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Illinois Valley rallies to win Central Region opener: NewsTribune sports briefs · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley rallies to win Central Region opener. News Tribune
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  Speaker 1: Sports Briefs written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being
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  Speaker 1: read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  Speaker 1: The Illinois Valley Senior League baseball team found itself in
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  Speaker 1: a tough spot after the first inning of Saturday's Central
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  Speaker 1: Region tournament opener in Peru. Illinois Valley trailed Illinois Represented
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  Speaker 1: by four time defending champion Burbank by four runs, but
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley responded and rallied for a seven to six
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  Speaker 1: to eight inning victory. It feels great to win against
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  Speaker 1: a very good team. IVY coach Lance Siebert said, the
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  Speaker 1: boys stayed positive. They kept believing in themselves and their team.
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  Speaker 1: We are proud of the boys. Illinois scored four runs
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  Speaker 1: in the first inning with the help of three walks,
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  Speaker 1: a hit batter, a wild pitch, a pass ball, and
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  Speaker 1: just one hit. After that, Illinois scored just one run
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  Speaker 1: in the fourth and one in the top of the eighth.
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  Speaker 1: Everyone in settled down and the boys settled in, Siebert
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  Speaker 1: said about limiting Illinois after the first inning, no one
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  Speaker 1: panicked and we kept battling. Illinois Valley was held scoreless
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  Speaker 1: through four innings before breaking through with three runs in
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  Speaker 1: the fifth. Nolan Siebert scored on an error, Jack Hermes
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  Speaker 1: hit an RBI double and a Don Pantoja hit a
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  Speaker 1: run scoring single. Illinois Valley scored on an RBI double
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  Speaker 1: by Nolan Siebert in the sixth and forced extra innings
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  Speaker 1: with a sacrifice fly by Jonathan Kamnakar in the bottom
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  Speaker 1: of the seventh. We finally found some holes, Lance Siebert
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  Speaker 1: said about what IVY did to get the offense going.
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  Speaker 1: Their defense was solid, They kept making great plays. We
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  Speaker 1: just kept fighting and getting quality at bats from our boys.
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  Speaker 1: After Illinois retook the lead with a run in the
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  Speaker 1: top of the Illinois Valley earned a walk off win.
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  Speaker 1: Nolan Siebert singled to center field and Griffin Kellett scored
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  Speaker 1: on the throw. Two walks pushed Siebert to third. Pantoja
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  Speaker 1: singled to left field to plate Siebert for the winning run.
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  Speaker 1: It's one game and there are a lot of good
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  Speaker 1: teams here, Lance Sebert said. The boys were very excited
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  Speaker 1: after the win. We need to take it one game
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  Speaker 1: at a time. Kamnakar earned the win in relief for
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Valley, giving up one unearned run on one hit
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  Speaker 1: with one strikeout and one walk in two and one
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  Speaker 1: third innings. Nolan Siebert went three for four with two
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  Speaker 1: RBIs and two runs. Pantaja was two for four with
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  Speaker 1: two RBIs, and Diku Yuseny went one for three and
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  Speaker 1: scored two runs. Illinois Valley advances to play the Michigan
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  Speaker 1: at seven thirty pm Sunday. Junior League Baseball River Forest
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  Speaker 1: Elmhurst fifteen, Illinois Valley one. Illinois Valley lost its state
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  Speaker 1: tournament opener Saturday in Oglesby. Illinois Valley plays at one
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  Speaker 1: pm Sunday. Minor League softball at Milan. LaSalle won its
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  Speaker 1: first two state tournament games Saturday, beating Melrose Park eleven
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  Speaker 1: six and topping Rock Falls twelve to two and four innings.
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  Speaker 1: LaSalle plays Sunday against East Side and Clarendon Hills