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Typically, we report on the number of kills a team or player gets in a volleyball match. Aces are always impressive, and unforced errors can cost you big time. But a major skill in volleyball that doesn't even have a stat for it is the pass. Scales Mound and River Ridge put the importance of that skill on full display during their special Volley For A Cure conference battle in Scales Mound on Tuesday. "Are you going to ask me why we didn't get the ball to Laiken Haas more," asked River Ridge...
At first blush, East Dubuque was giving Stockton everything it wanted in their conference battle in Stockton Wednesday night. For each kill recorded by the Blackhawks, the Warriors had an answer as the score steadily climbed without either team able to pull away. But with the game close at 13-12 Stockton, the Blackhawks began flexing their muscle from behind the service line. Kaydra Wright nailed back-to-back ace serves to give the Blackhawks a little breathing room. And then the front line...
Forreston has a solid volleyball team. In fact, many could argue that they also boast one of the best hitters in the region in Jaiden Schneiderman. But Thursday night in Lena the Cardinals – who were missing one starter – got manhandled by a Panther team that looked almost unstoppable 25-16, 25-14. Schneiderman was once again, the main focus of the defense – and she needed to be as the senior outside hitter blasted down12 kills on the night – 8 in game one – and also made a stuff block. But that...
It was supposed to be the big show down of the week – Stockton was playing host to EPC to see which team would establish itself as the third best team in the NUIC. That's what it was supposed to be. "On the first play of the game we had a mis-alignment," said Stockton head coach Sean Downey. "He was supposed to be in the right gap, but he jumped over to the left gap. Sure enough, they run the ball right at the gap where he was supposed to be." Adam Awender handed the ball to senior Draven Z...
Sarah Winter of RR/SM shot an impressive 87 over 18 holes at the NUIC Girl’s Conference meet last week to claim the top spot among all competitors. As a team, the top finishers were: 1. Galena 440 2. PC/LW 457 3. West Carroll 472 4. RR/SM 476 5. Eastland 497 Individually, the top 20 golfers were: 1. Sarah Winter, RR/SM 87 2. Aspen McGlynn, Forreston 95 3. Jaden Brower, Eastland 97 4. Masyn Cahill, Stockton 99 5. Julia Dominiak, Galena 100 6. Marley Joseph, PC/LW 103 7. Lauren Miller, Pec 106 8. Ava Hahn, Galena 107 9. Corinne Krontz, WC 110 K...
The game had been scheduled since last year, but suddenly, Tuesday afternoon just before school let out, Lena-Winslow was notified that Mineral Point – the team they were to play Friday night – was cancelling their scheduled meeting. “Officially” from what we were able to find out, the reason was that the “Pointers” had suffered too many injuries, and didn’t feel they should put underclassmen in the position of playing varsity competition. Now, all of that is understandable. What isn’t is that...
They had been dominating all season long, so it wasn’t much of a surprise that the Fulton Steamers claimed first place in the NUIC Conference meet held last week at Lake Carroll. Final top ten team scores were: 1. Fulton 316 2. RR/SM 322 3. Forreston 333 4. Dakota 358 5. Eastland 364 East Dubuque 364 7. Warren 381 8. PC/LW 388 9. Pecatonica 396 10. Galena 405 Individually, Owen VanZuiden of Fulton claimed top honors by shooting par on the day. Kaden Brown of Forreston and Camden Flack of RR/SM were close behind as they shot a 75, and 76 r...
West Stockton 7 – 0 21 – 1 Galena 6 – 1 19 – 1 East Dubuque 5 – 2 9–9-3 Scales Mound 3 – 3 9 – 13 Warren 1 – 6 3–18-2 River Ridge 1 – 6 6–17-1 West Carroll 1 – 6 2 – 21 North Lena-Winslow 7 – 0 14 – 5 Pecatonica 5 – 2 15 – 5 Durand 5 – 2 17 – 5 Pearl City 2 – 4 15–10-2 Orangeville 2 – 5 11 – 8 Forreston 2 – 5 10 – 13 Dakota 1 – 6 7–17-1 South Eastland 7 – 0 17 – 2 Fulton 6 – 1 11 – 7 Milledgeville 4 – 3 15 – 5 Polo 4 – 3 12–9-2 Amboy 2 – 4 6–11-2 AFC 0 – 7 5 – 13 Morrison 0 – 6 2–15-2 Last Week’s Results Durand 25, 25 Warren 14, 10 Lena-Wins...
Midway through game one of their conference battle at home against Forreston, the Wolves – for the fourth time in game one – made a service error. So frustrated was head coach Tammy Stephan that she turned to her bench and asked openly, "Can anybody get the ball over the net?" Just consider some numbers. In game one, both teams had 14 offensive points (combination of kills and stuff blocks). But Forreston made a grand total of three unforced errors, and two service errors. So, they handed the...
It had been five years since the EPC Wildcatz had beaten the Forreston Cardinals, and six years since they made it into the IHSA playoffs. And while head coach Jared McNutt always held his head high and ignored the noise ... there was plenty of grumbling going on behind closed doors. There's still a major murmur permeating the program, but after Friday night's 36-16 dominating win over the Cardinals in Pearl City, it's the kind of rumbling people don't want to make public – not because it is o...
The pre-game strategy plan for the Scales Mound Hornets was pretty simple – avoid unforced errors. If you don't make mistakes, you aren't handing your opponent any points. But in game one of their home conference battle with West Carroll ... the Hornets didn't listen. The Thunder jumped out to the early 5-0 lead without making a kill. All five points came off of Hornet hitting errors, so coach Keri Werner burned a time out to calm them down. It didn't work. Everything that could go wrong – did...
The Galena Pirates are the reigning Class 1A State Champions in Volleyball, so it only made sense that as long as they kept winning, they would hold the top spot in our area Power rankings. But all of that changed Tuesday night when the Stockton Blackhawks went into Galena and knocked off the Pirates in two games to topple them out of the top spot. "It was the most determined I've ever seen this team," said head coach Maddie Pontius. "When they walked into that gym, you could see it on their...
West Stockton 5 – 0 19 – 1 Galena 5 – 1 13 – 1 East Dubuque 3 – 2 7–7-3 Scales Mound 2 – 3 7 – 11 Warren 1 – 4 3–15-2 River Ridge 1 – 4 5–13-1 West Carroll 1 – 4 2 – 16 North Lena-Winslow 5 – 0 11–4-1 Pecatonica 5 – 1 15 – 4 Durand 4 – 1 15 – 4 Orangeville 2 – 3 11 – 6 Forreston 1 – 4 7 – 11 Pearl City 1 – 4 13–10-2 Dakota 0 – 5 5 – 14 South Eastland 5 – 0 15 – 2 Fulton 5 – 1 9 – 5 Milledgeville 2 – 2 7 – 4 Polo 2 – 3 6–9-2 Amboy 2 – 3 6 – 7 AFC 0 – 4 5 – 8 Morrison 0 – 3 0–13-1 Last Week’s Results Orangeville 25, 25 Warren 22, 21 Rock...
NUIC Du/Pec 5 - 0 5 – 0 Lena-Winslow 4 - 0 5 – 0 EPC 4 - 1 4 – 1 Galena 2 - 2 3 – 2 Fulton 2 - 3 2 – 3 Stockton 1 - 3 2 – 3 Morrison 1 - 3 2 – 3 Forreston 1 - 4 1 – 4 Dakota 0 - 4 0 – 5 8-Man Milledgeville 5 – 0 Polo 5 – 0 West Carroll 4 – 1 South Beloit 4 – 1 Alden-Hebron 2 – 3 Christian Life 1 – 3 Orangeville 1 – 3 River Ridge 1 – 4 Kirkland-Hiaw 1 – 4 AFC 0 – 5 Six Rivers WI *Potosi/Cassville 4 – 0 6 – 0 *Blackhawk/Warren 4 – 0 5 – 1 River Ridge 2 – 2 4 – 2 Wauzeka-Steub 2 – 2 3 – 3 Iowa Grant 2 – 2 2 – 4 Pec/Argyle 1 – 2 2 – 3 Riverdale 0...
"She's a fantastic player," said Bronco senior Kaylynn O'Haver. "Trying to stop her was not easy." Forreston's Jaiden Schneiderman was dominant in their conference battle against the Broncos. With nine kills in game one, and seven more in game two, for a grand total of 16 kills on the night. Nobody in purple had more than seven. Going up against such a potent weapon was not easy for Orangeville, and they knew it. Trying to trade power for power wasn't going to work, so the Broncos made use of...
In public, Eden Dietz is the quiet tall kid who is quick with a smile, but comments after games have to be dragged out of her. "Oh, that's not 'Ed'," stated Panther senior setter Alyssa Daughenbaugh. "You should hear her in practice." "Ed?" "Yeah, Ed, or Eddie, or big Ed ..." "Basically, they call me everything but my real name," Eden stated. But whatever name she might go by, the Panther middle hitter had an amazing night against the Pearl City Wolves Thursday – recording nine kills, an ace ser...
EPC made a statement Friday night in their conference match-up at home against Fulton. Simply put – Speed Kills! When EPC squared off against Galena in week one of the season, everyone you talked to who "followed" NUIC football saw it as a playoff for the playoffs – the loser would probably never get five wins when you considered the strength of the NUIC. And even the winner was only expected to be 5-4 at best. Well, after blowing past a playoff favorite 46-22, everyone is being forced to think...
As the EPC Wildcats were running away from Fulton down in Pearl City, a murmur was building throughout the stadium ... "Have you seen the Lena score? Stockton is beating them!" At first it was dismissed, an early score means little, but then as the updates kept coming in, it became very apparent – the game of the week was taking place to the north. Stockton brought their A-game to Lena, and couldn't care less that it was the Panther homecoming – the Blackhawks were looking to spoil the par...
Forreston 166 Kaden Brown – 37, Kendall Erdmann – 41, Darin Greenfield – 44, Brendan Greenfield – 44 = 166 Oregon 196 Nole Campos – 48, Jackson Messenger – 49, Landon Anderson – 49, B. Wilkinson – 50 = 196 Polo 221 Cooper Dawson – 50, Jackson Willie – 52, Aiden Messer – 59, Tanner Johnson – 60 = 221 RR/SM 153 Joseph Winter – 36, Sam Rife – 36, Camden Flack – 37, Bode Dittmar – 44 = 153 Stockton 192 Blake Zink – 43, Ethan Steien – 46, Drue Guerrero – 50, Masyn Cahill – 53 = 192 Du/Pec 195 Lucas Rossow – 37, Jaxon Boomer – 52, Riley Miller – 52,...
West Stockton 3 – 0 12 – 1 East Dubuque 3 – 0 4–4-2 Galena 3 – 1 11 – 1 Warren 1 – 2 1–9-2 River Ridge 1 – 3 4 – 9 Scales Mound 1 – 2 3 – 8 West Carroll 0 – 4 1 – 10 North Lena-Winslow 3 – 0 8 – 2 Pecatonica 3 – 1 13 – 4 Durand 3 – 1 14 – 3 Forreston 1 – 2 7 – 9 Orangeville 1 – 2 5 – 4 Pearl City 1 – 2 11 – 7 Dakota 0 – 4 4 – 13 South Eastland 3 – 0 8 – 2 Fulton 3 – 1 4 – 3 Polo 2 – 1 5 – 5 Amboy 1 – 2 5 – 5 Milledgeville 1 – 2 5 – 4 AFC 0 – 2 3 – 4 Morrison 0 – 2 0–11-1 Last Week’s Results Durand 25, 25 Kirkland-Hiaw 15, 18 Forreston 25, 25 Pe...
NUIC Lena-Winslow 4 - 0 4 – 0 Du/Pec 4 - 0 4 – 0 EPC 3 - 1 3 – 1 Galena 2 - 1 3 – 1 Stockton 1 - 2 2 – 2 Fulton 1 - 3 1 – 3 Forreston 1 - 3 1 – 3 Morrison 0 - 3 1 – 3 Dakota 0 - 3 0 – 4 8-Man Milledgeville 4 – 0 Polo 4 – 0 West Carroll 4 – 0 South Beloit 3 – 1 Alden-Hebron 2 – 2 Christian Life 1 – 3 Kirkland-Hiaw 1 – 3 Orangeville 1 – 3 River Ridge 0 – 4 AFC 0 – 4 Six Rivers WI Potosi/Cassville 3 – 0 5 – 0 Blackhawk/War 3 – 0 4 – 1 Iowa Grant 2 – 1 2 – 3 Pec/Argyle 1 – 1 2 – 2 Wauzeka-Seneca 1 – 1 2 – 2 River Ridge 0 – 2 2 – 2 Ri...
Several area volleyball teams have been getting attention lately as the region looks to see which ones look like contenders this season. But one team flying under the radar is already looking like all the pieces are beginning to fall into place. The Eastland Cougars opened up their home season with a solid 25-16, 25-16 sweep over Dakota. But while the scores were identical, the games were far from it. In game one, Eastland charged ahead early – prompting Dakota to call time out on a kill by T...
Stockton fans loved to refer to their matches against Lena-Winslow as a rivalry, but in volleyball, that was hard to swallow. I mean, after all, for it to be a rivalry, both teams had to be capable of winning. And the Blackhawks hadn't beaten the Panthers in several years. All of that changed Thursday night in Lena. The Panthers are a solid team, and will only improve over the course of the season, but Stockton simply dominated play in every aspect. At the net, Stockton amassed 23 kills and two...
On their second play from scrimmage, the Lena-Winslow Panthers introduced Fulton to junior speedster Alec Schlichting. Sixty-seven yards later, it was 6-0 Panthers, and only 2:04 of game time had elapsed. The play was a basic element of the Panther playbook, quarterback Kasch Lessman would often hand off the ball to Aiden Wild on a dive, but then after softening up the defense Lessman would fake the handoff to Wild and give it to Schlichting. Fulton had a hard time defending it. The second time...
NUIC Lena-Winslow 2 - 0 2 – 0 Du/Pec 2 - 0 2 – 0 EPC 1 - 1 1 – 1 Fulton 1 - 1 1 – 1 Forreston 1 - 1 1 – 1 Galena 1 - 1 1 – 1 Stockton 0 - 1 0 – 1 Dakota 0 - 1 0 – 2 Morrison 0 - 2 0 – 2 8-Man Milledgeville 2 – 0 Polo 2 – 0 West Carroll 2 – 0 Alden-Hebron 1 – 1 Kirkland-Hiaw 1 – 1 South Beloit 1 – 1 AFC 0 – 1 Christian Life 0 – 1 Orangeville 0 – 2 River Ridge 0 – 2 Six Rivers WI Potosi/Cassville 1 – 0 3 – 0 River Ridge 0 – 0 2 – 0 Blackhawk/War 0 – 0 1 – 1 Pec/Argyle 1 – 0 2 – 1 Iowa Grant 1 – 0 1 – 2 Wauzeka-Seneca 0 – 1 1 – 2 Riverdale 0 – 1...
