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Weekend Sports Anchor for @WMBDNews in Peoria, IL. Formerly @KETK . ETX native🤠 Former UTT Play-by-Play, statistician. ✈️Plane nerd. 🧢Hat collector. FL➡️TX➡️IL
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MOM IS CANCER FREE! SHE WINS THE 164 DAY FIGHT!!
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Texas Sen.
@tedcruz
received his first haircut in weeks at the salon owned by
#ShelleyLuther
. She was released from jail yesterday after refusing to apologize for operating her business during the shutdown.
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JUST IN: The Texas Republican Party fired its Sergeant-at-Arms on Wednesday after he endorsed the violence occurring in Washington D.C.
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Top 2 moment in American sports history and it’s not 2nd.
February 26, 2012: A question is asked and immediately answered.
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In a video released last night during the heat of impeachment debates, Texas Sen.
@SenTedCruz
released a six-minute video listing off ten complaints about the compromise spending bill that would avoid a shutdown, calling it a "boondoggle."
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Hartsburg-Emden senior Addie Beekman struggled to speak when asked what playing for the Stags meant to her after their 1A state title game loss, so coach Jennifer Hayes helped her out.
@HartemStags
49 total students in their school, 15 play volleyball. Addie was 1 of 3 seniors.
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Tyson Swanson (
@TysonSwanson4
) with the quote of the night after being asked about Simeon fans chanting “overrated” during the game:
“I don’t know how we can be overrated when we beat them twice.”
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Men’s Golf: ASC Champs
Men’s T&F: ASC Champs
Men’s Tennis: ASC Champs
Women’s Tennis: ASC Champs
Softball: ASC Champs, Regional Champs, Super Regional Champs, World Series Appearance
Baseball: Regional Champs, National Champs!
It was a great spring for the Patriots!!
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Oh college football how we’ve missed you.
#BackyardBrawl
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Bloomington’s Adam Beasley comforts Normal Community’s Chris Taylor after Taylor missed a high jump attempt that would’ve won him state.
“You’re still a champion,” he told him.
Taylor finished in 2nd. Beasley tied for 4th
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Love to see this...Senior Night for the
@wchs_308gbb
Panthers and each senior had a personalized handshake with their dads for starting lineups.
Washington won 65-34.
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For the first time in 17 years, Bradley men’s basketball has received a vote in the AP poll.
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How about
@EthanKizer21
throwing down the hammer tonight for
@MetamoraBBB
!
The senior finished with around 25 points tonight in their 62-45 win over Morton.
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Fantastic reaction here from Coach Karrie Redeker (
@KarrieRedeker
) upon hearing she'd won her 600th career game today.
ICC Cougars get the sweep from their women's and men's teams on Sophomore Day.
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BREAKING: Former
@Lobo_Football
Haynes King has been named the starting quarterback for Texas A&M. Jimbo Fisher made the announcement on ESPN Radio this morning.
Story upcoming.
#bEASTtexas
#txhsfb
@CowboyTD
@FeverScoreboard
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LeRoy didn't have a single baserunner until the 6th inning.
They took a scoreless ballgame into extra innings and had to fight through every at-bat.
Here's the two-run triple from Natalie Loy in the 8th that sent the
@LeRoySoftball
to state for the first time in school history.
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BREAKING: An Alto High school basketball player has died after collapsing during a game.
Those that have lived here for a while will remember in 2015 they had a football player pass away after a game.
Thoughts and prayers with their community.
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Tommy Graham with potentially the dunk of the year tonight in Peoria Notre Dame's 2A regional title victory over El Paso-Gridley.
The Irish were then treated to a student section court storming after accepting the trophy.
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Trying to figure out what Terrence Williams was thinking on that last play
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A very happy Wardle family. Mya and Emy both helped direct two second-half runs after their offense couldn’t get anything to fall early.
Emy didn’t play like a freshman in the 4th. An 8-0 run by herself put the game out of reach.
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LIFE UPDATE
Last week, I accepted a position as a Sports Reporter/Weekend Sports Anchor at WMBD/WYZZ in Peoria, Illinois.
My time at
@KETK
will be ending June 16. I will always be grateful for East Texas being my home and will dearly miss everyone I’ve met over the years!
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"That's my squad right there, I love them to death. I love y'all!"
Coach Meechie Edwards and the Peoria Lions know how to celebrate a school's first Final Four appearance in 22 years!
@kurtpegler
@briendunphy
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It's party in Peoria!
The
@BradleyUMBB
Braves are MVC regular-season champs for the first time since 1996!
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Tie game, under a minute left.
No problem for
@JustisBachman
!
@EHSHornets
knocks off their rival EPG 45-41.
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Few high school athletics programs in Central Illinois are as hot as
@NCWHSATHLETICS
right now.
Multiple conference & intercity titles in the fall and now some of those same athletes are excelling in
@NCWHS_HOOPS
as well.
Check out my story on them tonight at 6:20 on
@WMBDNews
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Man I love my job!
Here's what the party in Normal looked like tonight after
@NCWHSSoccer
knocked off the No. 1 team in Illinois and No. 3 team in the country!
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What a night for
@mfunk2422
! A dunk and an amazing block got the Pioneers crowd fired up. They won an intense matchup over Central Catholic 58-48.
Highlights at 10:25 on WMBD.
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As Metamora started their state championship run, Briar Cremeens learned something no senior in high school should: his dad had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
The team & town has rallied around them. Thanks to them letting me tell their story tonight at 6 on
@WMBDNews
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Though I will always be a
@dallascowboys
fan, thanks to
@HoustonTexans
for giving my mom something to cheer for during her cancer treatment.
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Coach Danny Grieves. A man of the people and I don't think anyone loves Metamora more.
@MTHSAthletics
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Staying in Peoria for a 2A matchup between Eureka (13-17) and Peoria Notre Dame (11-17).
A great sight to see is Dylan Langholf suiting up in uniform with the Irish for the first time this season since he began cancer treatment.
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Owen Adams, the hero for the Morton Potters (
@PottersBaseball
).
Down 3-2 in the 11th, he gets the walk-off double to win 4-3 over rival Metamora and send the Potters to a 3A regional title game.
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Something I've thought is perfect
@SickosCommittee
material: DIII Eureka College's student section for their football team is maybe one full yard behind the end zone.
Gotta love it.
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Maybe the biggest first-round upset in all of Illinois this weekend.
15-seed
@FootballOlympia
upsets 2-seed Benton on the road today! Check out their highlights and a lot more in about 30 minutes on
@WMBDNews
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Put some respect on Parker Gilow's name! Here's his one-handed catch that put Gilmer on the board in the first 66 seconds of the game.
He had two TD receptions in the 1H.
#SCTop10
#txhsfb
@FeverScoreboard
TD GILMER! A one-handed snag on the 3rd play of the game!
Gilmer 7, Pleasant Grove 0
10:54 1Q
#txhsfb
@FeverScoreboard
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My professor roasted me yesterday.
Me: “Can we have a take home test, like as a Valentine’s present to the class?”
Professor: “Maybe, since I know for sure you won’t have a Valentine this year.”
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When I get texts like this from
@CourtCam36
, it makes me happy that I keep a list of her favorite orders 😂
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Boys 2A pole vaulters at the Illinois Top Times meet hold a memorial ceremony for Prairie Central’s Drew Fehr.
They are also donning blue wristbands.
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I honor my bets.
Unfortunately, my Notre Dame Fighting Irish couldn’t get it done in the Fiesta Bowl despite a 21-point lead.
Thanks to my boss
@JoeSpadea
for loaning me the jacket for the day. I’m sure you had a good laugh.
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Dunlap wearing purple ribbons in honor of Tessa Sutton. Normal West also has special t-shirts tonight.
All class.
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Coach Crouch with his final senior class.
They gave him a heck of a run.
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FINAL/8
Leroy 2
Marquette 1
@LeRoySoftball
is going to stare for the first time in school history!
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Down to the team's last strike,
@RoleyTate
comes through with a game-tying RBI single. Ethan Hurst just barely beats out the throw.
Very next pitch,
@PottersBaseball
walks it off on a wild pitch for a 3-2 comeback victory over Dunlap.
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On a night of two high-scoring seniors being held to a combined 5 points, sophomore Lexi Cottingham (
@Lexi_Cottingham
) had 11 points for the Chiefs.
None bigger than her two and-ones, the 2nd put the game out of reach.
Dee-Mack is headed to their first ever state quarterfinals
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This week has been incredibly hard for Central Illinois athletes and schools.
Three athletes taken from us far too soon. Tonight on WMBD Sports Extra after Xavier-Texas, we'll pay tribute to Drew, Dylan, & Tessa and remember what they meant to their communities.
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One year ago today, my mom looked Stage 3 cancer in the face and whooped it’s ass! Congrats on being one-year cancer free!!! ❤️
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"I just wish she was here and I know she was watching."
Dunlap sophomore Devyn Davis scored both goals tonight in their big win over Morton.
She was a teammate of Tessa Sutton's for 10 years and called Tessa "one of her best friends." 💜
#TeamTessa
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Less than 3 months after winning a state title in basketball, Drew Tucker is now a state champ in the high jump!
Congrats to him and the Redbirds.
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Don't blink when you go to a Peoria Chiefs game. You just might miss Victor Scott swiping a bag.
He is currently 2nd in all of minor league baseball in stolen bases, a leader in the clubhouse, and wears small tokens of his personality during games.
Story:
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6th year in the business, probably done 100+ athletic signing days.
Today was the first where the athletes asked for a pic with me.
Always seemed to have a joke ready when I covered their games. Hear from these small-town, childhood friends who all signed together tonight at 6
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Bradley's exclamation point on their dominant win was from
@samhenn1
and
@cade_hardtke
.
Their first career points for the Braves and the bench goes nuts!
@Ogduke2
@LeonsMalevy
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Peoria Notre Dame girls head coach Layne Langholf led the Irish to their first-ever state title on Saturday.
He did this while navigating his son's cancer diagnosis and treatment in Memphis that took him away for weeks at a time.
Story:
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Growing up as a kid, Gus Rugaard spent years cheering on the Bradley Braves from the stands. Now he's just months away from having a front-row seat.
Story:
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"Ever since his daughter got diagnosed and my father... he’s been there for me. There’s no one else I’d rather have by my side."
Coach Danny Grieves and the town of Metamora were rallying for one of their seniors & his dad during their title run.
Story:
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Insane shot a Gorman by Jake Smith to tie the game in final secondsThis district championship is headed to OT.
@KETK
@KETK_MikeA
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The 1,700th win in program history was a 4A regional championship and the
@IRON_ATHLETICS1
were partying in Pekin tonight!
@witzigdg
@WebberJaheem
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I believe Devon White is, as the youths say, standing on business with this big-time dunk.
#SCTop10
Illini Bluffs dominates their Tomahawk Conference opener against Midwest Central. Full highlights tonight at 10.
@32halvey
@ib327athletics
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After the game,
@Ki96383589
had an emotional hug with his family after clinching a spot in the state championship.
The senior had 383 yards today along with 5 touchdowns and 3,000 rushing yards in just 13 games.
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Bradley PG
@Ogduke2
has needed an upbeat personality and a lot of UHaul trucks to get where he is today.
Now he's shining for the
@BradleyUMBB
.
Story:
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With 10 minutes remaining in regulation, Coach Mike Bared told Kaden Hudson it was "gut check time."
With 1:45 left to play, here's the goal from Hudson that sent
@pndsoccer
to the Final Four with Bare nearly tackling him in celebration.
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Illini Bluffs with a large group signing today. 6 out of 21 senior athletes moving on with still more to come.
Hank Alvey: Lehigh 🏀
Brooke Buchen: Spoon River College🏐
Reese Cruit: ICC 🏐
Annabelle Fortin: Heartland CC🏐
Lily Luczkowiak: ICC 🏀
Josh Vaughn: Bradley ⚾
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Congrats to Normal Community senior Olivia Corson (
@CorsonOlivia
) on reaching the 1,000-point milestone this afternoon.
Teammates came well-prepared with some signs as well!
@IRON_ATHLETICS1
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FINAL
@NCWHSSoccer
4
@pndsoccer
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An absolutely massive upset! Wildcats take down the No. 1 team in Illinois and No. 3 team in the country!
@KurtPegler
@WMBDNews
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A game that came down to the very last second but Eureka College wins 35-28 over Rockford.
They have already surpassed their win total from each of the last two seasons and are 3-0 for the first time since 2018!
Congrats to the Red Devils. Highlights tonight at 10 on
@WMBDNews
.
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Defense held them to 10 points and forced 4 turnovers. 0 points off those turnovers= L
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FINAL
Dee-Mack 37
Eureka 32
The
@DMladychiefs
are headed to the state quarterfinals for the first time in program history!
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Normal Community phenom Ali Ince wins yet another state title in the 800 meters.
She breaks the 3A state record her senior year after missing out by 0.01 seconds as a freshman!
Her new state record is 2:05.33. And she’s got two events left.
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Thanks to all those who have ever supported me. Last night was an amazing experience and hope it’s the first of many Friday night reports!
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What a finish in the 3A 4x400…Normal Community 2nd only by a hair. Great run by these 4 women.
And it ends the HS career of Ali Ince, one of the most talented and yet humble/genuine athletes I’ve gotten to cover in my 6th year in this profession.
Her story far from done too.
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So my girlfriend ordered an 8 pc nugget & fry at Chick-Fil-A and they accidentally brought her out a 30 piece and three fries!
Due to COVID, they weren’t allowed to take it back and she got it for free.
Lord, I see how you’re working in others. Now I just need some of that 😂
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This analysis is completely next level. Solid job
@thEMANacho
The
#Cowboys
Kellen Moore is NOT to blame for their loss! Don’t listen to the masses.
Watch this tape, you’ll quickly learn what & who went wrong:
@GetUpESPN
@BloggingTheBoys
@clarencehilljr
@HelmanDC
#CowboysNation
#Dak
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It has now been two years since my mom whipped cancer’s ass! Here’s to many many more!
#cancerfree
#EmbraceTheFight
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The
@MetamoraBBB
were welcomed back, trophy & all, from their state championship weekend by hundreds of supporters.
Players spoke on a weekend where they didn't panic despite two big deficits and what it meant to have the town rally around them.
Story:
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THEY’VE DONE IT!
@Patriot_sb
wins 2 games today to win the Tyler Regional out of the loser’s bracket!
They came back in both games against Lubbock Christian after falling behind early. They are headed to the Super Regionals!
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Illini Bluffs' Hank Alvey (
@32halvey
) crushed it in the shotput today.
His throw of 48' 6" was six feet longer than second place.
He was also the discus champ as well and he's headed to the 1A state meet next week.
@ib327athletics
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Pontiac are your 3A IHSA softball State champions!
A 6-0 win over Antioch!
@PTHS_Indians
@KurtPegler
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Prayers for my family please. We're headed to Dallas for my mom's surgery!
#CunninghamTough
#TeamCindy
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Congrats to JD on his last day at channel 25.
Good luck on your next endeavor and enjoy spending more time with Gab!
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Heard over the newsroom scanner:
"Disregard the report of a man breaking into that home. It turned out to be four racoons."
@OHnewsroom
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Today, I tested positive for Covid-19. I have self-quarantined and told those I had close contact with.
While I feel rundown, the symptoms that started last night feel relatively minor.
Trying to remain positive while still working from home!
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Harambe probably wasn't amused by those bullets
@CincinnatiZoo
Cincinnati Zoo says it's "not amused" by memes of Harambe the gorilla
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The Saints stormed the court after Central Catholic survived 72-69 over their rival U-High to go to the 2A quarterfinals.
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After a breakout season in Abe Zeller's first year as head coach Morton, the Potters are already working ahead toward November. And they know there's a target on their back.
Story:
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