The Morton Potters (17-4-1) easily defeated the Washington Panthers (10-10-1) 8-0 and won the IHSA Class 2A soccer regional championship at McClallen Park. It was a bittersweet day for longtime Potters coach Brian Deters, who coached his last home game at Rotary Field produced victory No. 277 with the girls team. His teams have won 12 regional titles, including three straight, Morton will attempt to claim its first sectional title next week when it plays Geneseo at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the Peoria Notre Dame Sectional. Senior Erin Tisdale scored two goals in the first half to lead the Potters in scoring.
-Bob
Metamora High School (28-3, 11-1) coasted to a 7-0 victory against Morton High School in Mid-Illini conference softball Thursday afternoon. The lady Redbirds were led by junior Erica Phillips who struck out four, walked two and only allowed a sixth inning single to Brianna Mormann. Phillips also went 2-for-4 with an RBI. Maddie Anglin hit a solo home in the fifth inning for insurance. The normally tight Potters defense committed 4 errors to help Metamora build a early lead, and they were never challanged. Click here to see more photo’s.
-Bob
We finally got a break in the weather as the sun came out and the rain stopped, so I decided to shoot some softball. It was a game with lots of action and the Morton softball team had there hitting shoes on as they defeated Limestone 9-5 in Mid-Illini action. The Lady Potters banged out four home-runs Thursday afternoon, were paced by catcher Brianna Mormann who slugged two of them. Junior Nicole Koch who pitched in relief was able to cool down the Rockets hitters to pick up the win. Click here to see more photo’s.
-Bob
Led by 6-foot-1 junior Sarah Livingston’s 20 points the Morton Potters (31-2) over Peoria Richwoods (27-4) Thursday night in the championship game at the Galesburg basketball sectionals 44-24. The Knights trailed 15-4 before they started a rally in the second quarter. Brenna Detra scored six points and Gabby Cunningham hit a layup with 23 seconds left in the period to close the gap to 17-13. Kate Byrne added nine points, six rebounds and two blocks for Morton, Cortney Allenbaugh had eight points. The Potters move on to face Country Club Hills Hillcrest in the Pontiac Supersectional at 7:30 p.m. Monday.
-Bob
The #2 ranked Morton Potters (22-2) scored the game’s first 19 points, made 80% of there shots in the first quarter, forced nine turnovers in the first eight minutes and held Limestone (13-6) scoreless until 40 seconds remained in the first period for a 48-24 Mid-Illini Conference win. Cortney Allenbaugh was 7 of 8 from the field for 14 points for the Potters and Lexi Ellis contributed 12 points. Jessica Armour led the Rockets with six points.
-Bob
