Greetings Elgin. My name is Matthew Hooks, and I will be taking over the sports writing duties here at the Elgin Courier. I come to you motivated and determined to produce the best sports coverage possible for the local area schools. A little about myself and my background. I was born is St. Louis, MO and raised in Arkansas. I served both in the National Guard and U.S. Army from 1998 until I was medically retired in 2016. I am a COVID-19 Class of 2020 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in English/Creative Writing. In 2016, prior to ...