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On the very first play from scrimmage in the Second Round playoff game at Orangeville, the Martinsville Blue Streaks threw a pass deep down the middle to a wide open tight end, but the pass went off of his fingertips and fell incomplete. It was the best – and only – chance for the Blue Streaks to get a lead on the Broncos. Following a three-and-out possession by Martinsville, the Broncos proceeded to march down the field 85 yards – capping the drive with a five yard touchdown run by Gunar Lobde...
The long-awaited show down between the Aquin Bulldogs and Galena Pirates finally took place last week, but fans had to drive over a hundred miles to go see it as the top two seeds in the Sectional met in the championship game at Elgin Westminster Christian. As expected, the game was a battle between Titans as both teams were loaded with hitters and excellent talent – truly setting them apart from the rest of the field all season long – in fact, only Galena had fallen to a 1A team (Champaign St....
If I hadn't witnessed it myself, I never would have believed it. With Pearl City beginning to take control, and on the verge of knocking out Newark in game three of their Sectional semifinal match at Serena Monday night, everything changed as the game, the match, and the season, were ... stolen from them by the officials. "Stolen" is a strong word, and I had no skin in the game, but it is the only word I can use to describe what took place. Kendall Dixon made a swipe kill that landed squarely...
How you can perform when things are not going your way is often referred to as mental toughness. But for the Eastland Cougars at the Serena Sectional Monday night, it wasn't that they were playing badly, and it wasn't that Peru St. Bede was proving to be a difficult opponent. No, the biggest obstacle the Cougars had to overcome, were the officials. The rule in regard to a double hit, is that when making a set, both hands must hit the ball at the exact same time. If one hits, even a fraction of...
Galena Regional Mon., Oct. 25 Scales Mound 16, 25, 25 East Dubuque 25, 20, 19 Tue., Oct. 26 Durand 25, 25 Warren 4, 6 Stockton 25, 25 Orangeville 16, 21 Wed., Oct. 27 Galena 25, 25 Scales Mound 9, 12 Durand 25, 25 Stockton 17, 14 Thu., Oct. 28 Galena 25, 25 Durand 22, 20 Lena-Winslow Regional Mon., Oct. 25 Aquin 25, 25 Alden-Hebron 4, 5 Rockford Christian Life 26, 18, 25 Pecatonica 24, 25, 22 Tue., Oct. 26 Dakota 25, 25 South Beloit 10, 5 Lena-Winslow 25, 25 Kirkland Hiawatha 5, 10 Wed., Oct. 27 Aquin 25, 25 Christian Life 6, 8 Lena-Winslow...
In the opening match of the Galena Class 1A Volleyball Regional, it appeared to everyone in attendance that the East Dubuque Warriors were going to move on to the semi-final round. The Warriors had already claimed game one in impressive fashion behind eight kills by senior Anna Berryman to win going away 25-16. But you have to win two games to claim the match victory, and Hornet head coach Keri Werner knew her team had a lot more in it. "We played too timid in game one," Werner said. "I told...
The outcome of Tuesday night's 1A Regional Volleyball battle between Eastland and Morrison was never really in doubt. Morrison might have some great kids who will go on to be very successful in life ... but not in volleyball. So, the concern for the Cougars, was not to play "down" to their level. "This team has driven me crazy," said head coach Kelsey Thurman. "I swear they're too nice. If they played our game, we'd blow right past teams, but they let up against them and it's almost like they...
The River Ridge Wildcats Volleyball team is owed an apology. When the season began, and we did our Fall Sports Preview, we didn't think they would finish higher than maybe fifth in the NUIC West ... little did we know. Behind the first year exploits of coach Brittany Sinagra, the Cougars lost their first seven matches, then ... suddenly ... began to "get it". With only one senior in the starting lineup, the young Wildcats found some stars in the form of Addison Albrecht, Gwen Miller and Sadie Fr...
All season long the Lena-Winslow Panther Volleyball team had shown flashes of excellence as they would have a strong of plays that seemed to be on another level. But at some point in the match, something would happen, a let down or big hit would occur, and suddenly all of the high level play they had been pulling off would crumble away and they'd lose ... yet again. This was the team that never beat Aquin, Dakota, Durand or Pearl City all season long. In fact, they never had a high quality win a...
Aquin Volleyball coach Robyn Stovall was only able to come up with one thing she was disappointed in after her Bulldogs had completely dominated their Regional semifinal battle over Rockford Christian Life 25-6, 25-8 ... "It would have been nice to have had a more competitive game," she said. A night earlier, Eastland didn't allow Morrison a kill in game one of their match, but still gave up eleven points on their own unforced errors. Wednesday night in Lena, Aquin didn't give up a kill to...
Sure, the Aquin Bulldogs had won the NUIC North, but who was going to remember that in three or four years. What teams want to legitimize their strong seasons is a Regional championship that can hang on the wall for all time. But in their championship battle with the Cinderella Panthers from Lena-Winslow, Aquin was in trouble. The Bulldogs had already made six service errors, nine unforced errors, and the game was deadlocked at 25-25 with momentum on the side of Lena-Winslow as they had just...
It might be hard to believe, especially when you look at the incredible season they had, but there were people in the region who were beginning to have doubts about the strength of the Lena-Winslow Panthers. After all, in the final week of the season, the Forreston Cardinals literally manhandled them – something that just never happened. And coming into Lena to take on the Panthers in the first round of the playoffs was a formidable Aurora Christian Eagle squad that ... gasp ... knew how to t...
There's a "fun" atmosphere permeating throughout the Orangeville School District these days. Sure, a new Superintendent that is willing to go out Trick or Treating with the Kindergarten students dressed up as a chicken helps, but that's not what we're talking about. The Broncos are a proud community that won a state championship in football ... yes, it was a long time ago, but they still won one. So, suffering through decades of falling short was taking its' toll. There were flashes of...
In football the plays that are made show up on the scoreboard as points, but often it's the plays that aren't made that make the difference in winning or losing the game. That was definitely the case at Aquin High School Saturday as the Bulldogs fell to Amboy-Lamoille 52-28 in the first round of the 8-man league playoffs. The loss closes the first season Aquin has played in the league adapting to new rules and a different way to play football. Although they exited the playoffs in the first...
Unanimous 1st Team Wes Wilson, Jr – Amboy Andy Anderson, Sr – Eastland Kellen Henze, Sr – Eastland Ryan Stoffregen, Jr – Galena Thomas Hereau, So – RR/SM First Team Lane Pierson, Sr – Aquin Jacob Lange, Jr – E. Dubuque Ian Wiebenga, Sr – Fulton Scott Dodds, Sr – Galena Second Team Hayden Wittenaur, Jr – Amboy Jason Binger, Sr – Dakota Sam Stewart, Sr – E. Dubuque Landen Meyers, Jr – Fulton Jacob Furlong, Jr – Galena Mikhail Hussain, Sr – PC/LW George Winter, So – RR/SM Camden Flack, Fr – RR/SM Jared Dvorak, So – Stockton Austin Chumbler, Sr ...
NUIC Du/Pec 8 - 0 8 – 1 Lena-Winslow 6 - 2 7 – 2 Forreston 6 - 2 7 – 2 Fulton 6 - 2 7 – 2 Galena 4 - 4 5 - 4 Stockton 2 - 6 3 – 6 East Dubuque 2 - 6 3 – 6 Dakota 2 - 6 2 - 7 EPC 0 - 8 1 – 8 8-Man Polo 9 - 0 Milledgeville 8 - 1 Orangeville 8 - 1 Aquin 6 – 3 Amboy 6 – 3 River Ridge 3 – 6 AFC 0 – 9 Six Rivers WI Potosi/Cassville 4 - 1 8 - 1 River Ridge 4 - 1 7 – 2 Blackhawk/Warren 4 - 1 6 - 3 Benton/SM/Shulls 2 - 3 2 - 7 Iowa Grant 1 - 4 3 – 6 Pec/Argyle 0 - 5 1 – 8 Last Week's Results Forrest...
West Galena 12 - 0 33 – 1 - 1 Stockton 8 - 4 19 – 13 East Dubuque 7 - 5 9 - 10 - 3 River Ridge 7 - 5 8 - 19 - 2 Scales Mound 4 - 8 10 - 23 West Carroll 4 - 8 11 - 17 - 1 Warren 0 - 12 2 - 19 - 2 North Aquin 12 - 0 28 – 2 - 1 Dakota 9 - 3 25 - 9 -1 Pearl City 8 - 4 26 - 7 - 1 Durand 7 - 5 17 - 10 - 3 Lena-Winslow 4 - 8 11 – 14 Pecatonica 1 - 11 9 - 17 - 1 Orangeville 1 - 11 7 - 21 - 2 South Eastland 11 - 1 24 – 11 - 1 Fulton 8 - 4 13 - 12 Forreston 7 - 4 12 - 12 Polo 7 - 5 19 – 11 - 2 Milledgevil...
Galena Regional Mon., Oct. 25 Match 1 at 6:00 pm: (8) East Dubuque vs. (10) Scales Mound Tue., Oct. 26 Match 2 at 5:30 pm: (4) Durand vs. (14) Warren Match 3 at 6:30 pm: (5) Stockton vs. (11) Orangeville Wed., Oct. 27 Match 4 at 5:30 pm: (1) Galena vs. Winner Match 1 Match 5 at 6:30 pm: Winner Match 2 vs. Winner Match 3 Thu., Oct. 28 Championship - 6:00 pm Lena-Winslow Regional Mon., Oct. 25 Match 1 at 5:30 pm: (2) Aquin vs. (15) Alden-Hebron Match 2 at 6:30 pm: (7) Rockford Christian Life vs. (9) Pecatonica Tue., Oct. 26 Match 3 at 5:30 pm:...
From the people we've talked to, it's been a long time in coming. There are All Star basketball games for the boys' and girls' teams, Highland plays host to an All Star Baseball game, and the Shriners have been doing All Star football games for years, but now – for the first time – we will be seeing an All Star Volleyball game this June. Village Voices is going to sponsor, and has begun the process of putting together, the first ever All Star Volleyball contest. There is still a lot of pla...
It was a scene Panther fans had seen plenty of times before ... never by the opposing team. Lena-Winslow was the ground pounding club that slowly and methodically drained the life out of their opponents. But this ... this was Forreston ... driving 89 yards ... in 22 plays ... over more than right minutes ... and the Panthers were powerless to stop them. In what will be talked about for years to come, and adds yet another chapter to the folklore regarding the Panther/Cardinal rivalry, the...
The Galena Pirates, Aquin Bulldogs and Eastland Cougars have all claimed their respective conference championships, but now we enter the post-season Regional competition. So, who do we think will be hoisting the wooden plaques this coming Thursday night? Let's take a look. AFC Regional Ok, this one is easy. To be perfectly blunt there is a lot of pressure on the Pearl City Wolves, because nobody else in the entire Regional should challenge them. Which means, that if they were to falter ... it...
Tessa Janecke of Orangeville is well known throughout the region for her prowess on the softball diamond, but not everyone knows that softball is NOT her best sport. Tessa is an exceptional Hockey player – so much so, that she has already been awarded a Division I scholarship to play hockey at Penn State after she graduates from High School. (The National Letter of Intent is scheduled to be signed in November) But her talents on the ice have now taken her far beyond the NCAA. Village Voices i...
Illinois 1A Football Playoffs First Round #16 Kewanee Wethersfield at #1 Abington-Avon #9 Monmouth United at #8 Iroquois West #13 Colfax Ridgeview at #4 Rushville #12 Chicago Hope at #5 Peru St. Bede #15 Princeville at #2 Ottawa Marquette #10 Chicago Raby at #7 Fulton #14 Galena at #3 Forreston #11 Aurora Christian at #6 Lena-Winslow #16 Villa Grove at #1 Camp Point Central #9 Moweaqua Central at #8 Nokomis #13 Brown County at #4 Toledo Cumberland #12 Winchester at #5 Arcola #15 Shelbyville at #2 Carrollton #10 Catlin Salt Fork at #7...
In practice the Monday before their conference battle with Pecatonica, junior Middle, Leah Baker turned her ankle – forcing a major lineup change for the Orangeville Broncos. "With Leah out, I had to move from Right side to Middle," said senior Samantha Mock. "And we put Laney Cahoon over at right side." So basically, they lost an experienced junior, and tried to replace her with a freshman who had not seen much varsity action in the form of Delaney Cahoon. To say it caused issues, would have be...
Pearl City was always dangerous on the volleyball court. With Savanah Brandt as one of the biggest hitters in the area, nobody could look past them ... but few teams seriously worried about them either. But all of that changed Wednesday night in Pearl City as the Wolves played their best match of the season – demonstrating true team cohesion – as they blew past an excellent Dakota squad 25-19, 25-22. "This is what we've been working towards for the last four years," said Savanah Brandt. "Ha...
