MONMOUTH, ILL. (01/14/2023) The Monmouth College women's basketball team fell at home to Ripon College 80-66 on Saturday. The Fighting Scots (7-9, 3-4) had four players in double figures but couldn't hold off the defending MWC champions. The Scots got on the board first through Zoie Wall (Bartonville, Illinois) with a 3-pointer from the left wing. The Red Hawks scored the next six before Wall scored in the lane. Lily Harlan (Washington, Illinois) buried a 3-pointer for an 8-6 lead before Ripon tied the game. Wall made a pair of free throws and Tarae Warner (Burlington, Iowa) hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key for a 13-8 lead. Ripon made a free throw and a bucket before Harlan scored for a 15-11 lead at the end of the first quarter. Harlan started the second quarter with a basket in the lane and two possessions later, Audrey Law (Bloomington, Indiana) scored for a 19-13 lead. Law scored again in the lane for an 8-point lead. The teams traded baskets with Ashley Jones (Abi
First United Presbyterian Church turns 135
The church had 27 members.
Now, it s 135 with 90 members.
Church member Audrey Law said it s wonderful to see the church reach such a milestone. It just shows the continuity I think with our congregation and it shows that we are industrious so to speak, in keeping ourselves going, she said.
The congregation is small, but it doesn t seem to have made any difference in the larger picture of now and when they had a greater number of members, Law said. We still seem to have all the same activities pretty much, I think, and we just seem to do a pretty good job of staying alive, she said.