Mount
Pulaski American Legion Auxiliary Unit 447 is hosting a spring
brunch on Sunday, April 10. The hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the
Legion, 100 E. Scroggin Ave. in Mount Pulaski. Tickets are $8 for
adults, $4 for children 3-12, and children under 3 eat free. The
proceeds will go to the repair and maintenance of the American
Legion building and grounds.
The
Lincoln Wrestlers competed in the 17th annual Litchfield
Folkstyle Wrestling Tournament on Saturday, April 2. The Lincoln
results were as follows:
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Austin O'Donoghue finished
third in the bantam division.
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Max Koning finished second in
the junior high division.
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Matt Brewer finished first in
both the freshman-sophomore and junior-senior divisions
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Luke Koning finished first in
the freshman-sophomore division and second in the junior-senior division.
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Thomas Bruce finished third in
the junior division.
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Jonathon Beverman finished
third in the junior-senior division and third in the open division.
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Zach Schlader finished third in
the junior-senior division and second in the open division.
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Coach Jason Lawrence took first in the open
division.
The team will be head to Washington, Ill., next Saturday to compete in the
Panther Open wrestling tournament.
The 1st State Bank of Mason City and Illini Central High School
are pleased to present Sierra Burris with the February
Student of the Month Award. For demonstrating outstanding character,
Sierra receives a $50 savings bond from 1st State Bank and a
reference work appropriate to her course of study from the Illini
Central High School faculty.
Sierra is the daughter of Meri and John Van Bragt and Mike Burris. Her
classes this year are Creative Writing, Independent Art, Spanish 4, Foods II,
Resource Management, Living Environment and Psychology.
In addition, Sierra keeps busy with a number of extracurricular activities.
She is president of the senior class and of student council, treasurer of
National Honor Society, secretary of Spanish Club, captain of cheerleading, a
participant in the school play, and a member of the track team, where she was
MVP her junior year.
As a volleyball player, Sierra has received many honors: captain of the
school volleyball team, first team Sangamo all-conference, second team Tomahawk
all-conference, first team in the Peoria Journal Star, second team in the
Springfield Journal-Register, second team in the Bloomington Pantograph and
honorable mention all-state in the News Gazette. She is the first player in
Illini Central history to reach 1,000 kills. She was nominated to the IHSA
All-State Academic Team.
Sierra is also a teacher's assistant.
Outside of school, Sierra is a nursery volunteer and junior deacon for the
United Presbyterian Church. She helps in several community programs: recycling,
delivering meals on wheels, packing community food baskets, giving blood and
helping kids at Breakfast with Santa.
Next year, Sierra will be playing volleyball on a four-year scholarship at
Illinois State University, where she will study to be an elementary school
teacher.
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Mount
Pulaski High School third-quarter honor roll:
Seniors:
"Straight-A" honor roll:
Hannah Allen, Haley Casper, Ethan Cline, Olivia Griesheim, Lillian
Koehl, Samantha Nichols
High honors (3.80 and
above): Haley Bowles, Patrick Bree, Brooklyn Collier, Andrea Hanna,
Brooke Merold, Alec Murphy, Zachary Raineri, Lorah Volle
Honors (3.50–3.79):
Quentin Cole Awe, Chase Aylesworth, Mitchell Holmes, Cory Malone,
Christopher Smith
Honorable mention (3.00-3.49): Cole Beckers, Micah
Caldwell, Byron Holmes, Cody Mathias, Jared Maxheimer, Bree Selenik
Juniors:
"Straight-A" honor roll:
none
High honors (3.80 and
above): Alexandra Conley, Mark Foley, Allison Haley, Audrey Maske,
Carly Powell
Honors (3.50-3.79):
Marlea Elias, Samantha Fanning, Jeremy Henrichsmeyer, Matthew
Southerlan, Grace Tierney
Honorable mention (3.00-3.49): Ryan Amidon, Katey
Bobell, Kelsey Griesheim, Andrew Houser, Jacob Litterly, Kyle
Przykopanski, Taylor Schahl, Kevin Utterback, Christopher Wernsing
Sophomores:
"Straight-A" honor roll:
Sylvia Klumpp, Elyse McCormick, Alexa Meister
High honors (3.80 and
above): Rachel Allen, Jessica Awe, Tanner Clementz, Zackary Ladson,
Trenton Trump
Honors (3.50-3.79):
Scott Clampet, Auston Constant, Rachel Durchholz, Allison Hickey,
Timothy Koehler, Hannah Skaggs, Jacob Stoll, Kendra Willoughby
Honorable mention (3.00-3.49): Janson Cooper, Caleb
Coppinger, Shanyn Gibbs, Edward Griesheim, Jacob Hahn, Cole Huff,
Emily Johnston, Haley Maus, Jessica Raineri
Freshmen:
"Straight-A" honor roll:
Madison Haley, Chun Michael Ho, Cady Lowery, Jordan Luczaj, Aaron
Stewart, Jordan Taylor
High honors (3.80 and
above): Marissa Mattingly, Brady Thomas
Honors (3.50-3.79):
Stephanie Bailey, Hannah Boward, Madison Chandler, Emma Stewart
Honorable mention (3.00-3.49): Derek Baunach,
Zachary Fanning, Marcus Hoock, Chelsea Siembida, Owen Tschantz,
Maxwell Van Rheeden
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