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Sandwich’s Sunny Weber, Somonauk’s Alexis Punsalan repeat as state champs: The Times Saturday Roundup · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Sandwich Is Sunny Weber so Monox's Alexis Punslan repeat as
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  state champs. The Time Saturday Roundup written by Brian Hoxey.
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  This article is being read by an automated voice brought
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  to you by Everlett Girls Track and Field. Sandwich's Sunny
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  Febber Somno's Alexis Punsilon repeat as state champs in the
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  ISA State Finals at O'Brien Field in Charleston. The Indian
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  senior entered as the reigning champion in both the one thousand,
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  six hundred and three thousand, two hundred and was looking
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  to defend her title in both events on Saturday, But
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  after losing the three thy two hundred run ten minutes
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  eleven point two three seconds to Montini's Sydney Gersten, the
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  Duke commit felt even more pressure on her when she
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  came into the final half of her one thousand, six
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  hundred final run with Griton right on her tail. But
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  unlike her first race of the day, Weber fended off
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  the fellow senior in the final half of the race,
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  crossing the line in forty seven point four to six
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  to defend her one thousand, six hundred title. I could
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  tell from the announcers and cheers that she was right
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  behind me. So I just realized that I had to
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  try my hardest if I wanted to get the win.
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  Webers said, I didn't get the time that I wanted,
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  but I'm still really happy about how I executed the
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  race and how the meat ended. The state meet marked
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  the end of a very decorated high school career for Weber,
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  who finished with six state titles across cross country and
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  track and field. SOMANOK junior Alexis Punslon failed to clear
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  the bar in her first two attempts in the finals
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  of the one A pole vault, but regrouped and eventually
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  captured her second consecutive championship with a winning height of
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  three point six to six meters. I just kept telling
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  myself that this is what I worked for, pun Salon said.
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  I had to make that height. I couldn't miss it,
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  and I just used what I learned to make it.
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  I was just feeling so much adrenaline there. I was
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  just so excited to get in the pit and jump again.
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  It was fun. I felt so relieved once I knew
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  I won it. That just felt really good. Other times,
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  Area athletes earning one of medals were Seneca senior Sleila
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  Coleman fourth four hundred and fifty seven point six eight seconds, Flannagan,
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  Cornell sophomore Abbey Armstrong fourth long jump five point four
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  to seven meters, and Dwight junior MICHAELA. Chambers fourth eight
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  hundred two fifteen point nine to eight. Ottawa junior Gwen
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  Jimenez placed eleventh in the two of finals in the
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  shot put eleven point one four, while Seneca sophomore's Emily
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  Aldridge two point nine zero and Avery Aldridge two point
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  seventy five placed twelfth and fourteenth, respectively in the one
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  A pole vault. Joe Bonnetz also contributed to this report.
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  Softball Newark twenty Earlville five four in at Melrose Park
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  in the championship game of the Class one A Walter
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  Christian Regional. The Norseman thirteen fifteen took control with a
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  nine run second inning and the win over the Red
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  Raiders fourteen eleven. Zoe Carlson double triple RBI had four
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  hits to lead Newark, which will play rival Serena at
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  five pm Wednesday in the Indian Creek Sectional semifinals. Riley
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  Carlson double triple five RBIs and Adelaide Johnson two RBIs
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  each had three hits. Brooklyn Wallen RBI had two hits
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  and Claudia Hubell doubled and drove in two runs. Kayla
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  Pottinger four IP five H five R five BB zero
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  K recorded the win. Addie Sheer double and Riley Kelly
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  each had two RBIs for Earlville, while Audrey Sheer added
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  a double one RBI. Addy Sheer two and one third
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  IP twelve H ten ER four BB two K suffered
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  the loss. Baseball Pawnee five Marquette one at Pawnee. The
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  Crusaders fell to thirty two to three on the season
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  with the loss to the Indians. Griffin Dauberstein had two
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  hits and an RBI for Marquette, while Alec Novatney tripled.
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  Anthony Couch two and two thirds IP zero H two
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  E R three e BB three K was saddled with
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  the loss Newark four, Dwight three ten in at Dwight Easton,
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  Mcbroom's run scoring base hit in the top of the
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  tenth lifted the Norsemen ten eighteen to the win over
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  the Trojans twenty one thirteen, McBroom and Sean Saylor each
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  had two hits for Newark, while David Ulrich doubled and
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  Jimmy Kath added an RBI. Colin Shields five and two
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  thirds IP ten H three R two BB one K
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  and Kipton Bluer Win four and one third IP zero
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  H five BB three K combined pitching efforts. Eiden Column
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  double RBI had three hits for Dwight, while Joey Starks
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  double and Evan Cox each had two hits. Stark six
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  IP five H one R zero bb nine K and
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  Jackson Launius loss four I P two H one R
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  three b B four K shared time on the mound