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Football Standings
NUIC Du/Pec 8 - 0 8 – 1 Lena-Winslow 6 - 2 7 – 2 Forreston 6 - 2 7 – 2 Fulton 6 - 2 7 – 2 Galena 4 - 4 5 - 4 Stockton 2 - 6 3 – 6 East Dubuque 2 - 6 3 – 6 Dakota 2 - 6 2 - 7 EPC 0 - 8 0...
Volleyball Standings
West Galena 12 - 0 33 – 1 - 1 Stockton 8 - 4 19 – 13 East Dubuque 7 - 5 9 - 10 - 3 River Ridge 7 - 5 8 - 19 - 2 Scales Mound 4 - 8 10 - 23 West Carroll 4 - 8 11 - 17 - 1 Warren 0 - 12 2 - 19 - 2 N...
Volleyball Post Season Pairings
Galena Regional Mon., Oct. 25 Match 1 at 6:00 pm: (8) East Dubuque vs. (10) Scales Mound Tue., Oct. 26 Match 2 at 5:30 pm: (4) Durand vs. (14) Warren Match 3 at 6:30 pm: (5) Stockton vs. (11) Orangeville Wed., Oct. 27 Match 4 at 5:30 pm: (1) Galena...
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The First Northwest Illinois All Star Volleyball Game
From the people we’ve talked to, it’s been a long time in coming. There are All Star basketball games for the boys’ and girls’ teams, Highland plays host to an All Star Baseball game, and the...
Cardinals Out-Panther The Panthers
It was a scene Panther fans had seen plenty of times before ... never by the opposing team. Lena-Winslow was the ground pounding club that slowly and methodically drained the life out of their...
Turning Yellow Into Gold
In practice the Monday before their conference battle with Pecatonica, junior Middle, Leah Baker turned her ankle – forcing a major lineup change for the Orangeville Broncos. "With Leah out, I had t...
Lady Wolves Have Become A Pack
Pearl City was always dangerous on the volleyball court. With Savanah Brandt as one of the biggest hitters in the area, nobody could look past them ... but few teams seriously worried about them...
Bigger Than Sports
The Stockton Lady Blackhawks played host to the Warren Warriors Thursday night for their annual "Pink Night". Just about every area team has one during the season, and it is meant to promote Breast...
There Was Also A Game
The football game between the Lena-Winslow Panthers and Stockton Blackhawks in Stockton Friday night didn't kick off until 7:30 – but that was okay. More people were interested in the pregame...
Warhawks Earn #4 Seed
While most Illinois Football fans are looking forward to the playoff pairings that will be announced on Saturday, the Wisconsin State High School playoffs will begin this weekend with Blackhawk/Warren earning a #4 seed with their final 6-3 record....
Still Looking For Answers
The Linda Ludwig Tournament held at Eastland was – to put it bluntly – loaded. With a ten team field that only had two teams with losing records on the season, the competition was going to be brut...
Happy Birthday Brayden
Most kids would love to get a car for their eighteenth birthday, and while we have no idea what he actually got, Orangeville's Brayden Cahoon smoked past the Amboy defense as if he was behind the...
Henze Qualifies For State
Eastland's Kellen Henze shot a blistering 79 at the Byron Golf Sectional to qualify individually for the 1A State Golf Championship. Joining Kellen at the State finals will be Galena's Ryan...
Both Sides "Won"
After watching Aquin's Lucy Arndt play one of the strongest volleyball matches I had ever seen, the headline I had in my mind was "Lucy In The Sky Hits Diamonds". But even though I fully attest to...
Bright Future Ahead
With area volleyball teams heading down the backstretch towards the Regional tournaments, not a lot of attention has been spent on one group of athletes who have been flying under the radar – but...
Pick Your Poison
The last time the River Ridge Wildcats had squared off against the Stockton Blackhawks in volleyball it was a three game barn burner with no game being decided by more than two points. But that...
Rivermen Exorcise Their Demons
The Du/Pec Rivermen finally exorcised the demons that had been plaguing them ever since the remarkable 14 point come back with five minutes to play that Lena-Winslow pulled off last season. While...
Playoff Possibilities
With six weeks completed, the potential playoff teams are beginning to emerge, while the hurdles needed to be cleared for those on the bubble are also much more certain. So where does everybody sit?...
Big Second Half Carries Missiles
The Aquin Bulldogs and Milledgeville Missiles met in a clash of Top 5 teams Friday night and it was the Missiles who eventually emerged the winner of this battle 48-28 in Freeport. The two teams both had the offenses humming in the first half as...
Volleyball Power Rankings
1. Galena 25–0-1 Coaches gave Galena the overall top seed in the Regionals so we’re not alone in being impressed. 2. Aquin 20 – 2 Aquin flexed some muscle in two game sweep of Pearl City. World wants to see them face Galena. 3. Dakota 19–6-1...
Football Power Rankings
1. Du/Pec 6 – 1 After giving up a 22 point lead, Du/Pec could have dropped into a fetal position, but they didn’t. 2. Lena-Winslow 6 – 1 PAnthers played their worst half of the season, and still came back to claim a late lead. 3. Fulton 5 – 2...
It Can't Go Three
Pearl City was in a pickle. After making a rally back in game one to claim the 25-19 victory over the Lena-Winslow Panthers, the Panthers had gotten hot – exploding out to a commanding 17-8 lead in...
A Look Says A Lot
The River Ridge Wildcats have come a long way from the 0-8 start at the beginning of the season – in fact, following Tuesday's 25-17, 25-23 victory over Warren, the Wildcats now stand at 4-2 in the...
Pirate Machine Rolls On
The 2015 Eastland Cougars were the best volleyball team I had ever seen. And while they still might be, there is definitely a number two now as the Galena Pirates looked almost invincible as they...
He Who Hesitates
The Milledgeville Missiles did not have more athletes than Orangeville. They did not hit harder, or overpower the Broncos. No, the key to their impressive 56-26 dismantling of Orangeville Friday...
