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Rock Valley College bowling teams both win national championships
LANSING, Mich. — The Rock Valley College women’s bowling team led wire-to-wire for a 308-pin victory over Hawkeye Community College and a third straight NJCAA Women’s Bowling National Championship. Former Hononegah High School standout Madison Davenport, a freshman, led RVC’s women to a 12,233 total at Royal Scot Lanes. Hawkeye CC was at 11,925, followed by Iowa Western CC (11,754), Barton CC (11,645) and Joliet Junior College (11,064). Davenport won...
Jordan Dimke has strong indoor track and field season debut for Hononegah
LAKE VILLA, Ill. — After helping guide the Hononegah girls basketball team through the playoffs and to a sectional final for much of the latter part of winter, sophomore Jordan Dimke made a strong debut in the indoor track and field season. Dimke took first place in the high jump at The Clash hosted by Lakes Community High School on Saturday. She recorded a distance of 1.62 meters (5-feet, 3-inches) to edge Woodstock’s Hallie Steponaitis. ...
Beloit Memorial tops Madison Memorial for regional championship
BELOIT — Beloit Memorial’s Barkin Arena hasn’t rocked like this in quite a while, but then the Purple Knights haven’t fielded a team this capable in a decade. Saturday night, it took every bit of skill and resolve for the hosts to knock off the tall and talented Madison Memorial Spartans, who fooled no one with their 13th seed and 12-13 record. After all, they finally had a healthy roster and had proved it by spanking No. 4 Muskego in Friday’s WIAA Division 1 regional...
Beloit Turner knocked out of postseason by physical Lakeside Lutheran
LAKE MILLS, Wis.—Lakeside Lutheran sophomore Wes Rahn took to the sky and, using all 6-foot-7 of himself, delivered a booming block of Beloit Turner senior Tyshawn Teague-Johnson’s shot at the rim. That opening possession set the tone for what proved to be a physically dominating night for the Warriors, who defeated the Trojans 65-47 in a WIAA Division 3 regional final on Saturday. “Lakeside was the best defensive team we’ve...
Strong second half powers Beloit Memorial to regional semifinal victory
BELOIT — Beloit Memorial and Mukwonago had traded momentum-changing runs throughout Friday night’s WIAA Division 1 regional semifinal, with the game tied at 49-49 with 8 minutes left to play. The fifth-seeded Purple Knights’ final surge took up the rest of the game as they rolled to a 74-60 victory. While sophomore Amare Hereford was his usual spectacular self with 28 points, head coach Todd Marks said seniors Jyrell Cousins,...
Beloit Turner boys basketball beats Edgerton in overtime to advance to regional finals
EDGERTON, Wis.—Beloit Turner boys basketball head coach Ken Watkins’ voice was pretty hoarse after an exciting WIAA Division 3 regional semifinal showdown with rival Edgerton that took overtime to decide a winner. Watkins better get on hydrating because the fifth-seeded Trojans will be playing for a regional championship on Saturday night after it advanced with a 64-58 victory over the fourth-seeded Crimson Tide on Friday. It was Turner’s third win...
Beloit's Shelvin Garrett III top-seeded in triple jump heading to D-III nationals
WHITEWATER, Wis. — Shelvin Garrett II admits it sounds a little funny when he says it, but now that he’s taking the time to enjoy his experience rather than try to stay so razor-sharp focused, he has become a more successful competitor. “I used to take it so seriously and I’d be so uptight,” Garrett said. “Obviously, I still take it seriously, but I also see it as an opportunity to just go and jump and have some fun. I have way more fun now...
Beloit College swimming and diving team saw plenty of success under first-year head coach Andrew Lind
BELOIT—Harlem High School graduate Jeremy Mueller came into the Beloit College men’s swimming and diving program with the intention of rewriting the record books. The name Mueller is now inked in next to 13 of the Buccaneers’ individual record times. As for the five remaining times he can still break? No worries, the freshman has three more years to smash those marks as well. ...
Hononegah postseason run ends with loss to McHenry in sectional semifinals
ROCKFORD—It might be tempting to say that the McHenry boys basketball team closed the book on a Cinderella story Wednesday night after it eliminated Hononegah in the IHSA 4A sectional semifinals with a 58-53 victory. The one problem with that comes in calling the Indians a “Cinderella” team. Seventh-seeded Hononegah strung together upset victories over No. 5 Huntley and top-seeded Rockford Guilford, the NIC-10 champions that went undefeated in conference...
Our Saviors Vikings 46-5 in Beloit Church Dartball
BELOIT — Our Savior Vikings improved to 46-5 and maintained an eight-game lead over St. John Jets in the Beloit Church Dartball League. STANDINGS: Our Saviors Vikings 46-5, St. John Jets 38-13, R.O.L. Lightning 29-19, Trinity Eagles 25-25, Christ Lutheran Pelicans 21-30, Faith Flyers 18-32, Our Saviors Trolls 16-34, Messiah Thunder 13-38, Sun Valley Heat 10-40. FEB. 27 RESULTS: Faith Flyers 2-1-9 at Messiah Thunder 0-2-3; R.O.L. Lightning 3-5-4 at Good Shepherd Chiefs 6-6-5; Sun Valley Heat 0-2-0 at St. John Jets 2-4-10; Our Saviors Trolls 0-0-0 at Trinity Eagles 1-1-1; Christ Lutheran Pelicans 0-3-3 at Our Saviors Vikings 11-5-11. HOME RUNS: J. Hoh (Good Shepherd Chiefs), B. Cawkins (R.O.L. Lightning), J. Jackson (R.O.L. Lightning), A. Seach 2 (Christ Lutheran Pelicans); D. Trewyn (Chris Lutheran Pelicans).
Beloit Turner pulls away late from Mayville for regional-opening win
BELOIT—Beloit Turner boys basketball head coach Ken Watkins wouldn’t go as far to call Tuesday night’s closer-than-expected 77-59 win over Mayville a total wake-up call. After all, Watkins understands the circumstances: the WIAA Division 3 regional quarterfinal was many of the players first starting playoff experience and the Cardinals had entered the postseason on a three-game winning streak and were much better than their assigned 12th seed let on. Most...
PREPS: South Beloit falls to Eastland in IHSA 1A sectional semifinal
HANOVER, Ill. — The Eastland Cougars out of Lanark, Ill., pride themselves on playing great defense and South Beloit’s SoBos experienced some of it first-hand Tuesday night. After battling to a 21-21 tie at halftime, the SoBos were held to 14 second-half points as they fell to the Cougars 50-35 in an IHSA 1A River Ridge Sectional semifinal. Defense dominated from the start as South Beloit led 9-6 after the...
Cullen Walker hangs 40 points on Wisconsin Heights to lead Brodhead to Division 4 regional victory
BRODHEAD — Before Tuesday's game between Brodhead and Wisconsin Heights tipped off, Cardinals guard Cullen Walker felt something brewing. Once the ball went up, he translated his good feeling into a stellar scoring performance, scoring 19 points in the game's first nine minutes en route to a 40-point night in his team's 81-57 win over the Vanguards in a WIAA Division 4 regional first-round game. The 40 points was a...
Beloit College's Liz Kalk, Hannah Welte earn All-MWC women's basketball Second Team
BELOIT — Beloit College seniors Liz Kalk and Hannah Welte both earned Second Team honors on the 2023-24 All-Midwest Conference women’s basketball team. Kalk led the Buccaneers with a 12.8-point scoring average and 6.5 rebounds while Welte averaged 12.5 points and 5.3 rebounds. Kalk, a 5-foot-10 guard, earned a spot on the Second Team for the third straight season. She and 5-3 Welte, also from Clinton, helped the Bucs finished...
Beloit College picked No. 1 in MWC preseason baseball poll
BELOIT — After enjoying one of the most successful seasons in Midwest Conference baseball history in 2023, league coaches expect the Beloit College Buccaneers to be right on top again this spring. Beloit received six first-place votes and 62 points to finish first in the 2024 MWC preseason coaches’ poll recently. Last season, Beloit went 20-4 in MWC play (31-14 overall) to win its program’s third regular-season championship and second...
Beloit College's Azeez Ganiyu named to All-MWC First Team
BELOIT — Beloit College’s Azeez Ganiyu earned a spot on the All-Midwest Conference men’s basketball First Team. Ganiyu, a 6-foot-5 senior from Beloit Memorial, averaged 14.7 points, 9.1 rebounds and had 50 assists for the Buccaneers. He started all 26 games and converted 52.9 percent of his field goals (129-244) and 64.2 percent of his free throws (113-176). In MWC play, Ganiyu was ranked second in rebounding and blocked shots...
Hononegah's Isabelle Molitor to run for UW-Stevens Point
ROCKTON—Ashley Kentner discerned that what makes Isabelle Molitor such a great athlete is her drive, her focus and her positivity. The Hononegah girls track and field head coach probably couldn’t have picked a better trio of traits. After all, setting yourself up on the leaderboard as one of fastest distance runners in Indians’ history isn’t the work of a slouch. “Isabelle is incredible at setting goals for herself and doing...
COLLEGE UPDATE: Jordan King climbs career stats ladder at Marquette
MILWAUKEE — Jordan King just keeps moving up the all-time leader list at Marquette. The Hononegah graduate moved into sixth place on the all-time scoring list on Saturday with 11 points in an 86-60 rout of Xavier. King now has 1,754 career points, passing Kristen Maskala, who had 1,745 points from 1991-94. She is the only player in program history to have over 1,700 career points and over 500 career...
Hononegah's boys basketball team full of surprises
ROCKTON — Hononegah basketball fans probably found that video message board at Rockford East’s gymnasium rather annoying Friday night. It kept showing comparisons between their Indians and their opponent, Rockford Guilford, such as records against common opponents, scoring averages and the outcome of the first two meetings, both 20-point losses for Hononegah. The most important stat, however, was on the scoreboard and ultimately that proved to be one of the...
South Beloit boys basketball using balanced offense on sectional run
SOUTH BELOIT—The South Beloit boys basketball team took a ride down Smooth Ave. in last season’s route to an IHSA 1A Regional Championship as it trounced Somonauk 74-27 before rolling over Christian Life 51-22 in the finals. The SoBos’ journey to a third-straight championship grew a bit longer this season without a quarterfinal bye, but it started on a similar path with a 78-38 rout over Stockton to kick the postseason off. ...
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