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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...
Hononegah boys track and field continue tradition by sending hurdler Coen Lee, 4x400 relay to state
ROCKTON—It was the days of leg warmers and parachute pants the last time that the Hononegah track and field team wasn’t represented at the state championship. The Indians’ 4x400 relay and hurdler Coen Lee ensured that the tradition would be upheld for at least another season as both will compete at the IHSA 3A Track and Field Championships on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Ill. beginning on Friday. ...
Janesville School District hosts All-City Track Meet for elementary students
JANESVILLE — The Janesville School District continued a near-centurylong tradition this week as it hosted the All-City Elementary Track Meet on Wednesday and Thursday at Monterey Stadium. The track meet started in 1927, and annually fourth- and fifth-graders participate in competitions like the 50-yard dash, 50-yard hurdles, long jump, high jump, medicine ball, Frisbee throw, softball throw, shot put, 400-meter run and a team relay. Fourth-graders competed Wednesday and fifth-graders...
Rockford baseball playoff roundup: 4 teams, 4 classes, 4 low-scoring thrillers
Rockford’s baseball season came to an end Saturday. In painful ways. All four local teams still alive lost by two or fewer runs. The two teams that had a chance to advance to the elite eight led or were tied going into the final inning. And two of them were stopped by pitchers who will play big-time baseball at Notre Dame and Louisville next year.
Sterling Newman pitcher Brendan Tunink slams the door on North Boone’s season
BYRON, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — North Boone’s baseball team looked like it might be headed for its first sectional championship Saturday at the 1A Byron Sectional. The Vikings took a 3-1 lead into the top of the fifth inning, but the Comets scored single runs in the fifth and sixth innings, and then two more in […]
Brodhead/Juda wins girls sectional team title, sending six athletes to state in nine events
Six athletes from Brodhead/Juda qualified for nine events at the girls State Track & Field Championships to be held in La Crosse next weekend. Stella Arn was a two-time champion at the Division 2 Portage Sectional on Thursday with wins in the 100- and 200-meter dashes (12.27 seconds and 25.44). She was also one of four on the Cardinals’ 400-meter relay team that finished second in Portage in 50.18 to punch a state ticket. ...
Former Craig High School coach sentenced for secretly recording students
JANESVILLE — Two female victims sat side-by-side, holding hands and supporting each other, as they took turns Wednesday speaking in Rock County Circuit Court about the impact of their former Craig High School coach’s actions. The coach, Brian Kitzman, was being sentenced Wednesday on charges of secretly recording them and other female students while the girls changed in the school’s locker room. “You were my coach and I trusted you,”...
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 ...
Take a look at what's available in Rockford Speedway online auction set to start Monday
The Rockford Speedway online auction begins on Monday and runs through June 3, and most of the items up for sale were on display around the old site on Wednesday. All that's left now is the online Rockford Speedway Auction, held by Steffes Auctioneers. More on the auction:An online auction...
Janesville Craig picks up win over Westosha Central, the top seed in their sectional, to close regular season.
Janesville Craig put its eight-game win streak on the line Saturday against Westosha Central, the top-seeded team in the sectional bracket the Cougars and Falcons share. Josh Shere’s team grabbed a 6-0 lead through its top half of the third inning and survived a Westosha comeback push in the seventh to beat the Falcons 6-5 and gain a psychological boost going into postseason play. “It’s a confidence boost for our...
Auburn’s Jenkins and Dubose Jr. sign for the next chapter of their athletic careers
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — A couple student-athletes at Auburn High School signed Letters of Intent Wednesday. Football player Jasper Jenkins signed with Milford Academy in New York, a prep school. Shot Put thrower Patrick Dubose Jr., who also played football for Auburn, is headed to Southern Illinois University for track & field, but he might […]
Milton plays like a top seed, beats Beloit Memorial by 10-run rule in playoff opener
MILTON — Beloit Memorial found itself in Thursday’s WIAA Division 1 regional championship game against top-seeded Milton after scoring first, pitching well and playing clean defense on a windy day at Janesville Parker in the regional semifinal on Tuesday. The Red Hawks made sure that formula wouldn’t be viable against them at Schilberg Park. Milton ace Gwen Baker retired the first 10 batters she faced, and her leadoff single in...
Janesville Craig's Sikich, Janesville Parker's Pryne named first-team all-Big Eight in softball
Janesville Craig and Janesville Parker each had one first-team all-Big Eight softball selection for the 2024 season, the league announced this week. Craig junior Brynn Sikich was one of two first-team catchers on the all-Big Eight team, while Parker junior Kenedi Pryne was one of five first-team infielders selected. Pryne played shortstop for the Vikings. Sun Prairie East senior pitcher Tayler Baker was the conference’s player of the year, and...
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