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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17 EPCHS students named Illinois State Scholars
Evergreen Park Community High School Principal Bill Sanderson announced that 17 students from the EPCHS graduating class of 2023 have been designated as Illinois State Scholars. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission, the state’s college access and financial aid agency, presents this prestigious recognition of academic achievement to exceptional Illinois high school students annually. This year, […]
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Palos West students gather mittens for charity
Students at Palos West Elementary in Palos School District 118 recently collected 945 pairs of mittens for the school’s annual mitten drive. The donated mittens were delivered to several organizations in need including a women and children’s shelter in Chicago, Joliet School District 86, a local charity collecting items for the people of Ukraine, and […]
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Shepard JV cheerleaders win at Lockport; varsity records highest score ever
Over the long weekend, the varsity and junior varsity cheerleaders from Shepard High School hit the road twice to compete. They returned with new hardware. The junior varsity team, coached by Cecelia Welker, won first place at the Lockport Invitational and fourth place at the Oak Forest Bengal Invitational. Varsity, coached by Shepard graduate Felicia […]
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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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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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Beecher Superintendent Thankful Flood Happened Over Break
By Jeff Vorva The Christmas flood at Beecher High School has caused some problems, to be sure, but Beecher 200U Superintendent Jack Gaham said it could have been a lot worse. “We got doggone lucky it happened over break,” he told the school board at the January 9 meeting. “If it happened during the school […]
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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 […]