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Friday 5: 3/5/10
Area Class 1A and 2A IBCA Girls Basketball All-State Athletes – Area Class 3A and 4A
Three-Point Contest Qualifiers – IHSA Academic All-State Team Released – Bowling
Advisory Committee Meets – Streator Boys Could End Long Drought
Three-Point Contest Qualifiers – IHSA Academic All-State Team Released – Bowling
Advisory Committee Meets – Streator Boys Could End Long Drought
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By Cody Cutter
Northern Illinois Sports Beat Publisher
Today is Friday, March 5, 2010. This is Week 28 of the high school sports season.
Redbird Arena is hosting the large school Girls Basketball State Tournament. The Peoria
Civic Center will host the small school Boys Basketball State Tournament next weekend.
Baseball, softball, badminton, boys tennis and girls soccer can all begin playing games in
10 days.
There will be NO Friday 5 next week due to this writer's vacation.
Area Class 1A and 2A IBCA Girls Basketball All-State Athletes
The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association selected its choices for its Class “1A & 2A” All-
State Teams. Four teams were selected in addition to an honorable mention list. The
selections were determined on the morning of the first day of the small school Girls
Basketball State Tournament this past Friday.
Area players named to the First Team were Jenna Thorp of Class 1A champion Hinckley-
Big Rock, Kelly Buresh of Annawan and A.J. Ledbetter of Alleman.
Laci Peterson of IVC was named to the Second Team. Bureau Valley's Melanie Thompson
and Alleman's Selam Mulugeta. Newark's Lauren McNanna, H-BR's Kaitlin Phillips and
Tess Godhardt, Byron's Meghan Fitts and Rockford Christian's Amy Hicks were named to
the Fourth Team.
Area players selected as Honorable Mention were: Courtney Doty and Lauren Hasbrook
(BV), Julie Haye (Polo), Claire Sigel (Prophetstown), Emily Scott (Harvard), Haley Magee
(Stockton), Trinesha Cornell (Keith), H-BR's Maxzine Rossler, Alleman's Angie Ledford,
Newman's Sarah Cesarek, Mendota's Lauren Kellen, Eastland's Courtney Blair and
Aquin's Sophie Bruner.
Area Class 3A and 4A Three-Point Contest Qualifiers
Three area girls basketball players have qualified for the Country Financial Three-Point
Showdown this weekend at the large school Girls Basketball State Tournament.
Kaitlyn Green of Freeport and Amanda Hart of Marengo, both out of the DeKalb
Sectional, will compete in the Class 3A contest. Auburn's Phyllis Woodard is the area's
lone qualified from Class 4A.
Prelimaries were held on Thursday. Green hit seven threes and Hart hit five, but they
failed to advance to the next round. Woodard hit three, but also failed to advance.
Finals will be held in between Class 3A and 4A semifinal games. The 1A winner
(Brimfield's Kelsey Herridge) and 2A winner (Bloomington Central Catholic's Allie Norton)
will compete against the 3A and 4A winners for the Queen of the Hill championship on
Saturday.
IHSA Academic All-State Team Released
The Illinois High School Association announced the names of 26 students selected to its
All-State Academic team, sponsored by Caterpillar. Thirteen boys and 13 girls were
selected in all from a group of over 500 nominated. Another 50 students were named to
the honorable mention list.
Nominees needed to possess a minimum 3.50 GPA on a 4.00 scale after their seventh
semester, participated in at least two IHSA-sponsored activities during each of the last
two years and demonstrated outstanding citizenship. One male winner and one female
winner from each of the seven IHSA Board of Directors Divisions were selected initially,
with the final 12 spots on the team rounded out with at-large candidates from all over
Illinois.
Three area athletes were named to the All-State Academic Team: Boylan's Mitchell Faulk,
Dixon's Katherine Kleinmaier, and Keith's Lamise Al-Basha.
Nine area athletes were named as Honorable Mention: Belvidere North's Adam Luthin,
Durand's Daniel Johnson, Geneseo's Aaron Kotecki, Genoa-Kingston's Ethan Menges,
Hall's Claire Faletti, Ottawa's Katherine Duffy, Rochelle's Geoff Huntley, Sterling's Ember
Schuldt and Warren's Danielle Balbach.
Bowling Advisory Committee Meets
The IHSA Boys and Girls Bowling Advisory Committee met for their yearly meeting on
Wednesday, February 24. The topics of State Meet start times and the addition of
Regionals were discussed.
State Meet times for the Friday session were recommended to begin one-half hour earlier.
The sessions currently begin at 10:15 a.m. According to the committee, the change is to
accommodate the local bowling leagues at O'Fallon's St. Clair Bowl and Rockford's Cherry
Bowl that compete on Friday nights.
Regional meets were also recommended to be added in both girls and boys competition.
According to the committee, sectional meets have too many teams in them. Establishing
regional meets would mean fewer teams would compete at the sectional level. The
committee has discussed this proposal off-and-on in the past couple of years.
The top four teams and top ten individuals not a part of a qualifying team would advance
from the regional level to the sectional level. The top four teams and top five individuals
not a part of a qualifying team would advance from the sectional level to the Girls Bowling
State Meet. The top six teams and seven individuals not a part of the qualifying team
would advance from the sectional level to the Boys Bowling State Meet. In addition, there
shall be two at-large qualifiers in Boys Bowling.
The boys regional would take place on the Martin Luther King holiday, with the girls
regional taking place the Tuesday after the boys State Meet.
Streator Boys Could End Long Drought
The LaSalle-Peru Regional final tonight pits NCIC Reagan division rivals Streator and
Morris. They are the only two Reagan teams left in competition in Class 3A. They were
tied with Ottawa for last place in the division.
If one thinks that's remarkable, both Morris and Streator are looking to break long
championship droughts. Morris, in their first season in the NCIC, hasn't won a Regional
championship since 1994-95. Streator hasn't won a Regional championship since 1969.
The 40-year drought is the longest of all of the area boys basketball survivors. The
longest drought between postseason basketball championships in area history is
Milledgeville (1930-31). Leland/Earlville and Durand have the third longest drought,
having not won a Regional title since 1978-79. Dixon owns the second largest drought for
large schools, having not won one since 1985-86.
Streator and Morris tip off at 7:00 p.m. tonight.
Cody Cutter is the Publisher of Northern Illinois Sports Beat. He can be reached at
Northernillinoissportsbeat@yahoo.com. --- Talk about what's written on our Message
Boards!
Northern Illinois Sports Beat Publisher
Today is Friday, March 5, 2010. This is Week 28 of the high school sports season.
Redbird Arena is hosting the large school Girls Basketball State Tournament. The Peoria
Civic Center will host the small school Boys Basketball State Tournament next weekend.
Baseball, softball, badminton, boys tennis and girls soccer can all begin playing games in
10 days.
There will be NO Friday 5 next week due to this writer's vacation.
Area Class 1A and 2A IBCA Girls Basketball All-State Athletes
The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association selected its choices for its Class “1A & 2A” All-
State Teams. Four teams were selected in addition to an honorable mention list. The
selections were determined on the morning of the first day of the small school Girls
Basketball State Tournament this past Friday.
Area players named to the First Team were Jenna Thorp of Class 1A champion Hinckley-
Big Rock, Kelly Buresh of Annawan and A.J. Ledbetter of Alleman.
Laci Peterson of IVC was named to the Second Team. Bureau Valley's Melanie Thompson
and Alleman's Selam Mulugeta. Newark's Lauren McNanna, H-BR's Kaitlin Phillips and
Tess Godhardt, Byron's Meghan Fitts and Rockford Christian's Amy Hicks were named to
the Fourth Team.
Area players selected as Honorable Mention were: Courtney Doty and Lauren Hasbrook
(BV), Julie Haye (Polo), Claire Sigel (Prophetstown), Emily Scott (Harvard), Haley Magee
(Stockton), Trinesha Cornell (Keith), H-BR's Maxzine Rossler, Alleman's Angie Ledford,
Newman's Sarah Cesarek, Mendota's Lauren Kellen, Eastland's Courtney Blair and
Aquin's Sophie Bruner.
Area Class 3A and 4A Three-Point Contest Qualifiers
Three area girls basketball players have qualified for the Country Financial Three-Point
Showdown this weekend at the large school Girls Basketball State Tournament.
Kaitlyn Green of Freeport and Amanda Hart of Marengo, both out of the DeKalb
Sectional, will compete in the Class 3A contest. Auburn's Phyllis Woodard is the area's
lone qualified from Class 4A.
Prelimaries were held on Thursday. Green hit seven threes and Hart hit five, but they
failed to advance to the next round. Woodard hit three, but also failed to advance.
Finals will be held in between Class 3A and 4A semifinal games. The 1A winner
(Brimfield's Kelsey Herridge) and 2A winner (Bloomington Central Catholic's Allie Norton)
will compete against the 3A and 4A winners for the Queen of the Hill championship on
Saturday.
IHSA Academic All-State Team Released
The Illinois High School Association announced the names of 26 students selected to its
All-State Academic team, sponsored by Caterpillar. Thirteen boys and 13 girls were
selected in all from a group of over 500 nominated. Another 50 students were named to
the honorable mention list.
Nominees needed to possess a minimum 3.50 GPA on a 4.00 scale after their seventh
semester, participated in at least two IHSA-sponsored activities during each of the last
two years and demonstrated outstanding citizenship. One male winner and one female
winner from each of the seven IHSA Board of Directors Divisions were selected initially,
with the final 12 spots on the team rounded out with at-large candidates from all over
Illinois.
Three area athletes were named to the All-State Academic Team: Boylan's Mitchell Faulk,
Dixon's Katherine Kleinmaier, and Keith's Lamise Al-Basha.
Nine area athletes were named as Honorable Mention: Belvidere North's Adam Luthin,
Durand's Daniel Johnson, Geneseo's Aaron Kotecki, Genoa-Kingston's Ethan Menges,
Hall's Claire Faletti, Ottawa's Katherine Duffy, Rochelle's Geoff Huntley, Sterling's Ember
Schuldt and Warren's Danielle Balbach.
Bowling Advisory Committee Meets
The IHSA Boys and Girls Bowling Advisory Committee met for their yearly meeting on
Wednesday, February 24. The topics of State Meet start times and the addition of
Regionals were discussed.
State Meet times for the Friday session were recommended to begin one-half hour earlier.
The sessions currently begin at 10:15 a.m. According to the committee, the change is to
accommodate the local bowling leagues at O'Fallon's St. Clair Bowl and Rockford's Cherry
Bowl that compete on Friday nights.
Regional meets were also recommended to be added in both girls and boys competition.
According to the committee, sectional meets have too many teams in them. Establishing
regional meets would mean fewer teams would compete at the sectional level. The
committee has discussed this proposal off-and-on in the past couple of years.
The top four teams and top ten individuals not a part of a qualifying team would advance
from the regional level to the sectional level. The top four teams and top five individuals
not a part of a qualifying team would advance from the sectional level to the Girls Bowling
State Meet. The top six teams and seven individuals not a part of the qualifying team
would advance from the sectional level to the Boys Bowling State Meet. In addition, there
shall be two at-large qualifiers in Boys Bowling.
The boys regional would take place on the Martin Luther King holiday, with the girls
regional taking place the Tuesday after the boys State Meet.
Streator Boys Could End Long Drought
The LaSalle-Peru Regional final tonight pits NCIC Reagan division rivals Streator and
Morris. They are the only two Reagan teams left in competition in Class 3A. They were
tied with Ottawa for last place in the division.
If one thinks that's remarkable, both Morris and Streator are looking to break long
championship droughts. Morris, in their first season in the NCIC, hasn't won a Regional
championship since 1994-95. Streator hasn't won a Regional championship since 1969.
The 40-year drought is the longest of all of the area boys basketball survivors. The
longest drought between postseason basketball championships in area history is
Milledgeville (1930-31). Leland/Earlville and Durand have the third longest drought,
having not won a Regional title since 1978-79. Dixon owns the second largest drought for
large schools, having not won one since 1985-86.
Streator and Morris tip off at 7:00 p.m. tonight.
Cody Cutter is the Publisher of Northern Illinois Sports Beat. He can be reached at
Northernillinoissportsbeat@yahoo.com. --- Talk about what's written on our Message
Boards!