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A few weeks ago, at the end of the regular season, the Orangeville Broncos played Forreston in what many thought was a Sectional preview. But in the game, while Forreston threw their ace, sophomore Aubrey Sanders, the Broncos threw Laney Holland – their off-speed pitcher – instead of ace, Leah Baker. "Yeah, but I'm not sure you can say that gave us an advantage today," head coach Lon Scheuerell said following the Broncos 9-1 Sectional semi-final victory. "You never know, I've seen pitchers multi...
Sterling Newman honestly thinks they accomplished something Wednesday night by coming back from a 3-0 hole to knock off Pearl City and advance to the Sectional final. And that's fine, let them think that. But in the overall scheme of things, Pearl City had won much more before the game ever began. As for the contest itself, Tanner Perdue was the early hero in the first inning. With two outs and Perdue at second, a ground ball was hit to short, and bobbled, making for a close play at first base...
All of the talk going into the Softball Sectional Championship game revolved around South Beloit's pitching ace, Trinity Mesch. After all, the senior had shut out Dakota 1-0 in the Regional championship, then did the same with another 1-0 win over East Dubuque in the Sectional semi-finals. So, the biggest question was, could Orangeville score? "She's the best pitcher I've seen in terms of velocity," said Bronco head coach Lon Scheuerell. But while the Sobos may have had one superstar player in M...
Pearl City Sectional Wed., May 24 Dakota 7 Fulton 6 Sterling Newman 8 Pearl City 3 Sat., May 27 Sterling Newman vs Dakota - 11:00 am Alden-Hebron Regional Mon., May 15 Aquin 15 South Beloit 4 Wed., May 17 Aquin 6 Lena-Winslow 3 Thu., May 18 Pearl City 2 Alden-Hebron 0 Sat., May 20 Pearl City 4 Aquin 2 Sterling Newman Regional Mon., May 15 Morrison 5 Milledgeville 4 Wed., May 17 Morrison 13 AFC 9 Thu., May 18 Sterling Newman 8 Amboy 4 Sat., May 20 Sterling Newman 10 Morrison 0 Forreston Regional...
Forreston Sectional Tue., May 23 Orangeville 9 Forreston 1 Wed., May 24 South Beloit 1 East Dubuque 0 (9) Fri., May 26 Orangeville 6 South Beloit 0 Pecatonica Regional Mon., May 15 Lake Forest Academy 8 Alden-Hebron 2 Elgin Harvest Christian 3 Pecatonica 2 Tue., May 16 Dakota 20 Lake Forrest Academy 0 South Beloit 15 Harvest Christian 2 Fri., May 19 South Beloit 1 Dakota. 0 Forreston Regional Mon., May 15 AFC 14 Kirkland-Hiawatha 13 Tue., May 16 Forreston 17 AFC 1 Wed., May 17 Durand 10 Polo 7...
Learn important emergency preparedness techniques and safety rules in case there should ever be a zombie apocalypse or natural disaster! University of Illinois Extension will be offering a Zombie Apocalypse Survival workshop this summer. Interested youth may attend the clinic on June 28, 2023, at the Highland Community College, Building H (cafeteria) 2998 W. Pearl City Rd. Freeport, IL from 9 am to noon. Participants will learn skills of how to survive without electricity, basic first aid (complete with making fake blood!), how to build a...
Williams Named To Grove City College Dean’s List Lauren Williams, an Elementary Education major at Grove City College from Scales Mound, has been named to the Dean's List with High Distinction for the spring 2023 semester. Lauren is a 2021 graduate of Homeschool and is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Williams (Elaine) from Scales Mound, IL. Students eligible for the Dean's List have a GPA of 3.40 to 3.59; for the Dean's List with Distinction a GPA of 3.60 to 3.84 and for the Dean's List with High Distinction a GPA of 3.85 to 4.0. U...
The Lena-Winslow Boy's Track Program has always been strong over the years. They have sent qualifiers to the state finals, and brought back several individual medals. But nobody could have envisioned what kind of season lay in store for the Panthers this past season. In a sport where most of the competition dwarfs the number of kids who attend Lena-Winslow, just being able to qualify some events is special. But for the first time in school history, the Panthers made history by claiming their fir...
Spring is starting to wind down and summer is knocking on the door. For some reason, this has been one of the most beautiful Springs in my recent memory. When everything turned green a few weeks ago, it turned a deep, lustrous green. Around Easter we had a blast of summer that lasted a few days with sunshine and temperatures in the 70’s and 80’s. Many farmers went crazy in the fields planting their crops. But then it turned wintry again for a few days, and those same ambitious farmers had som...
They are just three small innocent words. When spoken individually, none of them are more than a single syllable long. They are not profane; they do not call any form of religion into question, or challenge any political authority. But when combine together to make a simple phrase they are the most outlawed words in my house. “I don’t know.” Maybe it is because I married a teacher, who feels it is her quest in life to removing that phrase from everyone’s vocabulary. Maybe it is because she fee...
Stockton William Robert Brooks, 90 William Robert Brooks, age 90, of Stockton, IL passed away Friday, March 17, 2023 at the VA Hospital in Madison, WI. William was born on May 10, 1932 in Fort Dodge, IA to the late William and Abby (Collins) Brooks. William married Nancy Boekholder on November 17, 1962 at St. Joseph’s Church in Freeport, IL. William was a graduate of Fort Dodge High School and St. Ambrose University. He proudly served in the United States Navy. William was a member of Holy Cross Catholic Church in Stockton and the Model A... Full story
Family Vacation – Where you remember why your family never spends time together. I think I freaked out the TSA Guard at the airport when I asked him if I chose the “enhanced pat-down” instead of the full-body scan, did that come with some Barry White music and a nice glass of merlot. A good family vacation is when nobody returns in a body bag, and it only takes two weeks for the kids to start liking each other again. Ah, the beach! Sunning, swimming, snacking … and the chance to drive home in wet shorts full of sand. The very best vacatio...
Robin Wilhelms Saar, President and CEO of First State Bank Shannon-Polo-Lake Carroll, has announced the promotion of Julie Janssen to Branch Manager at FSB Lake Carroll. Julie joined the FSB team at Lake Carroll in 2021, bringing with her a wealth of community banking knowledge and many years of banking experience. Julie will mentor with Jeff Norton as she transitions into her new Branch Manager Role. Julie and her husband, Scott, reside outside of Shannon with their three children: Meredith, a...
The Scales Mound Hornets Boy's basketball team, Scales Mound High School, and the Scales Mound community were recipients of the prestigious IHSA State Finals Sportsmanship Award for the 2022-2023 season. This award is given to teams and communities based upon the "Do What's Right" initiative during the State Finals. Scales Mound was the only boy's basketball team out of the 16 teams to reach the State Finals to receive the coveted award. In addition, there were no girl's basketball teams out of...
About 15 parents and their kids gathered for dinner on May 18 at Highland Community College, but it was no ordinary meal. The cool thing about this event was the kids helped prepare the food and, hopefully along the way, learned a few lessons as well. Barb Curry with the University of Illinois Extension Office and Janet Vrtol from RAMP, supervised the first-ever Cooking With Kids class which was intended to teach kids about nutrition and how what they eat makes a huge difference in how they...
The Orangeville American Legion Post 720 will be hosting the annual County American Legion Flag Retirement Ceremony on Monday, June 12, 2023, 6 pm, at the Orangeville Village Hall, 301 S. East Street, Orangeville. The American Legion performs this service, usually around Flag Day. Our faded, frayed and unserviceable U. S. flags are properly, and respectfully, retired and destroyed at this time. Please give your unusable flags to a Legion member at any time. All Legion posts in Stephenson County, the Boy Scouts and Orangeville village officials...
No one likes paying taxes. And in Illinois, we pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation. The headlines proclaiming Illinois has one of the worst overall tax burdens in the United States have become so prevalent, that people have become desensitized to it. Rather than accepting it as “normal for Illinois” we should be asking “Why is this normal in Illinois?” Tax bills are arriving, and in Northwest Illinois families everywhere are scratching their heads, wondering why it costs s...
