The Galva Youth Soccer Program is in need of several volunteers immediately, according to coordinator Brian Robbins.
 

Galva Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts are hosting a Taco Dinner and Fellas Cake Auction on Saturday, March 13 at the Galva American Legion Hall, 45 Wallace St. Serving is from 5 to 7 p.m., with the cake auction at 6 p.m.
 

The Galva Junior High School dance team won second place in the Pom category at the Illinois Drill Team Association Junior High/Junior Varsity State Competition held March 6 in Bloomington.

 

The Awesome Aces organization is sponsoring a variety show on Friday, March 12 at 7 p.m. in the AlWood Middle School gym. AlWood Middle School students will entertain attendees with music, comedy, tumbling and dancing, to raise money for Haitians in need.
 

The Galva and Williamsfield school boards in a special joint meeting March 4 approved a baseball co-op that will go into effect this season.

 

The Galva Foundation for Educational Enrichment (GalFEE) is hosting a “March of the Penguins” fund-raiser this month.
 

The Galva Freedom Fest committee is holding a prom dress sale for their next fundraiser. The group is seeking donations of new or slightly used prom dresses, formals or bridesmaid dresses, with accessories if possible. The dresses will be sold at a reduced cost for the upcoming prom season.
 

Greg Peterson, a structural engineer living in Galva, is featured in "Q & A with . . ." in the March 4 Galva News.

The Ridgewood girls basketball team wanted to beat the best.

They nearly did.

The third-ranked Spartans hardly looked the part of newcomers at Redbird Arena in Normal in the Class 1A state tournament semifinals on Friday, Feb. 26, taking defending state champion Hinckley-Big Rock down to the wire in a 49-46 overtime heartbreaker.

“You just saw the state championship game, in my opinion,” Ridgewood coach Bryan Brooks said.

 

Several Ridgewood players have been named to various all-state girls basketball teams.
 

Two upcoming art shows will display the talents of area students. The Henry-Stark Art Show will be held at Wehersfield High School on Thursday, March 11. The public is welcome  at 6 p.m. for the judge’s critique. The Lincoln Trail Art Festival will be held at Monmouth College on Tuesday, March 23.

The Galva High School dance/drill team will return to state finals competition March 13 after qualifying with an outstanding performance at Downers Grove North High School on Feb. 27.
 

Bobsledding, curling, skating and more events were enjoyed by over 150 people who attended the Pre-K 2010 Family Olympics held at Galva Elementary School on Feb. 25.
 

To help defray costs of attending state competition, the Galva High School dance/drill team is hosting a pancake breakfast Saturday, March 6, from 7 to 11 a.m. at the Colony School in Bishop Hill.
 

No one from Ridgewood was sad when Micah Jones fouled out.

“To get her out of the game,” Spartans girls basketball coach Bryan Brooks said, “was big.”
So big that Ridgewood’s 54-44 victory over Cowden-Herrick-Beecher City in Saturday’s Class 1A third-place game at Redbird Arena in Normal may have never happened.

Trailing by three when the Hornets’ superstar freshman fouled out with 5:32 remaining, the Spartans (32-3) roared to a 19-6 run in the final minutes to pull ahead and lay claim as the third-best squad Class 1A.