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Yahoo
29-05-2025
- General
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Metamora, Dunlap sending big numbers to state tennis championships
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — A pair of area schools are hoping to show the rest of the state the tennis in central Illinois is pretty good. Dunlap and Metamora each won sectional championships last weekend and are sending six players apiece to this week's state tennis meet. 'It's so exciting. This is what we have worked for all year, to get all six guys (to state),' said Metamora senior Adam Culp. 'It's such a great feeling to have everybody going to state.' Culp is paired with Tommy Sopko on Metamora's top doubles team heading to the state meet in suburban Chicago. They hope to hold their own against the typically-strong schools from the northern part of the state. 'Individually, we've done great. But as a team also, we were 23-2, I think,' Sopko said. 'It's always great to have good results as a team. A really successful season, I'd say.' Metamora opened the season with 19 consecutive wins and continues to ride that momentum as the season comes to an end at the state championships. Qualifying six players for the state meet is a part of that. 'The support you get from having six guys there, is something special,' said Metamora junior Dane Hutchison. 'Cheering, having them cheer for you, watching them compete at a very high level and have success, is something we can be proud of.' Dunlap's six state qualifiers include seniors Alex Fei and Ethan McRaven, who are undefeated as a doubles team this season. McRaven, who teamed with ____ to finish second at state a year ago, has enjoyed his pairing with Fei. 'He's going to hit a great ball and get me back in my groove,' McRaven said. 'This weekend I feel great about our chances. I came up just short last year. But this year I feel like I have learned a lot more, I have matured as a tennis player and I'm feeling great about our chances.' This will be Fei's fourth trip to state but in the previous three trips he was in the single's draw. 'The last three years I have been through singles, although doubles is a different type of effort,' Fei said. 'I find it easier on my body than singles.' The state meet runs Thursday through Saturday at Palatine High School. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Sport
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Morton soccer player voted Journal Star athlete of the week for May 5-10.
Claire Ceresa of the Morton girls soccer team was voted the Journal Star high school athletes of the week for May 5-10. Ceresa scored four goals last week, helping the Potters go 2-0-0. The sophomore put two in the back of the net in last Tuesday's 8-1 win over Dunlap. She then tallied another pair of goals as Morton beat Normal West, 10-2. The Potters are 17-2-0 overall and 6-0-0 in Mid-Illini Conference play, wrapping league play Tuesday against Washington. Advertisement If you have a nominee for the honor, email us at sports@ or tag us on Twitter @pjstarsports. Last week, Weston Lange and Jack Hessing of the Metamora boys tennis team was named JS athlete of the week. Griffin Meeker, Tremont baseball Meeker hit for the cycle last week. The junior shortstop went 4-for-4 from the lead-off spot in last Monday's 13-3, five-inning win over Fisher. He doubled in the first, hit a two-run, inside the park home run during a four-run second, added a triple in the fourth and completed the four-hit day with one-out single in the fifth. Kaidance Till, Metamora softball Till went perfect over three games last week. She was 8-for-8 with two doubles, three home runs and five RBIs. The Ole Miss signee added seven runs, three walks, a stolen base along with a sacrifice fly. She homered in each of the three contests, highlighted by a 4-for-4 outing with two doubles and a solo home to beat Canton, 14-0 five-inning win on Thursday. Till is batting .696 on 48 hits with 15 doubles, 12 homers, 32 RBIs and 28 walks in 26 games. Trae Brickner, Peoria Christian boys track and field Brickner earned three victories at the Tremont Invite on Friday. The junior swept the hurdles, winning the 110-meter (15.42 seconds) and 300-meter (42.91 seconds) races. He also set a personal-best in the pole vault, clearing the 12-foot mark for the victory. PCS (76 points) finished third behind runner-up Deer Creek-Mackinaw (94 points) and champion Illini Bluffs (116 points). Peoria Christian track and field athlete Trae Brickner of Dunlap, Illinois, won the Boys 15-16 Decathlon at the 2024 AAU Junior Olympics on July 28 in Greenville, North Carolina. Jordyn Manbeck, Dunlap girls track and field The senior won three events at the Mid-Illini Conference Girls Championship last Wednesday. On the Metamora track, Manbeck won the 100-meter dash (12.49 seconds) to go with victories in the 4x100-meter (49.57 seconds) and 4x200-meter (1:44.62) relays. Her other event was a runner-up finish in the 200-meter dash (26.41 seconds). Those points from Manbeck helped Dunlap win the team title with 150 points. Dunlap's Jordyn Manbeck, far left, sprints to victory in the 100-meter dash during the Mid-Illini Girls Track and Field Championships on Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at Metamora High School. Pekin's Zoe Liedtke, middle, finished fourth and Dunlap's Olivia Jacobson, far right, finished fifth. Manbeck recorded a time of 12.49. Ethan McRaven, Dunlap boys tennis McRaven won his pair of matches as Dunlap beat Metamora, 5-4, in a four-hour marathon match on Tuesday. He posted a 6-1, 6-4 singles victory. The senior then teamed with Alex Fei in the No. 1 doubles match, winning 6-2, 6-2. The Eagles win handed Metamora, which started 2025 at 19-0, its first dual-meet loss of the season. Adam Duvall is a Journal Star sports reporter. Email him at aduvall@ Follow him on Twitter @AdamDuvall. This article originally appeared on Journal Star: Results of poll for high school athlete of the week for Peoria Journal Star
Yahoo
09-04-2025
- Sport
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Washington softball player supported by friends and family
WASHINGTON, Ill. (WMBD) — Washington Community High School softball player Baylee Parrott suffered the loss of two family members in a car crash late last month in Tennessee, and those close to her are trying to help her through this difficult time. On Tuesday, Parrott family members and family friends gathered at Plaza Lanes, handing out shirts with Baylee's name and number on the back, before traveling to the game against Metamora to cheer her on. Bob Baker is a family friend who went bowling with several members of the Parrott family and helped set up the event. He said the event was coordinated last week. 'We put it on Facebook in a private group, and we had roughly 70 or 80 people wanting shirts. We've ended up selling 60 of them (so far). It's not a fundraiser. We just want to support Baylee and the Parrott family. That's what it's all about,' he said. Washington ended up winning the game over Metamora by a 6-4 score. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Science
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Bradley to host robot competition for high school students
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Bradley University is going to host a regional high school robotics competition featuring 35 teams, with nine from the area. The FIRST Robotics Central Illinois Regional Competition will take place from March 21-22 in the Renaissance Coliseum and will have teams representing Peoria, Dunlap, Bloomington, Tremont, Metamora and Washington. 'The environment has the feel of both a major sporting event and a rock concert, complete with special lighting, upbeat music, crazy costumes, a large video wall and energetic emcees/announcers,' according to the university. The event is a showcase for high schoolers to team up and be paired with engineering and science mentors. They have six-and-a-half weeks to build a robot to conquer an engineering issue. The robot will be then shown off at the competition on Bradley's campus. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
26-02-2025
- Sport
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Senior Jonah Funk proving he can be a difference-making player at Metamora
METAMORA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — He has been motivated to prove people wrong all season. Since he transferred from small-school El Paso-Gridley to big-school Metamora this fall, Jonah Funk says he heard the doubters. 'They say 'he didn't dominate at 2A, how will he dominate at 3A?' I've exceeded theseexpectations,' Funk said. 'And I think my coaches and teammates would agree with that. I'm having so much fun.' The 6-9 senior center moved to Metamora in October. That means he didn't have the benefit of playing with his new team during the summer. He started playing in Metamora's open gyms in the fall so he didn't have much of a preseason with the Redbirds. Funk admits the first few weeks of the season were rough. 'Learning sets was hard at first, even during the season, I was messing plays up,' said Funk. 'But the teammates I have are phenomenal. They would help me out during games.' Now Funk believes he's playing his best basketball of the season and perhaps the best in his high school career. 'You're really seeing him play his best basketball. He is really comfortable now,' said Metamora head coach Justin Dehm. 'It was a slow process in the first month or two, having to learn new things. Now I think he's more confident and learning really well.' Funk helped lead Metamora to a fourth straight Mid-Illini Conference championship. Now he's confident he can make a difference for his team as it enters the postseason. The Redbirds play Dunlap on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Dunlap Regional semifinals. 'I'm excited for the postseason. I've got one last hurrah to go do it,' said Funk. 'I haveseniors with me and they want to win as desperately as I want to win.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
