Newark's Kiara Wesseh medaled in all four events, including a second consecutive win in the high jump, and Sandwich's Sundara Weber won the 3,200, along with other results from Day 2 of the IHSA girls track and field state championships.
Sandwich sophomore Sunny Weber ran the fastest Class 2A 1,600-meter time, while Yorkville junior Courtney Clabough had the fourth-best Class 3A shot put in Friday preliminaries of the state track meet. Oswego East's Hailey Soriaga also advanced to Saturday's finals in pole vault.
Lockport's Brinlee McNabb had a pair “attitude goals” and fellow senior defender Meghan Mack added one. All of the scores came off corner kicks by Emma Czech. It all added up to a 3-0 victory for the host Porters over Oswego East in the final of the Class 3A Lockport Regional.
Joliet Central’s new track and the best running day of the year conspired to send a battalion of runners, jumpers and throwers to next weekend’s 3A state championship.
Kodi Rizzo struck out 16 in a one-hit shutout, and Danica Peshia doubled in two runs in a three-run fifth as Newark beat St. Edward 4-0 in Friday's Class 1A Newark Regional final.
Newark's Kiara Wesseh advanced to Saturday's state finals in all four of her events, leading qualifiers at Thursday's Class 1A preliminaries, and Oswego baseball beat Oswego East in eight innings in Thursday's roundup.
Serena senior pitcher Carson Baker overcame early jitters to help pitch the Huskers past Yorkville Christian 7-3 in Thursday's Class 1A Serena Regional semifinal.
Joe Guiliano struck out six in a complete game five-hit shutout, and Plainfield North beat Yorkville 1-0 in the finale of a three-game series and in the process denied the Foxes the Southwest Prairie West league championship.
Serena defeated Yorkviile Christian 7-3 in the Class 1A Regional semifinal game on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Serena High School.