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Sixteen area shooters competing for state in revised Three-Point Showdown
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Girls' basketball fans who have been making the trek to the various regional and sectional tournaments around the area have been noticing one particular difference. The Country Insurance Three-Point Showdown, long a pregame postseason stable, is still going on, but in a much revised format. Instead of holding competition on the day of each tournament game, shooters are squaring off against each other on the nights of the regional or sectional finals. Sixteen area players advanced out of the regional-final round, and will be competing tonight at various Class 1A and 2A sectional sites for the right to take part in the finals on Thursday, Feb. 21 at Redbird Arena in Normal. In 1A, Polo Regional champion Prophetstown had two of its shooters advance to tonight's finals at the River Ridge Sectional, Cassie Reiley and Heather Strike. Erie's Desirae Lawson will be joining the Lady Prophets' duo in Hanover. A quartet of Lincoln Trail Conference standouts will be competing at the Oglesby Sectional finals at Illinois Valley Community College -- Wethersfield teammates Sarah Hansen and Anissa Jackson, Galva's Nicole Withrow and Ridgewood's Ashley Collins. All advanced out of the Annawan Regional. In 2A, tonight's Orion Sectional final between Sherrard and El Paso-Gridley will also see the Tigers' senior guard Carly Adams shooting for state individually, alongside Rockridge's Cheyenne Bowman, Monmouth-Roseville's Jordain Johnson and Mercer County's Michaela Baker; all advanced out of the Rockridge Regional. And at the Somonauk Sectional, Sterling Newman Regional advancers Chelsea Eads of Morrison, Sam Raab of Fulton and teammates Lauren Claus and Sydney Mericle from regional champion Riverdale will compete, along with Bureau Valley's Nicole Bornsheuer. 
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Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.
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