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Find out who won Daily Leader Athlete of the Week poll for March 18-23
Avery Scheuer has been a solid contributor at the plate to start the 2024 softball campaign, which has helped lead the Dwight catcher to be voted the Pontiac Daily Leader's Athlete of the Week for the week of March 18-23. Scheuer had a good week at the plate as Dwight...
Sunday Sports Rewind; SJO rallies big in two innings to beat visting Pontiac
Jake Schlueter winds up for a pitch against visiting Pontiac during their regular season game in 2018. Sentinel/Clark Brooks ST. JOSEPH - SJO plated four runs in the fourth inning and six in the sixth after going up 1-0 in the bottom of the second to beat visiting Pontiac 11-1 six years ago this coming April. The Spartans went on to finish the season 19-15 and fifth in the Illini Prairie Conference with a 7-5 record. Members of the team included: Drew Coursey, Brayden Weaver, Adam Rose, Blake Primmer, Cody Kern, Crayton Burnett, Nicholas Boggs,...
Area baseball teams get off to rough start to diamond campaign
HERSCHER— Dwight was unable to fend off Herscher as the host Tigers rallied to edge the Trojans 8-7 in a nonconference baseball tilt Thursday. The game was moved from Dwight to Herscher due to wet grounds at DTHS. The Trojans got on the board with two runs in the...
Shae Simons perfect as WFC captures softball season opener
Lexington and Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell each captured wins on the softball diamond to pick up the only victories through the first week of the spring campaign. For Woodland-Flanagan-Cornell, it was much of the same ol' thing as Shae Simons dominated in the circle. Simons was perfect in the season opener for the Warriors as they began with a 10-0 victory over Spring Valley (Hall) Tuesday.
Vote now for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week from March 18-23
A little more cooperation from Mother Nature would be nice as the spring sports season starts revving up. Indoor track has concluded and those athletes will soon be plying their trade outdoors. Still, there were a number of athletes have provided a list of candidates for the Daily Leader Athlete...
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