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Lady Warriors struggle early

By Lenny Sementi Like the Tuscola’s baseball team, the softball team is a collection of old and young players, with three seniors and six freshmen. Add to that an opening week schedule that was not for the faint of heart and you have a recipe for growing pains. The Lady Warriors trotted three of the…

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Warriors welcome the grind

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola Baseball returns a lot of experience from a year ago but it was a young group experience-wise that trudged through a rough 2023 season. Coach Caleb Englehardt’s group put in a strong off-season effort and welcomed a large talented freshman class, pushing the experience needle to the younger side once more.…

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ALAH baseball starts season 0-2

By Mike Monahan ARTHUR – The Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond baseball season started with two non-conference games and they lost to Warrensurg-Latham 16-12 in the opener March 11. On March 14 the Knights were 2-1 losers to Altamont. Read the rest of this story in the E-edition by subscribing to the County Chronicle.

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ALAH track and field in 55 team competition

By Sally McCarthy The ALAH Knights boys and girls track and field teams took part in the annual Gene Armer Invitational held at the University of Illinois Armory on Saturday, March 16. There were 55 teams entered in the meet with 41 boys teams and 31 girls teams posting scores. The ALAH girls were one…

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Knights girls track and field compete at Mt. Zion mini-meet

By:Sally McCarthy The ALAH high school girls track and field team returned to the Mt. Zion fieldhouse for a second meet in that very nice facility. There were eleven teams entered in the meet and the Knights finished in sixth place in the team scoring with 66 points. As with all the indoor meets thus…

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ALAH softball starts 2-2, including 24-23 win over Mahomet-Seymour

By Mike Monahan ARTHUR – The Jodi Kauffman era started March 12 as the new Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond softball coach began the season with a 12-0 non-conference win over Decatur St. Teresa. The Knights lost in four innings to the No. 10 team in Class 1A, Casey-Westfield, 15-0 and fell in six innings to…

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ALAH softball looking to heal and honor Coach Lane this season 

By Blake Faith After the passing of beloved Head Coach Jerry Lane, the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond Knights will look different as Head Coach Jodi Kauffman takes over at the helm. “Those are some big shoes to fill,” Coach Kauffman said. “Jerry was definitely a great friend and mentor. He knew the game of softball…

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Miller, Alanis in Central Illinois All-Star basketball game

By Mike Monahan TOLEDO – As March Madness, NCAA style, enters its first weekend the 31st Central Illinois All-Star Boys’ Basketball game takes place Saturday at Cumberland’s Waldrip Gym. Participating on the Lincoln Prairie Conference team will be Arcola’s Jackson Miller and Gerardo Alanis. Fifteen seniors from the LPC take on 15 seniors of the…

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Moore, Ramirez place in Gene Armer Invite for Arcola

By Mike Monahan CHAMPAIGN – The Arcola Indoor track season continued with the girls having two meets and the boys one. The girls were in the mini-meet (11 teams) at Mt. Zion March 14 and both teams were in last Saturday’s Gene Armer Invitational at the University of Illinois Armory. The outdoor season started Tuesday…

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Arcola softball struggles out of the gate

By Mike Monahan ARCOLA – The Arcola softball team opened its season on March 13 and went 0-3 being outscored by an average of 15-3. Errors played a big part in the losses as the Lady Riders committed a total of 24. Arcola lost to the No. 2 team in Class 1A, LeRoy, 16-0 in…

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