Vote now for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week from May 6-11
Opportunities for area athletes to excel were limited last week as rain washed out most events set for Friday and Saturday. However, there were plenty of events that did take place to create a strong list of candidates for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week honor for May 6-11.
Each week, the Daily Leader nominates a group of stars and you get to go and vote in our poll. Coaches may email Erich Murphy at emurphy@gannett.com by 9 a.m. each Monday to submit a potential nominee who can be placed on the ballot.
Voting ends at noon on Friday.
Eleana Atkins, Lexington-Ridgeview
Atkins collected six base hits, including three doubles and drove in three runs for the week. She also reached base (HP, BB) in her two plate appearances before being lifted against Eureka, as the Minutemen went 3-1 for the week.
Izabelle Behrends, Prairie Central
Behrends won 300-meter hurdles (46.71 seconds) and placed second in 100 hurdles at the Class 2A Metamora Sectional girls’ track meet, qualifying her for the state meet.
Henry Brummel, Zechariah Landstrom, Pontiac
Brummel and Landstrom combined to toss a no-hitter against Pekin, winning 3-1 at Dozer Field, home of the Class A minor league Peoria Chiefs. Brummel (6 strikeouts) and Landstrom (5 strikeouts) had a combined 11 punchouts. The run allowed was unearned.
Ryan Bumpous, Dwight
Bumpous has been on a hot streak of late, collecting eight hits for the week. These included two home runs and a game-winner. He also drove in eight runs as the Trojans went 5-1.
Mikayla Chambers, Dwight
Chambers qualified for state after winning three events at the Class 1A El Paso-Gridley Sectional girls’ track meet. She won the 200-meter dash (27.14), 400 dash (1:00.89) and the 800 run (2:28.74).
EPG Girls Track
The Titans dominated their own Class 1A sectional meet, winning eight events. Keyli Cogdal (100 hurdles, 4x100, 4x200, 4x400 relays), Aubrey Phillips (4x100, 4x200, 4x400, high jump) and Jaida Reed (100, 200, 4x100, 4x200) were each part of four winning events. Also scoring first-place points were Lizzie Uphoff (pole vault) and the 4x800 (Haven Miller, Sophie Hinthorne, Myli Ehrhardt, Caroline Wettstein) relay team.
Maddie Gourley, Pontiac
Gourley had a solid week with nine hits, including a double, scoring four runs, driving in a run and stealing five bases as PTHS went 3-0.
Shae Simons, WFC
Simons set down 44 batters on strikes, allowed six earned runs (all in one game) and yielded 20 hits while going 2-2 in the circle for the week.
Mackenzie Wesson, Lexington-Ridgeview
Wesson collected seven base hits, including two doubles, and drove in eight runs, including the game-winner against WFC, for Lexington-Ridgeview’s softball team that went 3-1 for the week.
This article originally appeared on Pontiac Daily Leader: Vote for the Daily Leader Athlete of the Week from May 6-11
