Kelli, a senior at Watertown High, threw 43 2/3 of her team's 47 innings on a single day to help the Arrows go 6-1 and win the state Class AA softball tournament. She had a 1.44 ERA and 27 strikeouts, and also drove in six runs. During the regular season Kelli, who was named all-tournament and all-state, led the Arrows with 27 RBIs.

Nate Smith

HIGHLAND PARK, N.J. > Football

Nate, a senior running back-linebacker at Highland Park High, rushed for 367 yards and five touchdowns in a 44-21 win over Middlesex. The next week, in a 41-28 win over Metuchen, he ran for 341 yards and two touchdowns, and also scored on a 38-yard interception return and a 99-yard kickoff return.

Caris, a freshman at Georgetown, went 3-0 in singles and 3-0 in doubles at the Bruno Classic, and a week later did the same thing at the Navy Gold Invitational. As a senior at Theodore Roosevelt High he won his third straight Iowa Class 2A singles title, won the coed championship with his sister, Libby, and helped the Roughriders win the team title.

Gillis, a senior goalie at Massachusetts-Lowell, broke the NCAA Division II record for consecutive shutout minutes by running her total to 1,232 in a 3-0 victory over Southern Connecticut. She did not allow a goal in 12 matches. Gillis was the 2008 Northeast-10 Conference goalkeeper of the year.

Joe and Jim, juniors at West Windsor-Plainsboro North High, finished one-two at the 5K Shore Coaches Invitational (15:03.6 and 15:15.2) and then did it again at the 2.5-mile Manhattan College Invitational (12:03.8 and 12:08.8). Joe broke the course record at each meet.