{"id":313277,"date":"2026-05-29T01:48:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/313277\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T01:48:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T01:48:15","slug":"photos-morris-defeats-plano-in-class-3a-regional-semifinal-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/313277\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Morris defeats Plano in Class 3A regional semifinal \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ImageMetadata__MetadataParagraph-sc-1gn0vty-0 ijEZZk image-metadata\">Morris\u2019 Mick Smith connects for a RBI single against Plano in the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional semifinal on Thursday, May 28, 2026 in Joliet. (Gary Middendorf)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Gary Middendorf\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c5fa9165-94ad-459d-b73b-1013eff39888.png\" width=\"84\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/author\/gary-middendorf\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gary Middendorf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumnus. Transitioned from animation to photography in 2010. Freelanced as a photojournalist from 2011 to 2021 before taking on the role as Photo Editor for the Herald-News in 2021.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/gallery\/2026\/05\/29\/photos-morris-defeats-plano-in-class-3a-regional-semifinal\/mailto:gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Send an email to Gary Middendorf\" class=\"linkHovers__LinkSVGHover-sc-1ad8end-2 default__MediaLinksStyled-sc-1m0o7mf-0 iZqbyw\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/middendorfgary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Connect on Twitter\" class=\"linkHovers__LinkSVGHover-sc-1ad8end-2 default__MediaLinksStyled-sc-1m0o7mf-0 iZqbyw\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/@gmiddendorf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Follow on Instagram\" class=\"linkHovers__LinkSVGHover-sc-1ad8end-2 default__MediaLinksStyled-sc-1m0o7mf-0 iZqbyw\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shawlocal.com\/arc\/outboundfeeds\/rss\/author\/gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com\/?outputType=xml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\"Subscribe to Gary Middendorf RSS feed\" class=\"linkHovers__LinkSVGHover-sc-1ad8end-2 default__MediaLinksStyled-sc-1m0o7mf-0 iZqbyw\"><\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Morris\u2019 Mick Smith connects for a RBI single against Plano in the Class 3A Joliet Catholic Regional semifinal&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-313277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}