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Monday, August 12, 2024
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Kuch wins Metro Spotlight award

Katie Kuch from Prairie High School has been named the Metro Spotlight female athlete of the week, the Metro Sports Report announced Sunday night.

Kuch helped the Hawks reach the Class 5A state softball tournament this season for the first time in school history as their star pitcher. She compiled a 22-9 record and 2.36 ERA, with 120 strikeouts in 205 innings pitched as a senior.

Kuch was honored as the Valley Division Player of the Year in the Mississippi Valley Conference. She was named first team all-Metro and third team all-state.

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Zach Johnson 8th at PGA Championship

Zach Johnson notched his fourth straight Top 10 finish on the PGA Tour Sunday with a bogey-free, 2-under-par 68 in the final round of the PGA Championship at Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, N.Y.

Johnson, who played high school golf at Cedar Rapids Regis, never threatened the leaders but made a strong showing with 16 pars and two birdies in the final round. He finished at 3-under-par with rounds of 69-70-70-68 and tied for 8th place.

Johnson, a 9-time winner on the PGA Tour, registered his third Top 10 finish in the last five PGA Championships. It also was his second Top 10 finish in a major championship in 2013, following his sixth-place showing at the British Open at Muirfield, Scotland.

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Local players in pro baseball

RYAN SWEENEY (Xavier, Chicago Cubs) - Placed on disabled list June 30 with fractured rib. Expected to return Sept. 1. Season stats: G - 44, Avg. - .295, AB - 112, H - 33, HR - 4, RBI - 15, SB - 1.

SCOTT SCHEBLER (Prairie, Rancho Cucamonga (Dodgers)) - Started in right field Sunday and was 1-for-3 in the Quakes' 2-1 loss at Lake Elsinore. Season stats: G - 105, Avg. - .307, AB - 402, H - 123, HR - 25, RBI - 79, SB - 13.

KELLEN SWEENEY (Jefferson, Lansing (Blue Jays)) - Started at third base Sunday and was 0-for-3 in the Lugnuts' 3-2 loss to Great Lakes. Season stats: G - 95, Avg. - .178, AB - 303, H - 54, HR - 5, RBI - 22, SB - 0.

ANDREW HANSE (Linn-Mar, Bowling Green (Rays)) - Did not pitch Sunday in the Hot Rods' 6-3 loss to Lake County. Season stats: W - 1. L - 0. Sv - 0. ERA - 1.29. G - 3. IP - 7. H - 6. BB - 0. SO - 7.

CHAD CHRISTENSEN (Washington, GCL Twins (Twins)) - The Twins were idle Sunday. Season stats: G - 33, Avg. - .228, AB - 114, H - 26, HR - 1, RBI - 15, SB - 3.

JON KELLER (Xavier, GCL Orioles (Orioles)) - The Orioles were idle Sunday. Season stats: W - 0. L - 0. Sv - 0. ERA - 0.00. G - 3. IP - 6. H - 3. BB - 0. SO - 5.

   

Berutti wins national trapshooting title

Carly Berutti has turned her love of hunting and the outdoors into a national title.

Berutti captured first place at the AIM Grand National Trapshooting Championships in the Junior Female Division Tuesday with a flawless performance on the final day of competition in Sparta, Ill.

Berutti, 17, was tied for fourth place after Day 1 after hitting 97 of 100 targets, but she nailed 100 in a row Tuesday to win the crown with the best showing of her life.

Berutti, a senior at Xavier High School, had never hit more than 71 straight, but she managed to keep a steady hand by listening to music through her ear plugs. She kept firing away and kept hitting the targets as the streak neared the century mark.

"I was trying to just focus on the music and not think about it," she said Saturday. "I was trying to make myself stay calm by focusing on the music."

 

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Berrios gem leads Kernels past Cougars

GENEVA, Ill. - Jose Berrios tossed 7 1/3 innings of two-hit ball Saturday night to lead the Cedar Rapids Kernels past the Kane County Cougars, 6-0, in a Midwest League baseball game played before a crowd of 11,979 at Elfstrom Stadium.

The win was the Kernels' fourth straight and stretched their lead in the Western Division to 1 1/2 games over Quad Cities.

Joel Licon had two hits and drove in two runs for the Kernels.

Berrios (7-5) had a no-hitter through 5 1/3 innings. Jose Dore's one-out single in the sixth broke was Kane County's first safety.

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