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Listen to this article WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley capped its regular season by winning three of its last four games, including a 4-2 win over Hebron and a 9-0 loss to Class 2A No. 2 Pioneer last week. Against Hebron, the Kougars (13-10) snapped a 2-2 tie with two runs in the top of the seven inning to edge the host Hawks, who fall to 17-9. KVHS outhit Hebron, 8-3, with Carly Baseman going 3 for 4 with a double. MaryKate Shultz, Hayley Alexander, Mady Peterson, Carmen Rosado and Elyse St...

Listen to this article WHEATFIELD — Kankakee Valley’s softball team played three games in under 24 hours last weekend, winning two while dropping one as it participated in the annual Twin Lakes Invitational. On Friday, May 7, the Kats were on the wrong end of a walk-off single to fall to Class 3A No. 9 Northwestern High School. KV racked up 13 hits and Northwestern notched 14 in the high-scoring affair as the Tigers (17-2) won 10-8 when Northwestern’s Jaci Elson singled on a 0-1...

Listen to this article LOWELL — Kankakee Valley remained in the hunt for a Northwest Crossroads Conference softball title by handing host Lowell a 3-1 loss on Monday, April 26. The Kougars improve to 4-1 in league play and 8-4 overall. It was their third straight win. KV gave ace pitcher MaryKate Shultz all the offense she would need with two runs in the first inning. The Kougars added a single run in the third and turned the game over to Shultz, who scattered five hits over seven innings...

From the Courts - Justice Court   The following cases were resolved by Hill County Judge Audrey Barger in January. -- Sandy Bob Strauser, born in 1978, was fined $100 for theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and had dismissed by the prosecution four counts of theft, obtaining or exerting unauthorized control over property, first offense, and charges of criminal mischief pecuniary loss less than $1,500 and trespass to property. In a later case, Stra...