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.
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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.
