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The editor -in -chief of sport Matt Daniels with an overview of what is happening in the region:
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Tuscola Senior Sawyer Woodard, sitting in the middle, with his teammates and coaches on Thursday after signing with the Illinois athletics team.
Three reasons that we love sport today
➜ 1. Congratulations to Maddax Stine of the boys' athletics team from Salt Fork and Madison Jones of the Westville Softball team. The couple are our last recipients for the athletes of the week of the News-Gazette high school, powered by the entrepreneurs of Copper Creek. Learn more about the duo in Tuesday's newspaper.
➜ 2. Congratulations to Sawyer Woodard. Thursday, the senior of Tuscola signed a national letter of intent to compete with the athletics team of the Eastern Illinois University next season. Woodard ranked fourth to the disc during the IHSA class 1A state meeting last year.
➜ 3. Congratulations to Anna McClure. The former star of St. Thomas More Volleyball, who is now playing Miami (Ohio), will throw the first throw before the White Sox-Marins match on Sunday at Chicago.
Goalkeeper Benet Academy Blake Fagbemi engaged in Illinois on Wednesday evening.
Clearance of figures: 12.7, 6.6 and 5.5
Points, help and rebounds New Illinois Guard Blake Fagbemi On average last season while helping Benet to win a class 4A state championship on March 15 at the State Farm Center in Champaign. The 6 -foot fagbemi 1 inch 1 and 175 pounds engaged in Illini on Wednesday evening. He signed with Truman State last November, but reopened his recruitment in early April after a change of coach at the school II school.
Tyler Schmitt is expected to start the mound on Friday evening when the Illini baseball team welcomes UCLA at 6 p.m. at Illinois Field in Champaign.
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Three events to which I pay attention
➜ 1. UCLA in Illinois baseball. Tyler Schmitt Obtains the ball to start the first match in the series on Friday evening and wears a 4-2 file with an MPM of 4.88 for the Illini (27-19, 12-12 Big Ten). Left -handed Ian May And its 6-2 file with an MPM of 4.38 will start on the mound for the Bruins (34-14, 17-7). The first throw is scheduled at 6 p.m. at Illinois Field.
➜ 2. NCAA Urbana Regional. The Illinois male golf team is at 8 a.m. on Monday in the first round of the 13 team tournament at the Atkins Golf Club in Urbana. The game continues Tuesday and Wednesday.
➜ 3. NBA Draft combines. Old illini Kasparas Jakucionis And Will Riley are among the 75 players who will attend this event which will start Sunday in Chicago.
From left to right, Steele family: Drew, Zach, George and Andrea.
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Three questions with the sports director of Oakwood Zach Steele:
âžœ 1. My favorite sports team is … Equality between LSU football and Chicago Cubs.
âžœ 2. Three coaches with whom I would like to dine are … Ed Orgeron, Kim Mulkey and John McDannald.
âžœ 3. My biggest bane is … If you are not early, you are late. Be on time.
