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ST. JOSEPH — Salt Fork girls’ track and field has past experience using limited numbers to produce huge results.
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The Milford Bearcats defeated Grant Park 17-7 on June 3 thanks in part to Abby Storm, who drove in four runners, said Coach Alyse Morefield in an email. Storm drove in runs on a single in the third and a triple in the fourth.
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Hoopeston Area High School hosted a six-team track meet May 11 in Hoopeston.
Hoopeston Area picked up a close victory over Salt Fork Monday on the road.
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The Hoopeston Area High School Lady Cornjerkers kicked-off their season April 29 with a home game against Tri-County.
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The Hoopeston Area High School Cornjerkers baseball team took on Lexington April 24.
The All Vermilion Valley Conference and All Vermilion County soccer teams have been announced.
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Hoopeston Area High School boys and girls track team members competed in a quad track meet Monday against Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin, Westville and Armstrong-Potomac.
Hoopeston Area finished their season with a victory over Blue Ridge last week.
The Hoopeston Area High School Lady Cornjerkers volleyball team travelled to Schlarman Academy last week and came away with a win.
The Hoopeston Area High School Cornjerkers baseball team kicked-off their season Monday when they traveled to face St. Thomas More.
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The Hoopeston Area/Armstrong-Potomac Cornjerkers football team took on Westville during Saturday’s Homecoming game.
Hoopeston Area traveled to Armstrong-Potomac April 8 and suffered a 18-25, 21-25 defeat to the Trojans.
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The Hoopeston Area Cornjerkers soccer team presented Senior Night April 8
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The Watseka Warriors defeated the Iroquois West Raiders in prep football April 10 47-20.
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The Milford-CP Bearcats defeated Martinsville in 44-38 April 10.
The Hoopeston Area/Potomac Cornjerkers traveled to take on Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin Friday night.
The Hoopeston Area Lady Cornjerkers took on Bismarck-Henning/Rossville-Alvin April 1 on the road April 1.
Hoopeston Area traveled to Rossville to take on the Bismarck-Henning Rossville Alvin in a big VVC tilt April 1.
The Hoopeston Area/Armstrong High School football team took the field for the first time after a long-delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Friday night.
Hoopeston Area traveled to Danville March 25 to face off against an improved Danville Schlarman team in the rain.
The Hoopeston Area High School volleyball team travelled to Oakwood March 25 and defeated the Comets 25-14,25-13 in a total team effort, raising their record to 2-3.
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The Hoopeston Area High School Lady Cornjerkers volleyball team took on Salt Fork at home Tuesday night.
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Georgetown Ridge Farm/Westville soccer team defeated the Cornjerkers 4-2 on Monday.
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The Hoopeston Area Lady Cornjerkers basketball team wrapped up their season with their eighth straight win March 11.
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Despite a spirited comeback in the second set, the Hoopeston Area Lady Cornjerkers volleyball team fell to Milford 25-15 and 27-25 Tuesday night.
The Hoopeston Area Cornjerkers soccer team hosted Iroquois West on Thursday and fell to the Raiders 3-0.
Hoopeston Area scored a blow-out win over Georgetown-Ridge Farm March 4.
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Hoopeston Area hosted Danville Schlarman Tuesday night and the Cornjerkers came out victorious by the score of 6-0.
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Hoopeston Area faced-off against Iroquois West in their final home game of the season Saturday in Hoopeston.
The Hoopeston Area Lady Cornjerkers took on Oakwood Feb. 25.
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Hoopeston Area High School and Milford High School clashed in boys’ basketball action Saturday night in Hoopeston.
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Hoopeston Area’s boys’ basketball team took on Watseka at home Saturday.
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Hoopeston Area High School senior Ali Watson recently reached a major milestone in her high school basketball career.
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The Watseka Lady Warriors girl’s basketball team defeated the Hoopeston Cornjerkers on Feb. 13 at home in Watseka. The final score was 51-24.
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Hoopeston Area basketball teams kicked-off their long-delayed seasons recently.
Hoopeston Area School District has resumed athletic activities.
The Super Bowl is the culmination of the National Football League season, which traditionally begins in early September and ends in late December or early January. The Super Bowl is one of the most anticipated professional sporting events each year.
IESA Executive Director, Steve Endsley, released a statement on Dec. 29 discussing the Governor’s decision to keep Illinois under the Tier 3 mitigations.
BLOOMINGTON — High school winter sports in Illinois are unlikely to commence until sometime in 2021, the IHSA Board of Directors made clear Wednesday following a discussion update that included no official action regarding currently postponed athletics amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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.
