By Dennis Bowling Peotone senior Jenna Hunter, prior to the game with Illinois Central Eight Conference foe Herscher, was able to gather her thoughts. Hunter, who was mentally focused, simply devoured the Tigers on January 23. A 5’-11” power forward, Hunter scored a season high 26 points and hauled down 14 rebounds, to help Peotone […]
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Beecher Seeking Second Regional Title in School History
By Jeff Vorva Since Christmas, life around the Beecher boys basketball team has been anything but normal. When the freezing weather helped cause a pipe to burst and flooded the high school’s main gym, the floor was ruined and unusable, and the Bobcats had to adapt with practices and home games off campus. That set […]
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Devils Trounce the Panthers
By Dennis Bowling The usually composed Manteno Panthers had the tall order of trying to slay the giant Class 2A power Peotone, but the Panthers became unraveled. They made 25 first half turnovers, which led to their demise on January 19. The Blue Devils junior Madison Schroeder, a 5’-11” guard and two-sport standout, registered a […]
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Blue Devils Come Up Short vs. Streator
Friday, January 20, the Blue Devils played a great game but came up a little short, losing to Streator on the road, 52-42. The game was much closer than the final score, with the Bulldogs pulling away right at the end. Miles Heflin led the Devils with 20 points and 6 rebounds, while Lucas Gesswein […]
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Peotone Gets Revenge, Takes Win from Prairie Central
By Dennis Bowling Peotone senior Jenna Hunter and junior Madison Schroeder each have very good memories. They especially remember clearly last February, when Prairie Central beat the Blue Devils, 49-43, in the Class 2A Reed-Custer Regional title game. In this encounter, Hunter and Schroeder each came out with fire in their eyes and were able […]
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Missed Shots, Turnovers Lead to Loss to Coal City
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 […]