By Dennis Bowling On paper, Peotone Coach Ron Oloffson and the Blue Devils should have been able to beat struggling Coal City (7-12), but the Coalers’ defense shut down the Blue Devil senior standout Miles Heflin and contained the very promising sophomore Brandon Weiss on January 17. For the night, the outstanding Heflin did not […]
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Lady Panthers Have Split Week
On Monday, January 16, the Lady Panthers traveled to Lisle for a conference match-up and brought home a victory, 51-40. On the night, senior Katherine Gaffney led the team with 15 points and 6 rebounds, while junior Sydney Sosnowski added 12 points and was 4/6 from the three-point line. Senior Kylie Saathoff had 11 points […]
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Blue Devils Now a Perfect 18-0
By Dennis Bowling Peotone Coach Steve Strough has built an area power around highly touted senior Jenna Hunter, who was in an unstoppable mode on January 9. Hunter, a 5’-10” forward, is one of the top players in this area and registered a team-high 19 points, had 10 rebounds, including six clutch points in the […]
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Turnovers Bring a Loss to the Panthers
By Dennis Bowling Manteno Coach Bethany Stritar has a very competitive team. Sometimes, the Panthers will have an off night, and that occurred against Reed-Custer on January 12. Manteno got off to a slow start, missed many shots, and made a disappointing 27 turnovers in the contest. The true bright spot for Manteno was senior […]
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Blue Devils Take a Tough Loss to Wilmington
By Dennis Bowling Peotone senior standout Miles Heflin turned in another remarkable overall performance. Heflin feels that the Blue Devils need to work on many things. That was so true on January 13. Heflin, a 6-foot-4 forward, finished with 21 points and hauled down five rebounds. Wilmington edged Peotone 46-40 in an Illinois Central Eight […]
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High School Basketball Highlights
Peotone: On Monday, January 9, the Blue Devils lost a tough one on the road to Dwight, 56-60. The Devils came out flat and were down 14-3 at the start. Eventually, they came back and actually took the lead, but just never quite settled in the whole night, turning the ball over way too much. […]
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Bobcats Rout the Chargers
By Dennis Bowling Beecher Coach Tyler Shireman feels junior Adyn McGinley does many things well, with that being especially true on January 10. McGinley, a 6’ point guard, finished with a team-high 15 points, along with three assists, to help Beecher rout Illinois Lutheran, 73-36, in a River Valley Conference contest in Crete. With the […]
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Lessons Learned from Hamlin’s Cardiac Arrest
Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin survived sudden cardiac arrest after he collapsed in the first quarter of Monday night’s Bills game against the host Cincinnati Bengals because of quick action by the medical team. CPR was initiated just minutes after Hamlin made a tackle, got up, but then collapsed. On the field, Hamlin also was […]
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Illinois Lutheran Announces Semester Honor Rolls
Illinois Lutheran High School recently announced students named to its first semester honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors: Madison Alexander, Zoe Biesterfeld, Kelsey Bruns, Kristen Danielewicz, Leiah Foley, Luke Latzke, Katy Le, Ryleigh Peters, Tristan Biesterfeld, Melinda Mercer-Podbielski, Juanita Stuenkel, Mia Jacobucci, Eliza Jahns, Kate Latzke, Anna Oestmann, Sean Reposa, Julia Karl, […]
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Devils Outlast the Panthers in Exciting Play
By Dennis Bowling Peotone senior Miles Heflin knows quite well that, when playing Manteno, there is plenty at stake and such was the case on January 6. Heflin saved the day for the Blue Devils, scoring his biggest pair of baskets this season late in the second overtime, to help Peotone outlast Manteno, 51-48, in […]