Area News Highlights
Atwood-Hammond Grade School Scholastic Bowl Team Win Regionals
Atwood-Hammond Grade School Scholastic Bowl Team. Front row, left to right: Layne Tiffan, Callahan Schlabach, Lyndon Cowgill, Adlee Berry, Ceres Norton and Alexandria Stodden. Back row: Coach Mrs. Chrissy Patterson, Ethan Johnson and Iris Caldwell. By Doris Elmore Kudos are extended to the Atwood-Hammond Grade School Scholastic Bowl team for being Regional Champions at the…
Read MoreARTHUR QUILT SHOW
QUILT SHOW WINNERS. Taking home the Best of Show was Mary Traxler of Hammond with her “Applique Affair” quilt at the 35th Annual Arthur Quilt Show held April 30-May 2 at the Otto Center. The quilt is a pattern by Edyta Sitar and was quilted by Elaina Grathwohl from Mt. Pulaski. Traxler completed the applique…
Read MoreCERRO GORDO PROM
CERRO GORDO HIGH SCHOOL 2026 Junior-Senior Prom was held at Building 1225 in Sullivan on Saturday May 2. Pictured is newly crowned Prom Queen Gabby Meinders and Prom King Landon Calhoun. Additional members of the court included seniors Lauren Bogle, Hunter Malone, Maddie Gant, Cole Giberson, and Kaydon Waterhouse. Junior court members were Jessa Cross,…
Read MoreWilliams, Butcher help ALAH hold off Arcola 4-2
Sitting down on the job??? No, actually Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond starting pitcher Marcus Otto just made a put out on a comebacker by Argenta-Oreana’s first batter in the Knights’ home game on Tuesday, April 28. Marcus pitched an outstanding game going five innings in the complete game, giving up no hits or walks and…
Read MoreOtto throws five inning no-hitter; ALAH blanks CGB in baseball
In the game last Friday with Cerro Gordo Bement, Knights’ freshman Griffin Hilton dives safely back to first base on a pick off attempt by the Broncos pitcher. Griffin was a pinch runner in the game which ALAH won 11-0 in five innings. The Knights are now 16-6 on the season and are currently leading…
Read MoreCarter, Monts lead ALAH softball to LPC win; snap four-game losing streak
The umpire signals saft as ALAH sophomore Annabelle Vanausdoll beats the throw to first base in the sixth inning of the Knights’ home game with the Argenta-Oreana Bombers last Thursday, Annabelle had a great game at the plate going a perfect four for four with two runs. After this game, ALAH was in fifth place…
Read MoreALAH JH Track and Field in 3rd Consecutive Jr. High Invite
Abel Lat an eighth grader on the ALAH jr. high boys’ track and field team goes over a hurdle in the 110 meter hurdle race at the Mt. Zion JH Invitational last Saturday. Abel placed sixth in the race with a time of 18.71. Abel just missed scoring in the 400 meter with a seventh…
Read MoreCGB tops Blue Ridge as six-run fourth helps in baseball
CGB BASEBALL SENIOR NIGHT. Four Cerro Gordo-Bement Broncos baseball players and their parents were honored for their commitment and dedication to the sport last Thursday night. Pictured are Kaydon Waterhouse, son of Roxy and Don Waterhouse, Mickey Tirpak, son of Heather Tirpak and Mickey Tirpak,Miller Giger, son of Christina Qualls-Giger and Dirk Hoimier, and Cole…
Read MoreCERRO GORDO ALA JUNIORS AND YOUNG SONS CONFERENCE ATTENDEES
ALA Juniors and Young Sons Conference. Four of Cerro Gordo American Legion Auxiliary Juniors attended the Department Junior and Young Sons Conference in Monticello on April 18 & 19. Pictured are Ella Garver, Sophia Ritchie, Parker Browning, and Emma Garver
Read MoreMaelee Stirrett overall grand prize winner in Moultrie-Douglas Farm Bureau coloring contest
Pictured is Ericka Crist, Douglas County Ag Literacy Coordinator, Maelee Stirrett from Atwood Hammond Grade School and Lisa McCallister of Peoples Bank and Trust. Moultrie Douglas Farm Bureau recently held its thirteenth annual coloring contest. The overall grand prize winner is Maelee Stirrett from Atwood Hammond Grade School. For her winning entry, Evelyn won the…
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