Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years
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The board recognized the 8th grade volleyball team who advanced to state competition. Pictured (back, L to R) are Coach Jeanene Lucykow, Amanda Kruse, Mallory Lucykow, Jenna Staggs, Olivia Matesa, Kinslee Maedge, Kadyn Legendre, Lauryn Sternickle, Meadow Kilduff, Jillian Meyer, Coach Holly Weller; (front) Brianna Kruse, Jamie Wright, Alyssa Ridens, Bella Ahrens, and Bryanna Langer....
On Monday, March 14, the Dogs opened up their season at home vs. Nokomis, losing 2-5, and giving up 4 unearned runs on 6 errors. The dogs put up 6 hits by Sam Best, Adam Overby, Luke Meyer, Matthew Sievers, Cole Sternickle and Cody Ury having 1 hit each. Luke Meyer pitched well in the opener giving up 4 hits, striking out 5 and only allowing 1 earned run in 3.0 innings. Sam Best finished the last 4.0 innings. He gave up 3 hits, 0 runs and struck out 5. On Wednesday, March 16, the Dogs went to Bu...
March 25 & 26 - Spring Musical in Auditorium, 7 p.m April 6 - School Improvement Day (12:30 p.m. Dismissal) April 11 - 15 - Spring Break (Classes resume April 18) Track & Field March 22 - Boys & Girls vs Roxana, Vandalia, & Hillsboro at Roxana, 4:30 p.m. March 29 - Boys & Girls vs Pana & Litchfield at Pana Girls Soccer March 24, 25 & 26 - Varsity Girls at Spring Cup - Blackburn College, 12 noon March 28 - 30 - Panther Soccer Classic in Litchfield Girls Softball March 23 - home vs Dupo, 4:30 p.m. March 24 - home vs Lebanon, 4:30 p.m. March 25 -...
The Staunton High School track teams were in Champaign competing in the Gene Armer Invitational at the U of I campus last weekend. Several athletes recorded personal bests as the new season gets underway. Freshman Grace Bekeske had the best place finish for Staunton as she set a personal record (1.42m) in the high jump and placed 10th. Brianna Hainaut set a personal best 9.87 time in the 60 meter dash. Sam Schnefke ran a personal best 3:08.42a in the 800 meter finals. Lexi Pfeiffer also had a personal best performance in the 1600 meter finals...
Concordia Tuesday Night Men JM Power Washing Svcs 50 Luketich Arms 40.5 R & B's 37 GPaMoose and the Boys 26.5 Dillon Bertels, 257 & 621; Greg Stein, 230, 226 & 669; Hank Fey, 256 & 608; Tim Copeland, 233; Luketich Arms, 964 & 2793 Wednesday Night League Deplorables 56 R & Z Boat Lifts & Docks 35 1st Place 26 Hump Day Ladies 23 Dillon Bertels, 266, 222 & 669;Jim Hemp, 219; Larry Bertels, 213; Deplorables, 967; R & Z Boat Lifts & Docks, 2764....
The Staunton 8th grade girls volleyball team traveled to Vandalia on Monday, March 14, for a Sectional title match vs. Roxana. The Staunton girls played one of their most exciting matches of the season. They won the first set 25-21. Then they lost a set, 25-27. The girls came back strong with determination to not be stopped, and they won the third and deciding set 25-12. This sectional win advanced the 8th grade girls to 8-3A state competition at Pana High School on March 18 and 19. Staunton’s record going into state level competition was 2...
The Staunton High School Girls soccer season kicked off with a tie against Maryville Christian. Last season's leading goal scorer and now senior captain, Lily Bruhn, started the season off well scoring two goals; one goal was off an assist by Lexi Hester and the other was on a PK. Senior captain, Jackie Vercoglio, helped anchor the defense along with sophomores Ali Fritz, Presley Rantanen, and Jessica Futrell. Junior Valeria Cazares got her first start in goal and helped the team avoid a loss...
The Staunton 7th grade girls volleyball team completed their season with an impressive 16-5-0 record. On March 7, the Staunton girls defeated Hillsboro 25-15, 25-15 to win Regional #15. On that same day, Kankakee-Bishop-McNamara defeated Herscher Limestone 25-14, 25-21 to win Regional #2. On Friday, March 11, the two would meet in their first round of State Competition at Riverton High School. The Kankakee-Bishop-McNamara girls won this match, 25-15 and 25-18. Although their season may have...
The 2022 Illinois spring trout fishing season will open April 2 at 57 ponds, lakes and streams throughout the state. An early opportunity at select trout sites – the spring catch-and-release fishing season – will open March 19. No trout may be kept during the catch-and-release fishing period, but anglers can keep trout after the opening of the regular season beginning April 2. The Illinois Catchable Trout Program is funded by those who use the program through the sale of inland trout stamps. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (ID...
The 2021-2022 Illinois bobcat season concluded Feb. 15 with 290 bobcats harvested by hunters and trappers. A total of 174 (56 percent) of bobcats were taken by hunting, while trapping accounted for 116 (37 percent) of the harvest. Twenty-three (7 percent) were salvaged by permit holders from circumstances such as road kill. Hunters and trappers in Jefferson County reported 17 bobcats, which was the most for any county this year. Macoupin County was second with 15 bobcats harvested – one by archery, 10 by gun, and four were trapped. Only one b...
SCC All Conference teams for both girls and boys basketball have been selected. Girls All Conference Teams First Team: Haris Legendre of Staunton; Jillian Hamilton, Anna Beyers and Rachel Holthaus of Pana, Layne Rupert of Hillsboro, and Jill Stayton of Carlinville Second Team: CaidyTuetken of Staunton, Abby Sussenbach and Charlee Stearns of Greenville, Anna Forbes of Vandalia, Sierra Compton of Hillsboro and Lainey Hicks of Pana Third Team: Ellie Kuhn of Pana, Madison Niemeyer of Gillespie, Bella Austin of Vandalia, Alex Frailey of Hillsboro,...
The Staunton High School track team competed at the Jersey Indoor Winter Thaw meet held at Principia - Jim Crafton Training Center on Saturday, March 12. No team scores were kept, just individual results. Drake Dufrain’s 6th place finish in the 60m hurdles earned a medal. Other individuals placing were: Dillon Jacobs finished 5th in Heat#2 in the 200 meter dash Thomas Ogata placed 9th in Heat #2 in the 800 meter run. Troy Alberinia was 5th in the final Heat#1 in the 1600 meter run event. The 4x200 team of Mullenix, Rantanen, Streubel and D...
Concordia Tuesday Night Men JM Power Washing Svcs 45 R & B's 35 Luketich Arms 33.5 GPaMoose and the Boys 26.5 Darren Ott, 266, 237 & 717; Mike Hemphill,246 & 696; Tim Copeland, 245 & 652; Ryan Machota,236;Greg Stein,651; R & B's, 1046 & 2920 Wednesday Night League Deplorables 49 R & Z Boat Lifts & Docks 28 1st Place 26 Hump Day Ladies 23 Jim Hemp, 209, 202 & 602; Moose Scheumann, 246, 200 & 600; Dillon Bertels, 200; Deplorables, 985 & 2777 Friday Nite Ladies Staunton VFW 29 ALP Cleaning 26 Jet Clean Exterior Cleaning 22 Dirty Tramps 21...
The top 58 boys and girls’ basketball seniors from South Central Illinois will be playing in the 18th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic, presented by Prairie Farms Diary and CNB Bank & Trust on Sunday, March 27th at Carlinville High School. A total of 20 high schools will be represented in the event that includes 28 girls and 30 boys. Players on the girls’ West squad are Jill Stayton of Carlinville; Addie Greene, Morgan Durham and Hannah Nixon of Southwestern; Callie McAdams of Carrollton; Olivia Crayne, Kenna Bix...
The seventh grade volleyball girls won their regional on March 1. On Monday, March 7, they played Greenville at sectionals in Vandalia....
The varsity Bulldogs played IHSA Regionals at Greenville on Saturday, Feb. 19, and the Greenville Comets took the win 47-36. SHS Bulldogs finished their season with a record of 11-19. The team is pictured above on National Guard Night (back row) Cayden Silvester, Ethan Sharp, Braden Buffington, Brady Gillen, Victor Buehler; (front) Cole Sternickle, Sam Best, Adam Overby, and Luke Dewitt....
Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 147,004 deer during all 2021-2022 archery and firearm seasons that concluded Jan. 16. The total preliminary deer harvest for all seasons compares with a total harvest for all seasons of 162,752 deer in 2020-2021. During the 2021-2022 deer seasons, hunters took 43.75% does and 56.25% males. Archery: Archery deer hunters in Illinois took a preliminary total of 67,637 deer during the season that began Oct. 1 and concluded Jan. 16. The total archery harvest during the 2020-2021 season was 75,106...
Grow Gillespie has set Saturday, May 14, as the date of the annual spring 5K run/walk. You can show up and run/walk in costume this year, with prizes to be awarded for the best attire. They also plan to have food, music and beverages at the Colonial Garden, so mark your calendars for May 14 for some exercise, food and fun. Watch the Grow Gillespie webpage and Facebook pages for more information....
The SHS basketball Lady Bulldogs are competing in the Greenville Regional, part of the Waverly Sectional and the Beardstown Super-Sectional. In the second round of State tournament play on Feb. 14, the Staunton Lady Bulldogs defeated Pittsfield (Coop) 49-44. The Staunton girls entered the tournament with a 19-7 season record and had received first round bye. In the opening round, Southwestern eliminated Roxana 39-34. Pittsfield Co-op eliminated EA/WR 53-25. The win over Pittsfield, advanced the...
The Staunton basketball Bulldogs were scheduled to play Greenville on Saturday, Feb. 19, in the opening round of the Greenville Regional. The Comets defeated the Bulldogs 47-36 ending Staunton's season with a 11-19 record. Around the league - Hillsboro defeated Roxana 76-50 and they will play Greenville tonight, Feb. 23, at Greenville at 7 p.m. East Alton/Wood River defeated Southwestern 44-31 and will now play Alton Marquette at Greenville 6 p.m. tonight. Litchfield defeated Carlinville 45-40...
Feb. 24- 6-12 World Music/ Multicultural Choir Concert, 7 p.m. Mar. 2 - School Improvement Day (12:30 p.m.Dismissal) Track & Field Mar. 4 - Var. Boys & Girls at Jacksonville Invitational Mar. 12 Boys & Girls at Jerseyville Indoor Thaw Girls Soccer Mar. 14 - Var. Girls at Maryville Christian High School, 4:30 p.m. Girls Softball Mar. 14 - home vs Nokomis, 4:30 p.m. Mar. 15 - home vs Auburn, 4:30 p.m. Boys Baseball Mar. 14 - home vs Nokomis, 4:30 p.m....
Concordia Tuesday Night Men JM Power Washing Svcs 27 Luketich Arms 25.5 R & B's 23 GPaMoose and the Boys 22.5 Greg Stein, 233, 215, 616; Luketich Arms, 923 & 2682. Wednesday Night League Deplorables 30 Hump Day Ladies 21 1st Place 19 R & Z Boat Lifts & Docks 14 Dillon Bertels, 245 & 597; R & Z Boat Lifts & Docks, 1021 & 2692 Friday Nite Ladies Dirty Tramps 17 Staunton VFW 15 ALP Cleaning 14 Jet Clean Exterior Cleaning 10 K.Bodi, 212 & 553; Staunton VFW 597; ALP Cleaning, 1633...
The Staunton High School Basketball Bulldogs will complete their regular season play Thursday, Feb. 17. Last week, they played at Greenfield/Northwestern on Feb. 9 and lost 23-35. Staunton 2 - 5 - 7 - 9 = 23 NW 9 -11 - 3 -12= 35 They traveled to Hillsboro on Feb. 11. The Hiltoppers won this one 67-53. Staunton ... 10 - 8- 19 -16 = 53 Hillsboro ....16 -13 -17 -21 = 67 The Bulldogs were at Pawnee Feb. 12 and won their game 50-38. Staunton.. 11 - 10 - 15 - 14 = 50 Pawnee .....6 - 8 - 11 - 13 = 38...
Feb. 21 - No School - Presidents Day Feb. 24 - 6-12 World Music/ Multicultural Choir Concert, 7 p.m. Mar. 2 - School Improvement Day (12:30 p.m. Dismissal) Mar. 11 - End of Third Quarter Boys Basketball Feb. 11 - at Hillsboro Feb. 12 - at Pawnee Feb. 15 - home vs Southwestern Feb. 17 - home vs EA/WR Girls Basketball Feb. 10 - at Gillespie. Track & Field Mar. 4 - Var. Boys & Girls at Jacksonville Invitational Girls Soccer Mar. 14 - Var. Girls at Maryville Christian High School Girls Softball Mar. 14 - home vs Nokomis Boys Baseball Mar. 15 - at...