The cause was the IHSA Class 3A softball championship. With senior right-hander Jodi Rebholz on the mound, Metamora beat Antioch 2-1 in the semifinals and River Forest Trinity 4-2 in the final to collect the first girls state team title in the school's storied athletic history.

Let the record show Antioch went on to score 13 runs in the third-place game after facing Rebholz, and Trinity scored nine runs in the semifinals before facing the Redbirds stopper. But that figures. Her two wins in June at EastSide Centre improved her record to 30-1.

Rebholz is continuing her career at Heartland Community College in Normal.