Posts Tagged ‘Justin Kretchmer’
Justin Kretchmer | Athlete of the Week
The Republic-Times Athlete of the Week is former Waterloo High School track standout Justin Kretchmer, who recently completed his track career at the University of Kentucky. Kretchmer, a 2013 WHS…
Read MoreKretchmer, Wittenbrink are Republic-Times Athletes of the Year
In today’s world of youth sports, it has become less common for an athlete to end their high school career playing multiple sports. Even less common is playing sports in…
Read MoreJustin Kretchmer | Athlete of the Week
Waterloo high jumper Justin Kretchmer is this week’s Republic-Times Athlete of the Week. Kretchmer capped off a stellar senior season and high school track career Saturday at the Class 2A…
Read MoreWaterloo four-peat; track stars state-bound
They say once is luck, twice is a coincidence and three times is habit, but Waterloo’s three track elites have made qualifying for the state tournament a Class of 2013…
Read MoreBulldogs take third at MVC meet
The Waterloo High School boys track team hit the ground running in Wednesday’s Mississippi Valley Conference track meet. The Bulldogs took third place with a team score of 95, behind…
Read MoreKretchmer, Landon put on show at Bi-County Meet
The entire Columbia High School athletic complex was on the edge of its seats Wednesday as two of the state’s top high jumpers went into a jump-off. Both Illinois State…
Read MoreLocal track teams fare well at Sparta Invite
Local track teams participated in the Sparta “Buzz Bradley” Invitational Friday, with several placing among the top teams. Waterloo took third among the 16 boys teams with a score of…
Read MoreRepublic-Times All-Local Basketball team
The Republic-Times is proud to announce the premiere of the Republic-Times All-Local team. The team is chosen through voting by the local coaches of that sport as well as the…
Read MoreKretchmer to high jump at Kentucky
Justin Kretchmer’s road to becoming the state high jump champion and recent University of Kentucky track signee almost took a different path when the six-foot-one freshman walked into then-WHS track…
Read MoreWaterloo falls to Althoff in regionals
The Waterloo Bulldogs saw their injury and illness-plagued 2012-13 boys basketball season end Tuesday night in the Class 3A Waterloo Regional Semifinals, going down in a hard fought contest to…
Read MoreInjury plagued Waterloo falls to conference leader Highland
It has seemed at times that Waterloo’s roster has been its greatest opponent. At the beginning of the season the Bulldog boys basketball team lost two seniors. Then a few…
Read MoreWaterloo tops conference foe Triad | Highlights
The Waterloo High School boys basketball team (14-8, 4-2 in the Mississippi Valley Conference) took on conference foe Triad (5-16, 1-5) Friday. This was a much needed win for the…
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