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At times they looked awful. At others, the Jacksonville High boys basketball squad seemed like a legitimate threat to win seven or eight games this winter. Either way, Crimson hoops fans ought to be glad it’s still summer. There is solace in that,...
Trojans hire Crimson assistant to coach boys' basketball
The high school basketball season is still months away, but the Triopia High School Board wasted little time in finding the two coaches it needed. At its meeting that didn’t conclude until late Wednesday night, the board hired Morgan Braucht to...
Player of the Year: Unbreakable Bonds
Unless you follow area sports, you’d probably take Griggsville-Perry’s Perry Bonds for just another rural Illinois teenager. He’s quiet. Smiles easily. Enjoys hunting and playing video games with equal enthusiasm. Works on a farm, tries...
Coach of the Year: Cultivating talent
Somewhere in Pike County there’s a farm that harvested more than just food last fall. The area staples, corn and soybeans, grow on its 800 acres, and some 4,000 hogs get fattened there until they’re ready to be shipped off to the Cargill plant...
All-Star Classic: North Rallies
The area’s leading scorer by far in the regular season, Perry Bonds just couldn’t get his shots to go down during Friday’s 30th Annual Green Chevrolet All-Star Basketball Classic at the Jacksonville High School Bowl. But he still found...
2007-08 JJC All-Area Boys' Basketball Teams
All-Area First Team Center — Brian Baker (Griggsville-Perry) Power Forward — Garrett Howland (Pittsfield) Small Forward — Brady Slagle (West Central) Point Guard — Scott Hagen (Calhoun) Shooting Guard — Perry Bonds (Griggsville-Perry) Sixth...
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