So close, yet so impressive
– Short of hoisting hardware in East Peoria, it’s hard to imagine a more admirable close to a season.
But try telling that to Sterling’s players. Or their coach, who had a heartfelt chat with his senior catcher in the pitching cage alongside the third-base side dugout as this reporter accidentally eavesdropped.
“There won’t be another ballplayer like you,” Rick Henderson told Ashli King moments after Marengo eked out a 2-1 victory in the 3A Belvidere North Sectional final Monday evening.
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