Area News Highlights
DIG PINK NIGHT
The Knights volleyball teams celebrated Dig Pink Night at their home games with the Heritage Hawks on Thursday, October 12. The ALAH Athletic Boosters held raffles of different prizes and a 50/50 raffle. All proceeds were to go to Breast Cancer prevention. The girls also presented pink carnations to all members of the crowd who…
Read More2023 Mt. Zion Homecoming Court
The 2023 Mt. Zion Homecoming Court. The 2023 Mt. Zion homecoming coronation was last weekend. Josie Gower and Makobi Adams were crowned homecoming king and queen. The football team won the homecoming game 28-14 against Charleston. Pictured are, front row, left to right: Princess Piper Tapscott, Homecoming Queen Josie Gower, Homecoming King Makobi Adams and…
Read MorePierson Grain Cooperative, An Impressive Sight and Facility
The awesome look of Pierson Grain Cooperative from Rt. 36 By DORIS ELMORE Staff Writer Driving down Rt. 36 between Atwood and Hammond, is a small town named Pierson Station. To some this may seem like a boring drive, nothing but flat land with corn or beans. Then, all of a sudden, there is Top…
Read MoreBRONCOS TAKE 2ND AT LPC TOURNAMENT
BRONCOS TAKE 2ND AT LPC TOURNAMENT. The Cerro-Gordo Bement girls volleyball team won 2nd place at the Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament held October 2-5. They defeated Okaw Valley, Argenta-Oreana, and Heritage to advance to the championship game against Unity Christian on Thursday, October 5 and were defeated 15-25 and 23-25. Pictured are (front row) Haylei…
Read MoreKnights Defeat CGB Broncos 49-7 – Now 7-0
Knights senior running back runs by the camera on his way to his first of three touchdowns in the game with the Cerro Gordo Bement Broncos on Friday, October 6. Landon had 9 carries for 133 yards and the three tds. By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights football team traveled…
Read MoreALAH Soccer Senior Day
On Thursday, October 5, prior to their last home game of the 2023 season, the five seniors on the team were honored. As announced, as they were introduced, was thanks from the administration, coaching staff, teammates and the communities of Arthur, Lovington, Atwood and Hammond to the senior players and their parents for all their…
Read MoreALAH SOCCER
Knights senior #18 Nathan Cogdill moves the ball down the field in the home soccer match last Thursday. Trailing Cogdill is #17 Jonathan Burgin. #39 Kaulin Morfey is in the background on the play. Morfey scored one of the two goals in the Knights’ 2-1 victory.
Read MoreCGB Bronco Football Takes on Undefeated ALAH Knights
Broncos quarterback Eli Corpus (#10) got in for one play in the game as he handed it off Dylan Davis (#25). By SALLY McCARTHY Staff Writer The Cerro Gordo Bement Broncos played hosts to the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights on Friday, October 6. The undefeated Knights proved to be too much for the banged-up…
Read MoreCGB VOLLEYBALL
Senior Skye Tieman (#1) goes low for the dig as fellow senior Lexi Davis (#15) is close by ready to assist if needed in the Lincoln Prairie Conference tournament championship game against Unity Christian last Thursday night in Argenta-Oreana. Tieman had 14 digs on the night. Varsity Volleyball Diann Durbin, Head Coach, Jennifer Moore, Assistant…
Read MoreMTZ volleyball goes 1-1 last week
Angela McCoy goes up for a kill in a 2-0 loss against Mahomet-Seymour. By BLAKE FAITH Staff Writer The Mt. Zion volleyball team went 1-1 last week losing to Mahomet-Seymour and defeating Mattoon. Against Mahomet-Seymour, the Braves dropped the first set 25-12. In the second set the Braves took an early 2-1 lead after two…
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