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It was easily the largest crowd to ever watch a regular season basketball at Eastland ... ever. Not only were both fan bases huge, but there were also several coaches of other girls teams – even some who had a game themselves that night – who made the trip to Lanark to see the clash of the Titans as Amboy took on Eastland. And while Amboy claimed the 68-61 victory nobody who appreciated good basketball was disappointed. In their first meeting, Eastland had a dreadful first quarter, so they wer...
At 10:30 pm Monday night, the call went out and authorities came out to Lena in response to a man who had barricaded himself, and his wife, in his home. A lengthy "stand off" ensued in which the Stephenson County Sheriff's Department talked to the man who was threatening to commit suicide. With the location of the home being in such close proximity to the route taken to all of the schools within the Lena-Winslow School District, the call went out at roughly five in the morning alerting everyone...
Weather had forced the rescheduling of the River Ridge Class A Speech Tournament, but on Monday, January 20th, the five Class A programs in our area all made their way to River Ridge to compete for small school honors. When all of the rounds had been completed, the Stockton/Warren Warhawks reclaimed top honors after EPC had edged them out last season. Final team scores were: 1. Stockotn/Warren 415 2. EPC 372 3. River Ridge 268 4. Lena-Winslow 211 5. Aquin 162 "Going to compete against the large...
Calling Ben Werner and Ben Vandigo over after their Scales Mound Hornets had knocked off Stockton 51-40, Werner let me in on a secret. "He's (Vandigo) probably going to be scared to death to talk to you." "Really? You nervous about talking to me?" As a big grin spread over his face, the sophomore guard fessed up. "Well, maybe a little," he admitted. But if being nervous about being able to talk to a reporter is his only flaw, there certainly weren't any in his performance as he riddled Stockton...
The Orangeville Lady Broncos have come a long way this season, but the hopes of claiming their first double digit wins in more than ten years is beginning to run out of time as they fell 52-40 to the Lena-Winslow Panthers Thursday night in Orangeville. From the outset of the game, the Panthers had the Broncos in trouble as they used an extended 1-3-1 zone to put pressure on as soon as Orangeville crossed the halfcourt line. What resulted were a slew of steals by the Panthers that they converted...
Both the Lena-Winslow Panthers and Aquin Bulldogs had scouted each other well, and knew what to expect. So when the Panther's Kolton Heun suddenly went off script, it was a major reason why the Panthers pulled away for the 65-53 victory. Early on, Lena-Winslow was actually "out-Aquining" Aquin as they repeatedly made drives into the paint and as the defense collapsed they dropped a pass to the wide open backside block for the easy basket. Sean Ormiston had three assists all in the first...
Following their fall against Dakota, you might say that the Lena-Winslow/Stockton Pantherhawks were ... motivated. The Pantherhawks blew out their three opponents last week, with the Regional scheduled for February 8th, all eyes are now on the post season battle looming with Dakota. Lena-Winslow/Stockton 72 Durand 3 182: Gavin Keeffer (LWS) win by Forfeit 195: Brady Stich (LWS) pinned Caden Chapman (D) (3:28) 220: Nick Upmann (D) 4-0 dec over Joe Lenz (LWS) 285: Gennings Dunker (LWS) win by...
(I need to start this off by revealing that I am employed as the Stockton/Warren Speech Coach. So while my annual salary is puny, I want to make sure that everyone knows ahead of time that I am "employed" by the Stockton School District.) People get upset with those in positions of authority – I completely understand that. As once stated by Lena-Winslow Superintendent Tom Chiles, "you make a hundred decisions a day, and while 99 of them might be good, everyone is going to remember the one t...
While several local speech teams took the weekend off, it was a big weekend for those who competed as teams either went West to Moline, or East to the big Downers Grove South two day tournament. Locally, nobody from the region was able to place at Downers Grove South, but that’s not a big surprise as the meet has grown to be a stateline all-star lineup as several top Indiana High Schools also compete. But the Stockton/Warren Warhawks – although missing several members due to the Conference Academic Bowl Tournament – came within one point of Th...
State Senator Brian Stewart (R-Freeport) and State Representative Andrew Chesney (R-Freeport) have released a statement in support of the grieving community members opposing the decision of their local Freeport School Board to remove two memorial stones honoring two former student-athletes. Shaun Bradbury and Kyle Tucker, Freeport High School alumni, were tragically murdered on February 3rd, 2019. The legislators joined family members of the victims in questioning, and more importantly, encouraging the reversal of the School Board’s decision t...
Limited exhibition space remains for the 2020 Stephenson County Home Show to be held March 21st and 22nd at the Highland Community College / YMCA Sports Complex in Freeport. Show hours are Saturday 9-5 and Sunday 11-4. Admission is free and there will be concessions available. The show annually features area businesses including investment companies, contractors, communications experts, healthcare providers, insurance agents, landscaping contractors, heating and air conditioning contractors, fur...
Wins on the road aren't easy in the NUIC-West. The conference is balanced, with no terrible teams and no great teams. So, the River Ridge Wildcats - a team without much depth and playing without one of its starters - had a tall order playing at Scales Mound - a very young, but very talented team. The Wildcats got a big game from a sophomore starter and points from an unexpected source in the final minutes, to pull off the 57-56 upset on the Hornets' Homecoming game that raised some eyebrows....
Vanity, thy name is woman. For the last few weeks, my wife had been telling me that we needed to update, or renew, or whatever it is you do, to keep our passports current. Most people probably know that by this October, if you do not have your Driver’s License updated, you won’t be able to fly on domestic flights in the United States … unless of course – you have a passport. “A passport is better than the new sticker on the License because it still allows you to travel internationally too,” my...
Well here we are in the last few days of January already. Perhaps the winter blues have set in. The mornings are still dark and night comes way too early. It’s too soon to predict what kind of winter we’ll have because it’s not even February yet. It’s a long way to spring. One doesn’t want to wish his days away, it’s just that sometimes this time of year, we begin to count the days until spring arrives. It might be a little early to be saying this, but they say after you see the first robin in t...
A major issue with the state’s Automatic Voter Registration program made headlines during the week raising questions about the integrity of Illinois’ Elections. According to media reports, more than 500 people who are not citizens and are not legally eligible to vote in elections were registered to vote through the state’s Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) system. The AVR system was signed into law in 2017. The AVR system automatically registers voters when they apply for a driver’s license...
Lena Wesley W. Thill, 91 Wesley W. Thill, 91, of Lena passed away peacefully on January 17, 2020 at Pearl Pavilion in Freeport. He was born on Christmas day in 1928 in Clayton WI to William and Ruth (Bruss) Thill. He married Betty Keppen in August 1948 at the Brethren Church. Wesley was a cheese maker at Excelsior Cheese Factory in Lena alongside his father William, receiving many awards during his career. In his free time Wesley and his wife Betty enjoyed going camping and were apart of Good Sam’s Camping club, Freeport Campers, Stagecoach c... Full story
The Daily Drawing (a cooperative fundraiser) is a drawing for 366 daily cash prizes from October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 to those donating for a ticket. Cash prizes vary between $50 and $250. A ticket may win multiple times as each ticket remains in the drawing each day for the entire year, no matter how often it may be drawn. There are nearly 20 organizations working together on the Daily Drawing from Jo Daviess, Carroll & Stephenson County. Sponsoring organizations include: Caring Community of Elizabeth, East Dubuque Music Boosters, E...
The Monroe Bantam A team traveled through the ice and snow to Spooner WI last weekend to compete in the Northern Shootout Tournament. The weekend was a success, starting with a 6-0 win over the Ironwood Polar Bears. The Avalanche came out strong in the first period. Great passing and teamwork, along with some strong play in front of the net, earned goals in the first period by Marlies Brandli and Patrick Alt, both assisted by Wyatt Janecke. The team maintained their lead in the second period, bu...
Monroe Clinic is expanding its orthopedic services to offer the latest advancement in joint replacement surgery, the MAKO Robotic-Arm Assisted Technology System. The MAKO Technology utilizes a preoperative CT Scan to allow for patient-specific pre-operative planning that enables more accurate implant positioning. CT data is used to create a 3D model of the patient's anatomy. An individualized pre-operative plan is created and reviewed by the surgeon prior to the Mako procedure. Throughout each...
When the results from the South Beloit MLK Tournament came in, we had to do a double take – how was it that East Dubuque and Scales Mound could both finish 4-0, but the Hornets were placed in the third place game instead of the championship? Some digging was needed, and when we began asking questions, it turned out that East Dubuque had sent an email stating they did not want to play Scales Mound because they were in the same conference. "He said something to me after our game in Scales M...
Similar to NASCAR, who holds their biggest race of the season first with the Daytona 500, the NUIC held their conference Academic Bowl Tournament as a kickoff to their season with 16 teams all making the trip to Durand to compete. Similar to Speech, several teams were missing some key members due to other commitments, and the conference season will factor in much more when it comes to the Regional seedings. Still – one big conference competition is always fun. Teams were separated into four pools, with the winners from each pool advancing to t...
