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Members of the Putnam County seventh-grade girls basketball team are (front row, from left to right) Veronika Mack. Yesenia Avila, Ashley Cano, Payton Olson, Hayleigh Green, and Brooklin Brown; (back row) Addy Leatherman, Chloe Parcher, Alyssa Ahrens, Teaghan Sarver, Ayla Berlin-Smith, Emberlyn Cwikla, and Paige Tonioni. they are coached by Jared Sale.
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Kevin Hieronymus
Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"