Area News Highlights
ALAH softball wins last two regular season games; Sanchez drives in five runs vs. Neoga
On Tuesday, May 12, prior to the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond high school softball game with the Okaw Valley Timberwolves, Senior Day was held for the two softball seniors. The two seniors, Anna Rawlins and Karaline Vanausdoll were introduced with their parents. Their high school activities were announced along with their future plans. Pictured here…
Read MoreSenator Chapin Rose Presents Certificate of Recognition to Steve Tenhouse
Steve Tenhouse, retiring Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Medical Center in Monticello, received a Certificate of Recognition from the Illinois State Senate by Senator Chapin Rose. By Doris Elmore Staff Writer Steve Tenhouse, retiring Chief Executive Officer of Kirby Medical Center in Monticello, received a Certificate of Recognition from the Illinois State Senate by Senator…
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ALAH PROM ROYALTY. Kamden Morfey and Grace Romine were crowned 2026 Prom King and Queen on Saturday, May 9. Photo by Stephanie Wierman
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ALAH PROM. The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Jr.-Sr. Prom was held this past Saturday at Penn Station and “Golden Hour” was the theme. Pictured is this years senior Prom Court Easton Frederick, Cash Hale, Trey Strode, King Kamden Morfey, Queen Grace Romine, Lily Vanda, Summer Melton, and Halle Wardrip. Photo by Stephanie Wierman
Read MoreALAH boys and girls win LPC track meet; CGB girls fourth
At the Lincoln Prairie Conference track and field meet at Cerro Gordo last Friday, ALAH sophomore Rylie Ward won her heat of the 100 meter hurdles. Her time of 20.22 was good for seventh place in that event. Rylie would be the only Knights’ girls’ event champion in the meet taking first in the discus…
Read MoreCGB BRONCOS SENIOR TRACK AND FIELD RECOGNIZED
On Friday, May 8 at the annual Lincoln Prairie Conference track and field meet the host school Cerro Gordo Bement Broncos took a brief timeout to celebrate and thank their senior members of the team. Pictured here are the seniors that were introduced at the meet, Addison Roberts, daughter of Samantha and Jackie Roberts; Ariel…
Read MoreALAH 8th Grade Girls Track and Field Capture Jr. High Okaw Conference Championship
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond 8th Grade Girls Win Jr. High Okaw Conference Team Title!! The ALAH eighth grade girls won the annual Jr. High Okaw Conference track and field meet held at Okaw Valley High School on Monday, May 4. This conference meet has been going on since 1981 with different teams but has continued…
Read MoreALAH Jr. High Boys’ Track and Field at Annual Jr. High Okaw Conference Meet
Knights’ eighth grader Aiden Graham (2) runs behind Tuscola’s Jackson Brown in the 1600 meters at the Jr. High Okaw Conference meet at Okaw Valley on May 4. The runners would finish in this order with Aiden running 5:36.69 in the race. Aiden also finished second in the 800 meter run with a time of…
Read MoreALAH Jr. High Knights Qualify 14 Boys and 8 Girls for IESA State Track and Field Meet
The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond boys in this picture competed at the IESA Class 2A Sectional track and field meet held at Central A & M on Saturday, May9. They qualified for the IESA State Track and Field Championship meet on Friday and Saturday, May 15 and 16. Both the seventh and eighth grade advanced…
Read MoreCGB BULLDOG TRACK AND FIELD
Cerro Gordo Bement Bulldog seventh grader Korbyn Corum, shown here throwing at the IESA Class 2A Sectional at Central A & M last Saturday, will be going to the IESA State Track and Field Championship meet at the Eastside Centre in East Peoria to compete in both the shot put and discus. In the shot,…
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