Maxine Kling – Warfodsburg PA -former Franklin County Resident

January 20, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Maxine Kling, 92, of Warfordsburg, PA., passed away Wednesday, January 18th, 2017, at Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, PA.

Maxine was born in Franklin County, Illinois on December 28, 1924, the daughter of the late Hallie E. (Rhine) and Charles A. Dorris.  She was the wife of David H. Kling whom she married on September 23, 1972.

Mrs. Kling was a great homemaker and cook. She also enjoyed dancing and country music.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by daughter Susan R. and husband John Pare of Charleston, WV., sons Steve M. and wife Patricia Kling of Falls Church, VA., David H. and wife Joan Kling of Warfordsburg, PA., brothers Jack and wife Rena Dorris of Benton, IL., Charles and wife Tomoko Dorris of Pekin, IL., thirteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren an and thirteen great great grandchildren. Maxine is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews.

She was receded in death by daughters Sharon Y. Shaffer, Doris June Gammon, sons Jerry L. Gammon, Larry James Gammon and brother Bob Dorris.

Visitation will be Saturday, January 21, 2017, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., at Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home, Inc., McConnellsburg, PA.

Funeral Service at Howard L. Sipes Funeral Home, Inc., McConnellsburg, PA will be held at 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, January 21, 2017  with Pastor John Hodge officiating.

Local funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Pate Funeral Home, 301 S. Main St., Benton, IL.

Visitation will be Wednesday, January  25, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to  1:00 p.m., at Pate Funeral Home, Benton, IL.

Funeral Service at Pate Funeral Home will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Wednesday, January  25, 2017.  Burial will follow services at  Masonic and Odd Fellow Cemetery, Benton, Illinois.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.patefh.com.

 

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Oxford’s clutch free-throw puts final arrow in Indians

January 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment
Derek Oxford shoots over a Carlyle defender. He had 10 points on the night including a game winning FT....

Derek Oxford shoots over a Carlyle defender. He had 10 points on the night including a game winning FT….

BENTON- (Click on the link to get the entire story from William McPherson of the Benton Gazette. Here is an excerpt) Night two of the Benton Invitational Tournament is in the books, and the Benton Rangers are now 2-0 in the tournament and 15-1 on the season as they pulled off a dramatic comeback win over the Carlyle Indians (9-9), winning 54-53 on Wednesday night at Rich Herrin Gymnasium…….Both teams exhibited great defense for the final minute of the game. The Indians called a timeout at the 28.1 second mark but were unable to get anything going. In the final possession of the game, Oxford drew a foul with just two seconds left in regulation. With the Ranger faithful in hushed anticipation, he sank his first shot. At this point Benton called timeout, and Oxford intentionally missed the final free throw to kill off the clock and not allow the Indians time to pull off another comeback……..“They got off to a good start, and we had kind of an uphill fight to get back in the game,” said Benton Coach Ron Winemiller. “The bottom line is our guys kept fighting and kept plugging away and whittled it down, and did what they do. Derek made a play at the end and we were able to come out victorious.”

Filed Under: Benton High School Sports, High School Sports, Sesser-Valier High School Sports, Sports

Bearcats have a good second half against Eldroado on Tuesday

January 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment

WEST FRANKFORT -(Steve Dunford-franklincounty-news.com)  There is not a good way to put it but the Bearcats came out cold against the 6th. ranked team in class 2A the Eldorado Eagles.

The Bearcats were down 32-9.  Eldorado was pounding the ball inside and dominated Christopher on the boards 15-6 in the first half.  Eldorado coach Josh Bradley threw a variety of zones against the Bearcats and they were all successful.

Pedigo waiting for a pass on the wing Tuesday night in the Bearcat's 60-41 loss

Pedigo waiting for a pass on the wing Tuesday night in the Bearcat’s 60-41 loss

The second half was a different story.  For the second night in a row Kaeleb Pedgio was held scoreless in the first half.  He was on fire in the second half, connecting on five threes, four in the first quarter.

The turning point of the game was when Pedigo about hit his fifth three of the quarter, which would have brought the Bearcats within some six with about four and some change on the clock.

Christopher, being a class 1A team, just ran out of gas to stage the comeback against one of the top 2A teams in the state, as they fell 60-41.  There is nothing flashy about this Eldorado team, they just take care of business.  It would not surprise me to see them playing in Peoria.

The Bearcats fall to 11-6 on the season and 0-2 in the tournament.  If they beat Carterville tomorrow night they will play at 5:00 p.m. against the winner of Cairo and Anna-Jonesboro’s game tonight.   If they lose to Carterville they will play the loser of Cairo/A-J at 3:30p.m..

The Eagles improved to 20-1, with their only loss being to Fairfield on December 9th.

BOX SCORE:

ELDORADO (60) Attebury 7 1 2-2 19;  Partridge 4 0 3-4 11; May 4 0 2-4 10;  Meridith 1 2 0-0 8; Traxler 3 0 1-3 7; Kaiser 1 0 1-2 3; Oglesby 1 0 0-2

CHRISTOPHER (41)  Pedigo 0 5 2-2 17; Young 3 0 2-7 8; Pratt 3 0 2-2 8; Schimpf 1 1 0-0 5; Curry 1 0 0-0 2; Snell 0 0 1-2 1

SCORE BY QUARTERS:  

ELDORADO           14   18    13    15  – 60

CHRISTOPHER      4     5    14    18  – 41

 

 

 

Filed Under: Christopher High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports, West Frankfort High School Sports

RLC takes down conference leading Wabash Valley

January 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment
INA- (Reece Rutland-RLC Media Services) The Rend Lake College men’s basketball team came out on top during the battle of the Warriors Wednesday night as the RLC Warriors handed the visiting Wabash Valley College Warriors the loss by a final of 93-72.
It was a big conference win for RLC. Wabash Valley entered the night at the top of Great Rivers Athletic Conference (GRAC)

RLC's Timothy Dunn goes for the bucket Wednesday night as the Warriors took on Wabash Valley College. (Reece Rutland/RLC Public Information)

RLC’s Timothy Dunn goes for the bucket Wednesday night as the Warriors took on Wabash Valley College.
(Reece Rutland/RLC Public Information)

Standings, sporting a 6-1 conference record. Wednesday night’s “W” puts Ina’s Warriors one step closer to the top. The win moves RLC to 11-5 on the season and 4-2 in the Great Rivers Athletic Conference.

RLC scoring was led by Cory Thomas (Louisville, KY) with 21 points. Kel’Shawn Kinight-Goff (Louisville, KY) provided 11 points. Adrian Smith (Aurora) hit 18. Dwayne Ward (Chicago) contributed four points. Will Presson (Belleville) was credited with three points. Austin Swalls (Carterville) netted eight. Tim Dunn (Lexington, KY) contributed nine points. Nick Marlo (Sesser) put a pair on the board. Kenny Berry (Granite City) scored seven. Anton Ivy (Peroria) added eight points, and Chris McCraw (Louisville, KY) rounded out scoring with two.
The Warriors are on the road Saturday as they travel to Ullin to take on Shawnee Community College. That game has a 3 p.m. start time.
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Benton Police make recent arrests

January 19, 2017 By Leave a Comment

Here is the latest police blotter from the Benton police department:Benton Police

On January 16th, 2017 Benton Police arrested Craig Parrish, age 33, of Benton on an active Franklin County warrant for failure to appear on possession of methamphetamine.
Parrish was taken to Franklin County Jail for processing.
On January 16th, 2017 Benton Police arrested Dennis C. Summers, age 22, of Benton on an active Franklin County warrant for failure to appear on consumption of liquor by a minor.
Officers also located methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia on Summers at the time of the arrest.
Summer was taken to Franklin County Jail for processing.
Filed Under: Benton News, Breaking News, Franklin Co. News

Redbirds face Carterville at 8:30

January 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

wf-redbirdsThe West Frankfort Redbirds try to improve to 2-0 and get to the .500 mark against the Carterville Lions tonight.

Coach Shane Hawkins gave me the points for game of his six man rotation:

  • Senior guard Brendan Beasley leads the way at 12.6 ppg.
  • His running mate in the back court 5′ 10″ senior Blake Jackson averages 6.9 ppg
  • Post player Luke Ford (Sr.) averages 7.6 ppg and is 6’6″
  • Taylor Heil is 6′ 5″ and seen some time as a freshman, and his four years on the floor provides senior leadership.
  • Dylan Moore a 6’1″ sophomore averages 6.1 per game.
  • Justin Johnson a 6′ 2″ junior averages 4.9 ppg.

Here is what coach West Frankfort coach Kevin Toney has to say about the Lions:

“Carterville is a well disciplined, well coached team whose players have an excellent balance of skills. They have a true point guard, their wings can each handle it and shoot it, their bigs complement each other very well, also. They just don’t have glaring weaknesses of which teams can easily take advantage of”

The Lions gave Eldorado everything they wanted.  I see them playing in the third place game on Saturday against Marion or Herrin.  I am going with the Lions by six.

I loved the intensity Shane Hawkins played with as a Panther first and a Saluki.  He has taken that intensity to the sidelines. wf-redbirds

Filed Under: High School Sports, Sports, West Frankfort High School Sports

Rangers will face Carlyle at 8:30 in the BIT

January 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

benton-rangersYou might have watched Carlyle play on Monday, but Carlyle coach Andy Palmer shared a little with me about his Indians.  Here is something about them:

Here is a link to their stats:

http://stats.stlhighschoolsports.com/sports/basketballboys/stats/teamstatoverall.php?t=35&s=693

Here is some information I grabbed from the St Lous Post Dispatch website.

In the paint is 6’5″ Conner Tonnies averaging 10.9 ppg. and 9.2 rebounds.  Tyler Sever is 6′ 3″ and  averages 12.9 ppg; 6′ 2″ Eli Cox averages 11.3 ppg; 5′ 11′ Dru Johnson averages 8 ppg and leads the team in assists at 2.29; 6′ 1″ Nick Becker averages 2.4 ppg.  That rounds out the starting five.

Off the bench is 6′ 1″  Alex Hules at 1.7 ppg; 6′ 3″ Dawson Reinacher at 2.0 ppg; and Shatzat .7

Here is what Benton Coach Ron Winemiller. “The two bigs will give us trouble. We have to make them run and play a full court game.”

The Rangers survived going against Darius Roundtree down as Massac.  I don’t know with their size if Carlyle plays a zone but if they do, the Rangers have too many zone busters.

I am going with Benton by six.

Filed Under: Benton High School Sports, High School Sports, Sports

Sesser-Valier and Pinckneyville plays at 7:00 at the BIT

January 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

pitchforkSesser-Valier will tip it up with the Pinckneyville Panthers at 7:00 pm at the Benton Invitational Tournament.

I am just going to be honest.  The Devils will be over matched.  I am going with the Panthers by 20.

From scores of recent games S-V is playing well.  Beating Meridian was big.  This game is like Christopher playing Eldorado last night.  It is a game that will help them in February.

Full coverage will be on this game.

Filed Under: Sesser-Valier High School Sports, Sports

Meridian/Hamilton County tips it up in a few minutes

January 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

mcleansboroThe Hamilton County Foxes tips it up with Meridan at 5:30 p.m.

Hamco will have trouble matching up inside with Lowe and Nesby.  Oakley Dial and Jake Whipple has been playing so well.

I see Meridian beating the Foxes by eight.

A full story will be written on this game.  I will be watching the feed on FoxesFans.net.

Filed Under: High School Sports, Sports

Rangers beat the Foxes on Monday Night in the BIT

January 18, 2017 By Leave a Comment

by Steve Dunford

Action from Monday night's game. (Taken from Foxes-Fans.net video)

Action from Monday night’s game. (Taken from Foxes-Fans.net video)

I included this in my preview Monday night but I am going to cover the Foxes from now on.  Hamco is well covered with Danny Anslement of FoxesFans.net, and Tom Mauding on WMCL.

I found out the Foxes have little print coverage.  With Danny broadcasting every game on video. I can watch them in the archives and make a full story.  This story is coming from the video.

I have a good friend that has covered the Foxes for years, Charlie Pendell (Super Fox).  I know his health is failing and he is continually in my prayers.  I hope I can even come close to his excellent coverage.

Now on to the game.  The Foxes came out and was very patient.  They hung around with the Rangers for twelve minutes.  At the end of the first quarter they were only down 14-11  They were playing well on both ends of the floor.

Austin Wills was unreal in the closing minutes of the second quarter, hitting four threes.  Gehrig Wynn and Derek Oxford had one each as the Rangers outscored the Foxes 25-9 to take a 39-20 lead.

Both coaches subbed freely in the second half as they have four more games ahead of them as the Rangers won 68-39.

The Rangers improve to 14-1 on the season and 1-0 in the BIT.  The Foxes fall to 4-13 and 0-1 in the tournament.

Hamco has the opener against the Meridan Bobcats at 5:30.  Benton plays Carlyle at 8:30.

Austin Wills led the Rangers on the night with 18 points.  Derek Oxford added 17.

Oakley Dial led the Foxes with 15 points. Jake Whipple added 11.

BOX SCORE:

Benton (68)  Wills 3 4 0-0 18; Oxford 3 3 2-2 17; Willams 4 0 1-2 9; Henson 3 0 1-1 7; Wynn 2 1 0-0 7; Thomas 1 1 0-0 5; Page 0 1 0-0 3; Pankey 1 0 0-0 2; Tillman 0 0 0-0 0; Morris 0 0 0-0 0; Mosley 0 0 0-0 0; Mosley 0 0 0-0 0; Lutz 0 0 0-0 0;  Avery 0 0 0-0 0

Hamilton County (39)  Dial 4 1 4-5 15; Whipple 1 0 1-2 11; N. Rapp 1 0 3-3 5 E. Rapp 2 0 0-0 4; Rubenacker 2 0 0-0 4; Potter 0 0 0-0 0 Pike 0 0 0-0 0; VanAbba 0 0 0-0 0; Neal 0 0 0-0 0; Miller 0 0 0-0 0; Gray 0 0 0-0 0; Downen 0 0 0-0 0

SCORE BY QUARTERS:

Benton                       14   25    21    8  –  68

Hamilton County     11     9     12    7  –  39

 

 

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