Monday, June 18, the 2012 River Valley Senior Bowl was played at Ward Field on the campus of Olivet Nazarene University, after a weather postponement on June 16. The North and South teams battled to a 23-23 tie. WGFA's Herb Glasgow explains:
Recently, WGFA's Tom Conn talked with Anthony Videka, who was promoted from Assistant Coach to Head Coach of the Watseka Warriors boys basketball team.
Triple jump — Nick Hundley, Jr., Momence, 42-8, 8th place
1600-meter-run — Grant Nykaza, Jr., Beecher, 4:18.34, State Champion
400-meter relay — Momence (Deandre Wright, Eric Thomas, Kris Dagen, Nick Hundley), 43.54, 5th place
800-meter relay — Momence (Eric Thomas, Shizzel Glenn, Kris Dagen, Nick Hundley), 1:43.80, 9th place
Class 2A State Medalists
Long jump — Delano Samuels, Sr., Bishop Mcnamara, 21-11.5, 6th place
Discus — Patrick Long, Sr. Herscher, 175-1, 3rd place
Baseball
Coal City Class 2A Sectional
Herscher 3, Chicago Christian 2 Softball
LeRoy Class 1A Sectional
Dwight 9, Putnam County 8 (8 inn.) Serena Class 1A Sectional
Grant Park 7, Somonauk 4 Crete-Monee Class 3A Sectional
Kankakee 6, Crete-Monee 2
Friday, May 25
Track (boys)
IHSA Class 2A state preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University
Badminton (girls)
IHSA state meet (at Eastern Illinois University)
Madelaine Vaccarro and Nehan Chandan (Bradley-Bourbonnais) place second in doubles (lost 21-6, 15-21, 21-17 to Brittany DeClouette and Emma Adcock of Hinsdale South in championship)
Susan Oo (Bradley-Bourbonnais) loses 21-6, 21-8 to Kara Kentner (Sandburg) in 5th round of consolation bracket
Friday, May 11
HIGH SCHOOL
Baseball
Bradley-Bourbonnais 11, Thornwood 0 (5 innings)
Coal City 4, Manteno 3 (8 innings)
Dwight 15, Seneca 6
Herscher 14, Sandwich 1 (5 innings)
Peotone 6, Reed-Custer 4
Wilmington 2, Aurora Christian 1
Grant Park 6, Watseka 5
Softball
Andrew 18, Bradley-Bourbonnais 6 (5 innings)
Dwight 7, Seneca 2
Herscher 1, Sandwich 0
Kankakee 20, Rich East 4 (5 innings)
Lemont 4, Beecher 3
Coal City 2, Manteno 0
Milford 10, Hoopeston 5
Grant Park 8, Watseka 6; Watseka 6, Grant Park 5
Track and field (girls)
IHSA Class 1A sectionals
Central, Donovan, Iroquois West, Momence, and St. Anne at Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley
STATE QUALIFIERS: Emily Frerichs, Central (triple jump); Abby Rosenboom, Central (discus); Rayanne Wright, Central (200 meter dash, 400 meter dash); Paige Arends, Iroquois West (400 meter dash); Ariel Gibbs, Momence (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, long jump); Amanda Graf, Momence (shot put); Kathryn Graf, Momence (high jump, 100 hurdles); 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams, Momence.
Beecher, Dwight, Reed-Custer, and Wilmington at Seneca
STATE QUALIFIERS: Kacy Murphy, Dwight (pole vault, 100 hurdles); Chelsea Schultz, Dwight (300 hurdles); 4x100 relay team (Schultz-Murphy-Haley Residori-Lisa Bruner), Dwight; Emily Christian, Reed-Custer (pole vault, high jump); Stacie Hall, Reed-Custer (800 meter run); Morgan Zacharias, Reed-Custer (400 meter dash, pole vault); 4x400 relay team, Reed-Custer; Tori Zlomie, Wilmington (triple jump).
Soccer (girls)
IHSA Class 1A regional finals
Herscher 1, Coal City 0 (at Herscher)
Manteno 2, Peotone 1 (at Manteno)
Water polo (boys)
IHSA sectional
Lockport 13, Bradley-Bourbonnais 6 (at Lincoln-Way Central)
Track (girls) Lisle Invite At Benedictine University
Beecher, 9 a.m. Irish Relays At Bishop McNamara
Olympic Division: 1.Kankakee 83 2. Providence 70 3. Bradley-Bourbonnais 65 4. Bishop McNamara 57
Classic Division: 1. Momence 96 2. Central 69 3. Peotone 42 4. Iroquois West 38 5T. Watseka and St. Anne 5
Track (boys)
Beecher, Herscher vs. Lisle at Benedictine University, 9 a.m. Irish Relays At Bishop McNamara
Olympic Division: 1. Providence 81.5 2. Illiana Christian 67 3. Bradley-Bourbonnais 64.5 4. Rich South 32 5. Bishop McNamara 31 6. Kankakee 27
Classic Division: 1. Watseka 83.5 2. Momence 61 3. Central 54 4. Peotone 40 5. St. Thomas More 31 6. Iroquois West 28.5
Soccer (girls) 1A Manteno Regional
Bishop McNamara 4, Grant Park 0
JUNIOR COLLEGE
Baseball
G1: Black Hawk 7, KCC 5
G2: Black Hawk 5, KCC 4
Softball Region IV Final Four At Freeport
KCC 3, Prairie State 2 (Championship) CCAC Tournament At Whiting, Ind
Olivet Nazarene 2, St. Xavier 1 (Championship)
Friday, May 4
HIGH SCHOOL Baseball
St. Thomas More 10, Momence 0 (5 innings)
Iroquois West 5, Donovan 0
Lisle 11, Reed-Custer 1 (5 innings)
Illiana Christian 10, Manteno 0 (5 innings)
Peotone 5, Sandwich 3
Schlarman 4, Milford 1
Herscher 5, Seneca 1
Coal City 8, Wilmington 1
Water polo (boys)
Bradley-Bourbonnais 12, Stagg 11
Water polo (girls)
Bradley-Bourbonnais 16, Stagg 10
COLLEGE
Softball
Region IV Final Four (at Freeport): KCC 2, Moraine Valley 0; KCC 10, Prairie State 1 (5 innings)
CCAC Tournament (at Whiting, Ind): Olivet Nazarene 5, St. Xavier 2
