Area Sports
Petty twins run half marathon
The Petty twins, John and Katherine ran the St Jude’s hospital half marathon this weekend in Nashville There were 26,000 runners. It was the first half marathon that each of them had completed. They are the children of Joe and Sarah Petty of Springfield and the grandchildren of Bonnie Petty of Pittsfield. (Submitted photo)
Read MorePike track
Rigatoni Bonds prepares to hand off to teammate Adam Hoover in the 4 X 100 last week in the Saukee Invitational. Pittsfield won the meet with 105 points, followed by Waverly with 103, Pleasant Hill, 85, Winchester, 84, Brown County, 61, Routt, 51, Payson, 15, Meredosia-Chambersburg, 13 and Western, 8. (Doug Pool/Pike Press)
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Pleasant Hill track
Pleasant Hill’s Kaitlyn Borrowman and Pittsfield London Thometz are neck and neck in the 11 meter hurdles last week at the Saukee Invitational. Borrowman pulled out the win, 17.13 to 17.46. Pittsfield won the meet with 136 points, followed by Winchester, 95, Pleasant Hill, 71, Waverl 61, Mt. Sterling, 54, Routt, 21, Payson, 14, North…
Read MoreSigns letter of intent
Pittsfield High School senior and two-sport stand-out athlete, Hazel Hill, front, center, signed a letter of intent last week to play both volleyball and run track at Monmouth College in Monmouth. Hill was joined at the table by, front, left, Mason Pherigo, assistant track coach at PHS, Hill, her uncle, Garrett White.. Standing, Adam Singler,…
Read MoreSCOREBOARD – April 24, 2025
Pleasant Hill, 4, Carrollton, 8, (Continuation of earlier game) Batting for Pleasant Hill: Kaitlyn Borrowman, 0-4, MaKenna Winchell, 1-3, 2 run scored, Ava Wombles, 2-4, 1 run scored, 1 walk, Maddie Sidwell, 0-3, 1 run scored, 1 walk, Ava Little, 1 -3, 1 run scored, Alex Neitzel, 1-3, 2 RBIs, Abigail Henderson, 1-3, , Kate…
Read MoreCougar track teams compete at Camp Point
By BETH ZUMWALT The West Central boys and girls track team competed at the Camp Point Invite, Friday, April 18.
Read MoreCougars upset Warriors
By KENT COULTAS Tucker Arnold drove in a run with a two out single in the fifth inning, and West Central beat No. 2 ranked Calhoun 5-4 April 14 at Winchester. Calhoun, ranked No. 2 in the state by MaxPreps, led 4-1 after scoring two runs in the second inning and two more in the…
Read MoreRally leads to Cougar win
By KENT COULTAS West Central scored six runs in the fourth inning and rallied to beat Rushville-Industry 9-8 April 15 in Winchester.
Read More14 run sixth inning puts Cougars over Tigers
By KENT COULTAS Dalton Hutton homered, and West Central scored 14 runs in the sixth inning and beat Greenfield-Northwestern 19-3 April 18 at Grizzlies Ballpark in Sauget.
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