Rushville Times Photo by Alan Icenogle

HARVEST TIME
Area farmers are moving full swing into the corn harvest in Schuyler County. Here, Mike Dyche and Mike Dyche, Jr.,  prepare to unload corn into a truck while harvesting a field just north of Sugar Grove last week. A unique weather year with heavy rains early and hot and dry weather late makes this year’s harvest somewhat spotty. The Dyches reported wide variation in the early yields from field to field.

Rushville Times Photo by Alan Icenogle

IT’S A WIN
Rushville-Industry High School football players celebrate their 26-12 victory over the Bushnell-Prairie City/Avon Spartans Friday night which snapped a 24-game losing streak. Rockets players pictured from the left include: Blake Carey (10), Ben Weishaar (37), Dillon Ingles (24), Beau Newell (75), Jack Canter (16) and Noah Miller (64). To purchase or to view photos, click on the blue button

Rockts’ Losing Streak Ends with 26-12 Victory

By ALAN ICENOGLE

That’s it. It’s over, it’s all over. The Rushville-Industry High School Rockets’ 24-game varsity football losing streak came to an end with a 26-12 victory over the visiting Bushnell-Prairie City/Avon Spartans. “We’ve felt for awhile we were getting ready to turn the corner,” said RIHS Coach Mike Bickerman. “After last week’s game (a 34-14 loss to North Fulton in which the Rockets played even for almost three quarters) we thought we could at least see the corner. After this week, we feel like we’re in the corner.” “A win is the proof of what you work for,” added Bickerman. “We’ve said for a long time that if you work hard you get results.”

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