Area News Highlights
Fundraiser Begins for Atwood Park Project
By Doris Elmore Where is one of the favorite places to go in town if you want to walk, have a picnic, watch a ball game, watch children play, or just take a book, read and relax? The Atwood Park of course! After much study and discussion, the Atwood Village Board has approved a Park…
Read MoreARTHUR LOVINGTON ATWOOD HAMMOND PROM COURT
ALAH PROM COURT. “Golden Hour” is the theme for the 2026 Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Junior-Senior Prom to be held Saturday, May 9 at Penn Station. Coronation will take place at 8:15 p.m. and is open to the public. Prom Queen candidates chosen include (front row) Grace Romine, Summer Melton, Halle Wardrip, and Lily Vanda.…
Read MoreALAH softball three-game winning streak snapped by SJO
Alyssa Davis, a sophomore on the ALAH softball team, scores the last run of the Knights’ 12-2 victory over the Blue Ridge Knights on Monday, April 20. Alyssa was a pinch runner in the game and was safe when the Blue Ridge catcher dropped the ball on the tag attempt at home plate. The game…
Read MoreALAH High School Track and Field Set School, Meet Records at Tri-County Invitational
Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School Girls Set New School and Meet Record!! At the annual Tri-County Invitational track and field meet hosted by Sullivan High School this foursome, Bella Romine, Summer Melton, Macee Boddy, and Grace Romine set a new school record and a meet record in the 4 X 200 meter relay. The…
Read MoreALAH boys and girls place third in Tuscola Open
ALAH sophomore Bella Romine sails into the pit in the triple jump competition at the 40th Annual Tuscola Open on Friday, April 24. Bella would finish second in the event with a jump of 33’ 4”. The Knights’ girls’ team finished third in the team standings with 72 points behind winner Sullivan 78.5 and second…
Read MoreCGB TRACK COMPETES AT 40TH ANNUAL TUSCOLA OPEN
Cerro Gordo Bement junior Trevor Cogdill begins his spin in the discus competition at the 40th Annual Tuscola Open track and field meet on Friday, April 24. Trevor’s best throw at the meet was a PR of 116’ 11”. That distance was good for eighth place out of thirty competitors in the event. The Broncos…
Read MoreALAH Junior High Girls Track and Field Close Home Season with Tuscola
In the eighth grade long jump competition, ALAH’s Bentley Parsons leaps into the long jump pit at the last home jr. high meet of the season with Tuscola on April 23. This was Bentley’s first long jump competition and she took second place with a jump of 12’ 7.5”. Bentley also won the 200 meters…
Read MoreALAH 8th Grade Girls Earn Second Place Trophy at annual Arcola JH Invite!
The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond eighth grade girls’ track and field team scored 70 points and tied with the host team Arcola at the annual Arcola JH Invite on Saturday, April 25. Knights’ eighth grader Jennifer Plank is pictured here with the trophy and her Head Coach Austin Romine and Assistant Coach Mackenzie Rocke. Jennifer…
Read MoreALAH Eighth Grade Boys Track and Field Close Home Season with a Win
The ALAH jr. high boys’ track and field team held their last home meet of the 2026 season on Thursday, April 23. The meet was a dual with the Tuscola East Prairie Hornets. In the seventh grade discus, Donovan Graham gets ready to release the discus. His best throw in the competition was 43’ 7”.…
Read MoreKnights’ 7th Grade Boys Capture Team Championship at Arcola JH Invite!!!
On Saturday, April 25, the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond seventh grade boys’ track and field team scored 94 points to take first place in the team standings at the annual Arcola JH Invite. Pictured here with the trophy at the end of the meet from left to right are Assistant Coach Faezah Parsa, Jamison Helmuth,…
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