Commentary by Harold Welter, WKVI Sportsline Live
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5/23/10
- Jordan Brandt, who set Winamac school records in girls basketball for assists in a season and assists in a career will take her amazing ballhandling and blazing speed to the next level this Winter when she will play for St. Xavier University in Chicago. She will play for legandary coach Bob Hallberg, who has led the team to 10 consecutive 20-win seasons, and 7 straight appearances in the NAIA National Tournament. Jordan joins two 6-0 inside players as the newest recruits by the Cougars.
Softball and Baseball Sectionals get underway this week...Knox, South Central and Winamac have the best chance of advancing among Kankakee Valley area schools in softball...South Central and West Central in baseball.
Knox High School Seniors Kristine Adamiec and Jimmy Krause received the school's most prestigious athlete awards last week, the Bonnie Taylor and Ben Bowen Awards. These are two outstanding young people who will fit in well with the outstanding past winners of those awaards. Jimmy has been one of the most courageous athletes in recent memory...dealing with debilitating Crohn's Disease while achieveing Academic All-State Honors in Football and Wrestling!
5/21/10
The Boy's track sectional took place last night. In all, our area had 27 individuals advance from 8 different schools in relays and indidvidual events.
From Culver: Blake Bennett in Pole Vault; Jeremiah Harvey in Shot Put
From John Glenn: Andrew Alexander in the 200 and 400.
From Knox: Jared Benson in the 100, 200, 1600 relay, and Long Jump; Travis Amor, Elliot Coad, and Ethan Coad in the 1600 relay; Kenny Eagle in Shot Put and Discus.
From North Judson: Andrew Frasure, Brendon Hajek, John Janiczak, and James Tunis in the 400 relay; Quentin Barnhart in Shot Put.
From Oregon-Davis: Josh Cavinder in the 100 meter dash; Michael Baughman in the 110 Hurdles and Long Jump.
From South Central: Devin Price in the 100 meter dash.
From West Central: Cody Fequay in the 1600; Spencer Dobson in the 400 relay and Long Jump; Zach Miller, Jason Minix, and Dalton Powell in the 400 relay;
From Winamac: Eric Sass in the 100 and 200; Chance Blankenship in the 200, 400, and 1600 relay; Anthony Chapman in Pole Vault and 1600 relay; Aaron Powell in High Jump and 1600 relay; Cody Wilson in High Jump; Jake Minnick in the 1600 relay.
Regional qualifiers from Culver will be participating in the Kokomo Regional next week while the qualifiers from the other 7 schools will be competing at the Valporaiso Regional. Best of luck to all of the area boys in Regional competition!
5/20/10
The Girl's track sectioanl took place this past Tuesday. We had 26 individuals from 7 different schools advance to the regional.
From Culver: Gwen Zehner advanced in Shot Put and Discus, and Hilari Weldon advanced in Shot Put
From Knox: Michaela Williams advanced in the 100 meter dash
From North Judson: Megan Block in the 200 meter dash, 400 meter relay, and 1600 meter relay. Holly Buckman in the 3200 meter run and the 3200 meter relay. Teri Pena in the 400 and 1600 meter relays. Courtney Harrison in the 400 meter relay. Emily Surma in the 400, 1600, and 3200 meter relays. Olivia Lickwar in the 1600 and 3200 meter relays. Kendall Gardner in the 3200 meter relay, and Mikalah Lambert in shot put.
From Oregon-Davis: Justyne Kranenburg in the 800 meter run, Kristie Taylor in high jump, and Courtney Surma in shot put.
From South Central: Katie Bekavac in the 300 meter hurdles and high jump.
From West Central: Marissa Hamilton in the 200 meter dash, 400 meter relay, and high jump, and Makenna Hamilton, Alexandria Gudeman, and Carlee Davis in the 400 meter relay.
From Winamac: Farrer Sabec in the 100 meter dash and 400 meter relay; Katie Sommers in the 200 meter dash and 1600 meter relay; Jordan Brandt in the 400 meter dash, 400 meter relay, and long jump; Rachael Franko in the 100 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles, 400 meter relay, and long jump; Emily Paulsen in the 1600 meter relay and pole vault; and Emerald Blankenship and Danyelle Bailey in the 1600 meter relay.
Congratulations to the Winamac Lady Warriors who repeated as sectional champions at that Kankakee Valley sectional!
The Regional qualifiers from Culver will be competing at the Bremen Regional next week, while all of the other area girls will be competing at the Chesterton Regional. Congratulations to all of our girl's track teams on an outstanding season, and good luck to those who will be competing at the Regional!
