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State Tournament preview: Eureka, Lexington, LeRoy, Notre Dame seek titles
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD/WYZZ) — Four area high schools could be celebrating state championships this weekend. Eureka and Lexington are heading to the state baseball finals in Champaign. Leroy is headed to Peoria for state softball and Notre Dame to Naperville for the girls soccer state tournament. Eureka is at the state baseball tournament for the first time since 2013 when it finished fourth. The Hornets face Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin in the class 2A semifinals at 4 p.m. Friday at Illinois Field on the campus of the University of Illinois. In their last 11 games, the Hornets (34-4) have posted three shutouts and have only allowed 20 total runs. Pitching and defense have been their calling card, but having the big bat of Mason Stoller in the middle of the lineup doesn't hurt either. 'He's a big dude for us,' said senior Ben Lapp. 'He gets clutch hits in big spots, big hits. And he's good at base running too.' Stoller has 49 hits and 49 RBI in 38 games. 'Every time I go up to bat, it's see ball, hit ball,' Stoller said. 'When you get up to bat, you just can't think. You just have to go.' Lexington is at the state baseball finals for the first time in 35 years. Lexington won state in 1990, its only other trip to state. 'It's been crazy but we're going to win it all,' said senior Jaxson Goodrich. 'The last team that won the sectional championship (won state). That's what we're competing with, they won it all. We've got to do it.' Lexington (19-11) plays defending state champ Ottawa Marquette in the class 1A semifinals Friday at 10 a.m. 'The baseball fields have been dead for a while (in Lexington),' coach Tanner Schieber after his team beat Salt Fork, 5-3, in the super-sectional Monday to earn a trip to state. 'To get a crowd out like this. Hope to see them all again Friday morning at 10 A.M. Bringing Lexington baseball back is huge.' Leroy is headed to the state softball tournament for the second time in three years. The Panthers (34-5) will face Dakota in Friday's 12:30 p.m. class 1A state semifinal at the Louisville Slugger Complex in Peoria. 'I feel a lot more comfortable going over (to Peoria) this year. Last time there were a lot of unknowns,' said LeRoy coach Doug Hageman. LeRoy finished third at state in 2023, the only previous trip to state for the program. 'Now we kind of have an idea of what to expect,' Hageman said. 'I don't know if that'll make a difference or not but we are so excited to be going back.' The Notre Dame girls soccer team is headed to state for the 12th time in school history but the Irish are still looking for their first championship. And although the team is 25-1-1, coach Ben Ralph thinks his squad still hasn't played its soccer of the season. 'We've been phenomenal defensively. We just need to figure it out offensively a little bit,' Ralph said. 'We haven't played a full 80 (minutes). Hopefully that's this weekend.' Notre Dame plays Springfield in the 2A state semifinals Friday at 2:30 at North Central College in Naperville. Junior Ava Lafollette scored three times in the second half as PND beat previously undefeated New Lenox Providence Catholic, 3-0, in the super-sectional Monday. 'There's a lot of mental toughness to stay locked in for 80 minutes. We focus on that. Especially (in the super-sectional),' said junior Abigail Chaddock. 'The first half didn't go the way we wanted. But we stayed locked in for the whole game and got three goals in the second half.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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29-05-2025
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Wellsville vs Avon score, updates from the Section V softball championship game
Top-seeded Wellsville will play No. 3 Avon in the Section V Class B2 softball championship game tonight. In Tuesday's semifinals, Wellsville defeated No. 4 LeRoy 7-0 while Avon beat Wayland-Cohocton. Wellsville's reigning state champion Lions are seeking their fifth straight section title. The Silver Hawks of Avon last won sectionals as a Class C team in 2022. When is the Wellsville vs Avon softball championship game? The game is scheduled to begin at 7:15 p.m. Thursday. Where is the Wellsville vs Avon softball championship game? The matchup will take place at Honeoye Falls-Lima. What to know about Wellsville softball Record: 18-2 Section V tournament seed: 1 What to know about Avon softball Record: 15-3 Section V tournament seed: 3 Wellsville softball photos — Marquel Slaughter is a journalist for the Democrat and Chronicle, specializing in high school sports and Syracuse University athletics. He's won numerous Associated Press and NYNPA awards for his work in print and broadcasting throughout his 15-year career as a reporter. Follow him @MarquelSports and X and Instagram. You can email him at mslaughter1@ This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Wellsville vs Avon score, updates: Section V softball playoffs
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25-05-2025
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One man dead in LeRoy fire early Saturday
May 24—LEROY, Minn. — One person is dead after an early morning fire in LeRoy, Minnesota, on Saturday, May 24, 2025. At about 3:56 a.m., Saturday, Fillmore County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a 911 call of a house fire in the 13000 block of 111th Avenue about 6 miles northeast of LeRoy, in southern Fillmore County. According to the Fillmore County Sheriff's Office, a 90-year-old male, who was in the home at the time of the fire, was pronounced deceased at the scene. An adult female was transported from the scene to Mayo Clinic Hospital-Saint Marys with injuries resulting from the fire. The Chester (Iowa) Fire Department, Ostrander Fire Department, Spring Valley Fire Department, Spring valley Ambulance, Leroy Fire Department, Leroy Ambulance and Mower County Sheriff's Office also responded to the scene. The fire is still under investigation. More information will be available at a later time, the sheriff's office said.
Otago Daily Times
07-05-2025
- Business
- Otago Daily Times
Businessman banned from being a company director for life
A Christchurch based-businessman and illegal tyre dumper has been banned from being a company director for life. The High Court order is the result of Michael Le Roy's repeated breaches of restrictions imposed on him while bankrupt, causing tens of thousands of dollars in financial losses and damage to an Amberley property where he stockpiled used tyres. The order permanently prohibited him from being a director or promoter of, or in any way directly or indirectly, taking part in the management of a company under the Companies Act 1993. Le Roy was sentenced to three years jail in 2022 for forging documents, misleading the Official Assignee, unpaid tax deductions for three separate companies of nearly $60,000 and taking part in managing companies while bankrupt. He was declared bankrupt in 2010 after his waste disposal business went into liquidation, leading him to abandon 500 tonnes of rubbish on a lifestyle block that he was leasing, leaving the landowner with a $45,000 removal bill. Le Roy was declared bankrupt for a second time in 2018, but continued to manage companies and later faced charges filed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Inland Revenue Commissioner. He did not comply with a Canterbury Regional Council order to remove tyres from the Amberley property, with removal costs estimated to be around $500,000. He later leased a warehouse and owed around $65,000 in lease arrears, along with a $134,000 tyre removal bill for the owner when he was evicted. At his sentencing in 2022, Christchurch District Court judge Raoul Neave noted the significant losses that resulted from his offending. "Considerable havoc has been left in your wake," he said. "You ignored warnings both from MBIE and the Inland Revenue. You of course have the previous history of bankruptcy, so you knew what your obligations were, and you knew you were flagrantly in breach of those obligations." MBIE business registries investigations and compliance team manager Vanessa Cook said Le Roy was one of handful of people that had been banned for life from directing a business. "There is good reason for Mr Le Roy to be permanently prohibited from being involved in managing any company under section 383 of the Companies Act based on his previous convictions and the serious risk of financial harm to the public should he be allowed to carry on business activities in the future," she said. "Mr Le Roy's conduct to date is amongst the most serious of cases of this type."
NZ Herald
07-05-2025
- Business
- NZ Herald
Michael Le Roy banned from business for life over tyre stockpile, tax crimes
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said the only other two people to receive a life ban were Lance Ryan in 2020 and Raymond Andrews in 2023. Le Roy was adjudicated bankrupt in April 2010 after his waste disposal business went into liquidation, which led to him abandoning 500 tonnes of rubbish on a lifestyle block that he was leasing costing the landowner $45,000 to remove. He was adjudicated bankrupt for a second time in 2018 but continued to manage companies throughout his bankruptcy. He was later subject to charges filed by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) and the Inland Revenue Commissioner in 2020. In 2022 he was jailed for three years over unpaid tax and forgery. He misled authorities with unpaid tax deductions for three separate companies of nearly $60,000 and took part in the management of companies while bankrupt, at least the second time he had done so. Now, the Christchurch High Court has ordered Le Roy be permanently prohibited from being a director or promoter of, or in any way directly or indirectly, taking part in the management of a company under the Companies Act. Vanessa Cook, MBIE business registries investigations and compliance teammanager, said Le Roy is one of a 'handful' of serious offenders banned for life. 'There is good reason for Mr Le Roy to be permanently prohibited from being involved in managing any company based on his previous convictions and the serious risk of financial harm to the public should he be allowed to carry on business activities in the future,' Cook said. 'Mr Le Roy's conduct to date is amongst the most serious of cases of this type.' At his sentencing in 2022, Justice Raoul Neave noted the significant amount of loss that resulted from Le Roy's offending. 'Considerable havoc has been left in your wake,' Justice Neave said. 'You ignored warnings both from MBIE and the Inland Revenue. You of course have the previous history of bankruptcy, so you knew what your obligations were, and you knew you were flagrantly in breach of those obligations.' Prohibitions in the Companies Act are imposed to protect the public from individuals who have been 'unscrupulous, incompetent, or irresponsible in how they have carried on business'. In 2018, a man who lived across the road from Le Roy's giant, illegal pile of 400,000 old car tyres 'snapped' and torched them. It was then revealed recidivist arsonist Garry Robert Grimmer, 63, had targeted the site multiple times. Case details and timeline: Oct 2009 – Liquidation of Le Roy Investments Limited, the company Michael Benny Le Roy used to manage his businesses. The company owed $207,568 to unsecured creditors and was removed from the Companies Register in October 2011. 2010 – Operating a waste disposal company that dumped rubbish on a lifestyle block that Mr Le Roy had leased. Following complaints, the lease was terminated, and he left 500 tonnes of rubbish on the property that cost the owner $45,000 to remove. April 2010 – Was adjudicated bankrupt and automatically discharged on May 17 2013. 2014 – Incorporated Jamison Investments Limited which went into receivership from 31 August 2018 to 9 October 2019. Later removed from the Companies Register on 25 March 2022. 2015 – Incorporated Tyre Recycling Services New Zealand Limited and arranged for a family member to be the director. Also later removed from the Companies Register on 25 March 2022. 2016 – Incorporated 2016 Tyre Shedding Limited and arranged for a family member to be the director. The name was changed to Annexure Services Limited and is not currently trading. Currently in the process of removing from the Companies Register. 2018 – Was adjudicated bankrupt for the second time and was discharged on March 9 2021. 2015 - 2018 – Owed Inland Revenue PAYE deductions of $59,876.34. 2018 – Ordered by Environment Canterbury (Regional Council) to remove all end-of-life tyres from a rural property in Amberley (north Canterbury) which he did not comply. The cost of removal was estimated by the Regional Council to be $500,000. He later leased a warehouse and when he was evicted, he owed about $65,000 in lease arrears and about $134,000 for the removal of the tyres he had stored. 2019 – Incorporated Tyre Shredding 2016 Limited while being bankrupt and arranged for a family member to be the director. Was removed from the Companies Register on 14 September 2022. 2020 – Inland Revenue filed charges for tax evasion and MBIE filed charges for using forged documents, carrying on or taking part in management or control of any business whilst bankrupt and misleading the Official Assignee's Office. 2022 – Sentenced to three years in prison. Was released on parole on September 30 2024. 2025 - Banned from running a business for the rest of his life. Al Williams is an Open Justice reporter for the New Zealand Herald, based in Christchurch. He has worked in daily and community titles in New Zealand and overseas for the last 16 years. Most recently he was editor of the HC Post, based in Whangamata. He was previously deputy editor of Cook Islands News.
