The Female Athlete of the Week is sophomore long jumper/hurdler Joli Jungels.  Joli lead the KV girls track team to their second consecutive sectional championship this past week.  She totalled 22 and a half points setting two personal bests in the process.  Joli finished second in the long jump, third in both hurdle events and was a member of the winning 400 relay team in a time of 51.48 seconds.  Kankakee Valley will send 18 girls to the Regionals at Chesterton High School.  Congratulations, Joli!

 

The Male Athlete of the Week is senior baseball standout Zach DeFries.

Zach recently tied a STATE record with his 12th triple of the 2012 season.

The record was set in 1986 by Mike Deck from Carmel High School.

Congratulations, Zach!