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Ranking Big Ten coaches as players
One was a football nerd who didn’t even play college or high school football. Another was a JC offensive lineman, while a third was a second-round NFL draft choice. What do they all have in common? They are all Big Ten head coaches in 2024. The playing resumes of...
Benet baseball beats Kaneland in the Regional Semifinals
We’re at Benedictine for a Regional Semifinal between one-seed Benet Academy baseball, and six-seed Kaneland. The visiting knights beat the Redwings 9-7 in the 2022 Regional final, but both sides now look completely different. Entering tonight, Benet has won seven of its last eight contests. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.
Back-to-back home runs sends Hampshire baseball past Hononegah in regional championship
ROCKTON — With the score tied up at one and an impressive duel well under way between Hononegah and Hampshire, it felt like the next team to find a way to plate a run would walk away the winner. That proved to be true when the Whip-Purs’ Calen Scheider took the first pitch he saw in bottom of the fifth over the center-field fence for the go-ahead home run before Ari Fivelson followed it up with a solo homer to right field to act as...
Auburn, North Boone secure first postseason softball titles in program history, and want more
Led by senior pitcher Ally Lowery, Auburn won its first regional title in softball on Saturday, pounding out an 8-4 win over Hampshire. And the Knights danced on the diamond when it was all done. More area softball: Cami Carter and North Boone stroll into softball program's first sectional championship ...
NIU makes offer to Auburn High School’s Amir Danforth
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The last Rockford basketball player to play for the Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team was Auburn High School graduate Laytwan Porter in the 2016-17 season. The next one to suit up for the Huskies might be a current Auburn basketball player. Amir Danforth indicated on social media Monday evening that […]
Boylan falls to Burlington Central as last girls soccer team bows out of postseason
Boylan, the final girls soccer team from the Rockford area still alive, was bounced from the IHSA Class 2A state playoffs Saturday by a 2-1 setback at the hands of Burlington Central in the Belvidere Sectional finals. The Titans trailed much of the day, but with just over five minutes...
Brandon Sosna, Sycamore HS grad, named Washington Commanders' VP of football operations
The Washington Commanders named Brandon Sosna their senior vice president of football operations. The Sycamore High School graduate, a former chief revenue officer for the University of Cincinnati Bearcats, has spent the past two seasons as the Detroit Lions' senior director of football administration. He left University of Southern California for the Lions...
Boylan Lady Titans dominate Sycamore; advance to Sectional Finals
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — With a stiff southerly wind blowing in Belvidere Tuesday afternoon, the Boylan girls soccer team breezed through its sectional semifinal game in Class 2A defeating Sycamore 6-1. Deliah Hawley scored the Lady Titans first three goals of the game. Ava Galluzzo, Joselyn Posada and Gianna McGraw struck for the Lady Titans […]
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