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- 0:05Speaker 1: Finalists for twenty twenty six BCR Female Athlete of the Year.
- 0:09Speaker 1: Written by Kevin Hyronymus. This article is being read by
- 0:13Speaker 1: an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Who's going
- 0:18Speaker 1: to be the twenty twenty five to twenty six BCR
- 0:20Speaker 1: Female Athlete of the Year. Here are the five finalists.
- 0:23Speaker 1: Jillian Anderson, Ohio Sr. The Ohio senior, played a big
- 0:28Speaker 1: role in three sports for the Clippers co op with Amboy.
- 0:31Speaker 1: She led the Lady Clippers regional finalist volleyball team in
- 0:34Speaker 1: kills one hundred and sixty eight and digs two hundred
- 0:38Speaker 1: and eight and was seconds in serving one hundred and
- 0:40Speaker 1: eleven points thirty four aces. She was named first team
- 0:43Speaker 1: All BCR and Newick All Conference. Anderson was a two
- 0:48Speaker 1: year varsity starter in basketball, leading the Lady Clippers this
- 0:51Speaker 1: season in rebounding nine point zero and assists two point
- 0:55Speaker 1: eight while averaging seven point nine points per game. She
- 0:59Speaker 1: was named second team New EC. She jumped her way
- 1:02Speaker 1: back to the state track meet, landing a six place
- 1:05Speaker 1: medal inside with the season best five feet three and
- 1:09Speaker 1: one quarter inches. Anderson will compete for Saint Ambrose University
- 1:13Speaker 1: in track and field. Next year, Lily Bosnick, Saint Bede SR.
- 1:17Speaker 1: Saint Bede's Super senior, claimed her eighth and ninth career
- 1:20Speaker 1: state track medals with a second place finish in the
- 1:23Speaker 1: one hundred hurdles and third in the three hundred hurdles.
- 1:27Speaker 1: The BCR Track Athlete of the Year led the honor
- 1:30Speaker 1: roll in both hurdles events with times of fourteen point
- 1:33Speaker 1: eight eight and forty five point three. She also qualified
- 1:37Speaker 1: in the one hundred meters, pacing the honor roll in
- 1:40Speaker 1: twelve point sixty three. When she wasn't chasing medals for
- 1:44Speaker 1: the Saint Bede track team, Bosnik was creating havoc for
- 1:47Speaker 1: the Lady Bruins softball team. She batted point four to
- 1:50Speaker 1: five nine with ten homers, thirty one RBIs, thirty nine runs,
- 1:53Speaker 1: fifteen steals, six doubles, and three triples. She was named
- 1:58Speaker 1: First team All BCR and Try County, All Conference, and
- 2:01Speaker 1: second team to All State. The senior defensive specialist earned
- 2:05Speaker 1: All BCR honorable mention. In volleyball, Keeley Davis Princeton SR.
- 2:10Speaker 1: Davis was a unanimous First team Three Rivers East selection
- 2:14Speaker 1: in volleyball, named for the second time to the All
- 2:16Speaker 1: BCR First Team. She played a big role in leading
- 2:20Speaker 1: the Tiger Races to a regional championship. Ranked among the
- 2:23Speaker 1: area leaders in kills one eighty two, blocks thirty seven
- 2:27Speaker 1: and serving two hundred and thirty one points thirty one aces.
- 2:31Speaker 1: The BCR Basketball Player of the Year led the area
- 2:33Speaker 1: in scoring at seventeen point nine ppg in steels four
- 2:37Speaker 1: point five while averaging seven point three rebounds and three
- 2:40Speaker 1: point one assists. Davis was an unanimous All Conference selection
- 2:44Speaker 1: in the Three Rivers East and IBCA All State Special
- 2:47Speaker 1: mention selected to the IBCCA All Star Game. The four
- 2:51Speaker 1: time All BCR First Team pick became PHS all time
- 2:54Speaker 1: leading scorer girls or boys with one thousand, six hundred
- 2:58Speaker 1: and eighty nine career points. Davis wrapped up her prep
- 3:01Speaker 1: career on the soccer pitch, contributing ten goals and three
- 3:04Speaker 1: assists for PHS regional finalists. Next up, Davis will play
- 3:09Speaker 1: volleyball for William Penn University this fall. Charlie Pellegriny Hall Sr.
- 3:14Speaker 1: Pellegreeney contributed at the net and led the volleyball Lady
- 3:18Speaker 1: Devils with a team high two hundred and sixty eight
- 3:21Speaker 1: digs along with one hundred and thirty two points and
- 3:23Speaker 1: forty one aces. She was named second team ALLBCR and
- 3:27Speaker 1: Three Rivers East All Conference. The senior point guard was
- 3:31Speaker 1: the glue to the Lady Devil's offense in basketball, averaging
- 3:35Speaker 1: nine point zero points and two point zero assists while
- 3:37Speaker 1: making a team high forty one three pointers. She was
- 3:41Speaker 1: named to the ALLBCR and Three Rivers East All Conference
- 3:44Speaker 1: Second Team. The Lady Devil shortstop batted point four to
- 3:48Speaker 1: zero two with a team high thirty run scored and
- 3:50Speaker 1: fifteen steals, along with six doubles, including her one hundredth
- 3:54Speaker 1: career hit. She was named second team ALLBCR and Three
- 3:58Speaker 1: Rivers East All Conferences. Bureau Valley sr. The Storm Lieborough
- 4:03Speaker 1: had the right stuff in the back row in volleyball,
- 4:06Speaker 1: scooping up an area best three hundred and ninety digs
- 4:09Speaker 1: four point eight percent. She was also one of the
- 4:12Speaker 1: Storm's leaders in serving with one forty three points and
- 4:15Speaker 1: thirty two aces. Wright was named First Team Lincoln Trail
- 4:19Speaker 1: All Conference. In basketball, the Storm forward set a school
- 4:23Speaker 1: record with fifty eight percent field goal shooting. She averaged
- 4:27Speaker 1: six point five points and four point six rebounds, earning
- 4:30Speaker 1: second team Lincoln Trail All Conference honors. A four year
- 4:35Speaker 1: starting catcher for the Storm, Wright had a team high
- 4:37Speaker 1: point four one two average with twenty one RBIs and
- 4:40Speaker 1: twelve doubles. She was named first team All BCR and
- 4:44Speaker 1: Lincoln Trail East All Conference. Wright will play softball at
- 4:48Speaker 1: co College next year, where her brother Sam will be
- 4:51Speaker 1: a senior member of the baseball team. Special Mention Cameron
- 4:55Speaker 1: Driscoll Princeton Sr. Princeton's three sports standout saw her senior
- 5:00Speaker 1: year end abruptly with a mid season knee injury. In basketball,
- 5:03Speaker 1: she scored her one thousandth career points and was a
- 5:06Speaker 1: first team All BCR and three Rivers East All Conference selection.
- 5:10Speaker 1: The injury prevented her from returning to state. In track,
- 5:13Speaker 1: she was the starting liberal for the Tigris Regional champion
- 5:17Speaker 1: volleyball team, named second team Three Rivers East All Conference