Posts Tagged ‘Ava Khoury’
Khoury is IWU home run queen
Former Columbia High School softball standout Ava Khoury has etched her name into the record books at Illinois Wesleyan University. On Saturday, Khoury blasted her eighth home run of the…
Read MoreLocals playing college softball
The hours of hard work put forth on local diamonds has led several former local high school softball standouts to the college level this spring. Here’s a roundup of young…
Read MoreCollege diamond dandies
The tradition of rich local softball talent is evidenced by the number of young women playing the sport at various levels of college. Here’s a roundup of former high school…
Read MoreLocals earn all-state softball honors
Three stars from Waterloo High School and another from Columbia High School were selected recently to Illinois Coaches Association all-state softball teams. Recent WHS graduate Jane Kaniecki was named to…
Read MoreSoftball season in swing
The Columbia and Waterloo softball squads were busy kicking off their 2021 campaigns last week, eager to make up for lost time due to the COVID pandemic. Columbia is off…
Read MoreServes, sets and spikes aplenty
The sound of hoops players squeaking shoes on gym floors has quickly been replaced by the thumping of volleyballs by local teams of late. A few local high school volleyball…
Read MoreBasketball season comes to an end
The high school basketball season came to a close for boys and girls teams over the weekend. While it wasn’t the full season most programs had hoped for, senior student-athletes…
Read MoreGirls hoopsters going out with wins
The high school girls basketball season was short-lived, and all local teams have lost more than they’ve won. With victories this week, girls hoopsters are hoping to end things on…
Read MoreHawks, Eagles soar to victory
In high school girls basketball over the weekend, Gibault and Columbia picked up wins while other local teams suffered defeat. Gibault (3-6) was victorious at Chester on Saturday, 47-43. The…
Read MoreAva Khoury | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is local softball player Ava Khoury of Columbia. The 6-foot-2 junior-to-be recently threw a perfect game one day before her 16th birthday in a…
Read MoreColumbia Middle School Girls Basketball | Team of the Week
The Republic-Times Team of the Week is the Columbia Middle School girls basketball team. The eighth grade Eagles concluded their season with a record of 18-3 by claiming the Cahokia…
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