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Anybody who wasn't at the game between Fulton and Stockton at John O'Boyle Field Friday night who saw the final 40-16 score, would think that Fulton buried the Blackhawks and out-classed them. They would be wrong. The game was not a case of a dominant team beating up on a weak sister. What took place was a game in which Fulton dipped into their bag of tricks to pull away from a resilient Stockton squad that put up a much bigger fight than many people thought they would. Fulton scored right out...
The EPC Wildcatz fought hard and put forth their best effort of the season, but still came up short on the scoreboard 34-20 in Forreston Friday night. Facing the #2 ranked Cardinals on the road is always a difficult assignment, but EPC was up to the task and showed they are growing and improving as a team. Every time Forreston looked to break the game open and run away and hide, the Wildcatz dug deeper and refused to go away as they fought back to keep the game within reach. On any other night playing a team not ranked second in the State,...
Weekend Volleyball Tournaments allow teams to get a lot of work in to perfect their game - while also providing a chance to measure up and possibly bring home some hardware at the same time. There were several tournaments held last Saturday. In Pearl City, Erie Prophetstown and Marengo were the top two teams to battle it out for first place, but the competition allowed the River Ridge Wildcats a chance to "start over" as it was the first competition they had without senior outside hitter Amie Ri...
West Galena 5 - 0 16 – 2 Scales Mound 4 - 1 12 – 7 River Ridge 3 - 2 11–5-2 Stockton 2 - 3 9–8-2 East Dubuque 2 - 3 6–8-2 Warren 1 - 4 3–14-1 West Carroll 0 - 4 3 – 14 North Lena-Winslow 5 - 0 15 – 2 Durand 4 - 1 18 – 3 Pecatonica 4 - 2 11–5-2 Aquin 3 - 2 13 – 5 Orangeville 1 - 4 14 – 8 Dakota 1 - 4 4–16-2 Pearl City 0 - 5 6–17-2 South Fulton 5 – 0 13 – 3 Eastland 3 – 2 9 – 8 Polo 3 – 2 7–10-1 Forreston 3 – 2 6 – 10 Milledgeville 2 – 2 5 – 7 AFC 1 – 4 4 – 6 Amboy 0 – 5 1 – 9 Last Week’s Results Orangeville 25, 25 Warren 12, 18 Eastland 25, 25...
Football 1. Lena-Winslow 4 – 0 Another week, another rout. Decatur was supposed to be a tough test, but looks like it won’t be now. 2. Forreston 4 – 0 Cardinals had a battle against an EPC squad that is much better than their record. Now host Thunder. 3. Du/Pec 4 – 0 Rivermen rolled West Carroll, but that’s not impressive. Next up is a trip to Galena and the Pirates. 4. Fulton 2 – 2 Needed a bit of trickery to blow past Stockton, but should not struggle too much at depleted Dakota. 5. Stockton 1 – 3 I know, I know, Galena ios 2-2, but Stoc...
1. Fulton 10 – 1 Fulton jumps to the top spot for being the only 1A team to take a game off of Genoa Kingston 2. Lena-Winslow 13 - 2 Panthers were impressive winning second at Pulaski, so coach might be mad we made them #2. 3. Galena 13 - 2 Slow week for the Pirates who blew past a scrappy Stockton squad and is looking down on the West. 4. Aquin 13 - 3 Bulldogs made a statement with their two game sweep over Durand - in Durand! Here they come. 5. River Ridge 11-4-2 Wildcats lost Richmond for the season, so chemistry needs to rebuild, but we h...
West Galena 3 - 0 13 – 2 Scales Mound 3 - 0 8 – 4 River Ridge 3 - 1 9 – 3 Stockton 1 - 1 5–4-2 East Dubuque 1 - 2 3 – 6 Warren 0 - 3 1–9-1 West Carroll 0 - 4 1 – 10 North Lena-Winslow 3 - 0 10 – 1 Aquin 3 - 0 13 – 3 Durand 3 - 1 16 – 3 Pecatonica 2 - 2 9–5-2 Dakota 1 - 3 3 – 13 Pearl City 0 - 3 5 – 12 Orangeville 0 - 3 7 – 6 South Fulton 3 – 0 10 – 1 Polo 2 – 1 5 – 6 Milledgeville 2 – 1 5 – 6 AFC 1 – 1 4 – 3 Eastland 1 – 2 6 – 5 Forreston 1 – 2 3 – 10 Amboy 0 – 3 1 – 7 Last Week’s Results Fulton 25, 25 Eastland 23, 23 Forreston 25, 23, 2...
When Galena and River Ridge square off in volleyball, people who follow the sport know that it's the battle among the top two contenders in the NUIC West. But there is also an added twist to the match up because Wildcat head coach Brittany Sinagra was a former player for Galena head coach Dennis Wills. "I don't think the girls care much," Dennis said. "For them, it's a rivalry against a tough opponent in the West. But for me, I love Brittany. She's a good friend and I wish she was coaching for...
Yes, the Lena-Winslow Panthers are an incredibly powerful and polished team, but seeing them blow out opponents repeatedly is not what most fans would consider entertaining. But the back and forth see-saw affair that was put on display by the River Ridge Wildcats and Orangeville Broncos was the most exciting and jaw dropping contest anyone had seen in several years. Just before kickoff, foreign exchange senior, Edoardo Marcolin from just northeast of Venice Italy, was named the homecoming king....
The Stockton Blackhawks put up a good fight in the first quarter of their battle with Lena-Winslow. But when the Panthers blocked a Stockton punt and returned it for a touchdown early in the second period, the walls began to cave in on the Blackhawks. The Panthers struck first, and in a familiar way, as Gage Dunker scored from three yards out, then ran in the conversion to make it 8-0 Panthers. But Stockton responded. Senior Karl Hubb broke the goal-line from a yard out to put Stockton on the...
There are only a few things you could always count on: death, taxes, and in volleyball - Eastland always beat Milledgeville. The two schools who co-op in girls track together, could never call their volleyball battles a rivalry because Milledgeville seemed incapable of ever beating the Cougars. Every time the two teams locked up on the volleyball court, something would happen that would make Milledgeville collapse. "You don't have to tell me, I've been living it for the last seven years," said...
The Scales Mound Hornets have had a hard time starting matches this season. in fact, head coach Keri Werner even complained about how they had gone to three games in every single match all year. Meanwhile, the Stockton Blackhawks have had fantastic starts to matches, only to then lay an egg and come up flat in game two. True to form, when the teams met up on Thursday in Scales Mound they continued along their respective paths as the Hornets made ten errors in game one alone while Stockton...
Ever since the days of Rose Black and Kristy Pierce, the volleyball showdown in the region was almost always between the Lena-Winslow Panthers and Eastland Cougars. Last Tuesday night in Lena, that classic rivalry seems to have returned, although the two teams have switched their traditional positions. Today, Lena-Winslow is the major power – with a senior dominated lineup, the Panthers opened up the match in impressive style as Eastland got rattled – not realizing what they had run into. Gra...
An unforced error in volleyball is sometimes unavoidable. A pass is shanked, a ball comes right at your head without enough time to adjust your hands, or your jersey brushes the net just enough to get the call. So, while the very best teams limit their errors, they all make them. But service errors are a whole different ballgame. Typically, the more aggressive the server, the more errors – but they usually balance out with some aces. So, on average, a bad serving night might see a team make f...
It was supposed to be a big reunion match, where former Aquin assistant coach Maddie Pontius brought her Stockton team to Freeport to challenge her former mentor, Robyn Stovall of Aquin. But instead, it turned into a display of two teams working to smooth out the wrinkles. Stockton came out in game one playing exceptional volleyball. They did not have the big hitters to smash the ball down, but were playing excellent defense – digging up everything Aquin threw at them – and simply not mak...
Officially, Lena-Winslow fullback, Gage Dunker, is listed at 6'0" tall and weighing 211 pounds. But anybody who watched him run roughshod against the Fulton Steamers Friday night, would swear those numbers must be wrong. There were several big things to talk about in the Panther's 32-8 conference victory, but the story has to begin with Dunker. The kid ran over, through, around and past Fulton defenders all night. When he couldn't avoid being hit by one, he would lower his shoulder and make...
It truly was a team effort in every sense of the word Friday night as the Stockton Blackhawks rolled to an impressive 47-13 win versus their opponent from long distance the Heyworth Hornets. No less than five Blackhawks on offense found the end zone on the night all contributing to their first win and improving to 1-1 on the season. Perhaps it was the 3-hour bus ride from their home-base near Bloomington that had the Hornets tired when the game began, but Stockton jumped out quickly to a lead they would never give up scoring on only their...
While it is the advantage of hosting a tournament that you get to put together the pools in which teams compete, the very best tournaments – like the Forreston Basketball Tourney – does not play favorites, and has the coaches help seed the teams to ensure that the best ones meet in the finals – as they are supposed to. Well, the same cannot be said for the Oregon Volleyball tournament where the host Hawks wanted to be sure to make it into the final four – so they placed themselves in a pool th...
1. Lena-Winslow 7 – 1 Panthers fell to 2A Kingston, but so did everybody else, so with no head to head comparison ... 2. Fulton 3 - 0 Fulton just keeps on rolling. Have some big matches coming with Eastland in the near future. 3. Galena 6 - 1 Pirates look back on track by winning their own tourney and then beating a strong Byron squad. 4. Durand 12 - 2 Bulldogs wanted to play Aquin or Lena-Winslow at Oregon, but ... it never happened, so they stay put. 5. River Ridge 6 - 2 Wildcats got a huge w...
1. Lena-Winslow 2 – 0 Blowing out West carroll is one thing, but dominating Fulton on their home field? Panthers are legit. 2. Forreston 2 – 0 Dakota gave them a game, so props to the INdians, but Cardinals still hold on to the #2 spot. 3. Du/Pec 2 – 0 Rivermen flexed some muscle after Stockton scare by pounding EPC in Lanark. 4. Galena 2 – 0 Praites stand at 2-0 on the season, but there are still some serious questions - who have they beaten? 5. Stockton 1 – 1 Blackhawks totally destroyed...
Football Standings NUIC Lena-Winslow 2 - 0 2 – 0 Du/Pec 2 - 0 2 – 0 Forreston 2 - 0 2 – 0 Galena 2 - 0 2 – 0 Dakota 0 - 1 1 – 1 Stockton 0 - 1 1 – 1 EPC 0 - 2 0 – 2 Fulton 0 - 2 0 – 2 West Carroll 0 - 2 0 – 2 8-Man Amboy 2 – 0 Milledgeville 2 – 0 Orangeville 1 – 0 Polo 1 – 0 Peoria Quest 0 – 2 River Ridge 0 – 2 Six Rivers WI Blackhawk/Warren 0 - 0 3 – 0 River Ridge 0 - 0 3 – 0 Southwestern/ED 0 - 0 2 – 1 Potosi/Cassville 0 - 0 2 – 1 Benton/SM/Shull 0 - 0 1 – 2 Pec/Argyle 0 - 0 0 – 3 Last Week’s Results Amboy 80 River Ridge 8 River Ridge...
Pearl City and Warren officially opened the IHSA Volleyball season with a non-conference battle in Pearl City between two rebuilding programs. And while it was obvious that this was the first game for both squads – that didn't mean it wasn't exciting as it went down to the wire – with both teams having plenty of reasons to walk off the court with their heads high. The overall theme of the night was errors. Both teams made them, both teams stated afterwards that they need to cut down on the...
West Galena 0 - 0 6 – 1 River Ridge 0 - 0 6 – 2 Stockton 0 - 0 4–3-2 Scales Mound 0 - 0 1 – 2 East Dubuque 0 - 0 2 – 3 Warren 0 - 0 1–6-1 West Carroll 0 - 0 0 – 2 North Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 3 – 0 Aquin 0 - 0 2 – 0 Durand 0 - 0 8 – 1 Orangeville 0 - 0 3 – 1 Pecatonica 0 - 0 4–1-2 Pearl City 0 - 0 1 – 3 Dakota 0 - 0 0 – 3 South AFC 0 - 0 3 – 0 Fulton 0 - 0 2 – 0 Eastland 0 - 0 2 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 3 – 2 Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 2 Polo 0 - 0 1 – 4 Forreston 0 - 0 0 – 1 Last Week’s Results Orangeville 23, 25, 25 Stockton 25, 21, 14 Eastland 25, 22, 25...
The Oregon Hawks are a traditional 2A Volleyball power, while the Eastland Cougars were coming off of a rebuilding year. But if you watched them play each other Tuesday night, and there were no names on the uniforms, you would have sworn their roles were reversed. Simply put, Eastland made Oregon look out-classed in a 25-20, 25-15 non-conference victory that was nothing short of impressive. Game one was competitive. Oregon used a balanced attack – recording eleven kills in game one, with four di...
The River Ridge Wildcats came in with a 1-0 early record after taking down the Milledgeville Missiles in spite of a slow start in their opener. While the Lena-Winslow Panthers – although expected to be a major power this season – came in a little dinged up as Grace Groezinger basically had to play left handed as she is recovering from shoulder surgery, and Eden Dietz is also not at full strength. But the show the two teams put on was entertaining theater for a large crowd in Elizabeth after the...
