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In golf, if the team score is tied after the first four lowest scores are all added together, they move on to the fifth golfer from each team to see who shot lower in order to determine a team...

Northwest Illinois was well represented in the IHSA Golf Sectional held at Peru St. Bede last week. Having to take on the top competition from the Regionals that fed into the Sectional tournament was...

Sarah Edler of the Lena-Winslow/Pearl City Girls Golf Co-op was the lone athlete from our region to advance on to the IHSA 1A Girls Golf Sectional held last week. And while Boylan Catholic of...

The first time Aquin's Gwen Stovall squared off against the hills of Lake Carroll in a Cross Country competition this Fall, she wasn't even the first runner from Aquin to cross the finish line ...

While the NUIC Boys were basically all placed into a Regional together and allowed to duke it out, for the girls – because there were so few full teams – they were shipped off to Byron where they...

All season long Village Voices had been tracking the scores of the region's top High School golfers, and those who followed it noticed how hot Eastland's Andy Anderson got at the end of the season...

It may only be their first season hosting Cross Country meets, but the hills of Lake Carroll have already earned a reputation for the challenge they present to area runners. More local schools...

The Galena Lady Pirates blew past the competition at the NUIC Girls Tournament held at Lake Carroll last week as they finished an impressive 25 strokes ahead of second place Polo. In golf, a team must...

The biggest drama regarding the NUIC Boys Conference Tournament was whether or not the Dakota Indians would be allowed to participate. After having their school shut down due to Covid issues, the...

Boys NUIC Golf Standings Dakota 11 – 0 Eastland 10 – 2 Stockton 8 – 2 Galena 7 – 2 E. Dubuque 6 – 3 Aquin 7 – 4 Amboy 6 – 4 RR/SM 6 – 7 Du/Pec 4 – 8 Forreston 2 – 9 LW/PC 1 – 8...

Boys Stockton 193 Mitchel Coffey – 46, Jared Dvorak – 47, Austin Chumbler – 48, Trace Williamson – 52 = 193 RR/SM 203 Thomas Hereau – 45, Maddux Knauer – 51, Kari Conklin – 53, Tomy...

Boys NUIC Golf Standings Dakota 11 – 0 Eastland 7 – 1 Stockton 5 – 1 Galena 4 – 2 Amboy 5 – 3 E. Dubuque 5 – 3 Aquin 5 – 4 RR/SM 5 – 5 Du/Pec 2 – 7 Forreston 1 – 6 LW/PC 0 – 5...

The weather was cold, with a constant drizzle and biting wind, but that didn't stop the Eastland Cougars from hosting their second Cross Country meet out at Lake Carroll. Once again the new Eastland h...

The Fulton Steamers pulled away for a dominant 23 strike victory to claim first place at the annual Dammann/Wolfe Invitational held at Wolf Hollow Golf Course in Lena. Final team scores were: 1....

Boys NUIC Golf Standings Dakota 8 – 0 Eastland 5 – 1 E. Dubuque 3 – 1 Aquin 4 – 2 Amboy 4 – 3 Galena 3 – 2 Stockton 1 - 1 Du/Pec 1 – 4 RR/SM 1 – 4 Polo 0 – 2 W. Carroll 0 – 2...

Eastland High School senior Cadin Colehour and his sister Natalie, a freshman, overcame gym closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic to turn in impressive performances at a couple recent powerlifting...

Boys Dakota 172 Ethan Rood – 42, Ian Peterson – 42, Nick Panoske – 44, Jason Binger – 44 = 172 Eastland 182 Treyton Selman – 43, Andy Anderson – 44, Kellen Henze – 45, Noah Newstrand ...

The Eastland Cougars have been running Cross Country for the past several years, but never in the school's history have they ever actually hosted a meet. But all of that changed last Friday. Typically...

Boys Eastland 192 Andy Anderson – 42, Kellen Henze – 47, Treyton Selman – 51, Jacob French – 52 = 192 RR/SM 210 Thomas Hereau – 44, Owen Knauer – 54, Kari Conklin – 55, Tom Winter ...

Dakota 6 – 0 Eastland 4 – 0 Amboy 4 – 1 Galena 2 – 2 Du/Pec 1 – 1 Aquin 2 – 2 Stockton 1 – 1 E. Dubuque 1 – 1 LW/PC 0 – 2 Polo 0 – 2 W. Carroll 0 – 2 RR/SM 0 – 3 Forreston 0...

Boys Stockton 184 Mitchel Coffey – 39, Bryce Smith – 45, Austin Chumbler – 49, Trace Williamson – 51 = 184 Aquin 197 Lane Pierson – 43, Reid Pierson – 49, Jackson Hilby – 51, Hayden...

The gigantic sigh of relief heard in Warren and Scales Mound was because their kids all found out last week that they will indeed get to play football. Initially, both Warren and Scales Mound, who...

It may not get a lot of fanfare, but the LW/PC Ladies Golf Team were the first to resume IHSA competition ever since everything was cancelled last Spring. The LW/PC Girls co-op can boast eight girls...

In spite of the IHSA limit on number of teams, somehow the Rockford Jefferson Invitational Boy’s Golf outing was played last weekend at Atwood Homestead Golf Course in Rockford. The Format was for...