Herald-Whig

KNOXVILLE, Ill. — After a pair of losses to start the season, West Hancock entered conference play looking for a win. That’s exactly what the Titans did as they edged out Knoxville 22-20 on the road Friday night. West Hancock scored a pair of rushing touchdowns by Hunter Froman in the second quarter, a four-yarder and a nine-yarder. In between those Titan scoring plays, Knoxville’s Austin Harshbarger had a 15-yard rushing touchdown but West Hancock entered halftime with a 14-7 lead.

CAMP POINT, Ill. — The heat was on in more ways than one for Camp Point Central, who defeated Western Illinois Valley Conference opponent Triopia 53-16 on a sweltering Friday evening. Central poured it on early with a 37-point first quarter, starting with a 25-yard touchdown run by Luke Ippensen. That was followed up by a 23-yard touchdown run from fullback Kolin Bockhold.

QUINCY — Quincy Notre Dame began Central State 8 Conference play on Friday night with a matchup against Springfield Lanphier at Advance Physical Therapy Field. QND took control from the start to come away with a 56-0 drubbing over Lanphier, the third straight year the Raiders defeated the Lions. “It is great for our guys to be able to play in front of the home crowd tonight,” said QND head coach Jack Cornell.

MT. STERLING, Ill. — Game time for Brown County’s Week 3 matchup against Routt Catholic was switched twice over the past several days, first for an official shortage and secondly because of the heat. The Hornets found out midway through this week the Routt game would be moved to Saturday because of overbooked officials, and then it was switched from a 10 a.m. kickoff to an 8:30 a.m. kickoff to beat the heat. “It was definitely unique,” said Hornets head coach Tom Little.

CHICAGO — Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is co-leading a coalition of 22 states in a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration rule that would bar states from using federal Medicaid funds to cover gender-affirming care for low-income transgender minors and some young adults, his office announced.

CHICAGO — State leaders, service providers, and people with lived experience of homelessness gathered Thursday to mark the fifth anniversary of an executive order that established Illinois’s statewide homelessness response system, as officials formally released a new plan outlining the state’s priorities for the next three years. Gov. JB Pritzker signed Executive Order 2021-21 on Sept.

CHICAGO — The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) adopted several changes to modernize its voluntary Self-Exclusion Program, including a resolution committing the agency to eventually incorporate video gaming into the program that currently allows individuals to bar themselves from casino gambling and sports wagering. The Self-Exclusion Program (SEP), established in 2002, was among the first voluntary exclusion programs of its kind in the United States.

Over half of all Americans encounter a scam every day. Better Business Bureau (BBB) data shows Scam Tracker reports increasing each year. Over $68 billion was lost to financial fraud last year, and over 98% of Americans said scams pose a threat to national security. With the nearly unanimous disdain for scams across North America, many ask: Why can’t scams be stopped? And why do scams seem to be getting worse?

BOWLING GREEN, Mo. — Palmyra and Bowling Green traded punches during a back-and-forth first half of Friday’s game that seemed that it might go down to the wire.” After all, Palmyra entered halftime with a 21-14 lead and the Bobcats seemed to have the momentum after Jackson Perkins blocked a field goal by Panthers kicker Joe Mahsman. The second half was a much different story of which Palmyra dominated to pull away with a 56-20 win over Bowling Green.

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