National high school top stars, best girls performances of the week (June 5-11)
Each week, SBLive scours all corners of the country for the top high school performances.
Here are the best girls performances around the country from June 5-11.
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Sophia Bordi, Haddon Heights (New Jersey)
Bordi, a sophomore, threw a perfect game with 16 strikeouts as Haddon Heights defended its state title with a 3-0 victory over Jefferson in the Group 2 final. In last year’s title game, Bordi fanned 20 in a 4-0 win over Hanover Park.
Rachel Forsyth, Ann Arbor Pioneer (Michigan)
Forsyth won the 800 at the Michigan Champions of Champions Festival with a time of 2:06.88, the sixth-fastest mark in state history and just outside the national top 10 this spring.
Ciara Heffron, Knoxville (Iowa)
Heffron struck out 11 and hit a home run in a 4-0 victory over Albia.
Adaejah Hodge, Montverde Academy (Florida)
Hodge ran a wind-aided 11.08 100 at the Star Athletics Sprint Series, the third-fastest all-conditions time in the country this spring. The sophomore also holds the fastest all-conditions 200 time nationally at 22.31.
Erin Hoehn, North Posey (Indiana)
Hoehn, a Michigan signee, threw a no-hitter with 15 strikeouts and hit a walk-off three-run homer that lifted North Posey to a 3-0 victory over Andrean in the Class 2A state championship game.
Shea Hurley, Westfield (Massachusetts)
Hurley fanned 16 and didn’t allow a hit or an earned run in an 11-2 state round-of-16 win over Wakefield Memorial. In the state quarterfinals, the sophomore struck out 11 and surrendered just two runs on four hits in a 4-2 victory over Silver Lake.
Chloe Jackson, Kellam (Virginia)
Jackson, a sophomore, blasted a pair of home runs — the first two of her high school career — in a 4-2 Class 6 state quarterfinal victory over Colgan.
Addison Kleinke, Churchill (Oregon)
Kleinke set a new personal record in the pole vault with a clearance of 13-7.5 at the USATF Oregon Association Masters and Open Championships. The freshman owns the Oregon state record in the pole vault.
Sage Mardjetko, Lemont (Illinois)
Mardjetko fired a no-hitter in the state championship game for the second straight season, striking out 24 in a 12-inning marathon against Antioch. Lemont scratched across a run in the bottom of the 12th in the Class 3A title game for a 1-0 win. Mardjetko, a South Carolina signee, didn’t allow an earned run during her senior season.
Karly Meredith, Kaukauna (Wisconsin)
Meredith, a sophomore, threw a five-hit shutout as Kaukauna captured the Division I state championship with a 4-0 victory over Superior.
Angelina Napoleon, Allegany-Limestone (New York)
Napoleon, an N.C. State signee, set a new national record in the 2,000 steeplechase with a time of 6:18.41 to win gold at the state meet. She also placed first in the 800 by finishing in 2:03.97, the third-best time in the country this season.
Kate Putman, Cicero-North Syracuse (New York)
Putnam won the 1,500 by more than five seconds at the state meet, finishing in 4:19.27 — the third-fastest time in the country this spring. The senior also took second to Angelina Napoleon in the 800 with a nationally-ranked time of 2:05.25.
Keagan Rothrock, Roncalli (Indiana)
Rothrock, a Florida signee, struck out 17 and belted a home run in the Class 4A state championship game, but Roncalli fell to Penn, 2-1, in nine innings.
Sianni Wynn, Pennsauken (New Jersey)
Wynn captured a pair of state titles at the Group 4 track championships, winning the 100 (11.82) and 400 (53.97). Wynn was the first Pennsauken freshman to earn a gold medal at state in 24 years.