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7 individuals, 4 teams to be inducted into Streator High School Athletic Hall of Fame later this month · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Seven individuals, four teams to be inducted into Straighter High School Athletic
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  Hall of Fame later this month. This article
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  is being read by an automated voice brought to you by Everlett.
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  The class of 2026 induction ceremony for
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  the Streeter high school’s Athletic Hall of Fame will be held Saturday,
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  October 24 at the high school, with doors opening at 5:45 p.m.
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  Ahead of the 6:30 p.m. Meal in the Commons area and the
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  7 p.m. Ceremony in the auditorium. Tickets for the ceremony are available
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  at the high school's main office for the remainder of this week.
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  Those seeking more information can contact athletic director Nick McGurk. Seven individuals
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  and four teams who have been voted in via community nominations and
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  committee board voting will be welcomed into the Hall of Fame on
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  October 24th. They include Clay Zavada class of 2002, also a golf
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  letter winner, it is baseball that took Zavada to the national stage
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  after a high school career that saw him finish top three in
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  Streeter High history in both career pitching wins, 15 and single season
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  home runs, seven at the time of his graduation. Zavada went on
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  to pitch at Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois Edwardsville before
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  being drafted by the Arizona Diamondbacks, ultimately making a national splash with
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  the D-Backs in 2009 because of his effectiveness as a reliever. 3.35
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  ERA over 51 innings pitched and his trademark handlebar mustache. Delany Johnson,
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  class of 2017, also a multiple-year letter winner in basketball and an
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  all-conference volleyball standout, Johnson excelled in softball as an all-state third baseman
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  and the Bulldogs, most potent bat in a loaded lineup, finishing her
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  high school career top three in Streeter Softball's storied history with 13
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  home runs and 93 RBIs while batting points, 4-03. She went on
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  to play at Lakeland College and later at the Division I level
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  at Ball State. Jerry Garretsen, class of 1989. Also a football standout,
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  Garretsen was a standout wrestler for the Bulldogs, winning four varsity letters.
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  He was team captain and MVP, a two-time NCIC champion, a regional
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  champion and sectional runner-up, and won various honors, records, including for single-season
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  wins, points, takedowns and pins, and awards in his career before going
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  on to wrestle at Marquette University. Josh Gass, Class of 2017: a
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  two-time basketball setter winner where he excelled as a spot-up three-point shooter.
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  It was in golf that Josh left his mark in Streeter High
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  History as a four-time letter winner, holder of the school record for
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  lowest 9-hole average over a season, 37.2 in 2009, and ISA state
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  qualifier in 2009. He went on to play at both Illinois Valley
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  Community College and St. Francis, making nationals in college all four years.
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  Maggie McGurk, Class of 2017. Also an all-conference setter for the volleyball
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  team who held the school's assists record with 939 in her career,
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  McGurk made her largest mark in softball, where she was a four-time
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  letter winner and a three-time All-State selection. She is the Bulldogs all
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  time leader in total hits, 175, and doubles, 58, second in career
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  wins, 66 and strikeouts, 760, and continued playing at the Division I
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  level at Toledo. Austin Gas class of twenty twelve, a three time
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  tennis letter winner like his two brothers. It was in golf where
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  Austin left his biggest mark. Varsity for all four years, he was
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  a two time state qualifier, scoring a top ten finish in twenty
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  eleven, and went on to play collegiately at St. St. Francis, where
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  he qualified for NAA Nationals two times. Adam Sowers, Clawers, Class of
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  2012. A four-time varsity letter winner in soccer, Sowers set school records
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  for goals scored in both a single season, 30 in 2012, and
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  a career, 78, and is also top 3 in career assists, 48.
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  The All-Sectional Selection and Times Boys Soccer Player of the Year went
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  on to play collegiately at Heartland Community College. 2017 Girls Soccer Team.
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  To this day, the program's only regional champion, the 2017 Bulldogs, capped
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  off an undefeated regular season by winning a Class 2A regional title.
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  Led by head coach JT Huey and assistant Taylor Carby, Streeter finished
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  the season January 1, 20 with a roster that included Emma Harris,
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  Chloe Olson, McKenna Higginbotham, Millie Dean, Anita Luma, Sam Gowern, Callie Miller,
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  Alyssa Youtze, Ashley McCurdy, Devin Lee, Brooke Melvin, Joby Smith, Haley Bruce,
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  Anna Nelson, Natalie Gray, Haley Maubach, Madison Vickers, Taylor Hoskins, Sarah Westerholt.
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  Kaylee Gray and Hannah Schmitz. 1992 softball team, a class AA regional
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  champion, the 1992 Bulldogs, posted a sparkling 24-3 record under head coach
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  Sumagrath and assistants Jim Cherveny and Ruth McCartney. The roster included Anne
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  Barry, Jennifer Cherveny, Wendy Hahn, Jenny Battershell, Lisa Steimack, Kelly Zuris, Laura
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  Heron, Brooke Hoskins, Kelly Gallach, Kerry Hurt, Gianna Marson, Leslie Lebo, Michelle
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  Hallom, and Angie Kelly. 2011-12 boys basketball team, the team snapped a
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  43-year regional championship drought winning a Class 3A title, led by head
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  coach Bo Dodi, assisted by Dave Holmes Harry Park, Brian Park, Rory
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  Bedeker, and Lenny Missal. The Bulldogs who finished the Winter 29 included
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  J.J. Cravatta, Brock Armstrong, Ryan Nagel, Wes Hall, Josh Houch, Tyler Berta,
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  Nolan Sokel, Micah Swagert, Tyler Sapel, T.K. Scudder, Austin Walker, Drew Good,
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  Matt Urbance, Tyler Turner, Adam Thorson, and Adam Armstrong. 2017 Softball Team.
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  A Class 3, a regional champion. The 2017 Bulldogs won the program's
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  13th and last regional title, posting a 25-7 record under head coach
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  Kelly Coons and assistants Nick McGurk, Molly Munz, and Don Freiman. The
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  roster included Maddie Barrichello, Rose Senko, Mecca Elmore, Jordan Godfrey, Megan Goebbels,
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  Delanie Johnson, Ellie McGannh, Brennan McCann, Maggie McGurk, Christine Steele, Hannah Payton,
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  Shannon Payton, Lexi Ramone, Aleah Rashid, Lindsay Salada, Grace Schmitz and Anna
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  Yannick.