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Guilford sprinter Messiah Tilson advances to state in four events, to lead area boys stars
The boys track and field season is headed down the backstretch, and this week's sectionals across the northern portion of the state will lay the groundwork for the Rockford-area stars to shine at state next week. Only the top two from each event, and those that eclipse the state standard times and distances, will extend their seasons one more week. Those are the ones who will make it to the final week of the season, and the...
3A track and field sectional sees several local boys qualify for state
HUNTLEY, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Girls track and field athletes will begin competing at state the next few days, and now our local boys are trying to get there for next week. Sectional action for the 3A boys was happening Wednesday night in Huntley. Huntley was the team champion out of 17 teams. Belvidere North was the […]
Weekend Winners and Up Next...
The Bumper To Bumper IRA Outlaw Sprint Series, AutoMeter Wisconsin wingLESS Sprints Series powered by Gandrud Performance Parts, and the 1175 Sports Park & Eatery IRA Lightning Sprints all competed this past weekend. Jake Neuman topped a very exciting night in front of a big crowd at the Sycamore Speedway...
Hononegah clinches third straight NIC-10 softball title, carrying momentum toward playoffs
Hononegah's girls softball crew, one of the youngest in the NIC-10 and in the Rockford area, had plenty of motivation going into Wednesday night's showdown at Belvidere North. Win to complete the season sweep of the Blue Thunder and another conference title was theirs. It would also set up a...
Canceled mud volleyball fundraiser hurts Northern Illinois Beautiful’s budget
ROSCOE, Ill. (WTVO) — The cancelation of Keep Illinois Beautiful’s Mud Volleyball Tournament has participants disappointed and will hurt their budget. Keep Illinois Beautiful Executive Director Pam Osborne said a lot has changed due to new leadership. “They had a lot of new leadership in Roscoe and everything. And they just decided they wanted to […]
The Glove Doctor: State champion football coach also repairs baseball gloves for Byron
Perhaps no piece of sporting equipment is more personal than a baseball glove. “It has a certain feel and a comfort level and a confidence,” Byron coach Dale Hartman said. “I’ve coached players who don’t want anyone else even touching their glove, let alone trying it on and playing catch with it.” So he...
Strane Captures First Win in Season Opener at Sycamore!
16 cars signed in to the 2024 season opener at Sycamore Speedway in support of the IRA Sprint Cars and the Badger Midgets. 2 rookies, Chad Stouthamer and Nate Kirchner made their series debut as they will battle for Rookie of the Year honors along a few others who weren’t in attendance for the season opener. Quick time was set by the #18 machine of Nick Petska who is returning full time in 2024 for Dream Chaser Racing. In heat race action, Petska was able to drive from 4th and capture Allstsar Performance Heat1 while Tim Brannam used the outside front row starting spot to secure the victory in Rod End Supply Heat #2. Brannam would pull the #3 pill for the feature, again giving him the outside front row starting spot and again was able to get to the point on the opening lap and then use the clean air to his advantage. The field would be bunched back up on lap 14 for a slowing Jeff Schmidt in the 6. The restart would see Brannam lead 2023 Rookie of the Year , Brian Strane Jr, Mark Heinert, Mike Neau, and Nick Petska back to the green. Strane was able to use the middle groove to get by Brannam after an intense 2 lap battle and assume the lead. On the next lap Neau slid Heinert for 3rd in 3 but struggled with traction exiting 4 and got out of shape entering 1 resulting in a “tommy tip over” and bringing out the red flag. Innocent bystander Jacob Irwin had nowhere to go and was collected in the accident. Both would retire from the event with 3 laps to go. Strane commanded the restart and took the white flag with Brannam and Heinert in tow but a spin in T4 would set up over-time and a GWC finish – extending the feature to 21 laps. In the end it was Strane holding on for the win with Brannam and Heinert rounding out the podium. Rookie contender Stouthamer would earn the Weld Racing Hard Charger going +6 in the feature. For 14 year old Strane, it was his first IRA Lightning Sprint victory and he leaves Sycamore as the IRA Lightning Sprints presented by 1175 Sports Park and Eatery point leader. The series takes a week off and then will be back in action for a Memorial Day weekend double header – again with the IRA Sprint Cars both nights on Saturday May 25th at Wilmot Raceway and then Sunday May 26th at 141 Speedway.
PREP SOFTBALL: Hononegah improves to 15-0 in NIC-10
ROCKFORD — Hononegah’s softball team started off a busy week of NIC-10 action on Monday by throttling Rockford Boylan 20-3 to improve to 26-2 overall and 15-0 in conference. The Indians play at Belvidere North on Wednesday and at Harlem on Thursday before hosting Rockford Guilford on Friday for their regular-season finale. Hononegah wasted no time against the Titans at Sportscore, scoring eight times in the first inning, then adding...
Four-star Northern Illinois transfer Zarique Nutter commits to Georgia State
Zarique Nutter, a four-star transfer out of Northern Illinois, has committed to Georgia State, he tells 247Sports. The 6-foot-6, 200-pound wing averaged 15.4 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists this season that chose to play for Jonas Hayes and the Panthers over other schools including Washington, Arkansas, UCF, San Diego State, Utah, Utah State and many others.
Baseball Recap: DeKalb has no trouble against Rochelle
DeKalb put the finishing touches on their 11th blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. Everything went their way against the Rochelle Hubs as the DeKalb Barbs made off with a 9-3 win. That result was just more of the same for these two, as DeKalb also won the last time the pair played back in May of 2023.
Rock Valley College softball team seeded 13th for Nationals
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — South Carolina sounds good this time of the year, especially if you’re the Rock Valley College softball team. Spartanburg, South Carolina is where the Golden Eagles will be headed at the end of this week for the NJCAA Division II World Series. The players and coaches learned Tuesday morning during the […]
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