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Rockford top-16 seed stays alive in state boys tennis tournament by skin of his teeth
Rockford Lutheran senior Ben Temple earned a rare local top 16-seed in the state Class 1A boys tennis tournament He earned it, beating Sterling’s Brecken Peterson in straight sets in last week’s sectional semifinals. He expected an easy first round at state. Like Peterson did. The Sterling star didn’t lose a game in the first round and won easily three times Thursday to reach the quarterfinals. But Temple lost 7-6, 7-5 to Hunter Madigan of Champaign St....
Janesville Craig strikes first in regional championship, but Oregon rallies to eliminate Cougars
Janesville Craig saw its softball season come to an end Thursday in a Division 1 regional championship game at Oregon. The Cougars opened the scoring in the game with a pair of RBI singles off Panthers ace Lauryn Etienne, but Oregon had five extra-base hits among its nine total to come from behind and win 5-2. Etienne also settled in nicely in the circle after allowing Craig’s two runs and...
Former North Boone standout Chandler Alderman earns Conference USA honors
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — North Boone graduate Chandler Alderman has put together a very strong regular season for the baseball team at Middle Tennessee State University. This week he received two major honors. He was named to the Conference USA All-Conference Second Team, and he was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman team. Alderman pitched […]
Softball: Pumas edge Clinton in regional opener
The Poynette softball team is moving on in the postseason, after taking on some tough competition to wrap up the regular season. On Tuesday, May 21, the Pumas clipped Clinton in a 2-1 WIAA regional victory, with Poynette scoring the winning run in the fifth. “Livi McLane came in to pinch hit for Bella Severson in bottom of the fifth and led off with a bunt,” said Matt Ramberg, head...
Hononegah wins rubber match with Harlem to win regional championship
MACHESNEY PARK, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Hononegah and Harlem split their two regular season meetings in softball, but Hononegah won the rubber match Saturday at the Harlem Community Center 10-2 and with it, the Indians also won a class 4A regional championship. Aislynn Palmer was the winning pitcher. She struck out 13 batters. Natalie Kinney and […]
Cami Carter and North Boone stroll into softball program's first sectional championship
North Boone and star pitcher and hitter Cami Carter carved out a 12-0 win over Bureau Valley on Wednesday night, joining Dakota as the first Rockford-area softball teams to make it to a sectional final this postseason. And becoming the first North Boone softball team to ever get to a...
Beloit Turner holds off Evansville in 6-4 regional win
BELOIT — When his team floundered a bit at the end of the regular season, losing six of seven games, Beloit Turner head baseball coach Jeff Clowes told his Trojans “there is always a reason why and every valley is because there is a better peak.” A little long for a T-shirt slogan, but they got the idea. That difficult stretch could be chalked up to a young team still...
Janesville Craig advances in softball playoffs with another well-balanced offensive game
JANESVILLE — Head coach Kristen Worm had a hunch 2-0 wasn’t going to be a big enough lead for her sixth-seeded Janesville Craig softball team to hold off 11th-seeded Elkhorn, so she made a call for a little insurance. The Cougars lineup responded in the fifth inning, starting the frame with five consecutive hits en route to four runs and a 6-0 lead. Those runs helped Craig withstand a late...
One NIC-10 volleyball team served way to regional title; another pulls off crazy 35-33 win
Adonis Hilton curled the volleyball in his right arm like Michael Jordan doing a Rock the Cradle dunk. He then stepped forward and spiked the ball with his same arm, rifling a serve at Boylan. “It’s a little unorthodox, but I learned it when I was younger and it just stuck with me,” Hilton said of tossing the ball up and serving it with the same hand. ...
Hononegah sophomore Jordan Dimke takes second place in high jump at IHSA 3A state meet
CHARLESTON, Ill. — Hononegah’s contingent of IHSA 3A State Track & Field qualifiers was whittled down to one on Saturday at Eastern Illinois University. Sophomore Jordan Dimke was the lone Indian to reach the finals, facing a familiar foe for the championship in the high jump. Dimke and Rockford Guilford sophomore Zariah Burnett both finished with an effort of 1.72 meters (5-foot-7 and 3-4 inches). Burnett reached 1.72 on her...
Softball roundup: Risum leads Brodhead from pitcher's circle as defending D-3 champ wins postseason opener
Top-seeded Brodhead began its Division 3 postseason run with a 4-1 win over No. 8 seed Columbus on Tuesday. Junior pitcher Ava Risum struck out 15 Columbus hitters for Brodhead and took a no-hitter into the seventh, but Columbus’ Mariyah Nachreiner started that inning with a home run to break up both Risum’s shutout and no-hitter. Sophie Leitzen led off the game with a home run for Brodhead, and the...
Cortlyn Hefty scores three goals, but Belvidere North’s season ends
BELVIDERE, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Cortlyn Hefty was brilliant as usual scoring three goals, but Belvidere North saw its soccer season end with a 5-3 loss to Burlington Central at the Belvidere 2A Sectional Wednesday. Hefty’s three goals helped the Blue Thunder play to a 3-3 tie. It was that way until midway through the second […]
Janesville, Milton athletes to compete for spots at State Track & Field Championships at Beaver Dam Sectional
Athletes from 16 Division 1 schools will converge on Beaver Dam High School on Thursday afternoon hoping to book their spot at the 2024 State Track & Field Championships in La Crosse on May 31 and June 1. The top three finishers in each event Thursday will qualify for state outright, while the WIAA has provisions for qualifiers whose sectional performances rank among the eight best in the eight sectionals from across the state. Those extra qualifying standards will be released Friday. ...
Brodhead edges Lodi 3-2 to win second straight regional title
BRODHEAD — The reigning Division 3 state champion Brodhead softball team didn’t need to do anything overly flashy or heroic to take down an upset-minded Lodi and clinch a WIAA Division 3 regional championship Thursday. Instead, the top-seeded Cardinals relied on some small ball and outstanding work from starting pitcher Ava Risum to take down the No. 4 Blue Devils 3-2. It is Brodhead’s second straight regional title. ...
Beloit Turner holds off Evansville in 6-4 regional win
BELOIT — When his team floundered a bit at the end of the regular season, losing six of seven games, Beloit Turner head baseball coach Jeff Clowes told his Trojans “there is always a reason why and every valley is because there is a better peak.” A little long for a slogan on a T-shirt, but they got the idea. That difficult stretch could be chalked up to a young...
Best 3-year run in school history but little playoff success for this NIC-10 baseball team
Hononegah has long been a NIC-10 baseball power. Even before it won 20 games 11 times in 12 years with eight regional titles between 2003 and 2014. But as good as Hononegah used to be, the Indians have reached an even higher level in recent years, winning five straight NIC-10 titles and their only two sectional titles in school history the last three years, including a fourth-place finish at state.
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