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All-Conference Teams

 

State Tournament

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Conference Directory

 

Champions of

the Diamond

 

Black Diamond History & Facts

 

Fall Sports Summary

 

Master Football Schedule

2007 Sees Successes for BDC Spring Sports Teams and Athletes

 

Softball

Johnston City Lady Indians Win Historic 16th 

Consecutive BDC Softball Crown;  Carterville Lady Lions Advance to State Tourney for 2nd Year in a Row

In an historic season that saw the first-ever All-Black Diamond Super-Sectional, several teams recorded momentous achievements on the softball diamond.  The Johnston City Lady Indians continued their unprecedented conference championship streak which now spans sixteen consecutive seasons.  J. City split two meetings with Carterville, but were victorious in the match that decided the conference rankings. The Lady Indians went on to win the regional crown before being upset by Pope Co. 1-0 in the sectional finals.

Carterville’s Lady Lions, who finished second in the BDC race, advanced to the IHSA Class A State Tournament for the second year in a row and the second time in school history. Carterville nipped BDC rival ZRC 3-2 to win the regional tournament and then defeated SIRR powers Nashville and Pinckneyville to advance to the first-ever All-BDC Super-Sectional.   There the Lady Lions upended the Carmi/White County Lady Bulldogs 14-6.  At the State Tourney, the Lady Lions superb season came to an end with a 5-1 loss to eventual state champion Beecher in the quarter-final round.

 

Baseball

Eldorado finished perfect in The Diamond; Two Squads Reach Sectional Finals

The Eldorado Eagles finished the 2007 BDC schedule with an unblemished 9-0 record.  The Eagles were followed by Carterville, whose only conference loss came at the hands of the Eagles, and the Trico Pioneers who finished third at 7-2. Carmi/white Co. finished fourth with a 6-3 conference slate, while the Hamilton County Foxes were fourth at 5-4.  Three teams, Johnston City, Fairfield and ZRC were bunched together with 3-6 records, and Elverado finished at 1-8.  Cairo did not field a team for the 2007 season.

Eldorado won a 1-0 squeaker over rival CWC to win its regional and eventually advance to the sectional final where they lost to Harrisburg 11-4.  The Carterville Lions also advanced to their sectional final before losing to eventual state qualifier Pinckneyville 4-1.

 

Girls Track & Field

Carterville’s Kat Hendricks Finishes Career With Pole Vault State Championship Three-Peat;  CWC Ends C’ville’s Dominance in the BDC

Katherine “Kat” Hendricks, Carterville senior, ended her stellar high school career by capturing her third consecutive IHSA Class A pole vaulting championship.  Other BDC medalists at the state meet were Lauren Winkelman (CWC) who finished third in the long jump, and Megan Harbison (Eldorado) and Erica LeVault (Sesser-Valier) who finished seventh and eighth respectively in the shot put.

AT the BDC Conference Meet, Carterville’s streak of seven consecutive BDC titles came to an end at the hands of the CWC Lady Bulldogs.  CWC outdistanced the field tallying 139 points.  The Fairfield Lady Mules finished second with 115 points, edging out defending champs Carterville who finished with 110.  Fourth place went to Eldorado (65 points), who were followed by Sesser-Valier (50), CZR (44), Hamilton Co. (19), Johnston City (8) and Cairo (1).

 

Boys Track & Field

Carterville Lions Win Ninth Consecutive BDC Track and Field Championship  S-V’s Vandekerhove, J.C. 4X100 Relays Advance to State

The Carterville Lions won their ninth BDC Track and Field title in a row and their 25th since 1976 scoring 122 points.

The Lions were followed by the Fairfield Mules (106), and CZR (97) in the top three.  In fourth place were the Johnston City Indians ((65 points), followed by CWC (50) S-V (44), Hamilton Co. (38), and Eldorado (32).  Cairo had no team score.

Sesser-Valier Red Devil Ty Vandekerhove advanced to the IHSA Class A State Meet at Eastern Illinois University in the Long Jump as did Johnston City’s 4X100 meter relay team of Derek Johnson, Derek Solomon, Mark Kaszian, and Marshall Mummert.

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