Boys tennis in the area wrapped up last week when Marion Harding's Alexander and Sebastian Lisiecki moved one match away from earning a Division I state berth.
The brother doubles team became the first Harding boys to win a district match since 2007 and the first to do so in the Central District since 2001.
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As for softball, that also wrapped up last week as none of the area teams could get by the district semifinals.
So that leaves baseball with five schools still playing during district week this week, while track and field moves on to regionals.
Last week's polls
As for last week's Marion Star Best of the Week Performer Polls, the girls saw 2,334 votes cast with the winner earning 1,028 (44 percent). Winning it was Cardington track's Magi Hallabrin who won the Knox Morrow Athletic Conference championship in the 800 meters at 2:32.72 and was second in the 1600 and third in the 3200.
Other girls nominees were Ridgedale softball's Alexis Burton, River Valley track's Eva Moran, Marion Harding softball's Janaiye Braddy, North Union track's Gabby Lindsey and Mount Gilead track's Kimberly Staley.
In last week's boys poll, there were 720 votes with Highland baseball's Kort Sears winning it with 314 (44 percent). Sears helped his team clinch a sixth straight league championship by pitching a three-hitter with two walks and seven strikeouts plus two singles against Ontario.
Other boys nominees were River Valley track's Cooper Miller, Pleasant track's Hudson Warner, North Union track's Tyler Huff, Ridgedale track's Brogan Weston, Mount Gilead track's Logan High and the Harding doubles team of the Lisiecki brothers.
The Marion Star's next-to-last poll of the school year will be this week for boys and girls. Voting for each can be conducted at MarionStar.com and its app through early Sunday morning.
Boys Poll
● Elgin baseball's Stephen Castillo-Carey pitched six-and-⅔ innings in a sectional championship win, striking out two, walking four and scattering 10 hits, while also getting a single.
● Northmor baseball's Drew Hammond worked six innings and gave up one hit, four walks and 10 strikeouts to go with a double and the game winning run in the sectional final.
● River Valley track's Cooper Miller earned his fourth straight Division II district championship in the pole vault with a leap of 13-6.
● Mount Gilead track's Will Baker won a pair of Division III district races, taking the 1600 in 4:18.08 and the 3200 in 9:31.4.
● Pleasant track's Hudson Warner won a Division III district title in the 110 hurdles with a 16.26 and was runner-up in the long jump at 21-4.5.
● Marion Harding track's Carter Ferguson broke a school record that stood since 1999 when he was sixth in the 3200 at the Division I district in 9:38.13.
Girls Poll
● Marion Harding track's Lydia Price set a school record that stood since 2007 in the 1600 with a 5:10.84 and also posted an 11:26.41 in the 3200 to advance to the Division I regional in both events.
● North Union track's Gabby Lindsey advanced to the Division II regional in four events after winning the district 200 in 25.95, taking third in the 400 at 58.87, ending fourth in the long jump at 16-10.25 and helping the 4x800 team to a runner-up spot.
● Highland track's Camryn Miller won the Division II district in the 3200 with an 11:48.5.
● River Valley track's Eva Moran took the pole vault district crown in Division II with a leap of 11-6.
● Northmor track's Natalie Hunter won the Division III pole vault district title with a height of 9-4.
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