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There's no big secret about why Stockton is a formidable Volleyball team this season – just look at the Haas family tree where cousins Kenzie and Brynn – both seniors – are leading the team both on and off the court. "Our seniors have been exceptional leaders this season," said head coach Allie McCallips. "Both in practice and at the games, they set the example for the whole team." Tuesday night in Stockton, a formidable Polo squad paid a visit and jumped out to the early lead as Stockton repea...
The Eastland Cougars have, arguably, the most brutal cross country course in the region. Sprawling among the ski hills at Lake Carroll, the three mile course is nothing less than brutal. "I got tired walking the course just to paint the lines," said Eastland Athletic Director Scott Hartman. "I can't even imagine how hard it is to run it." But run it teams did, and in the opening Girl's race, the Stockton Lady Blackhawks took top team honors over Du/Pec by a 24-31 score. (Eastland competed, but...
The Stockton Lady Blackhawks are a solid volleyball team that does not get blown out ... but you would never have known that by watching them watch Aquin Thursday night in a 25-14, 25-14 pounding that left more questions than answers. Opening the match, Stockton charged out in front – but not because they were hammering kills – Aquin was pounding shots long, resulting in four early unforced errors that Gave Stockton the early 6-1 lead. But a quick regrouping by the Bulldogs brought them rig...
Ethan Fye set a new career high for himself with an impressive 207 yard rushing performance on only 13 carries that included touchdown runs of 54 and 22 yards as the Lena-Winslow Panthers ran rough-shod all over Dakota in a 46-0 running clock conference win Friday night. But the impressive thing was that head coach, Ric Arand, wasn't happy with their first half effort – even though Fye had amassed 193 yards by halftime and the Panthers held a 30-0 lead. "We were leaving guys on the line out o...
For those fans patient enough to wait until the end, they were treated to a thriller of a finish in Stockton Friday night as the Blackhawks hung on to defeat the EPC Wildcatz 18-13. Fans who got soaked in the rain early which led to sloppy play to start the contest were rewarded at the end when the outcome was decided on the last play of the game with 2 seconds left and EPC just outside the Blackhawks goal line. No one was sitting as EPC quarterback Kellen Henze rolled to his left and zipped a...
Regardless of what happens in the first week of the season, every coach knows that the Oregon Tournament tends to strip away the images, and reveal which teams truly are the strongest in the region. And while you can argue about draws, and matchups, the bottom line coming out of the tournament, was that the Pearl City Wolves – who traditionally haven't beaten a top team in several years – took down both Eastland and Dakota to end up as the highest finishing local team at the Tournament. Fol...
So far it's business as usual for the Aquin Bulldogs despite playing in a completely new league and a different set of rules. Aquin improved to 2-0 on the season Saturday as they defeated the Milford/Cissna Park Bearcats 44-14 in the Bulldogs home opener. The game also provided the home-town fans the first opportunity to get a close look at the 8-man football format that Aquin now is a part of after leaving the NUIC conference due to low enrollment numbers and football players. The move to the new league so far has been a smooth transition and...
If the opening volleyball match between Scales Mound and Milledgeville was any form of indication of what kind of season is in store for 2021 ... it's going to be amazing! Even though it was the first match, and even though at times it looked like the first match, the Hornets and Missiles put on quite a show as they battled into extra points before the Missiles finally pulled out a 19-25, 25-19, 26-24 non-conference victory. A relevant theme for the evening was easily serve receive. In game one,...
Pearl City's Savanah Brandt is one of the premier hitters in the region, and she proved it once again Wednesday night with 19 kills against the Forreston Cardinals. But even with that offensive weapon, the Wolves needed the supporting cast to step up in order to escape Forreston with a tight 25-27, 25-20, 25-23 victory. In game one, Forreston looked out of sync as they amassed 12 unforced errors, and trailed for most of the game. Their twelfth error put them down 22-16 and prompted the final...
River Ridge head coach, Brittany Sinagra wasn't phased a bit, but Wildcat fans might be wondering why they were scheduled to open at Lena-Winslow in the Panther Den. The sweltering heat didn't slow down the student section from showing up in force – dressed to the nines in their best Hawaiian beach outfits – yes there was a coconut bra – and singing "Country Roads" at full voice midway through game two as they saw their Panthers cruise to a dominant 25-9, 25-10 victory over River Ridge. "I wa...
A good football game between two very good teams can get out of hand quickly if you have too many turnovers. But if you have a team that is outmatched by their opponent, and they are the ones making the mistakes ... that's how blowouts happen. Such was the case for EPC, who started out strong, but suddenly imploded in the second quarter as they turned the ball over five times to Lena-Winslow and got drubbed 54-6. Early on, it was a game, and the Wildcatz were moving the ball. A screen pass from...
Boys RR/SM 184 Thomas Hereau – 39, Camden Flack – 44, George Winter – 49, Joe Winter – 52 = 184 Eastland 189 Andy Anderson – 40, Gabe York – 48, Peyton Urish – 49, Carson Heckman – 52 = 189 Aquin 190 Lane Pierson – 38, Reid Pierson – 47, Copper Hathaway – 51, Drew Ege – 54 = 190 West Carroll 320 Copper Smith – 69, Wilson Bressler – 77, Durlin Richardson – 80, Erik Kice – 94 = 320 Winnebago 177 Jacob Johnson – 43, Jackson Lindquist – 44, Patrick Murray – 44, Logan Grey – 46 = 177 PC/LW 225 Mikhail Hussain – 41, Conor DeZell – 49, Nathan Woodley...
1. Lena-Winslow 1 – 0 Panther defense looked dominant in blow out win over EPC on the road. Five turnovers helped. 2. Du/Pec 1 – 0 Rivermen were struggling in the first half against East Dubuque but put it all together for a nice win. 3. Fulton 1 – 0 Yes, they graduated a ton of people, but Steemers proved with win over Galena that they are for real. 4. Forreston 1 – 0 Is the traditional power back? Ran roughshod over a highly respected Stockton squad, so ... maybe. 5. Galena 0 – 1 Last second f...
1. Aquin 0 – 0 Have yet to play a game, but can’t drop them from the top spot ... Oregon Tourney will say a lot. 2. Galena 7 – 0 Blew out Fulton and dropped 2A Winnebago in three, then won their own tournament over Durand. 3. Dakota 1 – 0 Got a hard fought opening win over Stillman Valley, but how good is Stillman? It’s early. 4. Eastland 1 – 0 Have to respect opening night win over traditional power Oregon. Cougars start strong. 5. Lena-Winslow 1 – 0 Very impressive opening night win over an i...
(Look for complete breakdowns of each team in this week's Fall Sports Special Section) 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 With the NUIC splitting up into three different "mini" conferences, the South is now the easiest one to predict even though they welcome in Fulton as a new full time member - and we haven't seen...
(See Our Fall Sports Issue for a breakdown of each team in our coverage area) 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 2021 Six Rivers Conference should be a breakdown of the...
Boys RR/SM 184 Thomas Hereau – 39, Camden Flack – 44, George Winter – 49, Joe Winter – 52 = 184 Eastland 189 Andy Anderson – 40, Gabe York – 48, Peyton Urish – 49, Carson Heckman – 52 = 189 Aquin 190 Lane Pierson – 38, Reid Pierson – 47, Copper Hathaway – 51, Drew Ege – 54 = 190 West Carroll 320 Copper Smith – 69, Wilson Bressler – 77, Durlin Richardson – 80, Erik Kice – 94 = 320 Winnebago 177 Jacob Johnson – 43, Jackson Lindquist – 44, Patrick Murray – 44, Logan Grey – 46 = 177 PC/LW 225 Mikhail Hussain – 41, Conor DeZell – 49, Nathan Woodley...
Fall sports are rapidly approaching, and the one fact I can present that I doubt anybody would even think about challenging, is that football in this region of Illinois is taken pretty seriously. We've got the reigning 1A state champion in Lena-Winslow, and if you wanted to do the research – guess how many years you would have to go back to find a season in which nobody from the NUIC claimed a state title? (We'll get back to that) But when it comes to Highland Community College ... there's no p...
It is now official, The Eastland Invitational brought 12 Schools together in Lake Carroll to open up the IHSA Fall Season with the first event of the year. For the Boys, Rockford Christian pulled away for the comfortable victory, but both Galena and Fulton showed a lot of strength in claiming second and third respectively (with only a single stroke separating them) which should make for an interesting conference race between the two. For the Girls, the bigger schools dominated as Oregon and...
Boys 8/16 Galena 170 Jack Reis – 40, Ryan Stoffregen – 43, Scott Dodds – 43, Jacob Furlong – 44 = 170 Stockton 188 Jared Dvorak – 43, Trace Williamson – 46, Joseph Brudi – 48, Bennett Graves – 51 = 188 West Carroll 330 Wilson Bressler – 74, Erik Kice – 82, Cooper Smith – 82, Durlin Richardson – 92 = 330 Eastland 178 Andy Anderson – 37, Kellen Henze – 41, Gabe York – 49, Payton Urish – 51 = 178 Dakota 211 Adam Kriens – 50, Jason Binger – 51, Zane Mills – 51, Doug Smith – 59 = 211 Amboy 180 Wes Wi...
Lindsay Stodden of Freeport will take over Highland Community College's Women's volleyball program as head coach. Stodden replaces Beth Groshans, who is now a student advisor at the College. Groshans was Highland's volleyball coach for 19 years. "We are excited to welcome Coach Stodden to Cougar Nation as our new women's volleyball coach," said Pete Norman, Director, Athletics and Physical Education at Highland. "We are very fortunate to have Lindsay take over our volleyball program and...
Every season there are coaching changes, that's nothing new. But the point of interest this year is how many former star players we all watched play on the court, will now be leading a team from the bench this season as a coach. Aquin had the most varsity openings this summer as they were looking to fill both the Varsity Volleyball and Girls Basketball coaching positions. We just got word that the Basketball spot was filled by Josh Glawe, but few details were available about him so we'll see...
Based on academic excellence, 17 Highland Community College student-athletes are honored as NJCAA All-Academic Team recipients. For student-athletes to qualify for this prestigious academic award, the individual must have completed a minimum of 24 semester hours in the 2020-21 academic year with a minimum 3.60 GPA. In addition to the individual Academic All-Americans, four Highland teams were named NJCAA Academic Teams of the Year. Teams must have a minimum 3.0 GPA for the academic year to qualify for the team award. NJCCA All-Academic First...
Based on academic excellence, 36 Highland Community College student-athletes are honored as Arrowhead Conference Academic Excellence Award recipients for the 2020-21 academic year. Award recipients must earn a minimum 3.0-grade point average and pass a minimum of 12 hours each term to be considered for this prestigious recognition. "We are very proud of our Cougar student-athletes and all of their team and individual accomplishments during this unique and challenging year,” said Pete Norman, Director, Athletics and Physical Education. “To say...
The 2021 Colby Smith Memorial 4 Mile Classic will have both in person and virtual options. The 14th and Final Annual Colby Run will be held Saturday, August 28th. Virtual Colby Run Week will be August 21-28. This year we will celebrate the last lap of the Colby Smith Memorial 4 Mile Classic. We are sad to announce that this will be our final Colby Run. Colby's children, Colby, Sedona and Chloe have all graduated from Aquin Catholic Schools, our family had become quite spread out across the...
