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Pontiac produces strong week on softball diamond
Aubry Shepherd kept the bats of Illinois Valley Central quiet and Pontiac scored in each of the four innings in a 10-0 Illini Prairie Conference softball contest Friday at The Diamond at Williamson Field. Shepherd held the Grey Ghosts to just two hits while striking out five in the five-inning...
No-hitter highlights big week for Henry Brummel, Pontiac
RANTOUL — It’s easy to say that Henry Brummel has Rantoul’s number. The senior right-hander tossed his second no-hit gem against the Eagles in two years as Pontiac posted a 6-0 victory in Illini Prairie Conference baseball on April 8. Brummel, an Indiana University pitching recruit, was...
Vote now for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week from April 15-20
Mother Nature certainly cooperated well enough to provide opportunities for area athletes to excel, and quite a few did so on the diamond, track and in the field. This has provided a strong list of candidates for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week honor for the week of April 15-20.
Extra Effort: Pontiac’s Elena Krause a standout athlete, multi-talented student
PONTIAC, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — She’s a big-time high school softball player now but Elena Krause remembers when she first started playing softball. She wasn’t crazy about it. “For a while I didn’t like it but now I love it because of my teammates and coaches,” Krause said. “I remember playing when I was eight. My […]
Find out who won Daily Leader Athlete of the Week poll for April 8-13
The outcome needs to be close in any good competition. Such was the case this week as Dominic Martin of Ridgeview-Lexington’s track and field team edged past Prairie Central baseball player Gavin Tredennick to be voted the Pontiac Daily Leader's Athlete of the Week for the week of April 8-13. Martin claimed victories in the 110-meter high hurdles and the 300 intermediate hurdles while also anchoring the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams to victory at the Tri-Valley...
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