By Mike Monahan ARCOLA – Three returning lettermen are back from last season’s 21-1 team that went 11-0 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference. The three included first team all-LPC player Brevyn Whisman and Brody Phillips. Jackson ‘Tank” Griffith, a second team all-LPC player is also back for coach Mike Phillips’ squad. A total of 25…

By Mike Monahan DECATUR – Although no one from the County Chronicle area made the eight-member first team two players made the eight-member second team in Arcola senior Haris Mayhall and Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond senior Will Hilligoss. Bement senior Will Fuson, who played for the Cerro Gordo/Bement boys’ basketball team was the only unanimous…

Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School announced that senior cross county student-athlete Ruby Burton will be committing to continue her athletic participation on the intercollegiate level at Lake Land College. Located in Mattoon, Lake Land is a member of the Great Rivers Athletic Conference and competes at the NJCAA Division I level. The Lakers are led…

By Mike Monahan ARTHUR – The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond baseball team started their season 2-1. The Knights nipped Altamont 7-6 and topped Fisher 6-1, while the only loss was a 5-1 game to Armstrong Potomac. All three games were non-conference contests on Friday, Thursday and Wednesday respectively. Armstrong Potomac at Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond,…

By Mike Monahan DECATUR – The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond softball offense struggled in their first four games scoring just six runs on 11 hits in an 0-4 start. The Knights lost to Newton, 25-3 Casey-Westfield, the No. 2 team in Class 1A, according to the Illinois Coaches Association rankings. Casey beat ALAH 14-1 in…

By Sally McCarthy The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights’ track and field squads finished their regular indoor season meets at the MZ Final Qualifier on Saturday, March 21. There were 38 teams representing all three IHSA classes for track and field however no team scores were kept. The strong competition was set up to help…

By Mike Monahan TUSCOLA – The annual Tuscola Winter sports awards night was March 16 and earning the Most Valuable Players for boys and girls basketball was Logan Kurtz and Reese Davis respectively. The boys and girls basketball teams as well as the cheerleaders were honored. The boys, coached by Justin Bozarth, won a Class…

The Blue Devil 2026 baseball season got underway on March 18 as the Monticello Sages traveled to Villa Grove and scored eight runs in the third inning, which helped them defeat Villa Grove 15-4. The Sages got on the board in the first inning after a single, scoring one run and added to their early…

The Blue Devils softball team were at home against three non-conference opponents and picked up a big win over Tuscola while dropping two games to Unity and Monticello. Villa Grove loses tough game against Unity 4-17 The Blue Devils couldn’t keep pace with Tolono Unity as they hosted the Rockets on Friday, march 13. Unity…