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Wednesday, June 6, 2007
By Journal Star staff
Notre Dame and Richwoods split a pair of close
battles for season bragging rights in the Mid-State 6 Conference all-sports
race, with ND winning the boys overall title and Richwoods taking the girls
crown.
On the girls side, Richwoods parlayed three
titles, one tie for first and three seconds into 3,450 points - 200 more than
second-place Notre Dame. The victory by the women Knights allowed them to claim
their 2nd straight All-Sports Trophy. The Knights are far and away the overall
leader in receipt of the Trophy, this year marking their 21st Trophy during its
29 year history.
Richwoods tied Notre Dame for the tennis title
and won championships in volleyball, softball and track and field. Notre Dame
earned league crowns in cross country, swimming and diving and soccer. Woodruff
was third (2,000), followed by Central (1,550) (sic) and Manual (1,350). Central won
the girls basketball title.
Teams are given 100 points for each place in
the league standings, with a maximum of 500 points for championships if all five
schools compete in a sport.
Thanks to championships in four sports and a
tie for another title, Notre Dame edged Richwoods by100 points for the 2006-2007
M-S 6 boys all-sports trophy.
The Irish tied Richwoods for the title in golf
and won outright championships in cross country, soccer, swimming and diving and
baseball to amass 4,250 points. Richwoods finished with 4,150 points after
claiming league honors in football, basketball and tennis.
Third-place Woodruff was the only other school
to claim top honors in a conference sport. The Warriors, who won wrestling and
track and field, finished with 3,100 points. Central was fourth (2,200) and
Manual fifth (1,100).
Metamora continues M-I
all-sports reign
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
By Journal Star staff
Metamora powered to its fifth consecutive Mid-Illini all-sports trophy,
helped by four titles and a trio of runner-up finishes.
The Redbirds rolled up 9,400 points to outdistance runner-up Morton by 350 -
thanks to championships in boys cross country, football, girls basketball and
girls track and field. Metamora was second in volleyball, softball and boys
tennis.
Morton (9,050) claimed titles in volleyball and girls basketball, with
runner-up finishes in football, boys basketball and girls softball.
Dunlap came in second in four sports (girls tennis, boys soccer, boys golf
and boys track and field) to end up third in the all-sports standings with 8,550
points.
East Peoria, the girls cross country and girls softball champion, was fourth
(6,650), followed by Washington (6,100), Pekin (6,050), Limestone (5,750) and
Canton (3,550).
Washington won titles in boys basketball and baseball.
Pekin, in its first
year of Mid-Illini Conference competition, won the boys golf championship.
Teams are given 100 points for each place in the conference standings, with a
maximum of 800 points for championships if all eight schools compete in a sport.
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