KEWANEE WEATHER

Boilermaker sports roundup for Sept. 6


By The Kewanee Voice    September 6, 2024
Kewanee soccer players celebrate after Isidro Martinez’s goal. [Photos courtesy of Jacob Doan]

KHS soccer team plays Abingdon to a tie

Kewanee and Abingdon played to a tie in soccer Thursday at Kewanee Stadium.

“Another hard game that the Boilermakers had against Abingdon,” Coach Jesus Bermudez said. “Abingdon had very fast players, but Kewanee knew how to control them.

“The home team had a couple of players injured so we had to use our subs, which did awesome,” Bermudez said.

Kewanee’s Alex Barron, left, chases after the ball with an Abingdon player.

Abingdon scored first when Kewanee looked like they had control of the game. 

“Kewanee started playing harder, they were not taking another loss,” Bermudez said. 

At minute 38 of second half Isidro Martinez had a great kick that left Abingdon’s goalie with no chance to react, the coach said. Alonso Corral had an assist on the goal.

The game ended in a tie, 1-1.

Stats:

14 shots from the boilermakers.

18 saves Dillon Price.

Kewanee’s JV team won 1-0. The only goal was made by Daniel Copeland.

Charlet, Rusk lead the field in cross country event

Kewanee’s Nolie Charlet and Jason Rusk were the winners in a triangular cross country match at Rockridge Thursday against the home school and Orion.

Charlet ran the three-mile course in 22:08.36, beating the second-place runner from Rockridge by more than a minute.

And Rusk, Kewanee’s only entry in the boys race, had the winning time of 18:44.77.

Esmerelda and Alejandra Martinez placed fourth and fifth for Kewanee with times of 24:37.77 and 25:10.11 respectively.

Tiffany Helton’s time of 34:33.11 put her in 15th place.

With only one runner for the boys and four for the girls, no team score was kept for Kewanee.

Varsity volleyball beats Princeton, improves to 1-1 in conference

Kewanee’s volleyball team improved to 1-1 in conference with a win over Princeton 19-25, 25-15, 25-21.

Individual stats for Kewanee were:

Macee Pickering:  11 kills, 14 assists, 5 digs, 2 aces, 7 service points

Claire Taylor: 9 digs, 4 aces, 12 service points

Taylor VanWinkle: 6 digs, 2 kills, 3 aces, 6 service, 1 assist

Kendyl DeBlieck: 15 assists, 6 digs, 3 kills, 5 service points

Damaris Diaz: 8 kills, 1 assist

Aaliyah Duarte: 3 kills, 7 digs, 1 ace

Macy Anderson: 3 kills

Gabby Hampton: 1 kill

Katy Carton: 1 service points

Kewanee sophomores won 25-23, 25-21 and the freshmen won 25-17, 25-19.

Tennis team falls to St. Bede

Peru St. Bede topped Kewanee in tennis, 4-1.

Individual results were:

Singles:

No. 1 – Bailey Engels, Peru (St. Bede) def. Julia Pendergrass, Kewanee (H.S.), 6-0 , 6-0

No. 2 – London Currie, Kewanee (H.S.) def. Mona Desai, Peru (St. Bede), 3-6 , 6-3 , 6-10

Doubles:

No. 1 – Libby Huffaker, Peru (St. Bede) – Alondra Delao, Peru (St. Bede) def. Emma Brants, Kewanee (H.S.) – Azucena Cabada, Kewanee (H.S.), 6-0 , 6-2

No. 2 – Chipper Rossi, Peru (St. Bede) – Lillian Soliman, Peru (St. Bede) def. Jorden Anderson, Kewanee (H.S.) – Jazlyn Dearing, Kewanee (H.S.), 6-0 , 6-0 

No. 3 – Josie Trujillo, Peru (St. Bede) – Emerald De La Torre, Peru (St. Bede) def. London Pettis, Kewanee (H.S.) – Daniella Chavez, Kewanee (H.S.), 6-3 , 6-2 

Golfers lose dual match to Princeton

Kewanee lost a dual golf match to Princeton Thursday, 176-190.

Scores for Kewanee that counted were Landon Sheets 43, Reid Nichols 47, Owen Laue 48 and Dalton Bender 52.