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Byron’s Sam’s Drive-In property purchased by Super Bowl champ Sean Considine
BYRON, Ill. (WTVO) — Byron’s Super Bowl champ, former Baltimore Raven Sean Considine announced that he has purchased the former Sam’s Drive-In restaurant property along Illinois Route 2. Sam’s, known for its “World Famous Root Beer,” was instantly recognizable to drivers for its 50’s style drive-in restaurant aesthetic and classic 1957 Chevy Bel-Air perched on […]
Photographer Shares Last Images Of the Rockford Speedway Before Demolition
Before the Rockford Speedway was demolished, one photographer was able to grab some haunting and bittersweet photos of what the beloved racetrack looked like right before it came down. Rockford Speedway Memories. The Rockford Speedway was a beloved place for families and racing fans all over Northern Illinois and beyond...
Week 6 NIC-10 football stats leaders include rare Auburn receiver near the top
Three players are within 15 yards of the lead for our large-school rushers, which include the NIC-10 high school football teams, as well as Rochelle, in the Rockford area. The No. 2 through No. 5 passers at the two-thirds mark of the regular season are also bunched within 31 yards. In receiving, Auburn's Tazheer Henderson has moved up to second behind Jefferson's Michael Townsend. Juwane Parchman in 2015 is the only Auburn player to lead the...
Hononegah routs Rockford East in NIC-10 football
ROCKTON — The scoreboard at Kelsey Field last Friday night was still brightly lit after Hononegah’s 44-15 victory over Rockford East. Fans made their way to exits as the school band played its last song of the night. Head coach Brian Zimmerman’s postgame topic of discussion had nothing to do with any of that. He was telling his team it was already time to start thinking about next week’s opponent. ...
Guse and Rockford Lutheran clinch trip to State; Beto & Boylan boys also going to state
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Rockford Lutheran senior Jake Guse shot a 70 Monday at Mauh-Nah-Tee-See Country Club to lead the Crusaders to a second-place finish in a 1A IHSA Golf Sectional. Guse earned medalist honors beating out Rockford Christian’s Gavin Hultman by three strokes. At the 2A Kaneland Sectional, Boylan’s Cole Beto fired a 69 […]
COLUMN: Hononegah embraces next-man-up philosophy
It’s the time of the high school football season when the battle of attrition catches up to a lot of teams. People describe them as “haves” and “have-nots” and that’s not completely accurate. Some of the teams who are “haves” to start with become “have-nots” when they can’t replace some injured integral parts. Head coach Brian Zimmerman knows how blessed he is at Hononegah. The Indians have had a number...
Hononegah graduate Cole Warren staying steady while leading UW-Oshkosh offense
WHITEWATER Wis. — The UW-Oshkosh football team was down 21-7 to UW-Whitewater early in the fourth quarter and freshman Cole Warren was behind center trying to propel the Titans back into it. On the second play of the drive, an intense pass rush from the Warhawks forced an incompletion and sent Warren flying into the turf, where he withered in pain and, because the athletic trainer had come onto the field, was forced by the referees to come out for a play. ...
PREP FOOTBALL: Fourth-quarter touchdown sends South Beloit past Alden-Hebron
HEBRON, Ill. — Landen Reed’s 17-yard touchdown throw to Cam Meister in the fourth quarter proved to be all South Beloit needed on a night where defense reigned supreme. Alden-Hebron limited the SoBos to 268 total yards of offense but South Beloit’s defenders were even more stout, keeping the Green Giants out of the end zone for 60 minutes in a 6-0 victory on Friday that punched South Beloit’s ticket to the playoffs. ...
Pushing forward: Now that girls flag football is an IHSA sport, the work shifts to creating college programs for female athletes
The landscape of girls flag football in Illinois continues shifting as the foundation being built at the high school level now grows toward higher education. What started with 22 teams in Chicago Public Schools in 2021 spread like wildfire to become an Illinois High School Association-sanctioned sport in February. When the announcement was made, there were tears, hugs and applause for the ...
Turner football team edged by Horicon/Hustisford
HORICON, Wis. — Beloit Turner’s football team bounced back from a 13-0 deficit at halftime to tie Horicon/Hustisford in the fourth quarter, but the Marshfalcons pulled out a 19-13 Capitol Conference victory last Friday night. The Trojans closed within 13-6 with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter on a 1-yard touchdown dive by Jaxon Walenga. “Just prior to that (Horicon/Hustisford) had a long touchdown play called back and I think...
Saint Mary's volleyball splits with a win and a loss
This past weekend, the Saint Mary's Volleyball team went one for two as they took on the Hope College Flying Dutch on Saturday and the Beloit College Buccaneers on Sunday. On Saturday, the Belles faced off against Hope College but unfortunately took the 3-0 loss against the Flying Dutch. In...
Lack of run-game hurts Beloit College at U-Chicago
CHICAGO — Beloit College’s football team struggled against host University of Chicago Saturday afternoon, finishing with negative-46 yards rushing and managing only a 22-yard field goal by Rafael Cervantes Jr. with three seconds remaining in a 23-3 loss. The Maroons (2-2, 2-1 MWC) scored all the points they would need on the opening possession of the game. Jake Lowry’s 57-yard kickoff return had set them up on Beloit’s 33-yard line and eight plays later quarterback Teddy Gouldin connected with Mozes Mooney on a 1-yard touchdown...
Tennessee State uses 2nd-half comeback to beat Lindenwood 24-20
ST. CHARLES, Mo. (AP) — Draylen Ellis threw for a touchdown pass and Tevin Carter ran for two scores and Tennessee State rallied to beat Lindenwood 24-20 on Saturday. Lindenwood fumbled it away three times with the final gaffe on its last offensive play. At its own 20 with 56 seconds remaining, on a designed […]
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