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Photo Gallery |Vikings win 4A basketball title, crushing Ironmen at state
CHAMPAIGN - With Homewood-Flossmoor's Donald Hagemaster, Caleb Chavers, Gakobie Mcneal and Bryce Heard looking on, Normal Community's Nico Newsome dives after a loose ball during their Class 4A championship game at the IHSA Boys' Basketball State Finals on March 9. The Ironmen finished runner-ups after losing to the Vikings, 60-48. Newsome finished the title game with five points in his 11 minutes on the floor at the State Farm Arena on Saturday. Photo:Sentinel/Clark Brooks Photo Gallery ...
6 questions with Jason Zumwalt
CHAMPAIGN - We caught up with the Centennial head coach Jason Zumwalt over spring break to get the scoop on the upcoming boys' tennis season. Zumwalt, a veteran player, competitor, and tennis instructor in the Champaign-Urbana community is entering his second season as head coach for the Chargers. Sentinel: How long have you been involved in tennis? Jason Zumwalt celebrates a point while playing in the annual Champaign Park District Labor Day Tournament in 2016. Photo: PhotoNews/Clark Brooks Zumwalt: "I started playing when I was a little kid. I played at Dunlap High School and went to state...
St. Joseph-Ogden Athletic Schedule March 18-24
Addison Frick takes a swing at a Salt Fork pitch during the Spartans' first home game of the season. SJO prevailed, 6-3. The St. Joseph-Ogden varsity softball team has four games on this week's schedule. Meanwhile, the baseball team will have very little time to practice this week with their five-game campaign over the next seven days. Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Spartan softball team wins first game of the season
Over one hundred St. Joseph-Ogden softball fans filled the stands and the fence line at Randy Wolken Field to watch the Spartans win their first game at the newly renovated softball facility. See more photos from season opener here ... Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks ST. JOSEPH - Grace Osterbur had a stellar performance in the Spartans' first win of the season against Salt Fork last Monday, collecting three hits and scoring twice in four at-bats. The Storm put a tick on the scoreboard in the first inning after Alexa Jamison scored on a walk with bases loaded and two outs. Facing Sailor Pacot...
Sunday Sports Rewind; SJO rallies big in two innings to beat visting Pontiac
Jake Schlueter winds up for a pitch against visiting Pontiac during their regular season game in 2018. Sentinel/Clark Brooks ST. JOSEPH - SJO plated four runs in the fourth inning and six in the sixth after going up 1-0 in the bottom of the second to beat visiting Pontiac 11-1 six years ago this coming April. The Spartans went on to finish the season 19-15 and fifth in the Illini Prairie Conference with a 7-5 record. Members of the team included: Drew Coursey, Brayden Weaver, Adam Rose, Blake Primmer, Cody Kern, Crayton Burnett, Nicholas Boggs,...
Commentary |Free tax filing: A crucial step toward unrigging our economy
from Susan Harley Each year many Americans pay a steep cost when doing their taxes. It’s not just the money people shell out to use software to file taxes online, but also the time spent and the stress that comes with worrying an honest mistake will be held against them. Luckily, change is in the air this spring. Eligible filers in a dozen states will finally have a true public option this tax season: a new free, online, mobile-friendly software from the IRS called Direct File. Photo by Nataliya Vaitkevich/PEXELS ...
GoFundMe set up for families of fatal crash in Rushville
RUSHVILLE - A GoFundMe campaign has been launched to support the grieving families with arrangements needed after a school bus transporting three preschoolers collided with a semi-truck on Monday. According to police, the bus crossed over into oncoming traffic into the path of the semi carrying a load of sand. Both vehicles were involved in flames upon impact. Three young children along with the drivers of the school bus and semi-truck perished in the tragic accident. The accident happened near Rushville, almost 135 miles due west of Champaign-Urbana and 57 miles northwest of Springfield at around 11:30 a.m. The...
Photo Gallery |Softball opening day! SJO and Salt Fork square off
Salt Fork shortstop Alexa Jamison tries to tag out Spartan Addison Frick on steal attempt during St. Joseph-Ogden's first softball game at the newly renovated Randy Wolken Field on Tuesday. SJO took the lead in the bottom of the second inning to win the nonconference battle, 6-3. Frick, a senior, collected one hit, two stolen bases, and an RBI to start her final season of prep softball. Jamison led her team with one run, three of their nine hits and an RBI. See more photos from this game below. Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks ...
Here's a few reasons why you should avoid DIY dental trends
StatePoint - DIY activities, like swapping a lighting fixture or painting your living room, are popular ways to accomplish your to-do list. But as anyone who has tackled too big of a project knows, some jobs are best left to the professionals. That includes your dental health. Photo: Gustavo Fring/PEXELS You may have already seen DIY dentistry products, such as at-home whitening kits, mouthguards or teeth aligners. These often guarantee fast, easy ways to solve your oral health issues without the involvement of a dentist or an orthodontist (a dentist who specializes...
Good to know; Learn CPR as a life-saving skill
Family Features - While many Americans agree Conventional CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) or Hands-Only CPR (HOCPR) significantly improve a person's chance of survival from cardiac arrest, less than half are confident they can perform either Conventional CPR or HOCPR in an emergency. Photo by Raven Domingo/PEXELS Black or Hispanic adults who experience cardiac arrest outside a hospital setting are substantially less likely to receive lifesaving care from a bystander. In spite of these survey results, the American Heart Association is...
Teens don’t know everything − and those who acknowledge that fact are more eager to learn
by Tenelle Porter Rowan University Photo: Kenny Eliason/Unsplash If you, like me, grew up in the 1980s and 1990s, you may have come across the classic refrigerator magnet, “Teenagers, leave home now while you still know everything.” Perhaps you know a teen, or maybe you were a teen, like this: pop-star energy, a little too confident in your opinions, a little too certain that no one could know what you know. Adolescence is the period of life when people transform from children into adults. To handle the transition successfully, people need to shed parental...
Spartans win opener at Randy Wolken Field
ST. JOSEPH - Members of the St. Joseph-Ogden softball team pose at home plate with head coach Larry Sparks after their home opener with Salt Fork on their newly remodeled field on Tuesday. The Spartans won their first game on Randy Wolken Field and treated Sparks to his 100th coaching victory with the win over Storm, 6-3. SJO will take the field at their gorgeous new facility again next Tuesday after a road game against Normal West on Monday. Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
Cut costs, not your connection: How to get home internet for less
Photo: Andrea Piacquadio/PEXELS StatePoint - If you’re struggling with access to reliable and affordable wireless home internet, you’re not alone. In fact, more than 20% of Americans living in rural areas and nearly 30% of Americans living in Tribal lands lack internet access, compared to only 1.5% of those living in urban areas. To make matters worse, the average American shells out about $75 each month for internet service, with over a third saying that cost is one of the biggest hurdles in getting their hands on home internet. As internet usage...
Why Ramadan is called Ramadan: 6 questions answered
by Mohammad Hassan Khalil Michigan State University 1. Why is Ramadan called Ramadan? Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and lasts either 29 or 30 days, depending on when the new crescent moon is, or should be, visible. The Arabic term Ramadan connotes intense heat. It seems that in pre-Islamic Arabia, Ramadan was the name of a scorching hot summer month. In the Islamic calendar, however, the timing of Ramadan varies from year to year. This year Ramadan will begin at sunset on March 11, give or take a day depending on when the new moon is sighted. An...
Guest Commentary |This is a sad time in America
by Glenn Mollette, Guest Commentator In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden referred to an American dilemma – the shrinking Snicker’s bar. He pointed out that his Snicker’s bar purchase had less or fewer Snickers. I’m not exactly sure what a Snickers is, nuts, chocolate, sugar, the content of the bar. Size matters, when you’re hungry. It’s just a bad thing when you stop at your local convenient store to buy a soda pop and you walk out with a Snicker’s bar that cost more but has less in the wrapper. Apparently, there must be...
St. Joseph-Ogden Athletic Schedule March 11-17
St. Joseph-Ogden's Carson Maroon heads to the finish line at the IHSA Boys' Track & Field State Final in May 2023. Last week, the senior set a new school record in the 1600 meter run, raising the bar to 4:22.30. Look for SJO's top distance specialist to make his way back to O'Brien Stadium for the state meet again. Photo: Sentinel/Clark Brooks
State Basketball |Something to cheer about, Homewood-Flossmoor wins 4A state basketball title
CHAMPAIGN - Homewood-Flossmoor student fans cheer for their basketball team during the awards ceremony for their newly crowned state champion team. The Vikings won this year's Class 4A championship after defeating Normal Community 60-48 at the IHSA Boys' Basketball State Finals on Saturday. The victory is the first state title for the Southwest Suburban Conference school that has made eight previous state tournament appearances. Sentinel/Clark Brooks
State Basketball | Taking it home, DePaul wins second-consecutive state basketball title
CHAMPAIGNWith Rob Walls, Jaylan McElroy, and Rashaun Porter around him, DePaul Prep's PJ Chambers' carries the team's newest piece of state hardware to the locker room at State Farm Center on Saturday. The Rams beat Mt. Carmel 49-41 in the Class 3A championship game. Walls (left) finished with 10 points, Chambers and McElroy had eight each, and Porter contributed five points in the title win. Sentinel/Clark Brooks
State Basketball |Caravan state title dream stalled, Mt. Carmel falls 49-41
CHAMPAIGN - Mt. Carmel's Noah Mister looks for a shot in the paint after slashing his way past a DePaul College Prep player during fourth quarter action of their Class 3A championship basketball game. The Caravan (34-3) could not erase a first-quarter slump in the remaining three, losing 49-41 to the Rams at the IHSA Boys' Basketball State Finals on Saturday.
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