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the mokena messenger | June 20, 2019 | 37
Lincoln-Way baseball, softball
players earn All-State honors
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor
Lincoln-Way Central
pitcher/outfielder Amanda
Weyh was named to the
Class 4A All-State softball
first team by the Illinois
Coaches Association.
Weyh, a Lindenwood
recruit and Mokena resident,
was dominant with
her arm and her bat in her
senior season.
She went 13-1 with a
0.45 ERA in the circle,
striking out 103 in 78 2/3
innings. She also hit .430
with seven home runs, 35
RBI and 25 runs.
LW Central’s Carly Alvers
and LW East’s Danielle
Drogemuller were
named second team All-
State.
Alvers hit .461 with six
home runs and 36 RBI as a
sophomore third baseman
for the Knights.
Drogemuller, a Pitt recruit,
went 16-7 with a
2.01 ERA and hit .333 for
her junior season.
LW Central’s Gabby
Gedville and Ashley
Platek, and LW East’s
Paige Geraghty and Lexi
Krause were named third
team All-State.
Lincoln-Way East’s
Cole Kirschsieper and
Ryan Ritter were named
to the Class 4A All-State
team by the Illinois High
School Baseball Coaches
Association.
Kirschsieper, an Illinois
recruit, went 10-1 with a
0.42 ERA and struck out
70 while walking just 14
in 66 innings pitched.
Lincoln-Way Central’s
Amanda Weyh, a Mokena
resident, was named
first team All-State by
the Illinois Coaches
Association. 22ND CENTURY
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Ritter, an Austin Peay
recruit, hit .429 with four
home runs, 23 RBI, 41
runs and 10 stolen bases.
Ritter was drafted by the
Cubs in the 33rd round of
the MLB Draft earlier this
month.
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Big changes ahead for IHSA basketball, football
STEVE MILLAR, Sports Editor
The Illinois High
School Association announced
last week a format
change for the boys
and girls state basketball
finals. Beginning in 2021,
the finals for all four classes
in girls basketball will
be held over one three-day
weekend, with all four
classes of boys being
contested the following
weekend.
In the past, Classes 1A
and 2A were held over
one weekend, with 3A and
4A the next.
Under the new format,
16 games will be played
each week, from Thursday
to Saturday, and the championship
games in all four
classes will be held on the
same Saturday.
The hope is the change
will boost attendance. It
prevents the large-class
boys finals from conflicting
with the highly-popular
opening weekend of
the NCAA Tournament, as
it has in recent years.
“There has been a great
deal of support for this
new tournament format
over the past few months,”
IHSA Executive Director
Craig Anderson said in a
press release. “We tried to
be as transparent as possible,
communicating the
idea and seeking feedback
from basketball coaches
and school administrators
throughout the state
in a variety of ways. It
was fairly unanimous that
most felt like it was {an}
idea worth trying.”
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Hypothetical football
districts
Last month, the IHSA
released proposed districts
for football, which
is slated to switch to the
new format - in which the
IHSA will schedule seven
or eight of a team’s nineregular
season games
based on location and enrollment
- in 2021.
Under the proposal,
Lincoln-Way East would
be in Class 8A district
with Belleville East, Edwardsville,
Joliet Central,
Joliet West, Lockport,
Minooka and O’Fallon,
meaning the Griffins
would have to take two
trips to the St. Louis
metro area every other
year, and one in other
seasons.
Lincoln-Way Central is
slated to play in a 7A district
with LW West, Bradley-Bourbonnais,
Thornton,
T.F. South, Plainfield
Central, Romeoville,
Thornwood and Yorkville.
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