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Boys Fulton 167 Landon Meyers – 39, Jacob Voss – 41, Brady Read – 42, Reed Owen – 45 = 167 Forreston 206 Kaden Ganz – 49, Heath Schubert – 50, Kendall Erdmann – 53, Hayden Stralow – 54 = 206 Dakota 228 Doug Smith – 55, Caden Elmer – 55, Zavier Mills – 57, Cody Penticoff – 61 = 228 RR/SM 169 Thomas Hereau – 38, Camden Flack – 41, George Winters – 43, Celia Turner – 47 = 169 Galena 188 Ryan Stoffregen – 44, Connor Glasgow – 46, Jacob Furlong – 46, Joey Heller – 52 = 188 Stockton 196 Jared Dvorak – 43, Bennett Graves – 47, Arrison Bauer – 49,...
As voting members in the AP High School Football rankings, we figured we'd present the standings each week. Class 8A 1. Lincoln-Way East (1-0) beat 6A#3 Crete-Monee, 41-15. 2. Wilmette Loyola (1-0) beat Cincinnati St. Xavier (Ohio), 44-20. 3. Glenbard West (1-0) beat 8A#8 Chicago Marist, 33-31. 4. Bolingbrook (1-0) beat Minooka, 49-12. 5. Gurnee Warren (1-0) beat Barrington, 41-7. 6. Naperville Neuqua Valley (1-0) beat Oswego, 28-3. 7. Maine South (1-0) beat Lincolnshire Stevenson, 7-3. 8. Chicago Marist (0-1) lost to 8A#3 Glenbard West,...
Boys Fulton 167 Landon Meyers – 40, Brady Read – 41, Reed Owen – 43, Dawson Price – 43 = 167 Galena 172 Ryan Stuffregen – 39, Connor Glasgow – 43, Jacob Furlong – 45, Caleb Soat – 45 = 172 Eastland 223 Keegan Strauch – 53, Camron Huber – 56, Braden Anderson – 57, Parker Krogman – 57 = 223 Polo 269 Cody Buskhol – 47, Aiden Messer – 70, Caleb Sutton – 71, No Player – 81 = 269 RR/SM 162* (RR/SM wins on fifth score tie-breaker 45-46) George Winter – 38, Thomas Hereau – 39, Camden Flack – 42, J...
Sometimes, it's better to be lucky than good. We were under a tight schedule in order to get our Fall Sports issue out before the first week of games - with nine schools in our coverage area, assorted school photo days, chasing down rosters - there's a reason I refer to it as my week from hell. But this year was especially tense because my idea for the front cover was to find a prairie field, complete with wild flowers, and put all the athletes into it with the heading "Field of Dreams". Well,...
Last Season No, last season was not one that most EPC fans will remember fondly as the Wildcatz struggled to compete, and didn't win a game until week #9 against Walther Lutheran. But in response to the foolish rumor mills swirling that head coach Jared McNutt was on the "hot seat", let me quote one of my favorite films, "Lighten up Francis!" Let us look at WHY the Wildcatz have struggled over the past two seasons, and it has nothing to do with coach McNutt. Unlike every other quality program -...
Last Season The 2021 Panthers charged out of the gate looking like the top team ion 1A. For six weeks they routed opponents where the running clock worked harder than the Panther starters. But then they hit a bump - and a big one. Du/Pec got their revenge - barely - to claim the conference title for the first time, and in the final game of the season, Forreston shocked everyone - including themselves - by out-Panthering the Panthers with a 96 yard time consuming drive to win the game. But the...
Last Season For most Blackhawk fans, the 2021 season was not up to the level of success they are used to seeing from the most iconic uniform in High School football. The 2021 Blackhawks just never seemed to be able to put all of the pieces together. A nice win one week, was followed up by a tough loss the next - and some of the losses were incredibly "tough". The Blackhawks dominated Dakota in every statistic, but lost the game on the scoreboard. The same thing could be said about how they were...
Last Season: The Aquin Bulldogs looked like they were a major power early in the season as they rolled through their first three opponents. And while Orangeville did knock them off, they continued to roll until they ran into Milledgeville. The argument could be made that the loss to the Missiles really shook the foundation of the Bulldogs, and they never really recovered - falling at home to Amboy in the playoffs when most people ... us included ... thought they would be able to handle the...
Last Season Last year was a magical season for the Broncos. With the exception of the Milledgeville game - in which they admitted themselves to being "out-coached", there was nobody better than the formidable lineup Orangeville brought to the field. After rolling through the season, they continued rolling through the playoffs where they squared off against Polo in the State Championship. People can say what they want, but Polo did not "win" that game. When the Broncos took points off the board,...
Last Season More than any other program in Illinois - Covid ruined what would have been a magical, and probably state championship year, for the River Ridge Wildcats in 2020. The sad thing was that they had a ton of seniors graduate from that team, so the 2021 season was pure rebuild mode as the Wildcats limped to the finish with a 3-6 final record. Ethan Fye worked as much magic as he could at quarterback, but the simple truth was that a lot of talent on the team was simply too young and...
Last Season The Warhawks stumbled out of the gate early in the season, and had to play catch-up in the conference race. And while they put it together and had some big wins, the tough schedule and early losses left them with a tougher post season road - a road that found them falling on the road after an opening round win. Additions & Subtractions Okay, we could point out that they lost Bohnsack at QB, but the addition they have made - sliding Reed McNutt into the QB position could be a season...
Last Season The 2021 season did not go at all as expected - which was not a good thing for the Benton/Shullsburg/Scales Mound Knights. Coming into the season, they were expected to battle Blackhawk/Warren for the conference crown, but they slipped early, then never got off the mat as they limped through what was - for them - a sub par season. Additions & Subtractions When you break down the Knights, you begin to realize how young they were last season. The only major loss to graduation was Ben...
Now that we've looked at a few teams individually, how do they stack up when compared against each other? With several schools leaving for the eight man format, and the inclusion of taking a look at the Six Rivers Conference in Wisconsin, there's a lot to cover. So, with that in mind, let's look at the Six Rivers first because it is the easiest to break down. The 2022 Six Rivers Conference breaks down more by who has stars returning, and who is starting over. With that in mind, Blackhawk/Warren...
Last Season The Bulldogs picked up where they left off during the Covid shortened season - they opened with a win, and then simply kept on winning. Our region has been blessed by allowing us to witness some of the very best volleyball teams to ever take a small school high school court. Eastland, Lena-Winslow and Galena have all made state runs, and in 2021 the Aquin Bulldogs added their name to the list of programs people will be talking about for years to come. The Bulldogs success came...
Last Season Not much was expected out of the Eastland Cougars last season considering the level of competition they were up against. Even we questioned whether or not they would win a regional crown. I'll admit it - I was an idiot. Not only did the Cougars once again claim the South, but they also won yet another Regional, and advanced into the Sectional finals - where, they didn't lose - they had a match stolen from them by the same official who stuck it to Pearl City. The Cougars were...
Last Season In many ways, the 2021 Lena-Winslow volleyball season surpassed expectations. The Panthers came in relatively young. Yes, you had Kalli Humphrey, Izzy Flaminio and Cierra Mapes surprised a lot of people with her play in the middle. But the most lethal attacking came from the baby trio of sophomores - Molly Amendt, Grace Groezinger and Kaidynce Lynch. During the season, Aquin pulled away, and while the Panthers did take a game off of the Bulldogs at Aquin - where it's tougher - they...
Last Season The 2021 Season saw a major turning point for the Orangeville Broncos. Behind new first year head coach Steph Reidel, the Broncos surprised a lot of people, and - at times - proved they could play with the best. No, they did not challenge for a conference title - but when placed in the toughest volleyball conference in all of Illinois - that wasn't expected. With Aquin, Dakota, Lena-Winslow and a powerful 2021 Pearl City team all in their midst, the Broncos struggled in conference...
Last Season The 2021 could go down as one that many future seasons are measured against. Blessed with a loaded senior class, Pearl City became a major contender in the North for the first time in recent memory. More importantly, the success carried over into the post season where the Wolves claimed a Regional championship - and should have taken on Eastland in the Sectional finals if they hadn't run into a biased official who refused to call a fair game - giving Newark a win they didn't...
Last Season The true blessing of covering High School sports is when you witness something like what took place at River Ridge last season. Coming into 2021, nobody expected anything out of the Wildcats - they had gone winless - 0-10 in the Covid shortened spring season, and lost the last remaining strength of senior talent to graduation. But the major turn-around could be summed up in two words - Brittany Sinagra. The former Galena star took over as head coach of the Wildcats, and everything...
Last Season The 2021 season was a growing year for the Hornets. With head coach Nicole Busch stepping down to spend more time with her young children, Keri Werner returned to lead the Hornets from the bench. The team was fairly young, with only four seniors - and only three of them with extensive experience. (Jadyn Strang was a basketball star) And while Josie Korte was strong at the net, along with Kennedy Kudronowicz who earned a spot in the Spring All Star game in Lanark - the bulk of the...
Last Season The 2021 season for Stockton was like a rollercoaster of ups and downs as the Blackhawks got stung by the injury bug to bring them crashing back down to earth. The big hitters were the Haas cousins - Kenzie and Brynn. And while Kenzie was the big hitter who was more than deserving of her first team All-Conference selection - Brynn was a blocking machine at the net, who was more than capable of providing power at the net as well. But it was the match at Milledgeville, when freshman...
Last Season The Warren Warriors put on a good show in the 2021 season, but were limited in size - which made being truly competitive incredibly difficult. Claire Riedl was the only pure hitter with any experience on the roster, and while Cameron Kent brought a lot of senior leadership to the young squad, they were forced to play more of a defensive game as the young athletes on the roster developed. In the end, the Warriors lingered at the bottom of the NUIC West and made an early exit from the...
Okay, we've spent a lot of time taking a close look at every team in our coverage area, but how will they all stack up - not only against themselves, but other schools outside of our region? Glad you asked. NUIC SOUTH Fulton has the most returning talent and seems poised to claim the South Conference title. They could falter, and it won't be a run away, but ... Eastland lost a ton to graduation, but the Cougars have the deepest and richest tradition of anyone in the South. It might be seen as a...
The weather was far from ideal, but while the sun had a hard time poking through the clouds, the Galena Pirates didn't care as they established themselves early on as the team to beat in the NUIC this season by claiming first place. Five golfers were needed to have their scores added together in order to claim a team score, and in the Boy's Meet, seven of the nine teams were able to compete for team honors, while LW/PC and Polo had less than five golfers, so they competed individually. When the...
Rockford Jefferson Two Man Best Ball Invitational played at Atwood Homestead Golf Course, Rockford. Team Scores consist of three two-man teams 1. Hononegah 222 2. Hampshire 222 3. Woodstock 228 4. Belvedere North 237 5. Dixon 240 6. Marian Cent Cath 248 7. Guilford 253 8. Harvard 256 9. Freeport 256 10. Auburn 262 11. Belvedere 273 12. Harlem 280 13. Stockton 284 14. North Boone 289 15. Jefferson No team score 16. Genoa-Kingston No team score Stockton Scores: Jared Dvorak & Arrison Bauer – 84 Bennett Graves & Blake Zink – 93 Kaelen Sch...
