TriCounty Led an East Peoria softball team to the state finals for the first time in school history. Her 31-5 Raiders outscored postseason opponents 43-2 on the way to a Class 3A second-place finish.
Joe Girardi![]() This East Peoria native and Spalding ('82) graduate took the Irish to the 1982 state finals before obtaining an industrial engineering degree from Northwestern where he was an All-Big Ten catcher in 1985 and 1986. Drafted in the 5th round MLB draft by the Chicago Cubs, Joe turned a successful major league playing career into a managerial career, first as bench coach of the New York Yankees, and recently as manager of the Florida MarIin. |