Boys Class 1A State Basketball Tournament (Peoria Civic Center)
Championship Game
St. Anthony (Effingham) 49 (30-5)
Okawville 46 (OT) (32-4)
**St. Anthony: First State Championship in boys basketball
**8-5 Overtime
**Drew Gibson & Alex Beesley (St. Anthony: 14 pts each
**Noah Frederking (Okawville): 26 pts
3rd Place: Chicago Hope Academy 60 Newark 46
Boys Class 2A State Basketball Tournament (Peoria Civic Center)
Championship Game
Chicago Orr 59 (23-5) (First State Championship in boys basketball)
Mt. Carmel 39
**Chicago Orr: Led 28-14 at Half Time and 46-31 after 3 Quarters
**Dannie Smith( Orr): 19 pts
**Raekwon Drake (Orr): 17 pts
**Jackson Marcott (Mt. Carmel): 17 pts
3rd Place: Kankakee Bishop McNamara 58 Monticello 53
Northern Illinois Big 12 All-Conference Team
West Division
Rochelle: 1st Team: Caleb Gould Unanimous
Honorable Mention: Kyle Seebach and Landon Griffith
The RTHS boys basketball program held their annual awards event last night as the student athletes received recognition for the hard work and dedication for this past season.
On the varsity level, the Hubs had a record of (20-8).
Several awards were handed out last night. They included:
**Caleb Gould Hackett MVP Award
Hall Free Throw Award
**Kyle Seebach Hoffman Rebounding Award
**Kaywan Palmer Defensive Player of the Year
**Sam Christensen McFadden Award for his leadership on the team
Boys Track
At DeKalb
1) DeKalb: 85 1/2 pts
2) Rochelle: 46 1/2 pts
3) Belvidere: 25 pts
**Rochelle: Michael Drendel 1st Place Triple Jump and 400
2nd Place Pole Vault and Long Jump
400 Relay 1st Place
Jesse Infante 2nd Place 1600
Edwin Infante 2nd Place 55 Hurdles
3200 Relay 2nd Place
Byron Indoor Preview Meet
1) Burlington Central: 78 pts
2) Grant: 70 pts
7) Byron: 34 pts
10) Winnebago: 21 pts
**Byron: 2nd Place: Duayne Goser High Jump
Michael Crisione Pole Vault
Chase Sarver 1600
Girls Track
Byron Girls Indoor Track Preview
1) Naperville Central: 136 pts
2) Wheaton Warrenville South: 86 pts
6) Byron: 22 pts
9) Rochelle: 16 pts
10) Winnebago: 15 pts
**Rochelle: 1st Place: 1600 Relay
**Jacie Wyatt, Morgan Knight, Cesca Vardman,
Morgan Baker
3rd Place: 800 Relay
**Byron: 1st Place: Faith Stoddard Pole Vault
Tanya Vaultonburg 55 Hurdles
**Winnebago: 2nd Place: Betsy Currens 200
Wrestling
Results from IWCOA Fresh/Soph State Championships held at the Prarie Capital Convention Center in Springfield.
Frosh-Soph 160 - Jesse Mochica of Rochelle lost both matches
Champ. Round 1 - Erick Aguilar (Leyden) won by decision over Jesse Mochica (Rochelle) (Dec 9-2)
Cons. Round 1 - Jett Dowell (Wheaton North) won by major decision over Jesse Mochica (Rochelle) (Maj 9-1) and
Results from the Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF) State Championships held at the BMO Harris Center in Rockford this Friday and Saturday.
Ben Harvey of Rochelle finished in 2nd place in the IKWF State Tournament. He moved into the finals by beating Micahael Roath of St. Charles North 1-0 in the Semi Finals on Saturday morning. He lost a close match in the finals 2-0. Harvey had a great State Series run placing 1st at Regional and Sectional and then becoming the 2nd only Senior Finalist for Rochelle. He finishes the season with a 46-3 record and 2nd Place in the state.
