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Not done yet Schwarm late addition to McKendree baseball roster
FARINA — Recent South Central graduate Austin Schwarm had long ago decided that McKendree University was where he wanted to spend the next four years. The size felt just right, the drive home wasn't too long and it offered him a chance to study both
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What's in the water? Pole vaulters lift themselves to spotlight
Among the long, rolling fields of south central Illinois' corn and soybean farms lies a hidden crop of newly-tapped talent. Flying well under the radar, the area has quietly gone about producing some of the most gifted athletes in the state. Already
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Levitts, Mayfield earn All-Apollo honors for Effingham
Effingham's late-season push and subsequent run to the sectional semis earned the Flaming Hearts baseball team three members on the All-Apollo Conference team. Seniors Drew Levitt and Devin Mayfield each made the conference's first team, while senio
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Ledbetter leads NTC voting
Altamont's Deidre Ledbetter had a season to remember. On the mound, she owned an impressive 15-3 record with a 2.26 ERA. Ledbetter fanned 155 batters in 124 innings, helping guide the Lady Indians to a 20-4 record, National Trail Conference tournamen
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Effingham tops Teutopolis with 5-run second
Against an undermanned Teutopolis Post 924 team, Effingham Post 120's Devin Mayfield (Effingham) did it all in Game 1 of Tuesday's doubleheader. Mayfield went 2-of-3 at the plate with a two-RBI double in the second that sprung a five-run frame, and a
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Effingham places second in Summer Slam tournament
The Effingham Junior Legion Post 120 team finished with a 1-1-1 record in this weekend's Altamont Summer Slam wooden bat tournament, narrowly missing out on the title in a tough, 2-0 defeat to the host team. Effingham Post 120 started out the tourna
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St. Anthony's Hecht drafted by Mets
During the St. Louis Pirates travel team game Saturday, Ben Hecht came out of the batter's box, stepped up to the plate, and laced a double off the top of the right field wall. While missing a home run just barely was a bit of a disappointment, Hech
- Gardewine, Thompson sign with Texas Rangers Area pair headed to Rangers farm system The Texas Rangers came to Effingham County to bolster the ranks of their minor league pitching corps over the weekend. Both Nick Gardewine (Effingham, Kaskaskia College) and Derek Thompson (Teutopolis, John A. Logan) were drafted by and signed with
- Work left to do Draft takes backseat for Louisville's Green NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Waking up Saturday morning, Louisville pitcher and Effingham alumnus Chad Green had a lot running through his mind. He was about to face the No. 2-ranked Commodores of Vanderbilt in an NCAA Super Regional on national TV, against a
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Carie to continue soccer at Greenville
At first, it was just to help out. Alex Carie, then an Effingham junior, was already juggling the demands of basketball and baseball. Soccer hadn't ever been an option, as he had spent his first two fall seasons with the gridiron Hearts. But friends
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