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Passionate Pickleball Players Make Plea For More Courts In Peru
Not only is it the fastest-growing sport in the country, pickleball appears to be the fastest growing sport in the Illinois Valley. Members of the Illinois Valley Pickleball Club filled the city council chambers in Peru Monday night, asking for more courts. Club member Tim Shinnick says while the 4 pickleball courts at Washington Park are the best the area has to offer, many days players are waiting 30 to 45 minutes for a court to open up. He says the low cost solution is to paint lines on the 3 tennis courts that are at Washington Park. This would create 6 new pickleball courts.
Ottawa Redblacks secure thrilling win with Ward’s late field goal against Hamilton Tiger-Cats
The Ottawa Redblacks secured a 24-22 victory over the winless Hamilton Tiger-Cats with a game-winning 46-yard field goal by Lewis Ward on the final play, breaking Hamilton's 10-game winning streak over Ottawa. Bo Levi Mitchell went 30-for-45 for 322 yards and two touchdowns for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Lewis Ward went...
Proposed soccer complex loses footing
MENDOTA - A large group of Mendota residents with a passion for soccer filled the city council chambers to show their support for a soccer sports complex that was first proposed for Mendota but may have been lost to Princeton. At the July 1 meeting of the Mendota City Council,...
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