TriCounty The longtime Peoria skating coach headed the team that mentored Matt Savoie to a seventh-place finish in the Winter Olympics. Linda began coaching Savoie when he was 9 years old and stayed with him throughout his career. She garnered world-wide attention for coaching Savoie to the Olympics from his hometown public rink in a sport renowned for athletes training away from home.
1998 Co-Tri-County Male Athlete of the Year FRANK WILLIAMS The song has ended but the melody lingers on. Manual's incredible 36-game Class AA boys basketball state tournament winning streak ended in the 1998 Sweet 16. The school's record run of four championships was doomed when the 1997 graduation of All-Americans Marcus Griffin and Sergio McClain left the Rams with an all-guard starting lineup. | ![]() |