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La Salle-Peru’s Addie Piecha finishes top 16 at state: Friday’s NewsTribune/BCR roundup · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  LaSalle Peru's Addy Pieca finishes top sixteen at state, Friday's News Tribune
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  BCR Roundup. Written by Kevin Schlum. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice, brought to you by Everlet. Girls Tennis At
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  prospect, LaSalle Peru Senior Addy Picha did not enter the ISA Class
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  I state.
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  Tournament with momentum. Peesha had been battling shin splits and played below
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  her seed at the conference and sectional tournaments. But she shook all
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  that off to turn in a historic performance at state. After winning
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  her first two matches Thursday to advance to the second day, Pietcha
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  won her first match Friday before bowing out of the tournament in
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  the fifth round of the consolation bracket, finishing in the top sixteen.
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  She wasn't necessarily riding high and playing her best tennis going into
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  it. LP coach Aaron Gunter said. We just said, We're here. This
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  is the last tournament you're going to participate in as an LP
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  Cavalier, so make it count. She went into the first match, Thursday,
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  and instantly we said this is a winnable match and she won
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  it in three sets. Then she went up against a 916 seed
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  from Deerfield, and Deerfield won the state title as a team last
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  year, so we knew it was going to be tough. Addie came
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  out screaming with a 4-1 lead and she looked at me and
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  said, I think I can do this, and
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  I said. I don't see see why you can't. She stayed steady,
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  weathered the storm, when her opponent went on a run, and she
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  didn't really get too low ever. She played her game, trusted her
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  training, and it worked. Peach is the highest placing player for LP
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  during Genther's twelve-year tenure. It was really great for her and I
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  think it really showed that her hard work paid off on Ginter
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  said. I think it was great for the program to show that
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  we are here and we are more than just qualifiers. We're players
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  who go there to do something. In the fourth round of then
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  consolation bracket Friday morning, Pika defeated St. Thomas More Sr. Catherine Ra
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  6'4-6-3 before losing 6-2-6-1 to Timothy Christian freshman Bree Kelliff, a 9-16
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  seed to end her run. Addie's engine just never stopped, Gwyntur said.
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  She hustled down every single ball that Dame her way, Gwinter said.
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  She made sure every ball she hit was getting back in play.
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  She was flexible, she would have an aggressive mindset on certain points,
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  then she would have a more defensive mindset on certain points, and
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  she was able to flip that switch midpoint when it called for
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  it. She was just incredibly coachable, incredibly flexible, and just wanted it.
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  That really drove her to success. Boy soaks her. Peoria Notre Dame
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  7, La Salle Peru 0 The No. Four seeded Cavaliers saw their
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  season end with a loss to the No. 1 seeded Irish in
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  the Class IIA Orion Regional Final. LP finishes April 2nd, 15, tying
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  the program record for wins, volleyball. Newark Def, St. Bede 2510-2517,
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  Kija Lucas had four kills and a block as the Bruins lost
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  their regular season finale in Peru. St. Bede is October 2nd, 21,
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  entering the postseason.