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Beloved Illinois small-town baseball coach 'showed immense humility and commanded respect'
PEORIA — Mike Kemmer was a sum of equal parts, faith, family, education and baseball. He was a father, a coach, a teammate and a teacher who built winners on and off the baseball field during his long stretch at Knoxville High School, a school of about 325 students located 40 miles west of Peoria, near Galesburg.
67 Chargers Earn Academic All-Region 4 for Spring Semester
Sixty-seven Sandburg student-athletes earned Academic All-NJCAA Region 4 honors for the 2024 spring semester. Honorees had to achieve at least a 3.0 grade point average and pass a minimum of 12 credit hours to earn the distinction. Among Sandburg’s recipients, 44 had a GPA of 3.50 or better. Nineteen Chargers had a perfect 4.0 GPA, and each Sandburg team was represented within that group of student-athletes with an unblemished GPA.
Monmouth Park Barn Notes: Book’em Danno Entered for Friday’s Jersey Shore Stakes
Grade 1 winner Book’em Danno was among six 3-year-olds entered today for Friday’s Jersey Shore Stakes at Monmouth Park, with trainer Derek Ryan saying a final decision on the gelding’s next start “will be made later in the week.”. The Jersey Shore Stakes, to be contested...
2024 Monmouth Little Lions League Hands Out Awards at Ceremony at Harmon Park
The 2024 Monmouth Little Lion’s League Baseball season came to an end last night at Harmon Park in Monmouth with the annual Award Ceremony Picnic. A fantastic turnout was treated to a hot dog, chips and a drink. Following the meal, the regular season and tournament champs were recognized. The same team earned both awards in the minor league with Stombaugh Law garnering both trophies. Midwest Bank swept the major league division, as well, winning the regular season and tournament title.
Local Winners Back on Monmouth Turf for United Nations
For a race with an international name and something of an international history, the July 20 renewal of the $600,000 United Nations Stakes (G2T) at Monmouth Park has a decidedly local cast of characters. Six of the 12 entries had their last start "down the shore" at the New Jersey...
Monmouth College Volleyball Team Earns AVCA Academic Award
MONMOUTH, ILL. (07/17/2024) The Monmouth College volleyball team earned the AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT on Wednesday. The Scots have earned the award 12 times in the last 15 years including seven of the last eight. The award is given to teams who maintain a GPA of at...
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