The Column: Santa answers his Christmas list
BY SANTA CLAUSRantoul Press columnistNORTH POLE — Kris Kringle here.I hope all the presents you wanted were delivered in time for Christmas.Before I made my rounds on Christmas Eve, though, I stopped...
View ArticleJones takes on interim AD role again for Eagles
Before Rantoul Township High School will find a full-time athletic director, the school is going the interim route again.read more
View ArticleFisher Hall of Fame: Newest class focuses on 1990s
The 1990s brought us grunge rock, “Toy Story,” Lou Henson’s retirement, the Macarena, Nintendo 64, Michael Jordan playing baseball and much more.It also brought the athletic exploits of the 12 former...
View ArticleThree reasons we love sports this week
Sports Editor Matt Daniels’ three reasons we love sports this week.read more
View ArticleFisher Hall of Fame: New inductees ready for their closeup
Some are farmers.Some are teachers.One’s a lawyer.Another is an exercise therapist who helps train professional athletes.One even has his name roll through the credits on FOX’s music competition show...
View ArticleThe Column: Farewell Rantoul, Fisher, Armstrong… for now
If you’ve heard the rumors, they’re true.If you’ve seen the ad in the paper, it’s true.If you’ve had this thought (good, bad or indifferent), it’s true.I am leaving the Rantoul Press newspaper.It’s not...
View ArticleRec Department registration set for youth baseball, softball
Rantoul Recreation Department will conduct registration for youth baseball and softball.Sign-up is set from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, March 4-29, for boys and girls ages 6-15. Volunteers are needed...
View ArticleBaseball: Turnover won't keep Trojans down
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorARMSTRONG — And then there were three.That’s the number of returners from Armstrong-Potomac’s baseball team that lost nine players from 2012 and will feature 10...
View ArticleBaseball: Bunnies striving for that regional ring
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorFISHER — Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” gained enormous popularity a few years back as it described young women pining for an engagement...
View ArticleBaseball: RTHS expections increase in second year
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorIt takes awhile for players to get acclimated to a new coach and his system.But the Rantoul Township High School baseball team had a quick learning curve in head...
View ArticleBaseball: RTHS athletes sharing reading wonders
By DANIEL L. CHAMNESSFor Rantoul PressMost of the young children stared at the older boys in wide-eyed amazement.In the second annual Eastlawn Elementary Reading Day, the first grade class of...
View ArticleBaseball: Eagles sweep round robin to remain undefeated
By DANIEL L. CHAMNESSFor Rantoul PressAt times it was not pretty, but a win is a win.The Rantoul Township baseball team battled back from a three-error seventh inning Saturday to defeat visiting...
View ArticleHigh School Baseball Central 13, Southeast 0
A gallery of images from Champaign Central's 13-0 victory over Southeast during the Charlie Due Invitational at McKinley Field on Saturday, April 6, 2013.
View ArticleGifford Bank makes donation
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorGIFFORD — Gifford State Bank donated money to construct a new press box at Wabash Park, Rantoul.The press box will be at the field that the Rantoul Township High...
View ArticleThe Column: Great fun at the old ballpark
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorSpringtime will soon come into full bloom, meaning the awful, sucky cold weather is leaving us behind in Central Illinois.The warmer weather gives the area...
View ArticleBaseball: Trojans off to slow start
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorFISHER — A youthful, inexperienced Armstrong-Potomac baseball squad couldn’t get the bats going in a 7-0 road loss to Fisher April 2.read more
View ArticleBaseball: RTHS taking care of business
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorThe blustery southern wind couldn’t prevent the Rantoul Township High School baseball team from scoring some runs, beating Corn Belt rival Eureka 6-1 before...
View ArticleBaseball: Fisher playing smart
By BOB BAJEKRantoul Press sports editorFISHER — Dropping the first three contests of the year didn’t faze the Bunnies, as they won four out of their last five baseball games to get back on track.Much...
View ArticleThe Column: Farewell Rantoul, Fisher, Armstrong… for now
If you’ve heard the rumors, they’re true.If you’ve seen the ad in the paper, it’s true.If you’ve had this thought (good, bad or indifferent), it’s true.I am leaving the Rantoul Press newspaper.It’s not...
View ArticleRec Department registration set for youth baseball, softball
Rantoul Recreation Department will conduct registration for youth baseball and softball.Sign-up is set from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, March 4-29, for boys and girls ages 6-15. Volunteers are needed...
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