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SPOTTED: Extremely Rare Chicago Cubs Baseball Card at Illinois Restaurant
Baseball card collectors will flip over this misprinted Ryne Sandberg card at Poison Ivy Pub in Roscoe, Illinois. Come for the food, stay for the rare baseball card. That should be the slogan of Roscoe, Illinois' Poison Ivy Pub. Poison Ivy is one of those spots in the Rockford area...
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...
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 10 others will fill up the rest of the squad.
Rivets show no sign of slowing down
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - The Rockford Rivets took on the Kokomo Jackrabbits Thursday for their second game in the Northwoods second half of the season. After already clinching the Great Lakes East division first-half championship, the Rivets started off the second half by scoring 20 or more points in both contests.
Rockford Rivets Jack Zebig commits to the Fighting Illini
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The Fighting Illini baseball team will have a big of a Rockford Rivets feel to it next spring. On Friday, Rivets’ shortstop Jack Zebig became the second Rivets’ player in a week to commit to the Fighting Illini. Zebig has appeared in 23 games for the Rivets this season. In 89 […]
Mr. Adams Sets Off Fourth of July Fireworks with Grand Slam
Luke Adams cracked his second grand slam home run of the season for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to send the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers to a 9-0 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Thursday night in front of 4,936 fans at Neuroscience Group Field. Jadher Areinamo wasted no time in...
Illinois’ Hidden Gem: Where To Play Disc Golf In Rockford
Disc Golf has been gaining popularity lately in the Rockford area and I'm loving it. Did you know the Rockford area is home to a Disc Golf One Stop Shop?. Though I don't get to go out and play as much as I once did, it's still nice to see a rise in area courses. Even my old high school, Harlem, has a couple of baskets set up on campus.
Beloit Memorial boys basketball performing well in summer play
BELOIT — The Beloit Memorial boys basketball team finished 21-6 overall this past season, clinching its first winning season since 2016-17 and winning its first regional title in 10 years before falling in the sectional semifinals. But head coach Todd Marks said that while going that far into the postseason is hard, replicating that kind of success season to season is even more difficult. And that’s precisely why the Purple...
Hunt Strikes Out Ten as Rattlers Shut Out Beloit 2-0
K.C. Hunt became the first Wisconsin Timber Rattlers pitcher to reach double digits in strikeouts in a game this season as he struck out ten over 5-1/3 shutout innings to earn the win in Wisconsin’s 2-0 victory over the Beloit Sky Carp on Wednesday night at ABC Supply Stadium.
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”),”...
Belvidere North grad Braeden Brown eyes new challenge at Illinois State as decathlete
Belvidere North grad Braeden Brown has always prided himself on his versatility. Whether it be his ability to stand out in all three seasons — on the golf team in the fall, on the basketball court in the winter and on the track and field team in the spring — or just his wide range of skills in track and field alone, he's always been considered to have range.
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...
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...
Beloit Sky Carp's Josh Zamora named the Midwest League's Player of the Month
BELOIT — The Midwest League looked at the outstanding results that Beloit Sky Carp second baseman was producing from the plate and decided he deserved to be named as the MWL’s Player of the Week for June 24-30. Then the league looked back at how Zamora had not only ended the month on a high note, but had been rocking it with both his bat and his glove for the entirety of June. ...
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