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The changeup has been an effective pitch in area softball. So much so, that most batters deliberately lay off of it when they see it coming. Not only does it throw off a hitter's timing, but it's coming in so slow that even when people do hit it, they end up with lazy fly balls on the infield, or a slow roller back to the pitcher. Most pitchers, however, struggle throwing a changeup for strikes. So the strategy is to let it go past, take the ball, and wait for something better to try and hit....
Once again, the Lena-Winslow/Stockton Pantherhawks were battling with Dakota for wrestling supremacy, but this year the Pantherhawks were looking to recapture the honor taken away in 2019 – and it wasn't going to be easy. Even with three forfeit victories at the lesser weights, with the heavyweights coming up that Dakota had a decided advantage in, the match was very much in doubt. Simon Rillie had pulled off a huge win by edging Maddux Blakely in a 6-4 overtime thriller, and while Case H...
While most of us are familiar with the NUIC, a couple of area schools play football in Wisconsin as part of co-ops, and the All Conference selections were just released for those schools. Earning All Conference Honors from Warren and Scales Mound were: Defensive Lineman: Thatcher Schliem SR - Black Hawk/Warren Defensive End: Ryan Molitor SR - Black Hawk/Warren Ben Werner JR - Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg Outside Linebacker: Brandon Hoppman SR - Benton/Scales Mound/Shullsburg Offensive Line: Thatcher Schliem SR - Black Hawk/Warren Ben Werner...
The Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame has once again made the difficult decision to cancel the "Jim Shaw All-Star Basketball Games". The games usually are held in June & hosted by Eastland High School. Organizers are Scott Hartman, Nicole Brinker, & Brian Reusch. The games are supported by the Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame Committee & Elkay Manufacturing. Lingering concerns over CoVid19, facility scheduling difficulties with the overlap of the high school sports season, and the...
West East Dubuque 6 - 1 10 - 4 Stockton/Warren 5 - 2 6 - 6 West Carroll 3 - 2 4 - 8 SM/RR 0 - 4 2 - 11 Galena 1 - 6 2 - 11 North Durand 5 - 1 12 - 2 Orangeville 7 - 2 16 - 2 Pearl City 5 - 2 10 - 4 Dakota 3 - 4 7 - 7 Pecatonica 0 - 5 1 - 10 Lena-Winslow 0 - 6 2 - 8 South Forreston 9 - 0 13 - 1 Eastland 5 - 3 10 - 5 AFC 2 - 4 2 - 8 Polo 2 - 2 3 - 6 Milledgeville 1 - 6 1 - 11 Amboy 0 - 4 1 - 4 Recent Scores Dakota 10 Eastland 2 Durand 19 Milledgeville 0 South Beloit 9 Pecatonica 0 Stock/Warren 13 Galena 3 SM/RR 2 Benton/Shull 1 E. Dubuque 5 West...
West East Dubuque 5 - 0 12 - 6 - 1 Warren/Stockton 6 - 1 15 - 1 West Carroll 0 - 3 0 - 8 Galena 0 - 4 4 - 7 RR/SM 1 - 4 3 - 11 North Orangeville 6 - 2 8 - 4 Aquin 6 - 2 11 - 4 Pearl City 4 - 4 8 - 5 Dakota 3 - 3 7 - 6 Lena-Winslow 3 - 5 6 - 9 Du/Pec 1 - 7 3 - 11 South Eastland 8 - 1 11 - 3 Forreston 5 - 1 13 - 1 - 1 AFC 3 - 5 6 - 8 Amboy 3 - 5 3 - 6 Milledgeville 1 - 3 6 - 6 Polo 0 - 5 0 - 11 Recent Scores War/Stockton 9 Monroe (WI) 2 Eastland 6 Amboy 3 RR/SM 11 Galena 1 Dakota 8 Orangeville 1 Aquin 12 Pearl City 3 Forreston 12 AFC 2 E....
The Lena-Winslow/Stockton Pantherhawks had been breezing through the competition as they awaited the annual showdown with Dakota. But if they really wanted to challenge themselves ... they needed to take on a tougher opponent – so last week they moved up a class to challenge both Freeport and DeKalb. And while Freeport is still building their program and was not much of a challenge, the DeKalb Barbs handed the Pantherhawks their first defeat of the season. Lena-Winslow 58.0 Freeport 6.0 285: J...
Cade Janecke has had your typical Spring sports season. Not only was he an all-conference football player for the Orangeville Broncos, and is currently a major stud on the Bronco baseball team, he was also playing hockey up in Wisconsin on the U18 Jets hockey team out of Janesville. So, for about three weeks, Cade was practicing and/or playing football, baseball and hockey all at the same time ... in addition to finishing his senior year at Orangeville High School. But all of that hard work has...
Baseball Aquin 16 AFC 6 Ty Stykel is a beast on the mound, but he's also amazing at the plate. Against the Raiders of AFC he went 3 for 4 with a triple and six RBIs in Aquin's blow out conference victory. Aiden Wolf also went 3 for 4 with three runs scored and three RBIs of his own as every single Aquin player recorded a hit in the game. Evan Broge got the win on the mound. He threw four innings and allowed one earned run on two hits while walking three and striking out three. Orangeville 9...
While High School post seasons will finally return in a few weeks, the Eastland 7th Grade Boys Track team claimed the IESA Erie Sectional Championship last week. It was the first Junior High Sectional Championship in school history for Class 2A 7th Grade Boys Track. Pictured above - Front Row left to right: Harper Keim, Camron Huber, and Perry Stoner. Back Row: Coach Rachel Todd, Kaleb LaRue, Zycan Haverland, Parker Krogman, Karson Diestelmeier, Draven Zier, and Coach Tony Dunlap. Not Pictured:...
Lena-Winslow/Stockton 56.0 Morrison 16.0 120: Karter White (M) win by forfeit 126: Garrett Luke (LWS) over Camden Pruis (M) (TF 15-0 3:36) 132: Carson McPeek (LWS) over Brennan Stanfiel (M) (Fall 4:14) 138: Colton Luke (M) over Zach White (LWS) (MD 10-0) 145: Simon Rillie (LWS) over Logan Baker (M) (Fall 1:46) 152: Griffin Luke (LWS) win by forfeit 160: Jason Hermann (LWS) win by forfeit 170: Case Harmston (LWS) win by forfeit 182: Jaden Rice (LWS) over Kaden White (M) (Dec 4-0) 195: Andrew Haas...
NORTH DIVISION MVP – Hunter Hoffman, Jr – Du/Pec Receiving Votes Peyton Bauer, Jr – Galena Cade Janecke, Sr – Orangeville First Team *QB – Hunter Hoffman, Jr – Du/Pec *RB – Jason Hermann, Sr – Stockton *RB – Cade Janecke, Sr – Orangeville RB – Peyton Bauer, Jr – Galena RB – Dawson Feyen, Jr – East Dubuque *OL – Ben Tressel, Sr – East Dubuque *OL – Case Harmston, Sr – Stockton OL – Ross Stabenow, Sr – Lena-Winslow OL – Nick Upman, Sr – Du/Pec OL – Gabe Garcia, Jr – Galena C – Clay Folks, Sr ...
While the biggest news of the Spring is that both Baseball and Softball will actually get a post season tournament, a preview of what the Sectional finals might look like was put on display in Lena Tuesday afternoon as arguably the two best pitchers in the region battled it out in what can only be described as a gem. Ty Stykel of Aquin has been a stand out athlete for the Bulldogs in every sport, but in baseball he is their superstar – leading the pitching staff while also batting leadoff for t...
Lena-Winslow/Stockton 52.0 Dixon 26.0 126: Cade Hey (D) over Brady Haas (LWS) (Fall 1:20) 132: Will Weidman (D) over Carson McPeek (LWS) (TF 17-0 5:57) 138: Karl Hubb (LWS) over Austin Hey (D) (Fall 2:28) 145: Jared Dvorak (LWS) over Jace Kastner (D) (Fall 5:13) 152: Simon Rillie (LWS) over Lucas Sheridan (D) (Fall 1:19) 160: Jason Hermann (LWS) over Steven Kitzman (D) (MD 15-2) 170: Case Harmston (LWS) over Quinn Staples (D) (Fall 2:20) 182: Jaden Rice (LWS) over Brady Potter (D) (Fall 3:27)...
Baseball Eastland 13 AFC 3 Cougar batters started off slowly, but heated up in the third inning as they scored 5, 3 and 4 runs over the third, fourth and fifth innings to claim a ten-run rule win over AFC at home. Rogers, Henze and Burkholder loaded the bases in the third inning to set the table. Cropper drove one in with a sac fly, then the Baber twins blew the game open as they reached on an error and a walk – both eventually scoring themselves as Eastland plated five in the inning. On the d...
NUIC North First Team (* = Unanimous Selection) *Tabytha Toelke, Sr – Dakota *Abi Schlueter, So – Dakota *Lucy Arndt, So – Aquin *Savannah Brandt, Jr – Pearl City Falyn McPeek, So – Dakota Elizabeth Conroy, Sr – Durand Jenna Damon, Jr – Durand Second Team Mary Zettle, Jr – Dakota Rhiannon Robertson, Fr – Durand Hailey Dittmar, Sr – Aquin Ava Hiveley, Jr – Aquin Addie DeMichele, Sr – Aquin Maddie Hildebrand, Sr – Aquin Kassidy Humphrey, Sr – Lena-Winslow Maddy Stephan, Sr – Pearl City Au...
With no disrespect intended to the Dakota Indians or Eastland Cougars, the undeniable power in softball has been the Orangeville Broncos for several years. They have won countless titles, and regionals, and the last time organized softball was being played under the eye of the IHSA, the Broncos were Sectional champs and only one game away from going to the State finals. So, with their starting pitcher, Tori Plowman coming back, along with the best softball player in the region in Tessa Janecke,...
While the Boys waited until Wednesday to get the track season started, the Girls opened up on Tuesday with the Cardinals claiming the win over a five school field. Final team scores were: 1. Forreston/Polo 142 2. Lena-Winslow/PC 84 3. West Carroll 50 4. Stockton/Warren 28 5. Pec/Durand 20 Individual event results were: 100 Meter 1. Alex Dusing, F/P 13.80 2. Katie Lozada, S/W 13.93 3. Autumn Pritchard, F/P 14.11 4. Ellea Wells, F/P 14.36 5. Bryn Greenfield, F/P 15.42 200 Meter 1. Leah Goebel, LW/PC 29.70 2. Ella Wells, F/P 29.84 3. Katie...
Five schools made the trip to Forreston last weekto compete in Track & Field with the final team scores being: 1. Forreston/Polo 196 2. West Carroll 108 3. Stockton 95 4. AFC 17 5. Pearl City 11 Individual Results for the top five in each event were: 100 Meter 1. Jordan Neuschwander, F/P 11.81 2. Matthew Beltran, F/P 12.51 3. Zaiden Smith, WC 12.56 4. Rodney Ramirez, AFC 13.01 5. Noah Downs, PC 13.08 200 Meter 1. Jordan Neuschwander, F/P 24.50 2. Noah Hess, Stk 25.30 3. Matthew Beltran, F/P 25.68 4. Rodney Ramirez, AFC 27.01 5. Jacob McLuckie,...
Baseball Dakota 6 Lena-Winslow 5 The Panthers and Indians locked up in a back and forth scoring affair in Dakota. The two teams were tied at 1-1 going into the third inning when Lena-Winslow got a run in the top of the inning, but Dakota surpassed them with three runs in the bottom of the third to claim a 4-2 lead. The Panthers tied it back up in the top of the fifth with two runs, only to see Dakota match that effort in the bottom of the fifth to go back on top by a 6-4 score. And while...
West Galena 9 - 0 13 - 2 E. Dubuque 5 - 2 6 - 7 Warren 5 - 3 5 - 6 Stockton 5 - 4 6 - 7 West Carroll 4 - 5 5 - 9 Scales Mound 2 - 9 3 - 11 River Ridge 0 - 7 0 - 10 North Aquin 11 - 0 17 - 1 Dakota 8 - 2 14 - 3 Pearl City 5 - 3 10 - 5 Durand 5 - 3 7 - 4 Lena-Winslow 3 - 8 8 - 10 Pecatonica 1 - 9 4 - 10 Orangeville 1 - 9 4 - 13 South Eastland 8 - 0 17 - 3 Forreston 5 - 1 5 - 2 Polo 3 - 2 4 - 6 Amboy 0 - 3 2 - 5 Milledgeville 1 - 5 2 - 8 AFC 0 - 7 1 - 13 Scores From 4/22 Eastland 26, 25 Forreston 24, 22 Aquin 25, 25 Lena-Wisnlow 19, 17 Galena 25,...
NUIC North Lena-Winslow 4 - 0 4 - 1 Galena 3 - 1 5 - 1 Du/Pec 3 - 1 4 - 2 Stockton 1 - 2 3 - 3 Orangeville 1 - 3 2 - 4 E. Dubuque 1 - 4 1 - 5 Dakota 0 - 2 0 - 2 NUIC South Aquin 2 - 0 6 - 0 Milledgeville 3 - 1 4 - 2 Forreston 2 - 2 3 - 2 EPC 2 - 2 2 - 4 Amboy 1 - 3 1 - 3 West Carroll 0 - 2 0 - 4 Week #4 Lena-Winslow 24 Du/Pec 21 Orangeville 28 Milledgeville 8 Stockton 16 Winnebago 14 Galena 42 East Dubuque 20 Forreston 32 EPC 14 Aquin 56 Rock. Christ. 7...
Monday night was the beginning of the final week of play for volleyball teams in the region, so that meant that not only were teams trying to fill up every single slot on their schedule, it also meant that the stronger teams were desperately trying to schedule matches against each other – and the battle between Durand and Eastland certainly qualified as a top tier battle. For the record, Eastland won the match in two games – 25-21, 25-22 – but both games were nip and tuck until the final few poi...
The Eastland Cougars had been hoping they would get one more chance at the Dakota Indians, while Dakota was finally back at full strength after having to sit through some Covid quarantines that left them missing three starters from the floor when they fell to Aquin. So both teams came into Tuesday nights battle in Dakota with something to prove. Dakota made it clear from the very beginning that they were going to make their case for being the best team in the region with a dominating 25-16, 25-1...
On Senior Night in Freeport, the Aquin Bulldogs took down the Lena-Winslow Panthers in straight games 25-19, 25-17 to close out an undefeated conference season. And while it doesn't happen very often, on this night, the game itself was not the lead story. Following the contest, Aquin head coach Korissa Blasing had a special meeting with her players and parents, where she had to deliver some very hard news – she was stepping down. "My fiancé got a really good job down in Morrison, and we mo...
