50th Anniversary Recognition of Cerro Gordo Basketball Teams
TWO BRONCOS TEAMS RECOGNIZED. A special celebration was held last Tuesday evening at the boys home basketball game honoring the 50th anniversary of the 1972-1973 and 1973-1974 Cerro Gordo High School boys basketball team and the CGB Broncos team of 2021-2022 that broke their record which stood for 48 years. Pictured is (Front row) Colin…
Read MoreBRONCOS BRING HOME 2nd PLACE
BRONCOS BRING HOME 2nd PLACE. The 2023 Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament, hosted by Cumberland High School took place January 14-21. Pictured with their trophy following the presentation is Assistant Coach Diann Durbin, Assistant Coach Jason Navratil, Gabby Block, Hunter Malone, Bailey Walter, Haylei Simpson, Reese Brunner, Caroline Hill, Skye Tieman, Erin Rogers, Haley Garrett, Morgan…
Read MoreBRYAN SMITH SWORN IN
SMITH SWORN IN AS DISTRICT 1 ZONE DIRECTOR FOR THE TOWNSHIP CLERKS ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS. Pictured is Long Creek Township Clerk Bryan E. Smith being sworn in and congratulated as District 1 Zone Director for the Township Clerks Association of Illinois. Smith was elected as a Zone 1 Director for the organization last November at…
Read MoreMackville Benefit Concert At Sunnyside Mennonite Church
After a devastating fire in 2021, Sunnyside Mennonite Church has rebuilt and Mackville is hosting a benefit concert on Sunday, February 5 at 6:00 p.m. to help purchase hymnals for the church. A love offering will be taken. Sunnyside Mennonite Church is located at 477 IL Rt 133, Arcola, IL (Rt 133 Near Chesterville, Between…
Read MoreALAH BOYS BASKETBALL
Knights senior Clay Seal puts up a jumper over the Villa Grove defense in the home game last week. Clay finished with 6 points in the Knights 69-57 victory over the Blue Devils. The Knights were to begin Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament play with a home game against the Heritage Hawks on Friday, January 20.…
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The Knights’ defense kept the Riders’ offense from scoring for the last 31.8 seconds of regulation in the conference tourney game on Saturday. After Claire Seal made two free throws to tie the game at 40 the defense held and forced the first of two overtime periods in the game. Shown here on defense at…
Read MoreALAH CHEERLEADERS
The Knights cheerleaders take the floor between the first and second quarters of the boys LPC tournament game last Friday. Counterclockwise: Lilly Hart, Kendall Burdick, Molly Appleby, Emmalee Nall, Kaylee McDaniel, Kaylee Thompson, Regann Bowles, Grace Romine, Olivia Binion, Lillian Edwards, Ross Young, Kimberly Krutsinger, and Chloe Schable.
Read MoreALAH 8th GRADERS RECOGNIZED
ALAH 8th Graders Recognized at their Last Home Game. The ALAH eighth grade basketball team was recognized between the seventh grade and eighth grade games last Thursday, January 19 in the gym at Lovington. Introduced were Wyatt Stuckey, son of Megan Cunningham; Jaden Reynolds, son of Anthony Reynolds; Cameron McGill, son of Brad and Laura…
Read MoreCGB BULLDOGS RECOGNIZED
CGB BULLDOGS RECOGNIZED. The Cerro Gordo-Bement eighth grade basketball team along with cheerleaders and their families were recognized last Thursday, January 19 between games. Introduced were Cooper Winkelmann, son of Tonia Stull; Anthony Olglesby, son of Mark Kaufman; Azul Mendez, son of Janet Ponce and Emilio Rodriguez; Abraham Nixon, son of Mary Nixon; Trevor Cogdill,…
Read MoreMTZ boys basketball picks up 20th win of season
Lyncoln Koester and JC Anderson defend the Rockets’ ball handler in a 64-46 win against Tolono-Unity at Tolono-Unity. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer The Mt. Zion boys basketball team picked up two wins last week that resulted in its 20th win of the season. Against Tolono-Unity the Braves offense started quickly. On their first possession…
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