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The Eastland Cougars are not following the typical script of small school basketball teams. They don't really have five starters with a few on the bench. No, their bench needs a few extra chairs. "You saw how many kids we have," said head coach Nicole Brinker. "And they're all about the same. So, I tell them to go out there and give me everything you've got for two minutes, then we send out more. IF we can keep that up, I don't know how many teams will be able to handle it." Monday night in Lana...
West Galena 0 - 0 4 – 0 RR/SM 0 - 0 5 – 1 West Carroll 0 - 0 1 – 0 Warren 0 - 0 2 – 2 East Dubuque 0 - 0 0 – 4 Stockton 0 - 0 0 – 5 North Orangeville 0 - 0 4 – 1 Aquin 0 - 0 4 – 2 Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 3 – 2 Pecatonica 0 - 0 3 – 2 Dakota 0 - 0 1 – 4 Pearl City 0 - 0 1 – 4 Durand 0 - 0 0 – 2 South Eastland 0 - 0 4 – 2 Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 1 – 1 Fulton 0 - 0 0 – 0 Forreston 0 - 0 2 – 3 AFC 0 - 0 0 – 2 Polo 0 - 0 0 – 3 Last Week’s Results Kirkland Hiawatha 26 Durand 19 West Carroll 55 Milledgeville 22 Oregon 42 Polo 27 Warren...
It was a magical volleyball season as we all got to follow Aquin claim their first state championship. But as proven throughout the post season, the strength of the NUIC is far and away better than any other conference, and seeing how we cover a lot of NUIC teams, who do we feel would comprise an All Area Team? Glad you asked. One point that I should mention, while I respect the selections made by coaches in their All Conference picks, I often don't agree with them. All too often they have to...
It had to be Forreston. Of all the teams in the NUIC, the biggest challenge to the Panthers over the last decade has been the Forreston Cardinals. For five straight years Lena-Winslow has been in the 1A State semi-finals, and the one time they lost ... was to Forreston. And this season, as the Panthers dominated every opponent by more than 22 points, and piled up running clocks every week ... the one exception was their 28-14 tough win against Forreston. So even when the Cardinals were 4-3 and...
West Scales Mound 0 - 0 4 – 0 East Dubuque 0 - 0 3 – 0 Galena 0 - 0 2 – 1 Stockton 0 - 0 0 – 0 River Ridge 0 - 0 1 – 2 Warren 0 - 0 0 – 1 West Carroll 0 - 0 0 – 1 North Durand 0 - 0 3 – 0 Pecatonica 0 - 0 1 – 0 Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 0 – 0 Dakota 0 - 0 1 – 2 Aquin 0 - 0 0 – 2 Pearl City 0 - 0 0 – 3 Orangeville 0 - 0 0 – 3 South AFC 0 - 0 1 – 0 Polo 0 - 0 2 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 2 – 1 Forreston 0 - 0 0 – 0 Eastland 0 - 0 0 – 0 Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 2 Fulton 0 - 0 1 – 2 Last Week’s Results Durand 73 Kirkland Hiawatha 46 Morrison 51 Milledgeville 24 Po...
The Aquin Bulldogs were never challenged in the 1A State semi-finals by the Sterling Newman Comets. In fact, you could tell the match was as the two teams made their way out onto the floor. On one side, you had a somber faced Comet squad, with stern looks on their faces, all trying to pump each other up with calls of "Let's Go!", and "We want this." That were not very convincing. On the other side, the Aquin Bulldogs came out onto the floor ... dancing. Ainsley Stovall is the biggest...
The Aquin Lady Bulldogs completed a 41-1 season by winning the 1A State Championship over Springfield Lutheran 25-20, 25-15. But it might take several weeks, months, or even years until the full depth of just what they did really sinks in. Make no mistake, Springfield Lutheran was good – very good – and they came out in game one claiming the early lead over the Bulldogs, then were doing what seemed impossible ... they were holding that lead as they claimed a 12-10 advantage. The turning poi...
Facing its toughest opponent yet in the playoffs, the Lena-Winslow Panthers figured they would be in for an all-day battle in their quarterfinal matchup with NUIC conference foe Fulton welcoming them to town Saturday. Instead, it was business as usual for the Panthers who quickly took all of the steam out of the Steamers with a 52-14 bashing and honestly it wasn't even that close. The Panthers scored early and often as they raced out to a 37-point lead in the first half and earn yet another...
The match was over. Everybody knew it. River Ridge had come out far too excited in game one, making far too many hitting errors in a 25-16 loss, and now sat staring up at the wrong end of an 18-12 score in game two as Ottawa Marquette was in firm control with a kill that forced the Wildcats to take their final time out. "We were so excited and nervous about being here," Gwen Miller admitted. "We needed to relax." As the Newark student section filed into the gym, they even noted that, "this one...
Something had to give. All season long the talk throughout the volleyball world in northwest Illinois had been – "What will happen when Aquin plays Galena?" Lena-Winslow and Dakota players were sick of hearing it. Everyone did everything they could to see that it wouldn't happen. But both Aquin and Galena had taken down every challenger. In fact, they were the only two teams left in the 1A Tournament who had not lost to a 1A team all season. Galena stood at 36-1 – with their only loss com...
A Super Sectional is supposed to be a classic battle between two powerful teams hoping to punch their ticket to the State finals ... but that already took place at the Sectional finals when Aquin topped Galena. So the battle with Grant Park was ... well ... a tad on the ugly side. "We had just played Galena, and they (Grant Park) were just getting the ball back over to us," admitted Lucy Arndt. "It was hard to get our energy going." After an initial 2-0 lead by the Dragons, Aquin flexed its' mus...
Gunar Lobdell had 180 yards and three touchdowns; Jake Zeal added 97 yards and two more scores, and Gage Dunker did what Gage Dunker typically does – amass yards and reach the end zone. All season long the three headed monster that makes up the Panther ground game has gotten the headlines and pictures in the paper, (well, at least our paper) but we need to give credit where credit is due and celebrate the men in the trenches. Senior Henry Engel, Senior Jake Tippett, Junior Odin Stabenow, S...
1A First Round Lena-Winslow 48 Chicago Richards 6 Oneida ROWVA 28 Stark County 14 Fulton 38 Aurora Christian 13 Rockford Lutheran 35 Kewanee Wethersfield 19 Chicago Hope 69 Chicago Corliss 0 Forreston 46 Peru St. Bede 22 Ottawa Marquette 20 Morrison 6 Dakota 16 Iroquois West 14 Colfax Ridgeview 47 Madison 14 Catlin Salt Fork 42 Bridgeport Red Hill 31 Tuscola 20 Brown County 18 Jacksonville Routt 41 Villa Grove 15 Camp Point Central 66 Dupo 0 Sesser Valier 49 Mowequa Central 12 Greenfield 38 Hardin Calhoun 7 Toledo Cumberland 34 Rushville 8...
NUIC North First Team. ( * = Unanimous selection, + = Conference MVP) *+Lucy Arndt, Sr Aquin *Abi Schlueter, Sr Dakota *Rhiannon Robertson, Jr Durand *Megan Holder, Jr Aquin *Molly Amendt, Jr Lena-Winslow Grace Groezinger, Jr Lena-Winslow Rachel Nevdal, Jr Durand Cole Knox, Sr Dakota Second Team Falyn McPeek, Sr Dakota Erica Nyen, Sr Durand Ainsley Stovall, Jr Aquin Hanna Pizzolato, Sr Aquin Bentleah Stovall, Sr Aquin Kaidynce Lynch, Jr Lena-Winslow Alyssa Daughenbaugh, So Lena-Winslow Laney Cahoon, So Orangeville Brea Musser, Sr Pearl City...
NUIC All Conference Football Offense Quarterback 1st Team Brayden Dykstra Sr Fulton Kaidyn Neidermeier Sr Dakota Cooper Hoffman So Du-Pec 2nd Team Carsen Heeren Sr Eastland-Pearl City Running Back 1st Team Gunar Lobdell Sr Le-Win (Unanimous) Gage Dunker Jr Le-Win (Unanimous) AJ Mulcahy Sr Du-Pec (Unanimous) Johnny Kobler Sr Forreston (Unanimous) Adrian Arellano Sr Dakota 2nd Team Lukas Schroeder Sr Fulton Sam Eaton Sr Galena Hon-Men Jake Zeal Sr Le-Win Kaleb Sanders Jr Forreston Offensive Line 1st Team Braiden Damhoff Sr Fulton (Unanimous)...
First Team * = Unanimous Selection + = State Qualifier *+Wes Wilson, Sr Amboy *+Landon Meyers, Sr Fulton *+Thomas Hereau, Jr RR/SM *Jacob Lange, Sr E. Dubuque *Ryan Stoffregen, Sr Galena *Jared Dvorak, Jr Stockton Hayden Wittenauer, Sr Amboy Evan Folk, Sr Du/Pec Camden Flack, So RR/SM Second Team Braden Anderson, Fr Eastland Kaden Brown, Fr Forreston Jacob Voss, Fr Fulton Reed Owen, Sr Fulton Connor Glasgow, Jr Galena Jacob Furlong, Sr Galena George Winter, Jr RR/SM Bennett Gravers, Jr Stockton Teagan Sabinson, Jr Warren Honorable Mention Doug...
Pecatonica Sectional Mon., Oct. 31 Aquin 25, 25 Elgin Harvest Christian 9, 5 Galena 25, 25 Willows Academy 3, 7 Wed., Nov. 2 Aquin 25, 25 Galena 14, 19 Rockford Christian Life Regional Mon., Oct. 24 Galena 25, 25 East Dubuque 8, 13 Pecatonica 25, 18, 25 Stockton 22, 25, 22 Tue., Oct. 25 Dakota 25, 25 Scales Mound 23, 19 Lena-Winslow 25, 25 Christian Life 9, 7 Wed., Oct. 26 Galena 25, 25 Pecatonica 16, 17 Lena-Winslow 25, 25 Dakota 15, 17 Thu., Oct. 27 Galena 21, 25, 25 Lena-Winslow 25, 17, 17 Alden-Hebron Regional Mon., Oct. 24 Kirkland...
In the opening round of the Polo 1A Volleyball Regional, the Eastland Cougars and Pearl City Wolves both came in with young teams, but it was the experience of the Cougars that carried them to the 25-14, 25-22 sweep to advance into the semi-finals against Sterling Newman. Game one was over early. Maybe it was the Regional atmosphere, maybe the Wolves had Cougars in the headlights, whatever the reason – Pearl City came out flat, and never got into a rhythm. Of the 25 points the Cougars needed t...
In their opening match of the Christian Life Volleyball Regional, the Scales Mound Hornets deserved to win. The Hornets only made five unforced errors, while Dakota made nine; and only made three service errors, while Dakota made five. In fact, after trading points back and forth until it was 10-10, the Hornets claimed the lead and looked destined to pull off what many would have seen as the biggest Cinderella story of the post season. The Indians used their first time out after junior Rylee...
I'd seen it hundreds of times before, a team fought hard in game one of a volleyball match only to come up inches short. But after trying so hard and leaving everything out on the floor in the effort, they always got blown out in game two. Wednesday night after the cross-country trek to Alden-Hebron (Thanks for nothing IHSA) I was sure I was going to see it again. The Orangeville Broncos had pulled off a stunner in game one by beating Durand 25-14 – although in all fairness, it was Durand who w...
Anyone who has ever played sports knows the feeling, a mistake there, a good play by the opponent there, and suddenly no matter what you do, or how hard you try, things seem to be going against you. No sport is affected more by momentum than Volleyball, and that was put on display for all to see in the Regional championship between the Galena Pirates and Lena-Winslow Panthers. Early in game one, the Panthers couldn't do anything right, and Galena couldn't do anything wrong. When it got to 10-3...
Walking out of the stadium following Lena-Winslow's round one playoff win over Chicago Richards Saturday, it was a good thing there was nobody left in the ticket booth because everyone would have been asking for refunds. To be perfectly honest, Lena-Winslow's JV scrimmage against Chicago Richards only took place because so many small schools have shifted to the eight man format. With fewer schools competing, even though Richards was 5-4 (thanks to a forfeit win) they probably would not have qual...
There are well known rivalries in sports – the Packers and Bears; Yankees and Red Sox; Cubs Cardinals; and don't get me started on Indiana vs Purdue in basketball. And while Northwest Illinois has its share of big rivalries in High School sports, when it comes to volleyball, there are none bigger – anywhere – than Lena-Winslow against Eastland. The roots of the rivalry run deep – all the way back to the mid 70s when both programs first began. With Rose Black leading the Panthers and Linda L...
Wisconsin 7A Playoffs - Round One Cashton 44 Deerfield 6 Ithaca 28 New Lisbon 22 Assumption 34 Pittsville 18 Blackhawk/Warren 56 Highland 20 Cambria-Friesland 20 Hilbert 14 Johnson Creek 35 Randolph 15 Reedsville 28 Catholic Central 14 Schlocton 42 Lourdes Academy 0 Regis 57 Pacelli 16 Boyceville 40 Elmwood/Plum City 20 Spring Valley 12 Hurley 8 Edgar 42 Turtle Lake 6 Pepin/Alma 41 Iowa/Grant 6 River Ridge 52 Blair-Taylor 20 Bangor 33 Wauzeka-Steuben 6 Potosi/Cassville 58 Cochrane-Fount City 0 Round Two Ithaca at Cashton Assumption at...
NUIC Lena-Winslow 8 - 0 9 – 0 Fulton 7 - 1 7 – 2 Du/Pec 6 - 2 7 – 2 Forreston 4 - 4 5 – 4 Dakota 4 - 4 5 – 4 Galena 3 - 5 4 – 5 Stockton 2 - 6 3 – 6 EPC 2 - 6 2 – 6 West Carroll 0 - 8 0 – 9 8-Man Amboy 7 – 2 Polo 7 – 2 Milledgeville 5 – 3 River Ridge 3 – 5 Aquin 2 – 7 Orangeville 1 – 7 Last Week’s Results Lena-Winslow 28 Forreston 14 Du/Pec 41 Stockton 12 Fulton 48 Dakota 26 Galena 67 West Carroll 0 Chester vs EPC (Sat) Polo 66 Aquin 22 Biggsville 68 Amboy 30 River Ridge at Orangeville (Sat) St.Thomas More at Milledgeville (Sat)...
