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🌱 How Tuscola powered to a 3–0 football start Friday
Tuscola, Illinois Patch AM: a 3 min readHello Tuscola! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Tuscola powered to a 3–0 football start Friday
Today's riddle: Why are elevator jokes so good ? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Sunday: Mostly sunny and less humid, with a high of 82 and low of 58 degrees.
- Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 83, low: 59.
- Tuesday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
📰 News we're reading
• That's A Wrap: Week 3 high school football roundup (news-gazette.com) — Tuscola’s football team thrilled home fans Friday night, exploding for 30 points in the middle quarters to beat Marquette (Ottawa) 38–14 and move to 3–0. Quarterback Jon Pettry led the way with two passing touchdowns and 70 rushing yards, highlighting a broader roundup of strong Week 3 performances from other central Illinois high school teams. 
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VB vs. Monticello
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Golf @ LeRoy
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VB vs. Mattoon
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Football @ Gibson City
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JH Softball @ IESA Regionals
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Monday September 7
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🗞 Nearby News
Tolono
- Photos: Tolono Unity football beats Central Catholic for week 3 game action (pantagraph.com)
Savoy
- The daily pitch from Sports Editor Matt Daniels: Sept. 5, 2026 (news-gazette.com)
Champaign
- Champaign nonprofit provides household essentials to immigrants, students in need (wcia.com)
- Champaign County saw lowest price for E15 gas at $4.12 in week ending Aug. 29 (chambanasun.com)
- Champaign County's six-year bachelor's degree completion rate for Black or African American students was 69.6% by 2024 (chambanasun.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
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