Boys Track and Field
Eller, Grant move to Saturday: At Charleston, Marquette’s Caden Eller will be competing Saturday in the Class 1A State Finals after placing seventh in Thursday’s preliminaries at Eastern Illinois University.
Eller, a senior, traversed 6.28 meters, just less than a quarter of a meter from Class 1A leader K.J. Davis of Oblong-Palestine-Hutsonville’s 6.52 jump.
Seneca’s Nathan Grant, a junior, also advanced to Saturday, clearing 1.85 meters in the high jump. Eight high jumpers finished at 1.88 meters.
Seneca’s Collin Wright placed 19th in the long jump with a jump of 5.62 meters, with Alex Bigner-Kidwell added a 19th-place finish of 13.62 meters in the shot put.
Seneca placed 35th in the 4×100 (45.18 seconds), and Chris Poyner was 30th in the 400 (53.23).
Fieldcrest’s Calen Krischel was 31st in the 1,600 (4:43.75).
Boys tennis
Ottawa team’s run ends at state: In suburban Chicago, the Ottawa state-qualifying team of Adam Gross and Noah Gross saw their seasons ended at the IHSA State Tournament, going 0-2 in play Thursday.
The Gross brothers lost 7-6 (3), 6-3 in their morning opener to Hinsdale South’s Rithik Selvaraj and Rohan Bansal, then in consolation play fell 6-4, 6-3 to the Rock Island Alleman team of Lincoln Dorsey and Chase Baird.
The La Salle-Peru team of Andrew Bollis and Daniel Santoy also saw their seasons ended Thursday, going 1-2.
