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Vote now for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week from May 13-18
The state series has started. The girls had their state track meet while the boys competed in sectional meets. The small schools competed in regionals on the diamond while Pontiac saw its regular baseball and softball seasons end. This provided a plethora of events that led to the creation of a strong list of candidates for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week honor for the week of May 13-18.
Pontiac ends regular season with one-run win over Normal West
NORMAL — A 5-3-5 double play thwarted a comeback effort by the home team as Pontiac escaped with a 4-3 nonconference softball victory over host Normal West Friday. Pontiac scored two runs in the top of the sixth inning, which proved key as the Wildcats took advantage of three PTHS errors to score three runs. The Amerinds ended the rally with a double play on a grounder to Brooke Burger at third, who threw to first for the first out and then took a throw from Cadence Helms to make the third out on the play.
A wild finish favors Pontiac in extra-inning win over Bloomington
A wild pitch led to a wild ending of a what turned out to be a wild game as Pontiac edged Bloomington 10-9 in 10 innings of their nonconference baseball tilt Friday. Then winning run for PTHS was its fourth from the seventh inning on. Pontiac had taken a 6-3 lead with three runs in the top of the sixth inning, but the Purple Raiders pushed across five runs in the bottom of the frame to lead...
Softball Recap: East Peoria wins going away against Streator
East Peoria can now show off ten landslide victories after their most recent contest on Saturday. They blew past the Streator Bulldogs 7-1. That result was just more of the same for these two, as East Peoria also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2019.
Softball Recap: Megan Livingston leads Dwight to victory over Gardner-South Wilmington
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Dwight had no problem doing just that on Saturday. They came out on top against the Gardner-South Wilmington Panthers by a score of 7-4. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Dwight. Madi Ely spent all seven...
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