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4 days ago
- Entertainment
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Rockton and Roscoe communities battle to create the longest rock snake
ROSCOE, Ill. (WTVO) — The second annual Rock Snake Competition kicked off Sunday between Rockton and Roscoe. The two villages compete to build the longest rock snake, where community members connect rocks across the towns. The Roscoe Gardening Club created the competition and President Renee Mealey said it's been a hit. 'The Gardening Club wanted to create a program which would include our local children,' Mealey said. 'We wanted to give them the opportunity to participate in a project throughout the summer.' In its first year in 2024, Rockton took the win, with 378 rocks. Roscoe fell short with a snake of 327 rocks. Mealey said the club is hoping to reach the 500 mark this year. 'Oh, we would love to surpass the number of rocks, of course,' Mealey said. 'We were looking at [if] we could achieve 500 this year for Roscoe, that would be fun.' Rockton residents can find the snake at the Talcott Library and Roscoe residents can add their rocks to the snake at Harlem-Roscoe Fire Station 1. Mealey said the best part of the competition is involving the communities and competing for bragging rights. The competition runs through September 1st. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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22-05-2025
- Sport
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Hononegah holds off Auburn on a bang-bang play at home plate in NIC-10 softball
ROCKTON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Hononegah edged Auburn 5-4 Wednesday night in girls NIC-10 softball on a bang-bang play at the plate in the bottom of the seventh the game tied at four and two runners on base, Hononegah's Mal McMaster laid down a bunt. Auburn fielded it and threw to third trying to get the runner Megan Kelly who had made a wide turn there. Kelly then set sail for home sliding in just ahead of the tag at the plate as the umpire called her did a great job battling back from a 4-2 deficit in the top of the seventh. Maylee Baker and Natalee Jasso hit RBI singles to tie it at Kelly had three hits and two stolen bases in the game for Hononegah. Kenzi Haas drove in two Parr had three hits including a homerun for Auburn. Eva Ostergard also had three hits for the Lady the circle, Irelyn O'Brien pitched 5-plus innings for Hononegah allowing four runs and striking out six batters. Emma Tapia pitched one scoreless Auburn, Maylee Baker started and pitched six innings. She allowed five runs, and she struck out five view highlights of this game, watch the media player above. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
