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Jake Reeverts tried out for the sophomore basketball team this season at Princeton High School. He was unable to perform, however, due to misaligned patella tendons in both of his knees. So he did the next best thing — join the Tiger coaching staff.

I first wrote about A.J. Egan a few years ago when he was bowling 300 games in 9-pin no tap (9s count as strikes). Now he's doing it for real.

Welcome to February. The weather continues to amaze us, but as long as I don't have to shovel more snow I'll take it. Coach Randy Swinford and I can remember the U of I parking lot at the state wrestling finals where they used big endloaders to clear the lot so fans could park. So, I'm not sure it is over yet.

Luke Dobrich grew up around the game of basketball with his dad's (Tom) Little Giants basketball teams at DePue High School and shooting baskets every chance he had. He became a Little Giants star himself, earning a Division I scholarship to Niagara University and a post-career job on the Niagara coaching staff.

Newman Athletic Director Mike Papoccia said someone was going to have to take one for the team to make expansion in the Three Rivers Athletic Conference happen. Apparently that someone was Kewanee.

Brrrr! It’s cold today. After 40 days of above temperature winter, we might be advised that real winter might be here. Thirty one days of December and 10 days of January saw no snowflakes fall in Princeton. I hope Mother Nature doesn’t try to even it out.