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PREPS: Brodhead/Juda track and field teams shine at RVC Rock meet
BELOIT — The Brodhead/Juda track and field teams continued their dominant season as the girls finished first at the Rock Valley Rock Division Meet while the boys were second on Tuesday night at Beloit Turner High School. The Cardinals’ girls racked up a whopping 165 points while the hosting Trojans were second with 103. Evansville was third (84) followed by Clinton and Edgerton (70) and Big Foot (62). On the...
Freeport’s Aquin High School closes due to shrinking enrollment
FREEPORT, Ill. (WTVO) — Aquin Catholic High School will be closing down due to a lack of enrollment for the 2024-2025 school year. As of May 1st, there are only 44 students enrolled in grades 9-12 and enrollment for next school year is down to 18 students. Shrinking enrollment has led to fewer extracurricular opportunities […]
Baseball roundup: Senobe, Bockhop come up with hits in Brodhead/Juda's walkoff win over Dodgeville
Dodgeville put up its number in the first. All Brodhead/Juda had to do was match it. It took the Cardinals (7-4 overall, 5-1 Rock Valley) until the fourth to do so, and then in the bottom of the eighth, Evan Senobe hit a leadoff double and Gabe Bockhop drove him in for a 5-4 walk-off nonconference win over the Dodgers. Sam Searls pitched four scoreless innings of relief to pick...
Late Freeport fire chief to be honored during national memorial service in Maryland
Late Freeport Fire Chief Bradley Liggett will be among more than 200 firefighters honored during the 43rd National Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend, May 4 and 5, in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Liggett, 55, of Freeport, died Jan. 8, 2022, due to complications of COVID-19. The National Fallen Firefighters Foundation is honoring 89 firefighters who died in...
Illinois first responders stage drunk driving crash ahead of prom season
ORANGEVILLE, Ill. (WTVO) — The Orangeville School District held a mock crash demonstration for students ahead of prom season. The presentation involved Leamons ambulance, Orangeville and Cedarville Fire Departments along with the Stephenson County Sheriff’s Office. The crash is meant to bring awareness to the dangers of driving distracted or under the influence. “The big […]
Accidental phone call leads to new U-Haul business in Freeport
FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - People in the Freeport area have a new option to rent trucks, trailers and other moving supplies. Elite Auto and Tire Inc./Elite Towing & Recovery, 1754 N Henderson Rd., is now the fourth U-Haul neighborhood dealer in Freeport. However, business leaders say the new venture started because of an accidental phone call.
Staff cuts planned following failed Evansville school referendum
EVANSVILLE — In the wake of a failed April 2 referendum, the Evansville Community School District is planning to eliminate 14 positions, including 11 teachers, for the 2024-25 school year. That would amount to $1.1 million trimmed from its 2024-25 budget, just in staff reductions. Without the staff cuts, the district is projecting a $2.1 million 2024-25 budget deficit. ...
Freeport blood donors get beef sticks for National Beef Month
FREEPORT, Ill. (WIFR) - Rock River Valley blood donors who give blood during National Beef Month will get a snack courtesy of the Stephenson/Winnebago County Beef Association. Beef sticks will be available while supplies last for individuals who donate blood in May at the RRVBC’s Freeport Donor Center, 461 E South Street.
Softball roundup: Brodhead stays undefeated in close 3-1 win over Clinton
BRODHEAD — Coming off an 8-6 victory over rival Beloit Turner on Monday, Clinton’s Cougars put undefeated Brodhead in their sights on Tuesday. Cardinals ace Ava Risum had other ideas, however. Risum struck out 15 and allowed only five hits in 6 2/3 innings as Brodhead improved to 11-0 by edging Clinton 3-1. After Risum was struck by a line drive in the right forearm, Sophia Leitzen came on to...
Baseball: Schroedl tosses 1-hitter with 11 strikeouts as Jefferson downs Monroe 5-1
MONROE — Senior Tyler Schroedl pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts, leading Jefferson’s baseball team past host Monroe 5-1 in Rock Valley play on Tuesday. Schroedl walked Monroe lead off hitter Ashton Hale in the first inning. With two away, Hale came around on Ethan Rosenstiel’s single up the middle. The Cheesemakers mustered nothing else against Schroedl, who walked just one, faced four hitters above the minimum while throwing 103 pitches, 67 for strikes. ...
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