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Girls track state qualifiers, softball hurlers: Vote for the SJ-R's athlete of the week
Here are the nominees for the State Journal-Register's athlete of the week poll. The poll closes at noon on Friday. Information about the nominees is below. Litchfield's Drake Gasperson won last week's poll with 2,017 votes. If you have trouble viewing the poll, click on this link. ...
Results: Kubota High Limit Racing At Tri-City Speedway
Kubota High Limit Racing held its lone event of the season in the state of Illinois on Saturday at Tri-City Speedway, the 3/8-mile oval a short drive from Downtown St. Louis. Brent Marks of Myerstown Pa., notched his first victory of the touring season in topping series point leader Brad Sweet by 0.894 seconds.
Impson leads Springfield High baseball's last link to 2021 state champion team
Springfield High pitcher Sam Hartl was in complete command. But when he ran into trouble in the third inning of his team's recent baseball game against Litchfield, fellow senior Seth Impson sauntered over to the mound and not only assuaged his longtime teammate with a short pep talk, but also relayed the perfect pitch to get out of the jam. ...
Pawnee's future in good hands with sophomore Ava Rodriguez-Mansholt
She doesn’t like to hog attention from teammates, preferring the spotlight to shine on others, so don’t call her the next A-Rod, please. However, the statistics Ava Rodriguez-Mansholt has put up this season for the Pawnee softball team demand attention. Entering last week, Mansholt was hitting .490 for...
Sturdy, Patterson say pros outweigh cons of having fathers as coaches
They get special treatment. They get more playing time. They get the benefit of the doubt and more praise than the other players. They get all this because their coach is also their dad. Nepotism, baby. For two softball players in the area at least, they say the opposite is...
Baseball Game Recap: Glenwood Victorious
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Glenwood had no problem doing just that on Wednesday. They walked away with a 4-1 victory over the Lee-Scott Academy Warriors. The win was nothing new for Glenwood as they're now sitting on six straight. Glenwood is...
ETHS boys gymnastics: Wildkits vault to 2nd in state
Erik Van Leer could follow the example of some of the other elite gymnasts in the state of Illinois next year and go back to focusing on competing at club national tournaments. Or he could return for his senior year at Evanston and seek the high school spotlight in the...
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