Peace Poles at Arthur Welcome Center
Through a cooperative effort by the Arthur Rotary Club and the Village of Arthur, two peace poles have been installed at the Arthur Welcome Center to send a message of peace to the international visitors who come to the Arthur community. The two poles together say “May Peace Prevail On Earth” in 15 different languages…
Read MoreSmith delivers late heroics in semifinal; season ends in loss to Hawks
The Tuscola Warriors advanced in the Class 1A Regional last Wednesday, rallying late for a 4-3 semifinal victory over Argenta-Oreana before falling to the Meridian Hawks 11-1 on Friday in the championship. They picked up the dramatic win thanks to a clutch seventh-inning hit from Alaina Smith. After Argenta-Oreana tied the game at 2-2 in…
Read MoreEnglehardt fans 12 as Tuscola bounces back against Oakwood
After suffering a pair of tough losses earlier in the week, the Tuscola Warriors closed out the stretch on a high note Thursday with a 7-2 victory over Oakwood behind a dominant pitching performance from Evan Englehardt. Englehardt struck out 12 batters and allowed just two runs on five hits over seven innings as Tuscola…
Read MoreBayleigh Taylor to play softball for Kankakee Community College
By Daniel L. Chamness Life is not about how many times you get hit, it is about how many times you get hit and get back up and move forward. That is how winning is done!- Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa to his son in Rocky Balboa. There was a time that Bayleigh Taylor was…
Read MoreKatie Foltz finishes fifth in 3,200-meter run
By Daniel L. Chamness Do you know what the Illinois High School Association Class 1A 3,200-meter run and the IHSA Class 1A cross country final have in common the last four years? Answer: Kate Foltz has individual hardware from each race in the last four years. The Tuscola senior, who leaves behind a legendary prepatory…
Read MoreALAH baseball starts regional play with 19-9 record
By Mike Monahan ARTHUR – The 20-win mark is possible for the Arthur Lovington Atwood-Hammond baseball team Wednesday as the 19-9 Knights take on the winner of Monday’s Villa Grove vs. Central A&M in the IHSA Class 1A regional semifinals at 4:30 p.m. The winner plays the victor of the Thursday’s Arcola at Neoga game…
Read MoreALAH softball season ends in regional semifinals
By Mike Monahan TOLEDO – The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond softball team, one that had won four straight, saw its season come to an end May 20th in the Class 1A regional semifinals. The Knights finished 11-17. The offense struggled in an 8-1 loss to Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, a team that went on to win the regional…
Read MoreTuscola boys win third straight boys track sectional; ALAH third
By Mike Monahan TUSCOLA – For the third straight season the Tuscola Warriors boys track team won the Class 1A sectional. Tuscola did so by scoring 123 points to Shelbyville’s 109. Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond was third in the 18-team meet with 76.5 points. Qualifying for state for the Warriors were Kamden Flenner (100, 200,…
Read MoreArcola softball season ends in extra innings
By Mike Monahan HUME – The Arcola softball season, one that finished with a 4-22 season, was eliminated in nine innings last Thursday falling to Tri-County 7-6. In the sixth inning with Arcola leading 5-4 the Lady Riders added an insurance run when with one out Averi Kutz and Stevee Griffth were hit by a…
Read MoreArcola’s Whisman, Griffith hit back-to-back home runs on senior day 11-4 win over A-O
By Mike Monahan ARCOLA – The final regular season and Lincoln Prairie Conference baseball game of the season saw Arcola and Argenta-Oreana, who were playing for third place in the conference, tied at four after three and a half innings when the Purple Riders exploded for five runs in the fourth and added two more…
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