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Athletes from La Salle Lincoln, Mendota Northbrook and Princeton Logan win IESA 3A medals.
St. Bede's Alex Ankiewicz was voted NewsTribune Athlete of the Week after throwing a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts in the regular season finale.
The La Salle-Peru softball team lost to a pair of ranked teams Saturday.
Lauren Harbison struck out 12 and hit an RBI triple, and the Henry-Senachwine softball team beat Annawan-Wethersfield 2-0 on Friday to win its first regional title since 2006.
Former IVCC volleyball coach Kaitlyn Edgcomb has been hired to coach the St. Bede volleyball team.
L-P's Elli Sines, Mendota's Mariyah Elam and Princeton's Morgan Foes and Camryn Driscoll advanced to the 2A state track and field finals.
Princeton senior Morgan Foes and sophomore Camryn Driscoll advanced to Saturday's IHSA Class 2A State Track and Field finals.
Boys track athletes from Hall, Putnam County, Mendota, Princeton, Bureau Valley, Fieldcrest and Amboy qualified for the state meet and more in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.
Princeton throwers Payne Miller, Cade Odell and Ian Morris qualified for the boys state track and field meet and more in Thursday's BCR roundup.
The Bureau Valley baseball team's season ended with a loss to Rockridge in a Class 2A Princeton Regional semifinal Thursday.
Hall hired Logan Larson as its next football coach. Larson, 29, played football at Southeast Missouri State and has been a high school assistant for six years, including the last three at Athens where he helped the Warriors to a Class 2A state title game appearance last fall.
Mendota freshman Mariyah Elam is tied for the top seed in the high jump entering the Class 2A state meet. L-P's Elli Sines and Aubrey Duttlinger and Princeton's Camryn Driscoll and Morgan Foes also will compete at state.
The Hall baseball team and Putnam County softball team advanced to regional title games and more in Wednesday's NewsTribune roundup.
The L-P girls soccer team beat Morris 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to a regional final for the first time in program history, while Streator's season ended with a loss to Morton.
Oglesby Washington Ella Jane Burke won the seventh grade IESA Class 2A discus title and many other area athletes claimed state medals.