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Streaks at LaSalle-Peru on Friday for playoffs
Galesburg Silver Streaks football will make its first playoff appearance in 10 years when it travels to LaSalle-Peru on Friday night. The 4-5 Streaks qualified for the 10th time overall in the Illinois High School Association event, which began with 80 teams in six classes in 1974. Their only playoff win came in 2016 against Chicago Hubbard.
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LaSalle-Peru ends Streaks season 28-20 in playoffs
The Galesburg Silver Streaks got hit with two quick LaSalle-Peru touchdowns and never recovered Friday night in the first round of the Illinois High School Association’s Class 5A football playoffs. The Streaks fell 28-20 in an action-packed contest that marked their first playoff appearance in 10 years. GHS finished...
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Marian Central Catholic ends Boilers’ season
Marian Central Catholic came into the IHSA 3A Playoff game at Kewanee against the 5-4 Boilermakers with a deceiving 3-6 record. Playing out of the Chicagoland Christian Conference, the private school from Woodstock displayed an explosive offense the likes of which Kewanee had not faced all season. The Hurricanes amassed...
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Kewanee Voice sports report, Oct. 26
Saturday, October. 24: Marian Central Catholic 56, Kewanee 14. Thursday, Oct. 22: Kewanee over Rockridge 25-20, 25-16 Thursday, Oct. 22: Wethersfield over Elmwood 25-19, 25-17 Saturday, Oct. 24: IHSA Class 1A Bureau Valley Regional, team placed second with 111 points and qualified for sectional competition. Individuals finishing in the top 20 were Cash Verstraete 9th, 16:521.3 and Alex Attit 13th, 17:10.2.
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A touchdown in the final moments moves Moline past Benet football 42-38
Postseason football is in session at Browning Field in Moline, a venue that dates back over 100 years. The Maroon fans are hyped up for their first round against the Redwings of Benet Academy. This marks James White’s first playoff game as Benet coach, with the 2-7 Wings snagging one of the final postseason spots in Class 7A. The Maroons were able to use a Hail Mary touchdown pass in the closing moments to escape with a 42-38 win over Benet. This highlight is sponsored by BMO.
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Notre Dame Professor and Archaeologist to Deliver Monmouth’s Sienkewicz Lecture Oct. 28
Excavations in Albania have uncovered “remarkable evidence for the institution of ancient slavery in the Greek world.”. So says University of Notre Dame professor David Hernandez, who is the principal investigator for that project. Hernandez will present Monmouth College’s Tenth Annual Thomas and Anne Sienkewicz Lecture on Roman Archaeology at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in Dahl Chapel and Auditorium. Titled “Slavery and Manumission in Greco-Roman Buthrotum (Butrint, Albania): Recent Archaeological Discoveries from the Sanctuary of Zeus Soter,” the talk is free and open to the public.
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Bettendorf again earns Yearbook of the Year from Iowa High School Press Association
For the third year in a row, the Bettendorf yearbook staff's yearbook has been named Yearbook of the Year by the Iowa High School Press Association. "The Days are Long & The Years are Short" also took home 26 individual awards (seven first-place awards, eight second-place awards, one third-place award, and three honorable mentions.)
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Boiler Girls honor 16 seniors, defeat Rockets in final home match
On Thursday, the Kewanee High School volleyball program honored 16 seniors who were participating in the final home match of the season. The opponent for Coach Brooklyn Kazubowski’s Boiler Girls was the Rockridge Rockets. Following a pregame ceremony honoring Kewanee’s senior and their parents, the Boiler Girls also recognized...
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Curran’s big catch wins district for Mount Vernon
MOUNT VERNON — Some football plays are magic. Some are science. Mount Vernon senior Maddox Curran had a 66-yard touchdown catch Friday night at Armstrong Field that was a little bit of both. It helped deliver a 21-7 win for the Mustangs over No. 7 Davenport Assumption in a Class 3A, District 3 showdown. The magic part is that it helped conjure up the district title for Mount Vernon, which now gets to host a first-round playoff game next Friday. Had they lost, the Mustangs likely would have gotten into the 16-team field but definitely would've had to travel. "It means so much," Curran said. "All week we said, write it down, we've got this. Especially after last week (a loss at Dubuque Wahlert) didn't go as planned. We knew we could bounce back." The science was in the physics of the catch. Junior quarterback Noah Olsen hit Curran in the flat for a modest gain, but when two Assumption defenders both went to tackle him at the exact same time, they ended up knocking each other down. Curran had nothing but turf in front of him, and he outran any pursuit to the end zone. "That's how you get
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KWQC
Davenport charter school lands $1.2M state grant ahead of ribbon-cutting
DES MOINES, Iowa (KWQC) - The new charter school in Davenport is getting up to a $1.2 million grant from the state. The funds for Greater Oaks High School & Career Center Davenport are part of $8.5 million in grants slated by the Iowa Department of Education for charter schools across Iowa, state officials said.
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Band of brothers fills the field
Sterling High School Football has been on a roll throughout the 2026-2027 season. Although a lot of fans have seen the success of the program, fans may not notice how many sibling duos there are on the varsity football team, as well as in the football program in general. You...
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September Students of the Month
Sterling High School seniors are given the opportunity to apply for the highest honor known at S.H.S., Student of the Month (SotM). SotM awards two individuals each month for their accomplishments, leadership, and hard work displayed at S.H.S. This September, the award went to seniors Sophie Potthoff and Owen Ports.
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Bettendorf again earns Yearbook of the Year from Iowa High School Press Association
For the third year in a row, the Bettendorf yearbook staff’s yearbook has been named Yearbook of the Year by the Iowa High School Press Association. “The Days are Long & The Years are Short” also took home 26 individual awards (seven first-place awards, eight second-place awards, one third-place award, and three honorable mentions.) Much of the […]
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Monmouth-Roseville Recovers from Tough Start on Long Trip to Hope Academy but Eventually Fall 35-14
The Monmouth-Roseville Titan football squad climbed off the bus after a long 3+ hour ride into Chicago rush-hour traffic on Friday night in the IHSA’s Class 3A Opening Round. A bit road-weary, combined with the lightning quickness of the Hope Academy Eagles, the Titans found themselves trailing 22-6 at the end of the first quarter and 35-6 at the half. Monmouth-Roseville would come out of the halftime break rejuvenated, holding the Eagles scoreless through the final two quarters.
galesburgcommunitynews.org
District 205 board hires first woman to superintendent role
Sheila Coussens-Martin will be the first woman to lead Galesburg Public School District. After a seven-month search, the board unanimously approved hiring Coussens-Martin Wednesday as school superintendent beginning July 1, 2027. Superintendent is the top paid position and sets the agenda for the school district. The position has been held by men throughout the history of the school district.