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Girls basketball: McKenzie Hecht, McKenna Christiansen head up TRAC East All-Conference

Three Rivers Conference

Three Rivers Conference

By Kevin Hieronymus

Princeton senior Mckenzie Hecht and Hall sophomore McKenna Christiansen headed the 2021-22 TRAC East All-Conference Girls Basketball Team as unanimous selections.

McKenzie Hecht

McKenna Christiansen

McKenna Christiansen

League champ Princeton also placed junior Olivia Gartin on the first team. Rounding out the first team are St. Bede senior Lia Bosnich and sophomores Reanna Brant of Mendota and Jess Johns of Newman.

Named to the second team are senior Leah Smudzinski and sophomore Ella Hermes of St. Bede, junior Promise Giacometti of Hall, sophomore Kate Salisbury of Bureau Valley and juniors Marissa Stevens and Emma Crofton of Kewanee.

Princeton senior Morgan Coleman and junior Maria Hobson picked up Honorable Mention honors along with St. Bede senior Ryann Stoudt, Mendota senior Paige Manning, Kewanee senior Lainey Kelly and Newman sophomore Adalyn Waldschmidt.



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Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"