Record-breaking basketball season marches into sectional for Brown County girls

By Steve Eighinger | February 18, 2023
Brown County's Katey Flynn screams with joy near the end of Friday night's Class 2A girls basketball regional championship game in Mount Sterling. | Photo courtesy of Scott Bemis

MOUNT STERLING, Ill — Brown County’s record-breaking girls basketball season continues. Friday night’s 69-41 victory over Biggsville West Central marked the first time in program history the No. 3-ranked Hornets had won back-to-back Class 1A regional championships. The regional title further accents a season that has produced the most victories — 30 and counting —…

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Crim: Pursuit of success and regional glory strengthens bond between Brown County’s Flynn twins

By Don Crim, Senior Columnist | January 24, 2022
Brown County's Flynn twins — Klare on the left, Katey on the right — have guided the Hornets to a Class 1A state ranking with the goal of winning a regional championship. Matt Schuckman photo

MOUNT STERLING, Ill. – Katey and Klare Flynn, identical twins born one minute apart and virtually inseparable since, are best friends off the basketball court. “It helps that we’re around each other all the time,” said Klare, who entered the world second. “We’re like the same person. We like all the same things. We do…

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