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Libby McCormick Excited For New Season With Jersey Tennis - Is A Sparklight Internet Athlete Of The Month For The Panthers

2 years 1 month ago
JERSEYVILLE - Senior Libby McCormick expects another great season with the Panthers' girls tennis team. Last season, she qualified for state as an individual to go along with her doubles team Tessa Crawford and Elise Noble. "I have pretty high expectations for this season because we've been working so hard since freshman year," McCormick said Tuesday afternoon following an exhibition match against Alton High School. After heat and rain delayed the start of the season, she kicked things off by winning her singles match at AHS. For her dedication to the sport, Libby McCormick is a Sparklight Internet Athlete of the Month for the Panthers. McCormick began playing tennis in the fourth grade. According to her, she attended private school growing up and wanted to experience sports, so she began taking private lessons at Principia. Now she can't get enough of the sport. "I love playing tennis in high school, it's what I look forward to," she said. Her goals for this season are to basicall

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If Your $108 Million Defamation Lawsuit Basically Admits To Everything People Are Horrified By, You Might Have Just Filed A SLAPP Suit

2 years 1 month ago
We need a federal anti-SLAPP law and strong state anti-SLAPP laws in all 50 states. And we need that as soon as possible. Anti-SLAPP/free speech law may not be as sexy these days as antitrust law, but, well, law shouldn’t be particularly sexy. Or involve much sex at all. Joshua Wright apparently felt otherwise. Over […]
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Ellis Breaks Single Game Rushing Record With Four Touchdowns - Is A Midwest Members Credit Union Athlete Of The Month For Roxana

2 years 1 month ago
ROXANA - “I think he’s going to be a force this year," Roxana head football coach Wade DeVries said about one of his star running backs, junior Andruw Ellis. He said that after a 27-0 win over the Jerseyville Panthers in Roxana's home-opener last Friday, a game that Ellis scored four rushing touchdowns. Ellis ran in scores of 23, 60, 58, and 68 yards en route to finishing with 305 yards total on the night. That was enough to break a 34-year record set back in 1989 by Jon Hardy. He used 29 carries to get 304 yards. Ellis got to 305 yards with 12 carries and now holds the program record. For his achievement on the field, Andruw Ellis is a Midwest Members Credit Union Athlete of the Month for Roxana High School. "We knew going in that the jet sweep was going to be open, and we just kept on running it, same with our criss-cross play," Ellis said after the game. "We didn't have to make any adjustments really, just kept on running it." A season ago, Ellis was getting varsity

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"What's Up Downtown" Meeting Gives Updates on Alton Businesses and Events

2 years 1 month ago
ALTON - On Aug. 29, the nonprofit Alton Main Street sponsored their quarterly “What’s Up Downtown” meeting, an information exchange about local businesses and developments in Alton. Featured speakers included muralist Robert Fishbone, who will be painting a mural downtown starting next month, and Vicki Hake, who is renovating a former pub into a retail space in downtown Alton. Mac’s Downtown owner Rob Lenhardt spoke on the restaurant’s expansion, and Madeline Eades shared information about the grand opening of her boutique Coco+Oak. Wendy Adams told the audience about the new ice cream shop That Good, and representatives from Argosy Casino dished on the River Side Grille in the casino. The night ended with information from Ashley Magruder with the Alton Dispensary. Jacoby Arts Center, located at 627 E. Broadway in Alton, was packed with community members and business owners. Sarah McGibany, the executive director of Alton Main Street , introduced

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