BHS Announces Third Quarter Honor Rolls
Beecher High School recently announced students named to its third quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students!! High Honors Seniors: Quinton Allen, Alexis Barkus, Katelyn Bol, Adriana Cabrera, Tyler Cochrane, Kenneth Deems, Riley DeRoos, Nathan Diachenko, Julieta Dominguez, Jessica Ellerson, Ariana Fernandez, Giada Garza, Olivia Geringer-Spagnola, Caitlin Gill, Jack Hayhurst, Andrew Hering, Mihya Hernandez,…
Beecher School Board Tosses Around Idea of a Referendum
By Jeff Vorva Members of the District 200U board are weighing their options on a possible referendum regarding the makeup of the seven-member board. For decades, the rules for the makeup of the board has consisted of at least two members coming from unincorporated areas and no more than five from incorporated areas. At the…
BJHS Announces Third Quarter Honor Rolls
Beecher Junior High School recently announced students named to its third quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Eighth Grade: Makenna Albert, Gianna Bonomo, Shayleigh Brunger, Layla Campus, Jacob Dabrowski, Michael DeFrank, Presley Glavin, Madelyn Grooms, Fiona Hagan-Storbeck, Reagan Hewitt, Jenna Huskisson, Carmela Irwin, Alexandra Johnson, Annabelle Kapchinske, Zoey Kolosh, Kaylee Kopec,…
200-U Tackling Truancy Head On
By Jeff Vorva Beecher’s schools are going to take an active approach to truancy. At the District 200-U Board of Education meeting on March 11, Superintendent Jack Gaham said the State of Illinois considers any student with 14 absences as truant, regardless if they are excused or unexcused. That included days used as mental health…
200-U Making Up That Snow Day
By Jeff Vorva Two new part-time positions have been added to the Beecher School District 200-U roster and will be filled with current full-time employees. Kerry Pikal will serve as a dean at Beecher Junior High, and Paul Vogel will serve as the technology coordinator for the district, starting next school year. Both will continue…
BHS Honor Rolls
Beecher High School recently announced students named to the second quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honors Seniors: Quinton Allen, Alexis Barkus, Katelyn Bol, Adriana Cabrera, Tyler Cochrane, Sergio Delgado, Riley DeRoos, Nathan Diachenko, Julieta Dominguez, Jessica Ellerson, Ariana Fernandez, Giada Garza, Olivia Geringer-Spagnola, Caitlin Gill, Jack Hayurst, Andrew Hering, Austin Hernandez,…
BJHS Announces Honor Rolls
Beecher Junior High School recently announced students named to its second quarter honor rolls. Congratulations to the following students! High Honor Roll Eighth Grade: Makenna Albert, Elainna Benson, Gianna Bonomo, Shayleigh Brunger, Layla Campus, Jacob Dabrowski, Stanley Detjen, Madelyn Grooms, Fiona Hagan-Storbeck, Kendall Heldt, Reagan Hewitt, Jenna Huskisson, Carmela Irwin, Alexandra Johnson, Zoey Kolosh, Lindsey…
Beecher Homecoming Leaves Bobcats Undefeated
By Jeff Vorva With no football team, homecoming at Beecher High School comes during the basketball season. The 2023-2024 version of homecoming took place on January 19, as the Bobcats hosted a doubleheader. The girls team took the floor first and beat Donovan, 62-29. The boys followed up with an 85-53 triumph over Clifton Central…
Beecher Superintendent Gaham Believes Numbers Don’t Tell the Whole Story
By Jeff Vorva Numbers were crunched and chomped, spit out, and analyzed. But the bottom line is that Beecher 200U is pretty much in line with the rest of the state in reading, below in math, but ahead in science, according to the recently released state report cards. At the district’s January 8 board meeting,…
Beecher 200-U Bringing the Chickens to Roost
By Jeff Vorva The passing of the Beecher 200-U tax levy had a barnyard feel to it with chickens coming to roost. District Superintendent Jack Gaham threw out a lot of facts, figures, and percentages during a Truth In Taxation hearing at the December 11 board meeting. Some residents were confused about the increases, thinking…
Santa Letters from Ms. Baxter’s First Graders
As promised, here are more of those delightful letters from the children at Beecher Elementary School. Ms. Baxter’s first graders had some great ideas to help out the jolly big man in the bright red suit. After reading the letters, if Santa is really hungry during his journey on Christmas Eve, he won’t be disappointed…
Santa Letters from Mrs. Markland’s First Graders
Mrs. Markland’s children also took the time to inform Santa of their wishes for this Christmas season and also informed the jolly man just what their behavior was like during the past year. To everyone’s relief – they were all GOOD! It certainly looks like Santa’s sleigh is going to be very heavy when it…
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Big Homecoming Win for Bobcats
In the Bobcat’s Homecoming game on Friday, January 19, Beecher fans had much to celebrate with an 85-53 victory over Clifton Central. There was never any doubt about the outcome of the game as Beecher set the pace at the very beginning, scoring the first 8 points, then leading 29-17 at the end of the…
Bobcats Crush Momence, 76-31
By Jim Piacentini On Tuesday, January 9, the Beecher Bobcat Cagers faced conference rival Momence and gave their fans a blowout victory, 76-31. The Bobcats started off very tough and had an 11-0 lead with only 3 minutes off the clock in the first quarter – and they didn’t stop. In the second, with 2:02…
Bobcats Top Tri-Point by 49
On Friday, January 5, the Beecher Bobcats traveled to Cullom to the ultimate dismay of conference foe Tri-Point, as the Bobcats came home with a 49-point victory. The Bobcats held Tri-Point to only 24 points in the 73-24 win. On the night, Zack Johnson led the scoring with 18 points, 3 steals, and 2 assists,…
Bobcats Win Warkins Memorial Holiday Tourney
The Beecher Bobcats spent their winter break by bringing home another tournament championship for the school. They played Lena-Winslow on December 28 at the Cliff Warkins Memorial Holiday Tourney at Erie High School, then came home a 61-41 victory. On the day, Jack Hayhurst had 13 points and 4 rebounds, Orlin Nesbitt also tallied 13…
2023 RVC All-Conference Girls Soccer Athletes Named
Congratulations to the following 2023 All-Conference Soccer winning athletes. Girls all RVC Player of the Year: Lexi Hamann, from Momence. First Team: Beecher – Katie Jones, Emily Avelar, Mallory Berry, and Emma Tiltges; Grant Park – Alejandra Maldonado; Grace Christian – Angelina Larsen and Natalie Dalton; Illinois Lutheran – Kailey Van Es; Gardner-South Wilmington –…
2023 RVC All-Conference Boys Soccer Athletes Named
Congratulations to the following 2023 RVC All-Conference Soccer winning athletes. Player of the year: Logan Wilkins, from Beecher. First Team: Beecher – Wences Baumgartner, Nate Diachenko, Tyler Kramer, and Jimmy Kypuros; Momence – Aaron Lopez; St. Anne – Reece Curtis; Momence – Jaime Garcia Herrera; Clifton Central – Ethyn Bailey and Quinn Smith; ILHS –…
Bobcats Take Undefeated St. Joseph-Ogden by Two!
By Jim Piacentini On Friday, December 22, in a home non-conference contest against St. Joseph-Ogden, the game started off tough from the get go, although Beecher had a lead at the end of the first quarter, 18-13. The second quarter was all St. Joseph-Ogden, who out-scored Beecher 16-8. The third quarter was pretty even, but…
Beecher Trounces Coalers 71-39
By Jim Piacentini Tuesday, December 19, the Beecher Bobcats faced the Coal City Coalers and gave their fans something to cheer about in the 71-39 victory. The first few minutes of the game were close, but then Beecher took over, out-scoring Coal City 20-14 by the end of the quarter. In the second period, Beecher…
Beecher Takes St. Anne, 71-36
Tuesday, December 12, in a conference contest in St. Anne, the Beecher Bobcats brought home another victory, 71-36. In doing so, Beecher set the record for consecutive wins to start a season. On the night, Zack Johnson had 23 points and 4 assists, Jack Hayhurst added 18 points, Adyn McGinley finished with 11 points, 5…
Lady Panthers Beat Beecher 46-27
By Jim Piacentini On December 12, in a home non-conference win against Beecher, the Manteno Girls Varsity Panther Basketball Team came running out of the gate right from the start. In the 46-27 win, the Panthers out-scored the Bobcats 16-8 in the first quarter. The Panthers also controlled the rest of the game as well…
VEDETTE SPORTS REPORT
By Jeff Vorva Old gym? New gym? It doesn’t seem to matter. The results are still the same. Beecher’s boys basketball team played in its old gym for a throwback game December 8 and came away with a lopsided 81-36 River Valley Conference win over Donovan. The Bobcats wore jerseys from 2012-13, and fans were…
Bobcats 9-0 for Season
On Tuesday, December 5, the Bobcats took on conference foe Illinois Lutheran and gave the hometown fans something to cheer about in their 64-34 victory. Adyn McGinley led the team with 16 points and 8 assists, followed by Jack Hayhurst, who also had a good night with 14 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 4…
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USF Presented SCC Friendship Award
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Augustana College Choir Students Perform in California Tour
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Calvin Boss Earns Honors at NCCFA Invitational
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Local Students Receive SIU Med Students’ Residency Match
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Phi Kappa Phi Inducts New Members: Recently, the following local residents were initiated into the Honor Society of Phi Kappa…
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The Sally Otto Gallery at the University of Mount Union, in Alliance, Ohio, will feature its annual Student Art Exhibit,…
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