By Fred Kroner St. Joseph had state-qualifiers from its seventh- and eighth-grade teams for the IESA Class 3A girls’ track and field state meet based on sectional results from Saturday (May 13) at Newton. Two seventh-graders advanced in the 800-meter race as Avarie Dietiker ran second (personal-best 2 minutes, 39.86 […]
By Fred Kroner Thanks to the exploits of Clark Roland, the Heritage eighth-grade boys’ track and field team finished 14th in the IESA Class 1A state meet on Saturday (May 13) at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Roland was a three-event placer, highlighted by a second-place finish in the […]
By Fred Kroner The Heritage seventh-grade 400-meter relay foursome of Willa Tatman, Reaghan Stierwalt, Leah DelRossi and Ryann McComas finished 12th on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A state meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Their combined time was 57.73 seconds.
By Fred Kroner Oakwood seventh-grader Nathan Young won the IESA Class 2A seventh-grade high jump state title on Saturday (May 13) in the boys’ track and field finals at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Young cleared 5 feet 7 inches, setting a state record in the process. Young was […]
By Fred Kroner Oakwood’s Taylor Wells recorded the top 800-meter time of her career on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA girls’ Class 1A seventh-grade state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. She ran the race in 2:38.63, an improvement of nearly 7 ½ seconds […]
By Fred Kroner Prairieview Ogden’s eighth-grade boys’ 400-meter relay captured a fourth-place finish on Saturday (May 13) in the IESA Class 1A state track and field meet at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. The foursome consisted of Kaden Wedig, Garrett Loschen, Jack Wear and Aiden Hundley. Their combined time […]
By Fred Kroner Scoring points in four events, the Prairieview Ogden seventh-grade girls’ track and field team finished fourth at state in the IESA Class 1A finals on Saturday (May 13). PVO ended with 22 points in a meet held at the Eastside Centre, in East Peoria. Atleigh Miller was […]
By Fred Kroner Faith Latham had three of Heritage’s six hits on Thursday (May 11), but the Hawks lost their regular-season softball finale at home, 13-2, to Oakwood. Heritage (1-13) returns to action on Tuesday (May 16) in a semifinal game of the Villa Grove Class 1A Regional against the […]
By Fred Kroner Four Heritage athletes and two relays secured top-10 finishes on Thursday (May 11) in the Class 1A girls’ track and field sectional meet at Paxton-Buckley-Loda. The Hawks’ top finisher was Lillian Montgomery, who raced to a third-place finish in the 3,200 meters (14:52.08). Loran Tate had matching […]
By Fred Kroner Two Oakwood athletes, who placed among the top 10 on Thursday (May 11) at the Paxton-Buckley-Loda girls’ Class 1A sectional track and field meet registered their top times. Nikita Taylor was 10th in the 200 meters (28.90 seconds) and Taylor Smoot ran 10th in the 400 meters […]
