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Rockford Register Star
Rockford to host largest girls baseball tournament
Rockford will host the nation’s largest girls baseball tournament for a second consecutive year when Baseball For All Nationals returns to the region July 20-24, 2027, alongside the WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup. The event is expected to once again bring youth athletes from across the United States and abroad to northern Illinois, according to a community announcement. GoRockford and Baseball For All announced the tournament’s return after a 2026 event that attracted more than 1,100 players and coaches. Participants ranged in age from 6 to 18 and represented the United States, Canada, South Africa, Brazil, Curaçao and Australia, according to Baseball For All. “Welcoming Baseball For All Nationals alongside the Women’s Baseball World Cup creates an incredible opportunity for young players to see where their passion for baseball can take them. Rockford is proud to build on its women’s baseball legacy by supporting the next generation and welcoming players, coaches and families from around the world,” said Lindsay Arellano, vice president of sales and service at GoRockford. GoRockford will again provide funding and event support for the tournament. According to the announcement, the event helps attract visiting teams and families to area hotels, restaurants and businesses while reinforcing Rockford’s
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Janesville family to attend World Series with 11-year old Brewers 'Golden Ticket'
JANESVILLE — The Bates family refers to it as the “Golden Ticket,” the voucher Willy Wonka hid in his chocolate bars. But it is far sweeter to a Brewers fan. The one-pound brass “Timeless Ticket” was given to Alan Bates by his daughter and son-in-law, Emery and Brian Terwilliger, for his birthday, Father’s Day and Christmas, back in 2015. His ticket, and 999 others like it, were limited editions issued for $1,000 apiece by the Brewers’ organization — good for any future game. It‘s been an act of faith that Bates has held on to the ticket ever since. His patience finally paid off. On Friday, Bates, 76, his wife, Jessica Southworth Bates, and Terwilliger will be sitting in the terrace section of the Milwaukee stadium, American Family Field, for the first game of the World Series. The ticket allowed him to buy two more seats for $1,000 apiece. Terwilliger will fly from Los Angeles on Thursday night’s red eye. She will leave at 5 a.m. Saturday — back in time for her son’s soccer game. Bates, of Janesville, a longtime Rock County attorney and judge, has had season tickets on the terrace level since the stadium opened in 2001.
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St. Charles North High School girls flag football team ends season undefeated
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Huntley’s Homecoming: royalty results are in
On the night of Huntley’s Homecoming football game, three things were evident: blinding lights, roaring crowds, and overwhelming joy. On Sept. 25, the Homecoming game was unforgettable. The Huntley football team won against Jacobs 47-6, and the Homecoming court was announced. The elected freshmen for court were Isabella Hoang...
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Hononegah will have an opening round bye for the IHSA 2026 6A Football Playoffs
The 9-1 Hononegah Indians will have a bye in the opening round of the 2026 6A IHSA Football Playoffs. The Indians wrapped up an 8-1 regular season on Friday night with a 38-15 victory over Belvidere North. the 8 wins were good enough for a #3 seed in the 2026 playoffs. Hononegah will begin postseason play on either Friday Oct 30 2026 or Saturday Oct 31 2026 gameday and time will depend on who wins and when it is agreed upon between the schools. They will play the winner of the Willowbrook and Amundsen game. Willowbrook (5-4) is seeded at 14 and Amundsen (3-6) is seeded at 19.
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RTHS Names Kevin Hunt As Their Girls Head Coach In Softball
RTHS has a new girls head coach in softball. The board last night approved the hiring of Kevin Hunt. He has been the JV coach for the past 4 seasons. Hunt replaces Deanna Jacobs who resigned last month along with assistant coach Anna Lodico. This past spring, Lodico was the...
Rockford Register Star
In new IHSA playoff era, two-win Rockford East football squad gets in
A two-win East E-Rabs squad is into the postseason for the first time since 2021. "We just show up and play," East's head coach Gary Griffin said from his couch Saturday night after it was announced that his 2-7 E-Rabs are in. "I didn't think..well, I kind of knew that if we pulled off one of those last three we could get in. And here we are." And the Oregon Hawks, at 3-6 after losing three of their last four, still get another shot at their first playoff win since 2014. And how about the Jefferson J-Hawks, who get in at 3-6, and are now in the postseason for the second time in a row after going 30 years without a bid. It's a new era for IHSA postseason football, and it begins this week. More Rockford-area football: Stockton's two-headed RB monster helps secure NUIC title from Forreston (See below for all of the Rockford-area teams that got in.) It officially started on Saturday night as the IHSA released its entire Class 1A-8A football pairings. Now we can look at which Rockford-area teams were affected the most by the changes. "It's a whole new playoff world now," Lena-Winslow's Ric Arand
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Women' Soccer Closes Road Trip with Loss to Huskies
DEKALB, Ill. - The Golden Grizzlies closed out their final road contest of the season with a tough 0-3 loss to Northern Illinois (NIU) on Sunday. Sophie Schultz put Oakland's first shot on frame in the 29th minute, and Oakland earned back-to-back corner kicks in the time following as they entertained a see-saw affair in the first half.
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Football: Parker snaps 17-game losing skid to Middleton en route to playoff-clinching win
MIDDLETON — To keep its season alive and make the playoffs, Janesville Parker had no choice but to take down host Middleton Friday night, a task that five other teams in the Big Eight failed to do this season. The Vikings (4-5, 4-3 Big Eight) did just that, securing a 27-20 victory to snap a 17-game losing streak to the Cardinals (5-4, 5-2 Big Eight) while more importantly securing a spot in the playoffs. The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association released the 2026 playoff brackets on Saturday morning. Janesville Parker earned the eighth seed and will face top-seeded Hamilton (9-0, 7-0 Greater Metro) in Level 1 of the playoffs on Friday, Oct. 23, at 7 p.m. While the Vikings let up 14 points in the fourth quarter, they never trailed as they fought to earn their spot in the playoffs. Parker coach Joe Flister said it was a great night. “The end of the game for me is a little bit of a blur right now,” Flister said in a phone interview with The Gazette on Saturday. “I have to go back and watch the tape and just try to relive it because it was just one of those magical nights.
Rockford Register Star
Hononegah finally bows out in girls flag football state quarterfinals
The season came to a close for the Hononegah girls flag football team in the IHSA state quarterfinals on Friday night as they fell 27-6 to Mt. Prospect in Willowbrook, one step from the final four of flag football. Hononegah (22-3) saw its 13-game winning streak come to a halt, but the game was closer than the final score appeared. More Rockford-area sports: 13 is lucky number for Hononegah girls flag football en route to state "We really were in this one until late," Hononegah head coach Jason Brunke said. "We just couldn't find a way to finish." After freshman Clair Vanschelven hit another freshman Amaya Waters on a 49-yard touchdown pass, the third quarter ended with Mt. Prospect up only 13-6. But Hononegah couldn't find a way to break loose in the fourth quarter. "These girls have fought so hard this whole season, and tonight was no different," Brunke said. "They put their whole hearts into it once again." Hononegah, back-to-back NIC-10 champ, had allowed more than one touchdown only once in the previous 13 games, and that was just two TDs. This time undefeated Mt. Prospect found a way to put some points up on this defense. Sophomore
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Regents Unable to Keep Up with Concordia Wisconsin
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- The Rockford University football team fell to the NACC's reigning champions, the Concordia University Wisconsin Falcons, 56-14 on Saturday afternoon. Ryan Vasavilbaso spent the majority of the game behind center, tossing a touchdown on 21-of-31 passing for 134 yards. Cliffton Nunnally Jr. subbed in late and threw a touchdown of his own, going 7-of-8 for 101 yards.
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Huskies Race to Exhibition Victory Over Northern Michigan
DEKALB, Ill. – The Northern Illinois University men’s basketball team shot 50.8 percent (31-of-61) from the field as the Huskies topped Northern Michigan, 78-43, in an exhibition game on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 17) at the NIU Convocation Center. The matchup marked the unofficial debut for first-year NIU head coach Matt Majkrzak as the Huskies took on a Northern Michigan program that he had led for the past seven seasons. “A lot of emotions, great to see so many people, our former players came back, it was a great way to kickoff a new chapter and close a chapter that meant…
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Milwaukee takes all three against NIU
It was a gloomy day all around: The Huskies (7-10, 1-6 Horizon League) fell short on Thursday as the storms in DeKalb moved their way inside the Convocation Center. It was a tough battle between the teams since they were close in the rankings before today; University of Wisconsin-University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (8-12, 3-5 Horizon) was placed seventh in the conference, and NIU sat at eighth. After this loss, NIU fell to tenth.