fleitas
Oak Lawn’s Bianca Fleitas broke the girls basketball program’s record with 42 points in a 74-37 win over Richards on Jan. 29.