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 Sports Week of May 14, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Yellow Jackets advance to regional semis with 8-5 win over ZRC The Chester Yellow Jacket baseball team advanced to the regional semifinal round of the Du Quoin Class 2A regional tournament Monday with an 8-5 win over Zeigler Royalton Christopher. Chester, who has won 10 straight, improves to 21-7 on the season. Next up is a Wednesday afternoon meeting with top-seed Benton at Du Quoin. Game time is 4:30pm. Each team scored two runs in the first inning and the Yellow Jackets took a quick 3-2 lead with a single run in the top of the second. However, the Tornadoes answered back with three runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 5-2 lead. Chester scored twice in the top of the third to cut ZRC’s lead down to 5-4 and then took the lead with two runs in the top of the fourth. The Yellow Jackets added a single run in the top of the sixth to take an 8-5 lead. Caleb "Scooter" Arbeiter pitched out of a bases loaded situation in the top of the sixth. Arbeiter entered the game in relief of starting pitcher Casey Venable. Venable finished 3-for-4 for the afternoon with a double and RBI. Dalton Misuraca went 2-for-3 with a double and RBI. Alec Weir finished 2-for-4 with an RBI while Chris Schwartz finished 1-for-2 with an RBI. Venable improved to 7-1 on the season with the win while Arbeiter picked up the save in relief. Chester boys finish fourth at Morris Invitational in Nashville Monday In their final meet before hosting Thursday’s IHSA Sectional meet, the Chester Yellow Jacket boys track team finished fourth Monday at the 15-team Morris Invitational hosted by Nashville. Wesclin won the meet with 77 points followed by Sparta (74), Madison (74), Chester (58.5), Benton (50), Metro-East Lutheran (40), Nashville (34), East Alton-Wood River (29), Du Quoin (27), Dupo (26), Greenville, Mater Dei (19.5), Pinckneyville (13), Christ Our Rock Lutheran of Centralia (7) and Okawville (5). The results released from the meet listed only the top three finishers in each event. Verne White won the 400 with a time of :51.4. Kyle Landon won the high jump (6’ 4"), the long jump (20’ 6") and triple jump (40’ 11). In relays, Chester finished third in the 1600 with a time of 3:37.86. Season ends for Lady Yellow Jacket softball in regional quarterfinals at Red Bud The long season for the Chester Lady Yellow Jacket softball team came to an end Monday. Chester lost at Red Bud to the host Lady Musketeers 22-4 in five innings. The Lady Yellow Jackets finish their season with a record of 5-21. Chester scored three times in the top of the first inning but their lead was shortlived as Red Bud answered with six runs in the bottom of the inning and added five more in the second to build a quick 11-3 lead. The Lady Yellow Jackets’ final run came in the top of the third. Red Bud answered with five in the bottom of the third and six more in the bottom of the fourth to shortgame the Lady Yellow Jackets 22-4 in five innings. Taylor Gross took the loss for Chester. Marah Laramore was 1-for-3 on the afternoon with a run scored.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Lady Yellow Jacket sending 11 girls to state after 2nd place finish at
sectionals The Chester Lady Yellow Jacket track team will be sending 11 members of the team to the Class 1A State Finals in Charleston next week after finishing second at the sectional meet hosted by Nashville Friday. It’s quite an accomplishment for a team that has only 16 girls. Breese Mater Dei won the sectional with 115 points followed by Chester with 82 points. Nashville (72), Red Bud (72) and Metro East Lutheran of Edwardsville (59) rounded out the top five teams. Below are the state qualifiers for next week’s meet at Eastern Illinois University. During the meet, a 25 year old record was school record was broken. The 400 relay team of Sarah Bindel, Maribeth Lawrence, McKenzi Rucker and DeNa Nesbitt won the event with a time of :50.9 breaking the record of :51.2 set in 1987 by the team of Tracy Badgett, Missy Blechle, Melissa Reiman and Denice Shields. The 800 relay team of Maribeth Lawrence, Mikayla Atchison, McKenzi Rucker and DeNa Nesbitt won the event with a time of 1:51.58. The 3200 relay team of Mikayla Atchison, Taylor Yankey, Holly Hartman and Emily Reid finished second with a time of 10:50.89. Sarah Bindel won the 100 high hurdles with a time of :16.77 and the 300 low hurdles with a time of :48.71. Rachel Clendenin finished second on the 300 low hurdles with a time of :51.62. DeNa Nesbitt finished third in the 100 with a time of :12.96. |
