{"id":27253,"date":"2026-01-12T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=27253"},"modified":"2026-01-12T13:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T19:06:09","slug":"effingham-junior-high-competed-at-icca-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/more-sports\/27253-effingham-junior-high-competed-at-icca-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Effingham Junior High Competes at ICCA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-27254 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/EJHS-CHEERLEADERS-AWARD-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The Effingham Junior High Competition Team participated at the invitation-only ICCA Championship Weekend in Springfield. Coach Feldhake and the ladies earned a qualifying score at a recent competition in Highland. The team placed 10th out of 21 teams in the Small Game Day Division. This is the second year for the EJHS Competition Team and first invitation to the championship competition.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The Effingham Junior High Competition Team participated at the invitation-only ICCA Championship Weekend in Springfield. 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