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Streator’s Tristan Finley to take gridiron for Benedictine

Recent Streator graduate and Times All-Area Football first-teamer Tristan Finley – pictured here at his signing ceremony bookended by his mother, Britney Finley, and grandmother Ernestine Philips – has committed to continue his education at Benedictine University in Lisle and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Eagles.

Recent Streator graduate and Times All-Area Football first-teamer Tristan Finley – pictured here at his signing ceremony bookended by his mother, Britney Finley, and grandmother Ernestine Philips – has committed to continue his education at Benedictine University in Lisle and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Eagles. (Provided by Streator High School)

By J.T. Pedelty

Recent Streator graduate and Times All-Area Football first-teamer Tristan Finley – pictured here at his signing ceremony bookended by his mother, Britney Finley, and grandmother Ernestine Philips – has committed to continue his education at Benedictine University in Lisle and his football career at the NCAA Division III level with the Eagles.

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J.T. Pedelty

J.T. Pedelty

J.T. is a graduate of Streator High School, Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale who is some 27 years into an award-winning sports journalism career and serves as a regional sports editor for Shaw Local Media and Friday Night Drive.