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Bobcat Baseball Ends Regular Season with 3 Wins!

On Monday, May 8, the Bobcats traveled to face their conference foe the Grant Park Dragons and brought home a 13-2 victory. On the day, the Bobcats came out swinging and scored 5 runs in the first, 2 in the third, and 3 each in the fourth and sixth innings, for the lopsided win. Nathan…

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Lady Bobcats Take 5 Wins for the Week

On Monday, May 8, the Lady Bobcats traveled to Grant Park to face conference foe the Grant Park Dragons, bringing home double wins. In the first game, the Bobcats trounced the Dragons, 15-0, in a five-inning contest. For Beecher, the team scored 15 runs, on 10 hits, with no errors. In the shutout, the Dragons…

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Bobcat Baseball Tallies Three Wins for the Week

On Monday, April 24, the Beecher Bobcat baseball team beat the Grant Park Dragons in a home game, 5-1. Quinton Allen threw a complete game for the Bobcats to earn the victory. The Bobcats scored 5 runs, on six hits, while the Dragons had 1 run, on 3 hits, along with 4 errors. Steven Fezler…

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Riverside Healthcare Donates $12,000+ to Local High Schools

Scores for Schools program supports 18 area school athletic programs. Riverside Healthcare’s annual Scores for Schools program donated more than $12,000 to area high schools for their 2022 fall sports seasons. “We are so proud of our local high schools for their achievements this year, and Riverside is grateful to be able to celebrate student…

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Bobcat Basketball Highlights

On Friday, February 10, Beecher beat Grant Park, 61-58, in conference tournament play. In a very tight game and with a minute left in the fourth, Beecher stole the ball resulting in a layup basket to take the lead. In Grant Park’s last possession, they missed two treys, resulting in a Bobcat win. On the…

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Not a Stellar Week for Devil Boys Basketball

On Wednesday, February 1, Peotone lost on the road, 63-51, to a very good Reed-Custer basketball team. Although, it was a  three-point game at the half, the Comets outscored the Blue Devils, 20-13, in the third quarter, which proved to be the difference. Brandon Weiss had 14 points, and Miles Heflin added 13 points and…

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Bobcats Tally Winning Week

On December 6, the Bobcats trounced rival Clifton Central on Central’s court, 73-57. For the night, Adyn McGinley led the Bobcats with 21 points, 8 assists, and 6 rebounds. He was followed closely by teammate Zack Johnson, who finished with 18 points. High scorers for Clifton were junior Logan Fritz and senior Luke Shoven, each…

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Manteno Tromps Grant Park in Girls’ Basketball

On Tuesday, November 22, the Panther Girls Basketball Varsity won in dominating fashion, with a score of 47-11, over Grant Park. The team’s defense held Grant Park to shooting only six percent from the field and kept them scoreless in the third quarter. Macy Iwanus led all scorers with 14 points, while shooting 100 percent…

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Ladycats Have Winning Week!

On Tuesday, October 18, the Ladycat volleyball team faced Tri-Point in home conference tournament action, resulting in a 25-16, 25-11 win. For the night, Abby Sippel had 8 digs and 2 assists, Bri Schrimsher recorded 5 digs, 2 blocks, 9 assists, and 2 aces, Emily Avelar – 6 digs and 6 kills, Lola Eckhardt –…

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Beecher High School Sports’ Highlights

Volleyball: On Tuesday, September 27, in a home conference game, the Ladycats volleyball team gave the fans something to cheer about as they beat Momence handily, 25-14, 25-17. For the night, Abby Sippel had 16 digs, Bri Schrimsher – 9 assists, Kayla Eickmann – 1 ace, 3 digs, and 9 assists, Emily Avelar – 2…

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Highschool Volleyball Highlights

Peotone: On Monday, September 12, in a non-conference road game, the Peotone Blue Devils lost to the Grant Park Dragons, 24-26, 28-30. On the day, Brooke Gwiazda had 10 kills and 4 blocks, Marissa Velasco – 8 kills and 1 block, Ashley Veltman –  2 kills and 1 block, Ella Stupegia – 6 digs and…

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Area Weekly High School Golf Highlights

Beecher: On September 6, Beecher and Wilmington faced each other at Balmoral Woods in a varsity golf matchup, ending in a win for Beecher, 164-211. Jack Hayhurst was the medalist, carding a 40 on the evening. For Beecher, Jack Hayhurst shot a 40, Trevor Stout and Andrew Hering – 41s, plus Vinny Messan and Jackson…

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Chargers Play Hard, to Gain a Win

Illinois Lutheran High School traveled to Gardner-South Wilmington for a River Valley Conference match, on Thursday, September 1. The Chargers started out strong and were up 11-4 in the first set, when a serving run by GSW brought them within one at 11-10. Two rotations later, GSW took the lead at 17-13. When GSW had…

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Split Results for ILHS Volleyball

Illinois Lutheran hosted Iroquois West in a non-conference match on Monday, August 29, and came away with a “W,” 25-19.  The first set started out close, with the teams trading points. The Chargers were able to gain a 13-7 lead behind the serving of sophomore Emma Nagle, who served four straight points, including two aces.…

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Devil Golf Takes Double Wins

On Friday, August 26, the Peotone golf team had a triangle meet against Grant Park and Momence. Peotone won the meet, carding a 170 to Grant Park’s 182, and Momence’s 244. Top four golfers for Peotone were Miles Heflin with a 40, Joe Hasse – 41, Jake Eaheart – 42, and Michael O’Connor – 47.…

Vedette Sports Report

By Jeff Vorva Playing in an independent league ballpark agreed with Crete-Monee’s baseball team and pitcher Michael Leonard. Leonard threw a shutout and struck out 13 batters to help the Warriors top Thornton Fractional South 5-0 on April 20 at Railcat Stadium in Gary, Indiana. Leonard’s record was just 1-3 after the win, but he…
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Lady Bobcats Highlights

By Jim Piacentini On Monday, April 14, the Beecher Lady Bobcats faced the Lincoln-Way Central Knights on their home turf, but came up short, losing 5-1. The Bobcats couldn’t even buy a run against the Lady Knights. The game was close up until the fifth inning, when the Knights added two more runs to make…
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Lady Panthers Remain Unbeaten!

On the road on Monday, April 15, the Lady Panthers began their week with a huge victory over conference foe Lisle, as the Panthers trounced the Lions, 21-0, in four innings of play. In the shutout, Manteno scored 21 runs on 20 hits, while keeping Lisle scoreless and allowing only 3 hits. The Lions also…
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Almost a Perfect Game for Lady Blue Devils!

By Jim Piacentini On Friday, April 19, the Lady Blues brought home a fantastic 5-0 victory over Grant Park – in more ways than one! Not only did the Blue Devils shutout the Dragons, but on the mound Sofia Klawitter was throwing considerable heat. The only Dragon to reach first base was the result of…
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4 Wins for Bobcat Baseball

By Jim Piacentini On Monday, April 15, the Bobcats faced conference rival Grant Park, which resulted in a commanding 13-3 victory for Beecher, although the game started off tight. Both teams scored in the first inning, with the Bobcats taking a 5-3 lead. After that it was all Bobcats. Nathan Diachenko, who was 2-3 with…
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Blue Devils Smoke Dragons 17-2

By Jim Piacentini On Friday, April 19, the Blue Devils bats were smoking, as they faced the Dragons in Grant Park. The Blue Devils scored 2 in the first inning and 2 in the second. Then in the third, Ruben Velasco, who drove in four runs, while going 3-4, cleared the bases with a grand…
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