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Four-star Northern Illinois transfer Zarique Nutter commits to Georgia State
Zarique Nutter, a four-star transfer out of Northern Illinois, has committed to Georgia State, he tells 247Sports. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing averaged 15.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists this season that chose to play for Jonas Hayes and the Panthers over other schools including Washington, Arkansas, UCF, San Diego State, Utah, Utah State and many others.
OPRF’s Gupta and Jasinska go 2-2 in badminton doubles at State
Anika Gupta and Lilianna Jasinska competed in the doubles portion of the IHSA state badminton tournament, May 10-11 at DeKalb. The OPRF duo lost their first-round match to Rachele Cameli and Maria Jiao of Hinsdale Central 21-9, 21-7. But they bounced back in the consolation bracket with a pair of victories: 25-23, 21-11 over Annika Biegel and Emily Dominiak of TF South, then 21-12, 21-16 over Sakthi Rajeshkumar and Charlotte Stapley of Downers Grove North.
Strane Captures First Win in Season Opener at Sycamore!
16 cars signed in to the 2024 season opener at Sycamore Speedway in support of the IRA Sprint Cars and the Badger Midgets. 2 rookies, Chad Stouthamer and Nate Kirchner made their series debut as they will battle for Rookie of the Year honors along a few others who weren’t in attendance for the season opener. Quick time was set by the #18 machine of Nick Petska who is returning full time in 2024 for Dream Chaser Racing. In heat race action, Petska was able to drive from 4th and capture Allstsar Performance Heat1 while Tim Brannam used the outside front row starting spot to secure the victory in Rod End Supply Heat #2. Brannam would pull the #3 pill for the feature, again giving him the outside front row starting spot and again was able to get to the point on the opening lap and then use the clean air to his advantage. The field would be bunched back up on lap 14 for a slowing Jeff Schmidt in the 6. The restart would see Brannam lead 2023 Rookie of the Year , Brian Strane Jr, Mark Heinert, Mike Neau, and Nick Petska back to the green. Strane was able to use the middle groove to get by Brannam after an intense 2 lap battle and assume the lead. On the next lap Neau slid Heinert for 3rd in 3 but struggled with traction exiting 4 and got out of shape entering 1 resulting in a “tommy tip over” and bringing out the red flag. Innocent bystander Jacob Irwin had nowhere to go and was collected in the accident. Both would retire from the event with 3 laps to go. Strane commanded the restart and took the white flag with Brannam and Heinert in tow but a spin in T4 would set up over-time and a GWC finish – extending the feature to 21 laps. In the end it was Strane holding on for the win with Brannam and Heinert rounding out the podium. Rookie contender Stouthamer would earn the Weld Racing Hard Charger going +6 in the feature. For 14 year old Strane, it was his first IRA Lightning Sprint victory and he leaves Sycamore as the IRA Lightning Sprints presented by 1175 Sports Park and Eatery point leader. The series takes a week off and then will be back in action for a Memorial Day weekend double header – again with the IRA Sprint Cars both nights on Saturday May 25th at Wilmot Raceway and then Sunday May 26th at 141 Speedway.
Baseball Game Recap: Earlville Takes a Loss
Earlville and Indian Creek squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but Earlville had to settle for second. They fell 8-5 to the Indian Creek Timberwolves. Earlville has struggled against Indian Creek recently, as their match on Tuesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup. For Indian Creek's part, Jeffrey...
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The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series has a busy month of racing action yet this month, with 5 shows over the next 3 weeks including a pair of doubleheaders. All events are designed with the open wheel fan in mind. This Saturday May 11th has the winged 410's at Sycamore Speedway located in northern Illinois. Joining in on the Sycamore fun will be the Badger Midgets and IRA Lightning Sprints in an all open wheel special.
Thiel quick at Sycamore; High Limit at Kokomo, IRA all ahead
SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (May 13, 2024) - A not-so-swell start to the weekend quickly turned into a success story for Scotty Thiel and Team 73, eventually concluding their two-race sweep through Iowa and Illinois with an IRA Outlaw Sprint Series top-five outcome at Sycamore Speedway in Sycamore, Illinois, on Saturday, May 11.
Baseball Recap: Hiawatha comes up short despite Tim Pruitt's strong performance
Hiawatha was the 10-0 winner over Earlville when they last played one another back in May of 2023, but their luck changed this time around. The Hiawatha Hawks fell just short of the Earlville Red Raiders by a score of 10-9 on Friday. Tim Pruitt made the most of his...
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