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WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 2025
Pearl City softball splits games with LenaWinslow By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT
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Illinois 4-H Green Communities Tree Program
On Saturday, May 4, 4-H members partnered with the Jane Addamsland Park Foundation and the Stephenson County Soil and Water Conservation District to plant native oak seedlings to help rebuild Illinois’ native ecosystems. Pictured are Stephenson County 4-H members as they learn about various spring woodland flowers from Richard Benning, Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance board member and Jane Addamsland Park Foundation board member. Through this experience, youth learned about the ecological benefits of native plants and animals, the importance and role of oak trees as a keystone species, how oak savannas contribute to healthy habitats and climate resilience, and how trees grow, what they need to thrive, and how to properly plant them.
A couple of excellent softball squads in the Pearl City Wolves and the Lena-Winslow Panthers met up for some late-season matchups last week. Pearl City came into the week with a record of 16-11. Meanwhile, the Panthers held a record of 15-11. With similar overall records, both teams sat near each other in the middle of the NUIC-North standings. On paper, the Wolves and Panthers couldn’t have matched up much better. They wound up delivering two excellent games that only proved these teams are even closer than they appear. Pearl City had the privilege of playing on their home field for the first matchup on Tuesday, May 13. After a slow start, both offenses exploded for some late-inning production.
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