Author Archives: Blake Schnitker

Full Name: Blake Schnitker Website:
Info: Sports writer with two and a half years as Jacksonville High School's starting quarterback from '06 to '08. Blake currently volunteers his knowledge as a football coach.

Jacksonville Propkickers Club annual Fly-In scheduled for April

By Blake Schnitker The Jacksonville Propkickers Model Airplane Club (PMAC), whose origins date ...

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Moments 03_10_16

By Blake Schnitker On March 10, 1825, local proprietors Thomas Arnett and Isaac Dial, in ...

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Former athletes inducted into JHS Sports Hall of Fame

By Blake Schnitker On Saturday, February 13, prior to tip-off of the boys’ varsity basketball ...

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Fun facts about Leap Year/Leap Day

By Blake Schnitker As you may have heard by now, 2016 is a leap year, which simply means that ...

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Keene named Illinois State Redbirds’ Defensive Player of the Year

By Blake Schnitker This past week at the Illinois State University football awards banquet, ...

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That time I got to be the Minnesota Twins’ bat boy

By Blake Schnitker Up to this point in my life – 24 years and counting – being the bat boy for ...

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Salem fundraising events

By Blake Schnitker Salem Lutheran School in Jacksonville is planning a class trip for seventh ...

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Down Under and Dirty Racing Experience

By Blake Schnitker The sport of racing, especially dirt track racing, is widely popular ...

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Catching up with Terry English

By Blake The Agriculturalist The town of Jacksonville is surrounded in every direction by ...

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Dr. McDowell and the Westfair Basketball Program

By Blake Schnitker When I initially introduced myself to Dr. Jason McDowell, greeting him with ...

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