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Pearl City Head Coach Trent Wingert is feeling very optomistic in his first year as head coach. Coach Wingert is calling the upcoming season “The Journey”, as he knows there will be some bumps along the road for the squad, but he looks forward to seeing how the team handles these situations in the face of adversity. Wingert has confidence in his two senior Captains Libby Dixon and Isa Pena who are both returning at the forward position. The squad will rely on their juniors Kayla Runkle, Sarah Pena and Nicki Adolph. The team also features twi sophomores on the varsity squad in Maddy Stephan a 5’7” guard, and their tallest player Mari Brenner, who stands 6 foot tall and looks to help out down low at the Center position. Wingert hopes Brenner and Dixon’s height will help make rebounding one of the teams strong suits. Coming off a 14-14 overall record last season, the Pearl City squad finished 7-5 in conference which placed them fifth in the NUIC West. Win-
gert says the team’s goal is to build off of that by “Improving in every quarter, of every game”. Wingert’s goal in his first season as head coach is to “Give all my knowledge and increase the girl’s basketball IQ. We may not be the tallest, fastest, or strongest team, but we want to be the smartest” Despite having only six true varsity players and lacking experience, Wingert says they are a delight to work with and that he will look to rely on his hardworking squad, his great staff, and the amazing Pearl City community as well. The team holds a certain standard to their team work and will look to build off their “youth energy”. The Pearl City squad features two sets of sisters, providing the team with a close-knit bond. Wingert respects his team and staff for completely buying into his new system. The support he has received will help the team in their goals of getting better each game as they look to fulfill “The Journey”. Pearl City opened their regular season home against Pecatonica on Nov. 27.
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Highland holds graduation for Thomson Cohorts Business, Technology and Community Programs; and Donald Hudson, Warden from the Thomson Federal Prison. The “Thomson Cohorts” participated in classes that began in the summer to complete a Basic Welding Certificate. The students drove themselves daily to the Highland campus for classes and alternated between their welding class and other related courses like Print Reading, Tech Math and Business Communications. The Highland Community College Board approved a five-year contract with the Federal Bureau of Prisons for provisions of program and administration that will render $226,540 to assist in instructional fees. HCC provides all the instructional training for each par-
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Seven students from the Thomson Federal Prison graduated from Highland Community College on Tuesday, October 30 in the Student/Conference Center on campus at 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. “Today’s graduates were very appreciative to us assisting them in attaining an industrial certificate in Welding,” said Tim Hood, Highland Community College President. “However, we share the appreciation with our administrative colleagues at the Thomson facility who have become great partners in education.” The ceremony was conducted by Tim Hood, president of Highland; Liz Gerber, vice president of Student Development and Support Services; Scott Anderson, vice president of
ticipant of the cohort. Each participant has been screened by Thomson and identified as very low risk. The participants complete the 16-credit Welding Certificate during the summer and fall semesters. Upon completion of the program, each successful completer is in a position to enter the workforce as an entry-level welder or pursue an apprenticeship program. Donald Hudson, Warden at the Thomson Federal Prison began his speech with a quote by Ralph Waldo
Emerson who wrote the words, “Life is a journey, not a destination.” Hudson adds, “There is no ending point, we’re never finished with our journey, and we should never be finished with our learning and growing. In preparing to speak to you for this graduation, I wanted to remind you to continue, in everything, in life.” Hood mentioned the program’s significance to the College’s Core Values of Integrity, Compassion and Respect. Since 1962, Highland Community
College has met the needs of greater northwest Illinois through quality educational and cultural programs. “The cohorts’ respect for their learning experiences at Highland was overwhelmingly positive. I couldn’t be more proud of our faculty and staff, our colleagues at Thomson, and the adult learners who successfully completed this program,” said Hood. For more information on Highland Community College, visit highland. edu.
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