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Both coaches knew going in that the pace would be slow, methodical, and quite possibly the first team to score 25 points would win. "I think we both knew we were putting our fans to sleep," said Stockton head coach John Hammann. "But that's typical Lena-Stockton basketball. It's physical, and it's a defensive slug fest where every possession's important." In all honesty, the game, itself, was a snoozer. In spite of eight lead changes, some hard fought scrambles for loose balls, and a free throw...
While the varsity Panthers were warming up for their game against Stockton, my attention was caught by a pair of little boys, Layne Richardson and Graham Schubert, who had moved down to the front row of the bleachers. With excited looks and eyes wide open, they were pointing to the various players as they went through their layup lines, when the thought got into their heads ... "Maybe we can get a hand slap from them." With hands outstretched, they called out to the players by name, and within...
Eastland Boys Varsity Basketball Coach, Tyler Zumdahl, got his 100th victory Wednesday night with a 56-27 blowout win over Forreston in Lanark. And by many respects, 100 wins is nice, but not that big of a deal ... except. When you think back to all of the successful basketball coaches Eastland has had over the years – Zumdahl got his 100th win faster than anybody before him. And when you realize that high school programs do not recruit, but are fed by the talent within the community, and f...
For Girls Basketball teams throughout the state, their final chance to polish their game came Thursday night because the Regional tournaments all tipped off on Saturday. For Eastland, with the conference already wrapped up, they got to host Amboy for a chance to get into post-season mode on their senior night. And while all of the seniors – even Mallory Miseiewicz who was nursing a turned ankle – got into the game, none of them had as big of an impact as Sarah Kempel. "She's my sweaty bea...
3 Arrison Bauer (35-16) did not qualify Champ. Round 1 - Arrison Bauer (Lena (L.-Winslow)) 35-16 received a bye Quarterfinal - Lincoln Hoger (West Chicago (Wheaton Academy)) 38-5 won by decision over Arrison Bauer (Lena (L.-Winslow)) 35-16 (Dec 9-4) Cons. Round 2 - Arrison Bauer (Lena (L.-Winslow)) 35-16 won by fall over Preston LaBay (Oregon) 19-24 (Fall 4:32) Cons. Round 3 - Arrison Bauer (Lena (L.-Winslow)) 35-16 won by fall over Alexander Ferari (Lisle (Sr.)) 30-10 (Fall 4:42) Cons. Semi...
Eastland Sectional Tue., Feb. 28 Winner AFC Regional vs. Winner Fulton Regional – 7:00 pm Wed., Mar. 1 Winner Stockton Regional vs. Winner South Beloit Regional – 7:00 pm Fri., Mar. 3 Championship – 7:00 pm South Beloit Regional Sat., Feb. 18 (9) Somonauk at (7) Polo - TBA (14) Kirkland-Hiawatha at (3) Durand - TBA (10) Alden-Hebron at (6) Christian Life - TBA Wed., Feb. 22 (2) South Beloit vs. Winner Game 1 – 6:00 pm Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 3 – 7:30 pm Fri., Feb. 24 Championship – 7:00 pm Stockton Regional Sat., Feb. 18 (16) Orangeville...
Polo Sectional Tue., Feb. 21 Galena vs Pecatonica – 6:00 pm Polo vs Orangeville – 7:30 pm Thu., Feb. 23 Championship – 7:00 pm Pearl City Regional Sat., Feb. 11 Pearl City 32 Sterling Newman 30 Morrison 65 Milledgeville 25 Mon., Feb. 13 Orangeville 52 Pearl City 20 Tue., Feb. 14 Morrison 40 Lena-Winslow 27 Fri., Feb. 17 Orangeville 64 Morrison 36 Amboy Regional Sat., Feb. 11 AFC 56 Indian Creek 18 Forreston 42 Kirkland Hiawatha 6 Tue., Feb. 14 Amboy 50 AFC 42 Polo 51 Forreston 45 Fri., Feb. 17 Polo 49 Amboy 43 Pecatonica Regional Sat., Feb....
Editor; I am told there are referee shortages for youth sports in Illinois and we have witnessed it as a community. It isn’t just football or basketball but all youth sports. According to The New York Times, 50,000 referees quit between 2018 and 2021. A survey from Let ‘Em Play found that 80% of new referees quit within the first 2 years. There are multiple reasons for the departure of referees, but I want to bring to attention the abuse referees are exposed to. On April 22, 2022, www.axios.com reported that, “60% of officials surveyed in 20...
Central College Dean's List Central College recognized 432 students named to the Fall 2022 dean's list. The honor is awarded to full-time students who achieve a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale while taking 12 or more graded credit hours for the semester. Benjamin Crist, Elizabeth, IL, Class of 2023 Jason Hermann, Stockton, IL, Class of 2025 Central College of Pella, Iowa, is a private, four-year liberal arts college. Central is known for its academic rigor and leadership formation and for cultivating diversity of thought and culture through...
Lena Betty Raders, 101 Betty Raders, 101, passed away on Wednesday, February 8, 2023 at her home surrounded by her family. She was born April 8, 1921 in Lena, IL to Oliver and Grace (Wichman) Schulz. She graduated from Lena High School in 1939. She married Francis Raders on June 5, 1939. They farmed all their married life outside of Lena, on Mound Road; after retirement she moved to Lena. Betty also did hair out of her house, and was a part time hairdresser at the nursing home. She was a member of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, and the Kent... Full story
Bad managers don’t listen to their employees, because it makes them feel insecure when they find out the employees are smarter than they are. I’d tell my boss to go jump in a lake, but he’d probably just delegate that to me too. When my boss is mad and takes it out on me, I do less work. You can’t reward bad behavior with a positive response. Simmons, I don’t have time to write performance reviews, so from now on I’ll just criticize you in public from time to time. I heard you worked so hard you literally passed out for twenty minutes. So...
Highland Community College announces the 2022 fall graduates. Fifty-Eight graduates were awarded associate degrees, an associate of applied science degrees, or certificates. Caledonia: Christian Reynolds, Associate of Arts Cedarville: Adeline Stone, Associate of Arts, Level 3 Early Childhood Education Credential-Certificate, Level 2 Early Childhood Education Credential-Certificate Davis: Sabrina Snyder, Associate of Arts Elizabeth: Dalton Wachter, Welding & Fabrication Certificate, Basic Welding Certificate Forreston: Isabella Maniscalco,...
Cassandre Mlakar and Robin Wilhelms Saar, both independent LPL Financial advisors at FSB Wealth Group located at First State Bank Shannon-Polo-Lake Carroll, today announced their inclusion in LPL’s Freedom Club. With more than 21,000 LPL-affiliated advisors nationwide, LPL awards this distinction to select advisors based upon their business success. “On behalf of LPL, I’m thrilled to congratulate Cassandre and Robin,” said Pete Dorsey, LPL Executive Vice President, Institution Services Relationship Management. “It is an honor to support F...
State Representative Tony McCombie announced that her office will make a free 'Constituent Education Resource Card' available to residents wishing to visit select museums and zoos in the Chicagoland area. If you and your family are interested in visiting some of Chicago's world-class museums, Rep. McCombie's office has a museum pass to use for free admission for select Chicagoland locations. Any resident of the 89th District can reserve our Constituent Education Resource Card on a first come fir...
Our program for Monday February 20, 2023, at 7pm, Country Crossroads Quilt Guild will be a roundtable discussion on “Tips and Recommendations Your Longarm Quilter Wished You Knew.” The discussion will be led by several of our current members who are experienced Longarm Quilters. This event is meant to be interactive, so join us and share your longarm experiences and questions. Guild meetings are held at the Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Road; Forreston, IL the third Monday of each month at 7 pm, with ample time to meet and greet mem...
In Illinois, agriculture is a critical component of the state’s economy, with the industry providing over one million jobs for Illinois families. As bills begin moving through the 2023 legislative process in Springfield, State Senator Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) will have a key voice on committees that will consider legislation that would impact this vital sector of the state’s economy. “It is a privilege to be assigned to the Senate Agriculture and Environment & Conservation Committees,” said Chesney. “The 45th Senate District is home to an ab...
Apple River State Bank announced the appointments of Mandy Johnson as Branch Manager of the bank’s new Darlington, WI office and Crystal Erdenberger as Assistant Branch Manager of the bank’s Scales Mound office. "We are thrilled to have Mandy Johnson manage our new Darlington office, which is expected to open late spring when remodeling is complete," said Joel Holland, the bank's Chief Executive Officer. "She is a Darlington resident and worked as the former manager of the Woodford State Bank office in Darlington. Mandy is actively inv...
At 7:00 pm on Feb. 23 the Eagle Nature Foundation and the Apple River State Bank will be co-sponsoring a two hour family Magic Show at the Apple River Event Center as a fund-raiser for the Eagle Nature Foundation. Jo Daviess County’s three magicians are donating their time and talent to help raise money for the research that is needed to save our bald eagle by finding out what is presently adversely affecting our bald eagle reproduction. The magicians are P.T. Murphy, Jim McCrea and David Sigafus, plus there is a good possibility that we w...
Subjectivism and Objectivism in a culture of relative truth ... Digital communication has its advantages. Text messaging is easy and convenient. Convenient because you can choose to answer when it’s convenient for you to answer. Of course, anything can be read into any text message at any time. It’s difficult to show emotion and sarcasm in a text message and it is quite easy to unintentionally misrepresent yourself, which seems to happen to me fairly frequently. Of course, sometimes when you don...
As a kid, I used to love snow days off from school. You’d go to bed, knowing the forecast called for some heavy snow, but knowing that – all too often – the local school district would still have school, and you’d be stuck trudging down to the bus stop the next day anyway. But every once in a while, you’d get up early to get ready for school, and the scroll along the bottom of the local news broadcast on television listed your school district as being “closed”. That’s when the celebrations be...
West Scales Mound 11 - 1 26 – 5 Galena 8 - 3 22 – 8 Warren 8 - 3 21 – 8 East Dubuque 6 - 6 15 – 15 River Ridge 4 - 8 14 – 14 Stockton 4 - 8 11 – 17 West Carroll 0 - 12 1 – 29 North Pecatonica 12 - 0 27 – 4 Lena-Winslow 9 - 2 20 – 8 Dakota 6 - 5 15 – 12 Durand 5 - 6 16 – 14 Pearl City 4 - 8 12 – 18 Aquin 3 - 8 4 – 25 Orangeville 1 - 11 3 – 25 South Fulton 10 - 1 22 – 7 Eastland 8 - 3 16 – 14 Milledgeville 7 - 4 15 – 14 Polo 6 - 5 13 – 16 Forreston 5 - 6 12 – 17 AFC 2 - 9 13 – 17 Amboy 0 - 10 4 – 24 Last Week’s Results Forreston 47 Polo 41 Eastl...
Eastland Sectional Tue., Feb. 28 Winner AFC Regional vs. Winner Fulton Regional – 7:00 pm Wed., Mar. 1 Winner Stockton Regional vs. Winner South Beloit Regional – 7:00 pm Fri., Mar. 3 Championship – 7:00 pm South Beloit Regional Sat., Feb. 18 (9) Somonauk at (7) Polo - TBA (14) Kirkland-Hiawatha at (3) Durand - TBA Christian Life 62 Alden-Hebron 41 Wed., Feb. 22 (2) South Beloit vs. Winner Game 1 – 6:00 pm Winner Game 2 vs. Christian Life – 7:30 pm Fri., Feb. 24 Championship – 7:00 pm Stockton Regional Sat., Feb. 18 (16) Orangeville at (1) Scal...
