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Morrison makes most of second-half adjustments
ARTICLE: The Morrison football team is making the most of its second-half-of-the decade adjustments.
Nov 20, 2009 | 5:35 pm | Loading…
Moline seniors shoot for another perfect Big Six season
ARTICLE: Not losing a conference game in two years makes a team exceptional. Bringing everyone back for one last run at it makes it the odds-on favorite. And doing it for three straight seasons puts it in rarified air.
Nov 19, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Big Six coaches expect exciting Fridays
ARTICLE: In a night filled with teasing and basketball at the Western Big Six coaches' banquet one theme rose above the others.
Nov 18, 2009 | 10:45 pm | Loading…
Pat Angerer
VMIX: Iowa senior linebacker from Bettendorf talks about the disappointment of Saturday's loss to Ohio State.
Nov 14, 2009 | 10:55 pm
Morrison star erases Orion
ARTICLE: It wasn't their most dominant game. It wasn't their most well-executed, and it sure wasn't their prettiest. But what it was when the clock hit zero is what's important this time of year.
Nov 14, 2009 | 5:40 pm | Loading…
Orion finds solace away from home
ARTICLE: The street that leads to Charger Field in Orion is lined with players' uniform numbers nailed to telephone poles, a visual reminder of the pride the community feels for its high school football team.
Nov 13, 2009 | 10:40 pm | Loading…
Galesburg, Quincy claim Western Big Six titles
ARTICLE: Ties were popular all around at the Western Big Six conference golf championships.
Sep 28, 2009 | 9:05 pm | Loading…
Swimming notebook: UT sweeps
ARTICLE: Solid swimming: Paced by Shannon Ballageer's victorious swims in the 100 and 50 freestyles, plus her leg on the 400 free relay, United Township won every event in a Tuesday dual with Macomb.
Sep 23, 2009 | 8:15 pm | Loading…
Moline edges Rock Island Alleman in double-overtime
ARTICLE: James Johannes liked what he saw. The Rock Island Alleman boys soccer coach watched his team scratch, claw, fight and hang with a more talented Moline squad.
Sep 22, 2009 | 9:05 pm | Loading…
Green: IHSA should have kept firm
ARTICLE: The Illinois High School Association announced last Tuesday that North Chicago would be reinstated after a brawl with Chicago Simeon in Week 2 that involved players and fans. The IHSA originally suspended the entire North Chicago program for the remainder of the season. A few days later, …
Sep 21, 2009 | 6:20 pm | Loading…
Area game of week: Mercer County can't avenge playoff loss
ARTICLE: Poor tackling and Illini West's powerful running game were too much for Mercer County to overcome as the Golden Eagles fell 49-14 on Friday night.
Sep 19, 2009 | 12:15 am | Loading…
Keith pitches shutout for UT
ARTICLE: Excuse Jon Keith if he seemed frustrated the past few weeks. The United Township senior goalie has been slugging it out in the net trying to keep the scores down while his offense has struggled to score.
Sep 15, 2009 | 9:45 pm | Loading…
Youth programs help Rock Island catch up
ARTICLE: For the past 15 years, Rock Island has been losing ground in soccer.
Sep 15, 2009 | 2:00 am | Loading…
Area notebook: Bellevue, Wapello making strides
ARTICLE: Eastern Iowa notebook
Sep 14, 2009 | 10:40 pm | Loading…
Swimmers hope grueling regimens deliver big
ARTICLE: It's 5 a.m., and Allie Stecker is rolling out of bed. On a typical Tuesday morning, the Pleasant Valley sophomore arrives at school by 6. When she gets there, Stecker spends the next 90 minutes in the pool before starting class. After school, Stecker finds her way back to the water for an…
Sep 10, 2009 | 9:00 am | Loading…
Ricky Stanzi
VMIX: Iowa quarterback discusses sluggish offense in Saturday's win over UNI.
Sep 05, 2009 | 10:25 pm
Rock Island runs over Crete-Monee
ARTICLE: Rock Island came into Friday night's tussle with Crete-Monee with a chip on its shoulder. A week after a defeat that players and coaches called "embarrassing," the Rocks defeated the No. 5 team in Class 6A, 14-0.
Sep 05, 2009 | 12:45 am | Loading…
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IMAGE: AlWood/ROWVA quarterback Tyler Waugh credits his line and his receivers for his six TDs last Friday.
Sep 02, 2009 | 11:55 pm
Meet Tyler Waugh
ARTICLE: Tyler Waugh, a 6-foot-1, 170-pound quarterback, tossed six touchdown passes in his first game as a starter last Friday night for AlWood/ROWVA
Sep 02, 2009 | 11:45 pm | Loading…
Orion reloads for new season
ARTICLE: Even without the loss of its head coach, Orion was staring at a tough situation this year.
Aug 27, 2009 | 10:25 am | Loading…
Orion hopes to leave troubles behind
ARTICLE: It will take about an hour for the Orion football team to drive to Rock Falls for its season opener Friday. But the road to this game has been a long one.
Aug 26, 2009 | 9:35 pm | Loading…
Officials call ISC tournaments a hit
ARTICLE: Mother Nature is just about the only one who wasn't pleased with last week's ISC world fast-pitch softball tournament.
Aug 26, 2009 | 9:25 pm | Loading…
Ben Chiswick
VMIX: Getting to know Ben Chiswick, the radio play-by-play voice for the Quad-Cities River Bandits.
Aug 26, 2009 | 12:10 am
New school Mercer County has old scores to settle
ARTICLE: Redemption. It's a strange word for a high school football program that hasn't played a game yet.
Aug 25, 2009 | 7:50 pm | Loading…
Kitchener repeats as ISC champion
ARTICLE: Moments after his Kitchener, Ontario, team won the ISC world tournament, Dean Holoien had a softball back in his hands. But he wasn't throwing it, he was signing it.
Aug 22, 2009 | 1:10 am | Loading…
Local teams eliminated from softball tourney
ARTICLE: Rain delayed the start of Monday's play for an hour, and when play concluded, four teams' hopes of an ISC world tournament championship were washed away.
Aug 17, 2009 | 10:50 pm | Loading…
Thomson moves closer to elimination
ARTICLE: Thomson moved closer to elimination after losing its game against Ashland 4-1 on Monday at the ISC World Fast-pitch tournament .
Aug 17, 2009 | 12:30 pm | Loading…
Q-C drops opener in ISC tournament
ARTICLE: It wasn't the start that the Quad-City Sox hoped for, but it was the one that was expected.
Aug 15, 2009 | 11:05 pm | Loading…
1967 Q-C champs reunite at ISC tourney
ARTICLE: They were joking, laughing and reminiscing, shaking hands and catching up.
Aug 15, 2009 | 10:30 pm | Loading…
ISC softballMach hits high speeds in Thomson's opening win
ARTICLE: Jonas Mach wasn't crazy about the weather.
Aug 14, 2009 | 10:55 pm | Loading…
Q-C Sox underdogs at ISC world fastpitch tournament
ARTICLE: The Quad-City Sox head into the ISC world fastpitch tournament with tempered enthusiasm after their 2-0 exhibition victory against Thomson, Ill.
Aug 13, 2009 | 10:10 pm | Loading…
Green: Swimsuit ban means nothing
ARTICLE: It's cute how the National Federation of High School Associations thinks that by announcing a ban on high-tech swimsuits it is actually doing anything.
Aug 12, 2009 | 4:45 pm | Loading…
Harrelson Motors lone Q-C world softball champion
ARTICLE: The Quad-Cities was the home field of softball in the 1960s and the Harrelson Motors team of Moline was the star.
Aug 08, 2009 | 10:35 pm | Loading…
Brubaker led 3-headed Harrelson Motors staff
ARTICLE: In 1967, Harrelson Motors became the only local team to win the ISC world tournament thanks to its three-headed pitching monster.
Aug 08, 2009 | 10:35 pm | Loading…
World's best make their pitch in Q-C
ARTICLE: When the International Softball Congress World Fastball tournament returns to the Quad-Cities this week, it brings a rich history and tradition.
Aug 08, 2009 | 10:25 pm | Loading…
Junior runs fun by the dozen
ARTICLE: Friday's Alcoa Jr. Bix 7 was all about repeats.
Jul 24, 2009 | 9:30 pm | Loading…
