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Hononegah grads Joscelyn Bennett, Briella Sendele helps JC teams reach World Series
Joscelyn Bennett and Briella Sendele were teammates for eight summers on a Stateline Fury travel team and played four years together on the Hononegah Indians. Last weekend, the college freshmen were wearing different uniforms as they competed in the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Region 4 tournament at Black Hawk College in Moline, Ill. It could have been a little more awkward. At least their teams didn’t square...
PREP BASEBALL: South Beloit tallies 10 runs in 7th in regional opener
Richard Carlson helped visiting South Beloit build a 5-0 lead on Orangeville/Aquin through 2 1-2 innings of Monday’s IHSA 1A regional opener at Orangeville. The question became, was it enough for the SoBos to save some wear-and-tear on their young ace? The good news is that South Beloit (6-14) advanced with a 17-6 victory that featured two home runs by Carlson, including a grand slam in a 10-run seventh inning....
Ernie Furrer, a hard-working, well-loved referee and umpire from Janesville, dies at 83
Bob Suter, the longtime basketball and baseball coach at Craig High School, knows one way he could have entered a higher tax bracket through the years. It hinged fellow Janesville resident Ernie Furrer. “I wish I had a nickel for every baseball game that he umpired or basketball game he worked,” Suter said Friday night. ...
Rockford Speedway takes its final lap with online auction
LOVES PARK, Ill. (WIFR) - Rockford Speedway fans and racers have a chance to own a piece of history from the iconic race track. The Speedway closed in 2023 after 76 seasons. It was located at 9572 Forest Hills Road in Loves Park. More than 1,200 lots are up for...
Rockford-area teams to watch in Class 1A and 2A baseball playoffs include this late riser
Scott Wilhite has had many, many good baseball teams at Stillman Valley, averaging 19 wins in his 24 years as coach. But he’s never had a team like this one. At one point, Stillman Valley scored a total of two runs over four games of a five-game stretch. And won two of them. ...
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...
Hononegah track and field sending seven athletes to IHSA 3A Girls State Track and Field Championships
ROCKTON—This season’s senior class is special to Hononegah track and field head coach Ashley Kentner. The group was freshmen when Kentner took over as the head honcho back in 2020, and they have helped steadily build the program back up. And grow it they have. In Kentner’s first two seasons the Indians sent just one individual to the IHSA 3A Girls State Track & Field Championships. Last season, including relays,...
Middleton sweeps Big Eight softball doubleheader from Janesville Parker
A two-run error proved costly for Janesville Parker in the first game of a Big Eight softball doubleheader against Middleton at the Janesville Youth Sports Complex on Tuesday. The Cardinals had tied the game at 2-2 on a Jafferis RBI single, then Megan Button loaded the bases with no one out with a single of her own. Lilly Keller struck out the next hitter for Parker, and the Vikings made...
Girls soccer regional roundup
(WIFR) - Girls soccer swept the stateline Tuesday afternoon as three major games took place. In the 2A semifinal, Boylan took on Pecatonica in Freeport. The Titans knocked out Pecatonica 9 - 0 and move on to play Freeport in the regional championship Friday. In Loves Park for more 2A...
PREP SOFTBALL: Autumn Meris delivers for Beloit Turner against Jefferson
BELOIT — Autumn Meris singled in the walk-off run in the eighth inning as Beloit Turner edged visiting Jefferson 2-1 in Rock Valley softball on Friday. The Trojans (9-6, 8-5 RVC) took advantage of a two-out error followed by Kamryn Clark’s single to load the bases for Meris, who hit a line-shot single to center field on a 1-2 pitch to end it. Lily Fairfield tripled to right field to...
Lincoln Academy students want to keep perfect record at Road America
BELOIT — Three cars built by 15 Lincoln Academy students will be on the Road America track today in Elkhart Lake competing in the ChallengeUSA Energy Efficient Motorsports series, the final event of their first year in the competition. The goal of ChallengeUSA is to give students hands-on experience in designing, developing, building and driving their own cars in competition. The winner of the electrathon competition is the car that travels the farthest distance in an hour on an electric battery. ChallengeUSA also has a...
Rockford native Jeff Kellen will tee off in second group at PGA Championship
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — Golf’s next Major Tournament, the PGA Championship, will tee off Thursday in Louisville at Valhalla Golf Club. One of the first players off the tee that morning will be Rockford native Jeff Kellen. Kellen will tee off in the second group on the first hole at 6:26 a.m. CT. His playing […]
Beloit Memorial boys and girls both seventh in SLC Track and Field Championships
BURLINGTON, Wis. — Beloit Memorial’s boys and girls track teams both finished seventh in the eight-team Southern Lakes Conference Track and Field Championships at Burlington High School Tuesday night. Beloit’s best finish was a second place by senior Armando Gonzalez in the 800 meters. He was clocked in 2:17.02. Teammate Leonardo Rosas-Floras finished seventh in 2:35.08. The Purple Knights picked up a pair of third places in the weight events....
Peoria's Michael Curialle homers three times in win over Beloit Sky Carp
BELOIT—The Peoria Chiefs’ Michael Curialle had himself a Mother’s Day to remember. The third baseman, who entered Sunday’s game with the Beloit Sky Carp without a home run, hammered three of them in his first three at-bats to lead the Chiefs to a 9-3 victory at ABC Supply Stadium. The Chiefs scored three runs in the first inning off Beloit starter Alex Williams (1-2). He struck out the side in...
Janesville Craig hammers Verona's ace for big win heading into seeding meeting
Mallorie Kreuser fooled ’em once, but Janesville Craig’s softball team wasn’t about to get fooled again by the Verona ace on Tuesday. The teams first finished a suspended game the Wildcats led 9-0 before play was stopped in the fourth inning on a rainy afternoon in Janesville last month. The final score on that one was 11-0 in five innings in Verona’s favor, and Kreuser’s performance went into the record book as a complete-game one-hitter. ...
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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