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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BHS Names Second Quarter Honor Roll Students
Beecher High School recently announced students name to its second quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students. High Honors Seniors: Grace Adams, Sydney Bonham, Ariel Caldwell Brown, Damiano Cassanelli, Kylie Cook, Kayla Cruz, Alyssa Dillinger, Lola Eckhardt, Kayla Eickmann, Justin Eliff, Jacob Farrar, Olivia Flores, Kevin Girard, Zachary Gorcowski, Ethan Graham, Jacob Graniczny, Tabitha […]
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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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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 […]