Learning the right moves, Flamenco workshop at Boneyard Festival draws local dancers

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URBANA - Alyssa Teijeiro-Ficht leads a Flamenco dance workshop at Lincoln Square Mall on Saturday during the Boneyard Arts Festival. Teijeiro-Ficht, a senior in Education at the University of Illinois and the dance director, with members of the La Fuerza Flamenca, taught Sevillanas to participants, who later performed the introductory dance steps with Brian Stark's Flamenco-Jazz Collective. Influenced by Flamenco, Sevillanas is a style of dance from the Sevilla region in Spain.



Price is on the money, picks up pitching win for Spartans

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ST. JOSEPH - St. Joseph-Ogden senior Adam Price unloads a pitch at the top of the third inning during St. Joseph-Ogden's home game against Normal University High School at Meier Field on Friday. Despite giving up 10 hits and six runs on the hill, the Spartans' mighty offensive plated 17 runs in five innings to win 17-7. Price 1-4 at the plate and scored one run for SJO. The Illini Prairie Conference front runners are back at Meier Field on Monday and Tuesday, hosting Prairie Central and Oakwood respectively. First pitch is slated for 4:30 p.m.

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ST. JOSEPH - Connor Hale, Tanner Jacob, and Jared Altenbaumer wait at home plate for Luke Landrus after his long bomb over the left field fence that landed five yards shy of Route 150 during St. Joseph-Ogden's home game against Normal University High School at Meier Field on Friday. Landrus, who also plastered a double and collected a stolen base in the contest, went 3-for-3 and delivered five RBIs in the Spartans' 17-7 non-conference win over the Pioneers. Hale and Jacob scored on the play giving SJO a 14-6 advantage on the scoreboard in the bottom of the fourth inning.

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Tigers win home tennis opener in a dominating fashion

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URBANA - Luke Pankau hits a forehand shot over the net during his doubles match with partner Ian Peters at #2 doubles on Tuesday. The duo battled back from a 6-1 first set loss to take the second set against Normal West's Brian Bach and Alex Lamboley 7-5, forcing a third-set tiebreak. The pair came up short in the breaker falling in 12-10 thriller on the newly resurfaced courts at Blair Park. The Tigers varsity squad dominated the visiting Wildcats in their home opener, 6-3.

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