PBL 8th-grade boys basketball ends season with loss to Unity in IESA Class 3A sectional contest
ST. JOSEPH – With a 55-22 loss in the IESA Class 3A St. Joseph Sectional game to Tolono Unity on Wednesday, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda eighth-grade boys basketball team ended its season with a record of 14-6. The Panthers’ 14th win came via a 26-25 victory over Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in the Gibson City Regional championship game the previous Saturday. “It was a […]
PBL girls basketball loses regular-season finale to Heyworth
PAXTON – The Paxton-Buckley-Loda varsity girls basketball team lost 38-30 to Heyworth in its regular-season finale on Wednesday. Jordan Parrish scored on an basket arranged by both teams to give PBL a 2-0 lead. She was one of five seniors celebrating senior night on Wednesday along with Lorena Arnett, Makenna Ecker, Maisy Johnson and Lillie Frichtl. After Heyworth scored a […]
Illinois State Representative Tom Bennett: Judge rules against school mask mandate, Attorney General immediately appeals
Late last week a Sangamon County judge suspended the statewide school mask mandate but the Illinois Attorney General filed an appeal, meaning that the legal back-and-forth over this issue is not yet concluded. Students are still required to wear masks on school buses because of a separate federal mask mandate for mass transit. After criticizing the ruling, Governor Pritzker on Wednesday announced a […]
PBL senior athlete Mason Medlock ‘doing alright’ as he recovers from season-ending leg injury
PAXTON – Mason Medlock’s high school athletic career came to a premature end on Tuesday, Feb. 1. During the third quarter of a game played that day against Bloomington Central Catholic, the Paxton-Buckley-Loda High School senior tried to block a fastbreak by the Saints’ Treyton Eller. He was called for a foul as the two collided and fell on the […]
