CROSS COUNTRY SECTIONAL
Erie-Prophetstown and Riverdale boys teams heading to 2A state meet in Peoria
Shaw Media / ShawLocal.com • Tuesday, Nov 2, 2021
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Photos by Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Boys cross country teams from Riverdale and Erie-Prophetstown qualified for the state meet Nov. 6 after competing at the Class 1A Oregon Sectional on Saturday. Riverdale took second in the team standings with Tommy Murray finishing second and Landis Musser fifth. Murray took second just three seconds behind Brock Loftus of Amboy. The Rams also got a 12th-place finish from Peyton Sand with Cameron Overton 22nd and Caden Ludin 30th. Rockford Christian won the sectional title with 49 points to Riverdale’s 66. Erie-Prophetstown also qualified for state with a sixth-place finish with Jacob Gibson placing 44th and Lucas Dreisbach 47th. ABOVE LEFT: Erie-Prophetstown’s Victor Bonnell runs at the sectional. CENTER: Tommy Murray and Amboy’s Brock Loftus turn a corner during the race. RIGHT: Riverdale’s Landis Musser comes across the finish line in fifth place.
TOP SHOTS
Erie students participated in the 10,000 Shot Club
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Competing in the 10,000 Shot Club are Blake Burns, left, Brady Burns, and Brady Timmerman.
Completing 70,000 shots is Kiera Ary.
The following young men and women from Erie competed in the 10,000 Shot Club this summer. If a student shoots 100 shots every day between Memorial Day and Labor Day, they have shot 10,000 times. If they choose to do this every summer between their third grade year up to the summer before their senior year, they will have attempted 100,000 shots. This is quite an accomplishment for the students. The purpose is to motivate students to create good shooting skills and instill a good work ethic. The following students have made such accomplishments: 10,000 shots: Blake Burns 20,000 shots: Brady Timmerman 30,000 shots: Brady Burns 70,000 shots: Kiera Ary
