11 Sports Tuesday, March 18, 2014 • 11 Second at State — The Princeton Tiger Special Olympic team took second at state. See Thursday’s BCR for more.
2013-14 BCR Player of the Year
Mineral spirits Foes big contributor to Annawan’s state success By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com
Bureau County has never produced a state champion in basketball before. The 1986 Ohio Bulldogs and 1997 and 1998 Hall Red Devils came close with secondplace finishes. The 1955 Princeton Tigers placed fourth in the one class system and the Bureau Valley Storm brought home three straight third-place finishes from 2000-02. The little town of Mineral on the western edge of Bureau County brings home the first in the form of Megan Foes. The senior starting guard from Mineral was a big time contributor for Annawan’s 1A state championship run. She averaged 10.2 points, 4 steals, 4 rebounds and 3 assists a game. Those numbers came playing for a state champion which included two other AP All-State picks in Celina VanHyfte and Cierra Davis. She was named as a first-team Lincoln Trail All-Conference selection and recognized with Fourth Team IBCA All-State and All-State Honorable Mention honors. She is now the 2013-14 BCR Player of the Year. Annawan coach Jason Burkiewicz, who played for Hall’s second state runner-up
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Spring Valley’s Anthony Urbanski took part in the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s distance medley All-American finish.
College track
Urbanski earns All-American honors
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The Megan Foes file • Senior guard at Annawan, from Mineral • Fourth team IBCA All-State • AP All-State Honorable Mention • First team all-Lincoln Trail Conference • Averaged 10.2 points, 4 steals, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. • School record eight 3-point shots in one game
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Mineral’s Megan Foes helped bring home the IHSA 1A girls state championship trophy to Annawan and Bureau County. The senior guard received fourth team IBCA All-State and AP All-State Honorable Mention honors. LaMoille senior Shiela Browning is the BCR Player of the Year Runner-up.
Anthony Urbanski and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater’s distance medley earned All-American honors at Division III National Track Meet in Lincoln, Neb. Urbanski, a 2011 alumnus of Hall High School, joined teammates Kevin Buntman, Bryce Rudebeck and Dawson Miller (Whitewater/ Whitewater) for a third-place finish with a time of 9:57.87, eclipsing the school record of 9:58.47. The Whitewater relay had been ranked seventh. It marks the fourth time that UW-W has earned All-America honors in the DMR (also 2002, 2004, 2008). Central College won the 2014 distance medley relay in 9:54.08.
IKWF State
Area wrestlers land state medals Korte from Celtic Elite. In the state finals, he lost to Tucker Four Princfrom Bolingbrook, eton wrestlers a returning state received medals runner-up. from IKWF State Hammerich competition over won his first two the weekend. matches before Tiger Town falling to eventual Tanglers had state champion two medalists in Howard from RenShaylynn the IKWF boys egade, falling 14-8. Hartmann state tourna- 2nd at girls state He lost again in ment at Rockford wrestlebacks, but — Chase Tatum bounced back to defeat took home second place Bartell from the Maine at 215 pounds novice Eagles for fifth place. and Peyton Hammerich Drake Davis from placed fifth at 156- Princeton wrestles for pound novice Illinois Valley Elite, Tatum pinned his first placing fifth at senior three wrestlers, defeat- 122 pounds. He is a fiveing Frazier from Olney, time IKWF state qualiElsbury from Xtreme and fier and four-time place
By Kevin Hieronymus
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Girls Got Game Princeton’s Taylor Quiram (left) and Alexis Alt battle on defense in Sunday’s fifth-grade championship game of the Girls Got Game Princeton Boosters Shootout. Princeton won their pool championship and took second place overall.
winner. Shaylynn Hartmann of Tiger Town placed second in the middle school division 103 pounds bracket at the girls state in Yorkville. She won by pin, won 5-4, and lost 2-0 in the title match. This year’s girls event had 120 wrestlers, up 20 from last year’s inaugural event. Hartmann finished this year with a 17-14 overall record and 3-3 against girls. TTT’s Conner Alter and Dallas Hill also qualified for State, but did not place. Comment on this story at www.bcrnews. com.
Chase Tatum second at 215 Novice
Chase Tatum fifth at 156 Novice