Stories from Saturday, January 16, 2010

UPDATED: Marshall, Ill. upends Shakamak (01/16/10)
It turned out to be the lost weekend for the Shakamak High School boys basketball team. For the second time in less than 24 hours, the Class A No. 8 Lakers fell on the road. Taylor Duncan had 24 points, five rebounds, eight assists and a blocked shot to lead the host Marshall (Ill.) Lions to a 70-55 victory over the 9-4 Lakers...

UPDATED: Lady Lakers fall short against Tecumseh (01/16/10)

No. 10 Arrows nip Cards (01/16/10)
BLOOMFIELD -- Sometimes no matter what you do, you just can't pull out a win -- just ask the Bloomfield Cardinals following their 45-43 heartbreaking loss to visiting Sullivan here Friday night. The 3-9 Cardinals finished the game bettering the Class 2A No. 10 ranked Golden Arrows in rebounding, where they held a 27-19 edge, in shooting where they outshot Sullivan 47 percent to 35 percent and in 3-point shooting where they claimed a 50 percent to 41 percent advantage...

M. Waldon Jones (01/16/10)
M. Waldon Jones, age 87 of Linton, died Friday, January 15, 2010, at the Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, IL. He was born in Linton on January 26, 1922, the son of Meredith Carol & Lois (Wolford) Jones. He served in the United States Army during WWII...