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Red Barn Golf Course reportedly suggests homeowners pay for its $187,000 driving range net
ROCKTON, Ill. (WIFR) - A yellow golf ball rests in grass a few meters from a Summit Condos home in Rockton. Ahead of it, an orange construction fence separates the backyard from the Red Barn Golf Course driving range. “It possibly could give someone a heart attack at an age...
Beloit represented in US Olympic Track and Field Trials for triple jump
Beloit Memorial High School graduate Shelvin Garrett II, a junior at UW-Whitewater, came up short in his attempt to advance to the finals of the United States Olympic Track and Field Trials, but another jumper with Beloit ties was in the top eight to advance. Garrett was among the 24 jumpers selected to compete in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday and one of just two NCAA Division III jumpers. The D-III All-American started the meet with a 14.98 meter jump (49-feet, 1.75 inches). ...
These are the top Rockford-area prep athletes to watch entering the 2024-25 school year
The 2024-25 high school year and all of the sports seasons that go along with it is quickly approaching. So as they close in, it's time to start getting ready to watch all of the Rockford-area stars. History tells us there will be plenty. To give you an idea of...
Marcus Smith, Rockford's greatest Black golfer, prepares for final year with pro ambitions
Marcus Smith Jr. won’t be gunning for his second Men’s City title July 26-28. Or try to win the Winnebago County Amateur next weekend. Or play in any local golf tournaments this year. The greatest Black golfer in Rockford history will be in his 2013 Volkswagen Turag, driving somewhere to take on some of the top amateurs in the country. ...
Register Star All-Area Boys Track and Field: Here are the athletes of the year, full team
It's time to announce the 2023-2024 Rockford Register Star All-Area boys track and field team, led by the best of the best: the track MVP and the field MVP. With Winnebago winning the IHSA Class 1A team championship, led by two-time sprint champion Supreme Muhammad, and plenty of other stars stepping it up down the stretch, there are lots of deserving nominees. But only one runner and one field athlete can earn the top spots, and then...
Heineke Classic Scramble Golf Outing postponed until July 26
BELOIT — The Beloit Memorial Gridiron Club’s third annual Heineke Classic Scramble Golf Outing at The Beloit Club was postponed due to inclement weather. The event has been rescheduled for July 26. The Beloit Gridiron Club provides student-athletes and coaches at Beloit Memorial High School with the tools necessary to succeed on and off the field. Operating in a diverse community with limited resources, this fundraising event helps operate a program with proper and safe equipment. The funds generated are used both by the football program and its partner, Project 16:49, a teen shelter that helps combat teen homelessness in the community. Anyone seeking more information about the tournament should email head coach Brad Dement at bdment@sdb.k12.wi.us.
Former NIC-10 star part of first Northwoods League softball season
Before Caitlin Clark became bigger than any men's college basketball star in the last two years, softball was the breakthrough sport for women. ESPN televised 3,200 college softball games this year. Softball's College World Series passed the NCAA baseball finals with 1.85 million viewers in 2022. Even softball's Little League World Series doubled its viewers in five years.
Rockford Rivets honor a sweet legacy
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Rockford Rivets honored a sweet legacy on Saturday by paying tribute to the Rockford Peaches. The Rivets sported throwback uniforms inspired by the peaches and played this game to commemorate the history they left in Rockford. Rockford wasn’t playing around against the Kalamazoo Growlers in...
Janesville Post 205 goes 2-1-1 in home tournament
It was a busy and wet weekend for Janesville Legion Post 205, with four games played at the Janesville Youth Sports Complex. Post 205 (6-4-1) faced many delays and shortened games and finished 2-1-1 in games Saturday and Sunday. Janesville started the weekend with a 4-4 tie with the Greendale Hawks in a four-inning game. After falling 2-1 entering the bottom of the second, Post 205 scored three runs to take a 4-2 lead. Janesville couldn’t hold its lead, however, and gave up two runs...
12U Beloit Bombers have opportunity to play at Field of Dreams
BELOIT — Josh Dailey said it may take a while before the Beloit Bombers 12U Blue baseball team truly appreciates the opportunity it had over the weekend. The Bombers battled their way into the championship game of a tournament Sunday, earning the right to play on the Field of Dreams diamond in Dyersville, Iowa. “I’m not sure how many of those kids have even seen the movie (“Field of Dreams”),”...
Meet Josh Flickinger, the voice of the Sky Carp
BELOIT, Wis. (WMTV) - They say that people don’t become baseball fans, they are born baseball fans. It is in their blood and they’re romantic about the game. Josh Flickinger, the Sky Carp’s play-by-play announcer, is one of those people. “I was the kid that when I...
Rock Steady Boxing empowering those with Parkinson’s disease
JANESVILLE — Bonnie Cunningham, 88, slipped on her boxing gloves and delivered a powerful hook under the watchful eye of her instructor, Connie Udell, during the Rock Steady Boxing: Knock Out Parkinson’s Disease program at Cargill United Methodist Church on Wednesday. Udell, SOL Fitness & Personal Training owner, brought Rock Steady Boxing to Janesville in honor of her mother who had Parkinson’s. Rock Steady Boxing was the first non-contact boxing program founded in Indiana in 2006. ...
HTL: Generals rally in 6th to beat Outlaws, 6-2
JANESVILLE — The Fort Atkinson Generals strung together six hits in their decisive five-run sixth inning, turning back the host Footville Outlaws 6-2 in Home Talent League baseball on Sunday. Fort produced a combined seven baserunners in the first four innings but were not able to scratch across a run. That changed in the fifth, when Branden Zastrow singled with one away and scored from first on Jake Hansen’s base...
Wisconsin’s Winning Streak Ends in Beloit
BELOIT, WI – The Wisconsin Timber Rattlers dropped a rain-shortened game to the Beloit Sky Carp Tuesday night at ABC Supply Stadium. Beloit plated their last five runs of the game on three different two-out singles to defeat Wisconsin 7-3. The Timber Rattlers (48-29 overall, 6-5 second half) loaded the bases in the top of the first inning. Gregory Barrios and Jadher Areinamo singled with one out. Luke Adams was hit by a pitch. Matt Wood knocked in Barrios with a grounder to third for the 1-0 lead.
Dustin Schwab beats Jacob Beckman on first playoff hole after another shoot-out at the Ray Fischer Amateur Championship
JANESVILLE — Though the Wisconsin State Amateur and State Open provide more difficult tests, a case can be made that the Ray Fischer 72-Hole Amateur Championship is year in and year out the most exciting golf tournament in Wisconsin. It’s always a shoot-out at Janesville Riverside Golf Course, the...
Beloit Sky Carp drop fifth-straight game in 7-3 loss to Cedar Rapids Kernels
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The month of June for the Beloit Sky Carp has resembled what it’s like to take a trip to Six Flags Great America. The Sky Carp have been on a roller coaster journey as a five-game losing streak earlier in the month gave way to a nine-game winning streak. Now, Beloit is in the midst of a dip as it fell 7-3 to the Cedar Rapids...
Beloit Junior Legion Bandits split twinbill with Whitewater
WHITEWATER, Wis. — The Beloit Junior Legion Bandits broke a 10-game losing skid with a huge romp over Whitewater, which it split a doubleheader with 10-14, 14-1. In the first game, the tone of the slugfest was set early as the Bandits plated four runs in the top of the first inning before Whitewater answered with four runs in the second. Jaxson Walenga hit a sacrifice fly while Austyn Kjendlie...
Captains and Dragons to Meet in Dayton and Eastlake for Home-and-Home Series
EASTLAKE, OH – The Lake County Captains (5-3, 46-28) head to Day-Air Ballpark to face the Dayton Dragons (5-4, 39-36) Monday through Wednesday before returning to Classic Auto Group Park to square off with the Dragons from Thursday through Saturday. STANDINGS. Lake County (5-3) is second in the Midwest...
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