Plano Preps

The Morris softball team used a combination of bunts, slaps and speed to go along with the pitching of Ella Davis to record an 11-1 victory over Plano in Tuesday’s semifinal of the Class 3A Ottawa Regional at King Field.

Plano senior Thomas Harding, who anchored Plano’s winning 4x100-meter relay; dominated the 400, running in 51.11 seconds; and also won a tightly contested 200 in 23.13, at the Interstate 8 Conference meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote.

Burlington Central won the team title by 30 points with 112, and Plano tied Sandwich for fourth with 39 at the 14-team Class 2A Sterling Sectional at DuWayne Dietz Track at Roscoe Eades Stadium in Sterling on Thursday.

The Kaneland boys track and field team won six events Thursday to win the Interstate 8 Conference championship.

Teams from La Salle-Peru, Sycamore, Kaneland, Plano, Sandwich, Ottawa and Morris competed in the Interstate 8 boys track meet on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

Yorkville softball earned a No. 1 sectional seed while Oswego and Oswego East softball and Oswego and Oswego East baseball received top five seeds in playoffs seeds and pairings released by the IHSA this week.

Plano senior Armoney Clay, who won the 100-meter dash, took second in the 200 and was part of Plano’s winning 4x100 and 4x200 relays at the Interstate 8 Conference meet, is the Record Newspapers Athlete of the Week in an online vote. Her Q&A with Joshua Welge.

The La Salle-Peru softball team honored its nine seniors before the game then rolled to a 15-0, four-inning victory over Plano on Wednesday.

Olivia Pastovich won both hurdles, Cora Heller won the pole vault and long jump and the Knights finished with 122 points to win the Intestate 8 Meet title.

Sophomore No. 8 hitter Dillan Johnson’s two-run single with the bases loaded capped the Reaper’s late-game heroics as Plano (4-19, 2-9 I8) captured the first of two meetings with the Indians this week.

Senior Landon VanDyke seemed to get stronger as the game wore on Monday, striking out seven of the 10 batters he faced throughout the middle three innings to help Morris earn a 3-0 shutout victory and its ninth consecutive win at Reaper Field in Plano.

Plano senior sprinter Armoney Clay rounded up four first-place medals to lead the Reapers to the girls team title, while Sandwich senior Wyatt Miller won the 800 and anchored two winning relays to lead the Indians' boys to the team championship at Plano's Field of Dreams Invite.

The Ottawa softball team banged out 12 hits and scored in every inning, while Maura Condon spun a two-hitter with 10 Ks against Plano in an Interstate 8 Conference game at King Field on Thursday night.

Ottawa defeated Plano 11-1 in five innings on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at Ottawa High School.

Junior left-hander Kaden Aguirre hurled 6 1/3 strong innings before reaching his maximum pitch count, allowing just three runs and four hits while striking out eight and walking six as he led Plano to a 9-3 victory over Rochelle in the Interstate Eight opener at Reaper Field.