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Finalists for 2025-26 BCR Male Athlete of the Year · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Finalists for twenty twenty five to twenty six BCR Male
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  Athlete of the Year. Written by Kevin Hyronymous. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you
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  by Everlett who will be the twenty twenty five to
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  twenty six BCR Male Athlete of the Year. Here are
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  the finalists for the award. Braden Cerran Hall Sr. A
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  versatile athlete, Kerran took over at quarterback for the Red
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  Devils after a mid season injury knocked out teammate Dylan Glynn.
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  He also played wide receiver, rushing for four hundred and
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  twenty yards and seven tds, passing for three forty four
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  yards and three tds, and catching five passes for seventy
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  eight yards. He also returned to punt for a TD
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  and played linebacker on the defensive side of the ball.
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  The BCR Basketball Player of the Year was a high
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  energy forward, leading the Red Devils in scoring fourteen point eight,
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  rebounds six point four and steals two point six while
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  playing lockdown defense. He became the thirteenth one thousand point
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  scorer in program history. Kerran was in unanimous three Rivers
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  East All Conference selection and received IBCA Class two A
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  Special Mention honors. Curran also was a unanimous All Conference
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  selection in baseball, selected to play in the ICA All
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  Star Game. He led the Red Devils with a point
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  three to five to one batting average along with thirty
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  one runs, twenty six RBIs, twenty one steals, five doubles,
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  and a home run. He pitched in with a five
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  to four record and a one point eight six er.
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  He will play baseball for Augustana College next year. Casey Etheridge,
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  Princeton SR. Ethridge had a season and career for the
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  record books for the Tigers football team. He rushed for
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  one thousand, five hundred and fifty four yards and twenty
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  three tds in nine games his senior season, setting Bureau
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  County records for yards two hundred thirty six and tds
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  seventy nine. He was named First team IHSFCA Class three
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  All State and unanimous First Team three Rivers Mississippi All Conference.
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  In wrestling, Etheridge moved up two spots on the podium
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  at State with a second place finish at one hundred
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  and sixty five pounds. A co Wrestler of the Year
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  with teammate Augustus Swanson, Etheridge went forty six to seven,
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  crowned as regional champion at Browdy Jim and recorded his
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  career one hundred fiftieth win at Sectional, finishing with a
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  one fifty seven to thirty nine career record third all
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  time for Phs. This spring, Etheridge punched his ticket back
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  to the state track meet in both hurdles events, missing
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  out on a medal in the three hundred s by
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  three hundreds of a second. He was the honor roll
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  leader in both hurdles and the one hundred meters dash
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  and ran on the Tiger State four x four hundred.
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  Gino Ferrari Saint Bede SR. Ferrari was well driven for
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  the Bruins in three sports. The Bruins QB threw for
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  an area best passing six hundred and fifty yards and
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  four timeowns, rushing for three hundred and eighty two yards
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  and five tds. He was named first Team Chicagoland Prairie Conference.
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  On the hardwood, the south Paw shooter was the area's
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  leader in scoring fifteen point three and rebounding seven point
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  seven while shooting twenty seven percent on three s. He
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  led the Bruins to a Class one A regional championship appearance,
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  earning second team Tri County All Conference honors. In baseball,
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  he went six to four on the mound with two
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  point one four ERA and fifty nine strikeouts, all team highs.
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  The first team Tri County All Conference pick also batted
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  point two nine eight with twenty five runs, nineteen RBIs
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  and eleven steals. Gavin Lanham, Princeton SR. Lanham showed his
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  leadership skills as QB one for the Tigers football team.
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  The first team All Three Rivers Mississippi pick threw for
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  four hundred and fifty nine yards and two touchdowns and
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  ran for five hundred seventy three yards and five touchdowns.
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  The Tigers floor leader was the only returning starter from
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  their twenty twenty four to twenty five sectional finalist. In basketball,
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  the second Team Three Rivers East All Conference senior guard
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  averaged nine point nine points, two point one assists, and
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  two point two steals while shooting thirty three percent on
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  three point shooting. In his second season. In track, Lanham
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  made it to State on the Tigers four to four
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  hundred relay, which also led the BCR honor roll. Logan
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  Philhauer Bureau Valley SR. The BCR Baseball Player of the
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  Year received ICA All State honors on the diamond for
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  the second straight year. The first BV baseball player named
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  the Stormmse lowered his school era record to zero point
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  eight four with eighty nine strikeouts, both area highs, posting
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  a four to two record. The first Team Lincoln Trail
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  East All Conference also led the Storm at the plate
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  with a point three six one average, thirty three runs,
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  seven doubles, and one homer while driving. In nineteen, Phil
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  Houer had a solid hoop season for the Storm, averaging
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  nine point five points it's two point eight rebounds and
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  one point four steals per game. He led the Storm
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  with thirty seven percent shooting on three pointers. He was
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  named second Team All BCR and Special Mentioned Lincoln Trail
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  All Conference. The first Team Lincoln Trail All Conference. Golfer
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  averaged a forty three point two on the links for
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  the Storm.