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North Boone softball earns first trip to State with Super-Sectional win
POPLAR GROVE, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — A year of firsts continues for North Boone’s softball team. The Vikings followed up their first sectional championship by winning their first super-sectional championship Monday. They defeated Elmhurst IC Catholic 5-3 at the 2A Lisle Benedictine University Super-Sectional. IC Catholic had come into the game with a record of 28-5. […]
PREPS: Hononegah, North Boone boys track and field athletes compete at state
CHARLESTON, Ill. — A strong season for Hononegah hurdler Coen Lee ended at the IHSA 3A Boys State Track and Field championships in Charleston, Ill. on Friday afternoon. Lee didn’t advance to the finals after he ran a time of 15.31 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles preliminaries to place 28th and finished 44th in the 300 hurdles prelims after crossing the finish line in 42.13 seconds. The Indians’ 4x400 relay...
North Boone stellar season comes to end with 5-3 loss to Newman Central Catholic in sectional finale
BYRON, Ill.—North Boone head coach Andrew Baden got the obvious out of the way by commenting that his baseball team’s 5-3 loss to Newman Central Catholic in an IHSA 2A sectional final wasn’t how it wanted the season to end. But Baden then added that there was one major reason he was proud of his Vikings’ outing on a warm and sunny Saturday at Byron High School: they never deviated from the style of play that got them this far. ...
Canadian snowboarding star Liam Brearley finds wakeboarding haven in Rockford
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Canadian gold medal snowboarder Liam Brearley, winner of the World Cup and X Games, says he visits Rockford regularly because the wake parks on offer don’t exist in his home country. Brearley is having quite the year. The 21-year-old has taken the snowboarding world by storm winning gold both at the […]
5 softball games that include 4 playoff teams rained out, and pushed to Saturday
The four games that included the five Rockford-area softball teams that are still alive in the IHSA postseason were postponed on Friday night due to intense storms that rolled through much of the region. They were all rescheduled to different times on Saturday to accomodate for several area high school graduations. More softball: ...
Supreme Muhammad and Winnebago reign over State Track & Field Meet
CHARLESTON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Led by a pair of state championships from senior sprinter Supreme Muhammad in the 100 meter and 200meter runs, the Winnebago Indians won the Class 1A team state championship Saturday. Junior distance runner Nick Martino also came up big for the Indians taking second in the 1600m run and third in […]
Hononegah girls win 30th game, regional softball title against Harlem
MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. – Hononegah’s lone hiccup during the NIC-10 season came against Harlem when, with the conference championship secured, head coach Denny McKinney chose not to give No. 1 pitcher Aislynn Palmer the ball. He figured, why give the Huskies another long look at his ace? Saturday, the move paid off with Palmer pitching a complete game with 13 strikeouts and the Indians capturing a 4A regional title with...
Opening Dates For Popular Public Pools In Northern Illinois
'Tis the season for summer fun, and here are the opening dates for 5 of the Rockford area's favorite public pools. It's a simple fact, I hate extreme heat and humidity, and without a pool to cool down in, I would never survive summer in Illinois. Ok, maybe that is...
UW-W's Shelvin Garrett II runner-up in nationals; Bucs' Candis Damtse 9th
UW-Whitewater’s Shelvin Garrett II earned his overall sixth NCAA Division III All-American honor on Saturday as he claimed second in the triple jump at the 2024 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Garrett, the 2024 Indoor triple crown national champion, claimed silver at the Outdoor Nationals for the second consecutive season. The Beloit Memorial High School graduate advanced through the first round of jumps...
2 marathon victories send this surprise NIC-10 team to sectional finals in boys volleyball
Hononegah boys volleyball is known for three things. Producing the only NCAA Division I recruit in NIC-10 history. Going further in the playoffs than any other conference team. And then going home with a crushing loss, barely missing out on state. Hononegah may be rewriting that third prong. Despite graduating...
Belvidere North knocks off Boylan again; advances to regional final
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — For the second time in two weeks, Belvidere North’s baseball team was a major thorn in the side of Boylan. Last Thursday, the Blue Thunder rallied for a walk-off win against the Titans to deny Boylan a piece of the NIC-10 championship. This time North defeated the Titans ending their season […]
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