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The Freeport Elks Lodge is holding its annual Hoop Shoot/Free Throw competition on Saturday, January 6th at 1:30 pm at Pearl City High School, 100 S. Summit Street, Pearl City. Registration and practice begins at 1:30 pm. We encourage all eligible boys and girls, with their parents, to participate. It’s fun and can recognize and encourage local talent. For questions and registration, please contact your local school’s PE Teacher or Coach, or Jan Lawfer, Freeport Elks, 815-275-5306, Elks Coordinator. Eligibility: Boys and Girls are in sep...
There are those who will say that the Blackhawk/Warren Warriors failed as they were beaten by the Edgar Wildcats in the Division 7A state championship game at Camp Randall Thursday morning by a score of 36-6. They'd be wrong. Falling in the state title contest is never easy, and right now the Warriors are probably feeling a bit down, as well as beaten up. Make no mistake, Edgar is a power. In fact, the Edgar team that beat them, had also beaten the eventual 6A champion – Stratford - by a 40-6 r...
Any Lena-Winslow football fan who is honest, will tell you that watching Panther games can be rather boring. Wondering at what point the running clock might get triggered is not what most avid football fans would call exciting. But the IHSA semi-final on Saturday in Chicago against the Hope Eagles did not follow that pattern. Let's be blunt, the Eagles were bigger, stronger, faster and overall better athletes. To be totally fair, Lena-Winslow was out-classed by them ... on paper. But the...
November 13 5:30 Morrison vs Freeport 7:00 Warren vs East Dubuque Bye: Galena November 15 5:30 Freeport vs East Dubuque 7:00 Warren vs Galena Bye: Morrison November 17 5:30 Warren vs Freeport 7:00 Morrison vs Galena Bye: East Dubuque November 20 5:30 East Dubuque vs Morrison 7:00 Freeport vs Galena Bye: Warren November 21 5:30 Warren vs Morrison 7:00 East Dubuque vs Galena Bye: Freeport...
The coaches have made their All Conference choices, so once again it is time for our All Area Team – but this year, I wanted to do it a bit differently. Normally, I made the picks, but they were off of gut feelings from witnessing all of the games throughout the season. And while that worked, I still got arguments from friends and fans that it came across more as a "Dan's favorite" list than an actual All Area Team. So, this year, I tried something different – actually breaking down sta...
About a month ago, the Potosi/Cassville Chieftains were running all over the Blackhawk/Warren Warriors on the Warrior's home field. And, in spite of the fact that both teams were undefeated at the time they met, a very loud contingent of Warrior adults was being incredibly stupid on the sidelines – screaming at players and coaches alike – to the point where head coach, Desie Breadon, had to stop what he was doing, turn to the sideline and call them out by name – "Why don't you shut the hell...
Anybody who watches the Lena-Winslow Panthers go through their pre-game warm-ups will notice how when doing the form tackling drill, the Panthers always have the head of the tackler outside of the runner. But Annawan Weathersfield was having all of their tacklers put their head inside the runner. "Pete Carroll of the Seattle Seahawks came up with that," Panther head coach Ric Arand explained. "It's supposed to be safer, but I never bought into it. As long as you keep your head up, you're fine....
All Conference Football Quarterback First Team *Cooper Hoffman, Jr – Du/Pec Dom Kramer, Jr – Fulton Second Team Roman Romer, So – Galena Colby Tucker, Sr – Stockton Running Back First Team *Gage Dunker, Sr – Lena-Winslow Owen Mulder, Sr – Forreston Nick Tippett, Sr – Lena-Winslow Jaylen Noud, Sr – Du/Pec Karl Hubb, Sr – Stockton Second Team Skylier Crooks, Jr – Fulton Jaxsyn Kempel, Jr – EPC Kaleb Sanders, Sr – Forreston Jason Bowers, Sr – Dakota Tanner Gile, Sr – Stockton Honorable Mention...
First Team * = Unanimous Selection Quarterback *Connor Nye, Sr – Milledgeville Running Back Landon Whelchel, Sr – Amboy Micah Toms-Smith, Jr – Milledgeville Blake Folgate, Sr – Orangeville Center *Trey Payne, Sr – Amboy Guard Ian Sundberg, Sr – Amboy Gavin Roth, Sr – Orangeville TE/Wingback *Brennan Blaine, Sr – Amboy Wide Receiver Noah Dewey, Jr – Polo Joseph Winter, Jr – River Ridge Offensive Utility *Brock Soltow, Sr – Polo Defensive Line *Landon Montavon, Sr – Amboy Delo Fernandez, Sr – Polo Defensive End *Brennan Blaine, Sr – Amboy Quin L...
West RR/SM 0 - 0 2 – 0 Galena 0 - 0 1 – 0 East Dubuque 0 - 0 1 – 1 Stockton 0 - 0 0 – 1 West Carroll 0 - 0 0 – 2 Warren 0 - 0 0 – 2 North Aquin 0 - 0 1 – 0 Pecatonica 0 - 0 1 – 0 Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 1 – 0 Orangeville 0 - 0 1 – 0 Durand 0 - 0 1 – 1 Dakota 0 - 0 0 – 0 Pearl City 0 - 0 0 – 1 South Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 1 Eastland 0 - 0 1 – 1 Fulton 0 - 0 0 – 0 Forreston 0 - 0 0 – 1 Polo 0 - 0 0 – 1 AFC 0 - 0 0 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 0 – 1 Last Week’s Results Lena-Winslow 45 Eastland 41 Pecatonica 55 AFC 37 Aquin 64 West Carroll 26 RR/SM 52 Pearl C...
They made it interesting, but the Lena-Winslow Panthers lived up to their top seed billing with a three game win over Fulton in the Eastland Sectional semi-finals to advance on to the Championship match. Game one was almost uneventful as the Panthers opened up the early lead and extended it to 19-12 on a stuff block by Grace Groezinger that triggered the first Fulton time out. But the momentum was firmly on the Panthers die of the net as they increased the margin to 23-14 on a kill by Eden...
The magical season of the Lena-Winslow Lady Panthers came to a crashing end Wednesday night in the Sectional Championship to Galena, and the struggle is trying to put the season of this amazing group of young athletes into perspective. On the one hand, you had the scores as Lena-Winslow fell behind in game one early and continued to battle back – closing the gap and reeling the Pirates in – but the name of game one was the mistakes. The Panthers made eight unforced errors as tip shots aro...
The Forreston Cardinals are more than justified in wanting the IHSA to go to a 1-32 seeding system for the IHSA playoffs. Having to travel to Lena-Winslow in the second round wasn't much of a reward for the amazing season they played. And consider this, Forreston held the ball longer than the Panthers by nearly a 2 to 1 margin; they ran more offensive plays, had more first downs, and drew fewer penalties ... but the Panther's big-play offense proved to be the difference in a 46-14 victory in...
NUIC West First Team * = Unanimous *Rachel Anger, Jr – East Dubuque *Gracie Furlong, Jr – Galena *Addison Hefel, Sr – Galena *Addison Albrecht, Sr – River Ridge *Gwen Miller, Sr – River Ridge *Anniston Werner, Sr – Scales Mound Brooklynn McCartney, Sr – Scales Mound Conference MVP = Addison Hefel - Galena Second Team Madie Mammoser, Jr – Stockton Erika Dolan, Sr – East Dubuque Mya McCoy, So – Galena Adalynn Bohnsack, Sr – Warren Anna Wentz, Sr – Scales Mound Emily Dahlman, Sr – West Carroll Kacy Wright, Jr – Stockton Katie Schneider, S...
There was a lot to take in and enjoy at the opening night of the River Ridge Volleyball Regional Monday night, but the nightcap stole the show. Lena-Winslow got to play musical positions in their game one win over Warren, but when the Stockton Blackhawks and Scales Mound Hornets took to the court – the real magic began. Scales Mound was coming off a tremendous season in which they claimed second place in the NUIC West, reached the 20 win mark, and as coach Werner admitted, "This group brought r...
Sometimes, you have to see a game to believe what takes place in it, and even then you might walk away shaking your head. Such was the case Tuesday at the River Ridge Regional as both of the higher seeds advanced into the semi-finals, but took vastly different paths in doing so. In the opener, the Orangeville Broncos looked like they had everything well in hand as they pounded the West Carroll Thunder in game one 25-6. The Broncos were playing nearly flawlessly as they only made one unforced...
Both of the semi-finals at the River Ridge Volleyball Regional were exciting, but for different reasons as Lena-Winslow and Orangeville punched their respective tickets to make it into the finals – albeit with a lot of drama. In the opening match, Stockton was playing some exceptional defense – digging up balls that seemed impossible to dig – but the Panthers were still in control early when disaster struck. Mia Diffenderfer was making her comeback from the knee injury that sidelined her two w...
Coming into the championship match of the River Ridge 1A Volleyball Regional, the biggest question revolved around how the Panthers would address the hole on their Right side. But it was answered quickly as senior Natalie McNutt was introduced in the starting lineups. McNutt had been sick and missed Wednesday's semi-finals match in which both Mia Diffenderfer and Breanna Fye went down to injuries. "It was just something that was going around in my family, but I'm fine now," the senior said with...
Unlike years past, the opening round of the IHSA 1A football playoffs did not feature a cupcake opponent paying a visit to Lena. No, this year, due to dwindling numbers, a rather formidable traditional power – Rockford Lutheran – was the first round opponent. And while the eventual outcome on the scoreboard looked familiar, the Panthers had to put some serious work in to bring an end to the Crusader's season. On the opening kickoff, the ball rolled down to the Lutheran 22 where Gavin Sanders pic...
Class 1A Eastland Sectional Mon., Oct. 30 Galena 25, 25 Newark 20, 18 Lena-Winslow 25, 22, 25 Fulton 15, 25, 15 Wed., Nov. 1 Galena 25, 25 Lena-Winslow 23, 13 Durand Regional Mon., Oct. 23 Eastland 25, 25 Forreston 23, 23 Tue., Oct. 24 Durand 25, 25 Pearl City 15, 11 Pecatonica 25, 25 Dakota 16, 13 Wed., Oct. 25 Galena 25, 23, 25 Eastland 14, 25, 14 Durand 25, 25 Pecatonica 22, 14 Thu., Oct. 26 Galena 21, 25, 25 Durand 25, 14, 22 Earlville Regional Mon., Oct. 23 Somonauk 25, 25 Yorkville Christian 19, 22 Tue., Oct. 24 Earlville 25, 25...
Class 1A Lena-Winslow 50 Rockford Lutheran 13 Forreston 20 Ottawa Marquette 7 Kewanee Wethersfield 41 Mackinaw DC 6 Morrison 34 Fulton 12 Toulon Stark County 34 Princeville 20 Oneida ROWVA 28 Sterling Newman 14 Chicago Hope 58 Peru St. Bede 6 Aurora Christian 38 Gibson City 7 Camp Point Central 54 Bridgeport 0 Hardin Calhoun 42 Heyworth 14 Belleville Althoff 76 Tuscola 41 LeRoy 45 Villa Grove 14 Sesser Valier 34 Carrollton 8 Catlin Salt Fork 7 Winchester WC 0 Greenfield 52 Nokomis 13 Casey Westfield 49 Toledo Cumberland 7 Round 2 Lena-Winslow...
Round One Boyceville 41 Clear Lake 3 Spring Valley 29 Hurley 24 Regis 50 Elmwood/P 16 Edgar 36 Glenwood C. 0 Cashton 48 Blair Taylor 22 Cochrane 14 New Lisbon 8 Bangor 28 Royall 0 Pepin/Alma 42 Melrose /Min 7 Potosi/Cass 40 Hillsboro 0 River Ridge 38 Highland 19 Blackhawk 26 Wautzeka/Stue 0 Johnson Creek 36 Ithaca 30 Reedsville 7 Loyal 6 Cambria-Fries 24 Iola/Scand 22 Lourdes Acad 33 Ozaukee 21 Randolph 34 Crivitz 33 Round Two Boyceville 30 Spring Valley 0 Edgar 20 Regis 0 Cashton 40 Cochrane 12 Bangor 28 Alma-Pepin 13 Potosi/Cass 24 River...
Prep Dig, a High school Volleyball organization that functions online throughout the country, has nominated Trixie Carroll of Eastland for Player of the Week honors. Apparently, people needed to vote online at Prepdig.com for one of the seven nominees. Nominees included: Sophie Mentzer, Pennsylvania; Jada Knight, Kentucky; Elyse Heffner and Adrienne Greschaw, Michigan; Eva Jones, South Carolina; Ayla Yasukochi, California and Trixie Carroll representing Illinois. Prep Dig refers to itself as...
The Stockton Blackhawks traveled to Galena Friday with dreams of making the playoffs for the first time in four years, but instead the trip turned into a nightmare as the Pirates scored 15 points in the 4th quarter and earned the victory 27-24. The Blackhawks led at halftime 16-12 and increased that lead early in the 3rd quarter to 24-12, but the Galena defense stiffened in the final period and they found success with an aerial attack led by quarterback Roman Romer. When the dust had settled, Galena had scored two touchdowns in the final 5 minu...
There are some good high school football rivalries, and then there is the one between Lena-Winslow and Forreston. Between them, they have won the state championship in each of the last six years. And with a pair of exceptional coaches, and student athletes who embody what we all love in high school sports ... there simply is no comparison. Friday night in Forreston, the Panthers were the heavy favorites, but Forreston had a solid game plan. To begin with, Forreston was running as much clock as p...
