J.T. Pedelty
Regional Sports Editor at Shaw Local
Regional Sports Editor for Shaw (https://t.co/ZhPUEYDsIq); SIU & IVCC grad; dad of the coolest Epic the Musical-loving 6th-grader on Planet Earth
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4 days ago |
shawlocal.com | J.T. Pedelty
BLOOMINGTON – Things started phenomenally Monday for the Serena Huskers in the Class 1A Illinois Wesleyan Supersectional. Unfortunately, they ended familiarly. For the second year in a row, the Serena softball team saw its season come to an end at Bloomington’s Inspiration Field, this time with a 9-5 loss at the hands of LeRoy in a game the Huskers led 4-0 after the top of the first inning before seeing the state-bound Panthers score nine consecutive runs to assume control.
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5 days ago |
shawlocal.com | J.T. Pedelty
To have the kind of success the Joliet Catholic Academy baseball program has enjoyed for three-quarters of a century now, it doesn’t take just nine to bat. It takes nine to hit. That stacked top-to-bottom batting order paid off again for the Hilltoppers last week down in Livingston County.
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6 days ago |
shawlocal.com | J.T. Pedelty
PONTIAC – Joliet Catholic No. 9 hitter Matt Simmons delivered a sharp, two-out single to center to drive home teammate AJ Perez and break a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fourth inning of Saturday’s Class 3A Pontiac Regional championship game. “In those situations, you’ve just got to slow the game down, trust in your preparation, trust in your ability,” Simmons said. “I knew the guys believed in me.
Ava Lorenzatti’s bat, Taylor Norkus’ arm carry Beecher past Seneca to third straight sectional title
1 week ago |
shawlocal.com | J.T. Pedelty
SENECA – Two of the top teams in Class 2A met Friday for the Class 2A Seneca Sectional championship in a matchup – had the brackets broken differently – that’s not hard to envision taking place eight days later in Peoria with a state title on the line. Instead, perennial powerhouses Beecher and Seneca met some 80 miles northeast of Peoria, with one swing of the bat deciding which team would go on and which would go home.
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1 week ago |
newstrib.com | J.T. Pedelty
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