
Local SportsNovember 5, 2009 By LARRY BRENNAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 550 The Sauk Valley Community College Skyhawks men’s basketball team will look to open the season in strong fashion Friday. By DAN WOESSNER
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800-798-4085, ext. 553 For all the success Lynea Axelson has had as a runner at Oregon High School, the state cross country meet has been somewhat elusive. By Ty Reynolds
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800-798-4085, ext. 554 The scary thing about C.J. Shields’ success this season is he hasn’t even been completely healthy. By BRIAN WEIDMAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 551 Dylan Reyes and Jake Trancoso form a powerful 1-2 punch at the top of the Newman cross country lineup. COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL November 4, 2009 By BY LARRY BRENNAN lbrennan@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 550 OREGON – Every time her team needed her, West Carroll’s Rebecca Fritz delivered. By Brian Weidman bweidman@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 551 Tyler Loos has no reason to be hungry after Sterling football games this season. By LARRY BRENNAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 550 OREGON – Newman Central Catholic’s fine volleyball season came to an end Tuesday. By Dan Woessner - dwoessner@svnmail.com LANARK – Twice Eastland and Lena-Winslow met during the regular season. By WILL LARKIN wlarkin@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 552 ROCHELLE – Once upon a time, Keeley Knie, Morgan Martells and Brittney Schreiner played for a Sterling volleyball team that went 10-21. It was the Golden Warriors’ 13th consecutive season with 18 or more losses. November 3, 2009 By DAN WOESSNER
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800-798-4085, ext. 553 Logan Frye dropped back on Saturday one last time in hopes of saving Sherrard’s football season. By BRIAN WEIDMAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 551 Nick and Chris McKeown are in the middle of the action, be it before, during or after Oregon football games. November 2, 2009 By BY LARRY BRENNAN lbrennan@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 550 GENESEO – The Sterling Golden Warriors earned their first volleyball regional title since 1996 Saturday night. By BY WILL LARKIN wlarkin@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 552 POLO – Eastland started slowly Saturday night, and finished sluggishly. By BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 551 ROCK FALLS – Sarah Prendergast and her Newman teammates got their fill of plaques this week. CROSS COUNTRY By BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 551 AURORA – On their biggest stage to date, the Newman boys cross country team turned in its top performance so far. By BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 551 AURORA – Between the mud, wind and biting cold, there was a lot of grumbling from runners, coaches and fans alike Saturday at the Class 1A Aurora Christian cross country sectional. By BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 553 EAST PEORIA – After years working on his father’s dairy farm, Jake Landis felt right at home in the mud. By SVN Sports Staff Allison Yemm earned co-MVP honors to lead Sterling to top team honors in the Northern Illinois Independent Swimming Championship on Saturday in Byron. By BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 553 EAST PEORIA – The girls race at the Class 2A East Peoria cross country sectional was over for an hour and a half on Saturday when Evan Thorpe turned to his daughter, Haley. November 1, 2009 By Will Larkin
- wlarkin@svnmail.com AMBOY – The Amboy-LaMoille football team had no trouble advancing to the second round of the IHSA playoffs, defeating AlWood-ROWVA 41-0 Saturday in a Class 2A first-round game. By Ty Reynolds
- treynolds@svnmail.com EAST DUBUQUE – Dane Bumsted had been through this before, but it didn't ease any of the pain – emotional or physical – oozing out of his pores. By Dan Woessner
- dwoessner@svnmail.com SHERRARD – Mike Papoccia got very mad. His Newman Comets defense got very even. By Larry Brennan
- lbrennan@svnmail.com MORRISON – The top-ranked Morrison Mustangs looked scary good on Halloween as they rolled to a 55-20 win over the Deer Creek-Mackinaw Chiefs in an Illinois Class 2A first-round playoff football matchup Saturday afternoon. By Shawn Doubet
- sports@svnmail.com ALEDO – Time ran out on the Bureau Valley Storm's season Saturday. October 31, 2009 By BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 553 STERLING – Macros Rivera won’t soon forget Friday night. By Brian Weidman 800-798-4085, ext. 552 ROCKFORD – Nick McKeown and his Oregon teammates were some happy mudders on Friday night. By SVN SPORTS STAFF Sterling’s Joseph Bertrand made his Illinois basketball debut Friday night, scoring six points in the Fighting Illini’s 95-67 win against Missouri Southern in an exhibition game at Assembly Hall in Champaign. October 30, 2009 By BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 553 ROCK FALLS – Jay Howell had seen enough. By BY DAN WOESSNER dwoessner@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 553 ROCK FALLS – The first pill was bitter. By Ty Reynolds
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800-798-4085, ext. 554 Drew Cheatham wasn’t nearly as nervous as he thought he should be, what with the size of the cleats he was stepping in to fill. By SVN SPORTS STAFF Illinois freshman guard Joseph Bertrand could redshirt this basketball season, according to online reports published Thursday by the Champaign News-Gazette and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. By LARRY BRENNAN
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800-798-4085, ext. 550 GENESEO – Sterling senior outside hitter Brittney Schreiner got just what she wanted for her 18th birthday: a postseason victory. CORRECTION By Ty Reynolds treynolds@svnmail.com 800-798-4085, ext. 554 POLO – The Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders never knew what hit them. The Milledgeville volleyball team made sure it kept up the pressure. By SVN Sports Staff The Bureau Valley volleyball team scored an upset at its own regional Thursday, when the third-seeded Storm knocked off second-seeded Princeton 25-15, 18-25, 25-16 in a 2A semifinal at Manlius. |
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