Area Sports
Greene County 7th Grade IESA State track results
By Carmen Ensinger The Greene County seventh graders also made an impressive showing at the IESA State Track meet with St. John’s once again stealing the top honors. St. John’s Justin Lake placed first in discus with a throw of 45.02 meters to bring home a gold medal and placed second in the shot put…
Read MoreGreene County 8th Grade IESA State track results
By Carmen Ensinger Greene County eighth graders made an impressive show at the IESA State Track meet with a St. John’s student taking home first place in the 1A discus competition and second in shot put.
Read MoreCougars take down Tigers
By Kent Coultas Anthony Hance allowed three hits over five innings and West Central beat Greenfield-Northwestern 3-1 May 11 at Greenfield.
Read MoreWest Central beats Camp Point Central 21-15
By Kent Coultas Hallee Lawson had four hits and drove in three runs as West Central beat Camp Point Central 21-15 in softball May 14 at Camp Point.
Read MoreMaci Peterson wins 100 hurdles at sectionals
By Kent Coultas Maci Peterson won the 100 hurdles and finished second in the 300 hurdles at the IHSA Class 1A Girls Track and Field Sectional May 14 at Pleasant Plains.
Read MoreCarrollton hosts Western Illinois Valley Conference meet
Carrollton finds themselves the host of the WIVC track meet almost every year and this year was no exception. Teams from the area including West Central, Carrollton, Greenfield, North Greene, Brown County and Pleasant Hill competed in the events with West Central coming out a big winner.
Read MoreCox hits homers as Carrollton Hawks host Pawnee Indians
Following the dedication of the Greg Pohlman Field Saturday afternoon, the Carrollton Hawks played host to the Pawnee Indians. After a first-inning homer from pitcher Eli Cox, the Hawks stalled for a few innings while holding the Indians scoreless as well. However, the Indians found their bats later in the game and ended up pulling…
Read MoreClevenger and Surratt lead West Central track and field
By Kent Coultas Carson Clevenger and Dallas Surratt each won two events to lead the West Central boys’ track and field team at the Western Illinois Valley Conference meet May 7 at Carrollton.
Read MoreMaci Peterson wins 100 and 300 hurdles
By Kent Coultas Maci Peterson won both the 100 and 300 hurdles to lead West Central the Western Illinois Valley Conference championship May 7 at Carrollton.
Read MoreLady Cougars rally to beat Pleasant Hill
By Kent Coultas Myah Little doubled twice, scored two runs and drove in two runs, and West Central rallied to beat Pleasant Hill 10-7 in softball May 7 at Winchester.
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