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Three Hoopeston Area High School cross country team members competed at the recent Vermilion County meet.
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Mark Bacys was treating last Wednesday’s deluge of IHSA news as the latest reason to head back to the drawing board during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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CHAMPAIGN — Peorian Coran Taylor, a near-forgotten fourth-string quarterback, added some spark to the troubled Illini football operation at Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Editor's Note: The following reports appeared in the first edition of the Cornjerker Times, a publication produced by Hoopeston Area Middle School, and were written by student reporters. Read more on pages 7 and 10.
Hoopeston Area High School hosted a cross country meet between Iroquois West, Clifton Central, Cissna Park, Armstrong-Potomac and Hoopeston Area High School Sept. 22.
Hoopeston Area High School’s girls’ golf team took home the win during a meet against Cissna Park at Hubbard Trail Country Club Sept. 21.
A closely-contested nine-hole quadrangular at Hubbard Trail Country Club went in favor of Rantoul/Paxton-Buckley-Loda, which staved off Westville, Hoopeston Area and Fisher by a 210-212-215-229 margin Aug. 24.
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The Unit 9 School Board Tuesday night approved joining the Vermilion Valley Conference for the 2021-22 school year.
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Rossville-Alvin eighth grade volleyball team recently placed third in the Vermilion County tournament. Pictured from left to right are: back row: Addison Wallace, Masie Norton, Ava Acton, Raeghan Dickison and Aryanna Martinez; Gabby Solis Macy Danner, Aubrey Peters, Alivia Reifsteck, Elleann…
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After a pair of dominating performances at regionals and sectionals, Hoopeston Area High School sophomore wrestler returned to the Illinois High School Association State Finals last week.
The Hoopeston Area High School Cornjerkers boys basketball team started their week with their final home game of the season Feb. 18.
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The Watseka High School Lady Warriors advanced to the Illinois High School Class 2A Regional Championship Feb. 13 after defeating Hoopeston Area in the semi-final match.
The Hoopeston Area High School girls bowling team face some difficult competition this weekend at the IHSA sectional competition in Moline.
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Hoopeston Area High School’s Abel Colunga punched his ticket to the state finals Saturday after placing first in the 182-pound division at the IHSA sectional tournament in Stanford.
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After a stellar regular season, the Hoopeston Area High School girls bowling team continued to succeed as they started postseason play this weekend in Decatur.
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Two Hoopeston Area High School wrestlers advanced to sectionals after placing at this weekend’s regional tournament.
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The Hoopeston Area High School Lady Cornjerkers basketball team wrapped up their regular season last week.
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The Hoopeston Area High School Cornjerkers started their week with a high-scoring game against Georgetown-Ridge Farm on the road.
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It was a weekend of heartbreaking losses for Hoopeston Area teams at the Vermilion County Tournament in Danville.
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A young poet is working out the feelings of losing a friend through poetry.
The Hoopeston Area High School boys bowling team competed at the Jerseyille IHSA regional tournament Saturday.
The Hoopeston Area High School boys and girls bowling teams traveled to Albington to face a strong field of teams.
Gibson City Melvin Sibley took on Hoopeston Area in a close match Saturday night in Hoopeston.
The Danville Area Community College basketball programs will be holding a Pink Breast Cancer Game on November 2.
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Georgetown-Ridge Farm Junior and wrestler, Hayden Copass announced on Twitter on September 29, that he was "100% committing" to the University of Wisconsin to continue his wrestling career.
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Hayden Copass is highly sought-after at this point in his high school wrestling career.
Join the Danville Area Community College Alumni Association for the DACC Baseball game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis on September 15 against Olney Central College.
There were four players from the 2019 Danville Dans roster that have been selected as postseason All-Stars by the Prospect League’s 12 field managers.
The 2019 Danville Dans baseball squad broke one of their own Prospect League team records this season and set two others.
An infield single in the bottom of the ninth inning early Tuesday morning ended the American Legion World Series hopes of Danville Post 210 senior baseball.
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Danville Post 210 Senior Legion baseball holds a one-in-four chance of winning the American Legion World Series this week.
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Allan Shepherd was aware his Danville Post 210 senior Legion baseball team on Thursday became the first since 2011 to be run-ruled in an American Legion World Series game.
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In a battle between two teams making their American Legion World Series debuts Thursday, Danville Post 210’s seniors struggled to find their footing.
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This game had to be decided by a Chase Vinson moment.
There’s no set offensive blueprint for a baseball team trying to recover from an early deficit.
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It’s only appropriate that a stolen base help lead to Danville Dans manager Eric Coleman recording his 200th career win at the helm of the Dans. The team defeated Chillicothe Paints with a 1-0 victory in 12 innings Wednesday night at Danville Stadium.
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Perhaps Danville Post 210 was destined for a wild final day in the Illinois Senior Legion state tournament.
Registration is now open for the fourth annual Doc Acklin Race on August 31, at 7:30 am, at Paris High School, 14040 E. 1200th Road, Paris.
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Conor Steinbaugh, of Georgetown, was named to Presidents’s Academic Honor Award. He was also named Academic All-American 2nd Team. Conor will be continuing his education at Akron University majoring in Sports Management.
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David Keenan shook hands with Derek Meinhart from behind the 18th green.
A.J. Nola received one of the best Father’s Day presents a baseball dad could hope for. The Seattle Mariners called his son Austin Nola up from Triple-A Tacoma, and the 29-year-old former Dan got a single in his first MLB at bat and scored a run on Sunday. June 16 Austin Nola became the 28th…
The Danville Dans scored in every inning except the fifth on the way to a franchise record 28 runs to defeat Lafayette Aviators 28-5 in Prospect League action Tuesday night. The Dans 11 runs in the 4th inning is also set a franchise record in the Prospect League era.
Durrell Robinson and Zack Patterson will helm the Danville boys’ and girls’ basketball teams, respectively, in the 2019-2020 school year.
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For the second consecutive year, Danville boys' basketball can claim it graduated a Division I athlete.
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The Danville boys' basketball program is seeking a new coach after Ted Houpt announced his resignation Monday.
Former Danville High School standout Chuckie Robinson was assigned to the Corpus Christi Hooks of the AA Texas League after spring training.
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Julian Pearl certainly looks the part already. The Danville native has bulked up — big time — with his latest weigh-in last Wednesday putting him right at 300 pounds.
