IESA

Area athletes earned first place finishes in eight events at the IESA Track and Field State Championships held in East Peoria over the last two weekends.

Coal City's Dominic Zuccarello and Max Christensen won state titles at the IESA State Wrestling Tournament over the weekend, where nine other area wrestlers also placed.

The Lions (21-3) advance to state to face Staunton (26-1) at 8:15 p.m. on Friday at Warrensburg-Latham High School. Staunton beat Pana at the Divernon Sectional.

The Kankakee seventh grade boys basketball team finished fourth at state over the weekend. Three eighth grade teams finished as state quarterfinalists.

Putnam County had a good run in the 2A IESA State Track & Field at East Peoria, landing two medals.

Oglesby Washington Ella Jane Burke won the seventh grade IESA Class 2A discus title and many other area athletes claimed state medals.

Like any best friends, Casey Etheridge and Augustus Swanson do a lot of things together. On Saturday, the Princeton Logan eighth-graders won medals from the IESA State Wrestling Tournament at the Convocation Center in DeKalb together.

The Princeton Logan cross country program is off to a running start in its first year.

Princeton Logan turned in 14 state qualifiers and swept both girl championships in Saturday’s 3A sectional at Bureau Valley. The seventh-grade boys were second, by a narrow 90-88 margin to Morrison.

The IESA has paused all its activities, which means boys basketball and girls volleyball, set to start in the next two weeks, likely will be delayed.

When you play against larger schools in the Joliet area all fall and you have strong pitching, chances are your team will be a player in the IESA State Baseball Tournament.