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Putnam County 7th graders win IESA Class 2A regional championship

Pumas will play host Joliet Laraway at sectional on Monday

Putnam County defeated Kewanee Wethersfield 35-33 to capture their own IESA Class 2A seventh-grade regional championship on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The Pumas advance to sectionals at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 to face host Joliet Laraway. Team members are cheerleader Jolene Poole, Luca Carboni, Garrett Billups, Davis Carlson, Hayden Doyle, Cayden Bush, Anthony Popurella, Calvin Fiedler and cheerleaders Naomi Hammerich, Kynzie Thomas and Brooklyn Gorski; and (back row) cheerleaders Savannah Grasser, Eli Mae Glynn and Makenzie Setters and Caius Luncsford, Geoffrey Pagani, Nolan Weddell, Brennen McDonald, Luke Gabrielse, Camden Moriarty and Coach Christian Harris.

Putnam County defeated Kewanee Wethersfield 35-33 to capture their own IESA Class 2A seventh-grade regional championship on Tuesday, Jan. 28. The Pumas advance to sectionals at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3 to face host Joliet Laraway. Team members are cheerleader Jolene Poole, Luca Carboni, Garrett Billups, Davis Carlson, Hayden Doyle, Cayden Bush, Anthony Popurella, Calvin Fiedler and cheerleaders Naomi Hammerich, Kynzie Thomas and Brooklyn Gorski; and (back row) cheerleaders Savannah Grasser, Eli Mae Glynn and Makenzie Setters and Caius Luncsford, Geoffrey Pagani, Nolan Weddell, Brennen McDonald, Luke Gabrielse, Camden Moriarty and Coach Christian Harris. (Photo provided)

By Kevin Hieronymus

The Putnam County Pumas jumped out to a 19-8 and held on for a 35-33 win over Kewanee Wethersfield to capture their own IESA Class 2A seventh-grade regional boys basketball championship on Tuesday, Jan. 28.

Brennen McDonald led the Pumas with 10 points and Nolan Weddel and Luke Gabrielse added nine each.

The Pumas beat Oglesby Washington 41-14 in the regional semifinals

PC (17-2) advanced to the Joliet Sectionals on Monday, Feb. 3 to face host Joliet Laraway (14-5), which beat Serena 34-25 at Seneca.

Davis Carlson received the Sportsmanship Award with Wethersfield’s Grant Nelson.

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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"