By Buddy "Friday Night" Cobb, Williamson County Bureau
This item is being held.
The only source available — the Belleville News-Democrat's report on "Althoff's turnaround comes to a thrilling end in regional championship game" — makes no mention of Herrin, the Herrin Tigers, or any Williamson County school. The single tie to this desk was an internal category tag reading "GNews Herrin Tigers," and this bureau has confirmed those tags are unreliable sorting labels, not sourcing — the same feed mistagged a Memphis, Tenn. baseball signings story under "GNews John A. Logan College."
This bureau does not print a Herrin dateline, a Herrin opponent, or Herrin color on the strength of a mislabeled tag. Until a source is found that actually names Althoff's opponent in that regional championship game, there is no Williamson County story here to tell.
Attribution: Belleville News-Democrat (source does not confirm local relevance; no article filed)
— Compiled from reporting by the Belleville News-Democrat.
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