Foes, who will throw for Illinois State University next year, improved 13 spots in the shot put, having placed 17th a year ago.
Bureau Valley led the medal take with six medals in Class 2A. The eighth-grade Storm girls placed eighth as a team with 16 points.
Hoffman shattered the IESA state record by more than six and a half feet with a throw of 163-4 (49.8 meters),
Hall defeated Chillicothe 8-4 to win the Class 2A Regional final game on Saturday, May 18, 2024 at Hall High School.
A third meeting between two rivals came down to one run Friday evening in the Class 2A Rock Falls Regional title game. In the end, Bureau Valley pulled off its second upset of the week, defeating Bureau County and Three Rivers rival Princeton 6-5 in a thriller.
St. Bede defeated Princeville 15-0 in four innings in the Class 1A Regional semifinal game on Friday, May 17, 2024 at St. Bede Academy.
St. Bede defeated Midwest Central 3-0 to win the Class 2A Regional title on Friday, May 17, 2024 at Abbot Phillip Davy Field.
Local rivals Bureau Valley and Princeton square off in Rock Falls for the 2A regional title Friday, May 17, 2024. BV took a close game 6-5.
Rockridge defeated Bureau Valley 9-4 on Thursday, May 16, 2024 at Princeton High School. Rockets will play Monmouth-Roseville in the title game at 1p.m. on Saturday.