Monthly Archives: February 2016

Post-injury Susie Duke to run at Olympic Trials Saturday

Post-injury Susie Duke to run at Olympic Trials Saturday
Susie Gray Duke, a Searsboro native and Lynnville-Sully Class of 1999 graduate, was on top of the world after qualifying for the U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in November 2014. The long-distance runner had just crushed her personal best by running 26.2 miles in 2 hours, 42 minutes, and 35 seconds at the Monumental Marathon in...
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Tickets still available for Monday’s Variety Show

Tickets are still available for the Lynnville-Sully Variety Show on Monday, Feb. 8. Don't miss this chance to enjoy an evening of great food and great entertainment featuring the talents of high school band, chorus, speech, and drama students. Dinner will be served at 6:30 and the entertainment starts at 7 p.m. in the high...
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Large crowd packs the gym for SCS Food and Fun Night

Large crowd packs the gym for SCS Food and Fun Night
Sully Christian School’s largest annual fundraiser, Food and Fun Night, drew a large crowd Saturday evening, Jan. 30. Over 400 people packed the school’s gym for a hot meal, family fun and entertainment, and the chance to bring home great prizes through live and silent auctions. The fundraiser was a huge success with over $30,000...
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The Wooden Spoon by Shelly Rankin – 2/4/16

The caucus is done, the fun’s been had, here’s hoping your candidate’s top gun. Yeah, I don’t know. It’s time to talk about food anyway, not mad politicians. This week is a hodgepodge of recipes! Like these green beans for an example! I mean, seriously. So delicious and the perfect way to perk up a frozen ho-hum vegetable!...
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Hawk grapplers go 1-2 at E-B, place fourth in SICL

Hawk grapplers go 1-2 at E-B, place fourth in SICL
The Lynnville-Sully grapplers finished the regular season with a quad and a conference tournament last week. The L-S matmen went 1-2 at a tough quadrangular at Eddyville-Blakesburg on Tuesday, Jan. 26. The Hawks beat Martensdale-St. Marys 42-30 but came up short to Chariton, 60-15, and the host Rockets, 59-6. [caption id="attachment_572774" align="alignright" width="200"]Sophomore... </div> <a href=Read more

Montezuma girls spoil Hawks’ 18-0 record

Montezuma girls spoil Hawks’ 18-0 record
When the Hawk girls entered their packed home gym Friday night, they knew they had their work cut out for them to defend their unbeaten record. Their opponent, Montezuma, was seeking revenge against the Hawks, the only team that had beaten the Bravettes this season. In the two teams’ first meeting of the year back...
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Get to know the L-S Youth Sports Committee: Trent Alberts

Lynnville Sully Youth Sports Committee organizes the youth sports for the Lynnville-Sully communities. The committee members are volunteers, as are the coaches. This committee works hard to organize events for the local youth to get them involved in seasonal sports. In upcoming issues of the “Hometown Press,” readers will have a chance to meet the...
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