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Small towns are about families, and here is how several families have made this small town a state basketball power for the first time.
Two sophomore sons of former Pecatonica stars and three younger brothers lead the No. 2-ranked boys basketball team in the state in Class 1A.
Son of two-time NIC-10 scoring leader has rare 40-point conference game. And teammate is nephew of his school's greatest player of the last 50 years.
Dedric Macon scored 42 points, 2nd-highest in Freeport history. His dad was a 2-time NIC-10 scoring champ. Jaeden Marion's uncle is Willie Veasley.
Come and vote on our Athlete of the Week, between stars from Rochelle, East, Forreston, Belv North, Le-Win, and others...
Football and volleyball stars from Rochelle, East, Forreston, others: Vote for Rockford's high school athlete of the week.
We all can wonder What if? Surprisingly, even the man who had the longest Major League career of any NIC-10 baseball player in the last 80 years. https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2022/04/08/rockford-greatest-baseball-players-rodney-myers-great-hitter-pitcher/9473243002/
Rodney Myers was All-State shortstop at East, team MVP center fielder at Wisconsin and 9-year Major League relief pitcher. Wishes he picked hitting.
This former NIC-10 hitter was so great he used to practice blind-folded. https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/high-school/baseball/2022/04/06/rockfords-greatest-baseball-players-jake-smolinski-hit-blind-folded/7207274001/
Boylan grad Jake Smolinski had his pro career hampered by a string of injuries, but still played parts of five Major League seasons.
We have a heated race going, so go VOTE for new Athlete of the Week, by noon Friday...
Wrestling champs, a state runner-up and basketball stars: Vote for high school athlete of the week in Rockford.
Markel Baker and the Freeport Pretzels hit the postseason on a roll. Hear what their goals are from here on out, with the NIC-10 tourney on Saturday...
Freeport's Markel Baker on final prep postseason: 'It's time to claim what's mine'
A bunch of road graders paved the way to another dominant state title by Lena-Winslow. Panthers now 5-0 in state title games and NUIC 13-1 in title games since 2005. https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2021/11/26/ihsa-football-lena-winslow-class-1-a-title-game/8726869002/
Le-Win rushes for 359 yards in the first half alone to help Panthers overcome three early turnovers in 38-25 Class 1A state title football win.
With another comeback in the waning seconds, Byron soars into 3A state title game with 15-14 semifinal win over Elmhurst IC Catholic...
Byron gets back to the state title game for the third time in a row with miracle comeback win over Elmhurst IC Catholic.
Typical Byron football, rolling right on in to 3A state quarterfinals. These Tigers fine-tuned things last spring, tho. Let's see how far it will get them now...
https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/2021/11/12/ihsa-football-playoffs-byron-vs-reed-custer-preview-3-a-quarterfinals/6369610001/
Here's how Byron can keep title dream alive by getting past Reed-Custer in a Class 3A quarterfinal playoff game Saturday at home.
Chicago Blackhawks will lean heavily on our Rockford IceHogs to bring it out of these tough times. It's already begun...
https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/local/2021/11/10/ahl-rockford-icehogs-play-role-rebuild-nhl-chicago-blackhawks/6357199001/
The role of the Rockford IceHogs swells as the NHL's Chicago Blackhawks attempt to reshuffle, revamp and rebuild.
I wrote last year about how volleyball produces more Division I athletes than any other Rockford-area sport. That should also produce great teams. Well, it sure did this year. https://tinyurl.com/v95nsk5j
Belvidere North has lost only five sets in 40 matches and its two losses are to Class 4A state semifinalists. Aquin earns sixth state trophy.
One of local teams that rolled in its 1st-round playoff game this weekend was Durand/Pecatonica, which showed it can compete in Class 3A with 44-0 rout...
Durand/Pecatonica leans on Trenton Taylor, run game to soar into Class 3A second round with victory over Mendota.
Want to know the 3 reasons former standout NIC-10 wrestler from Hononegah Corey Anderson is so confident headed into his Bellator MMA fight against Ryan Bader this Saturday night? (The winner gets a shot at $1M!)...
Top 3 reasons confident Hononegah grad and Rockton native Corey Anderson feels ready to 'hurt' Ryan Bader in Bellator 268.
VOTE now for athletes from Boylan, Byron, Stockton, Durand/Pecatonica or Guilford in this week's rrstar.com Athlete of the Week poll...
Who do you think deserves the Rockford Register Star's high school athlete of the week for the first week of October?
VOTE in this week's highly competitive Athlete of the Week poll. Voting ends noon Fri, and Winnebago's Marissa Roggensack leads after one of fastest 2-mile times in the state this year...
Who will win the Rockford Register Star's high school sports athlete of the week?
These r our picks for Breakout Players of the 1st half of the high school football season. Who are yours?
At the start of the fall, we picked the top players at multiple positions. Here are 10 breakout players who didn't make our lists.
Former Freeport star Naomi Jackson is already the starting goalie, and setting records, at University of Illinois...
Freeport product Naomi Jackson overcame three challenges to become University of Illinois starting soccer goalie. Here's how she did it.
Here are the 7 biggest takeaways from Week 3 of Rockford high school football, including Belvidere North's rushing attack and Byron's hot start...
Byron's surge and Le-Win and Du/Pec's collision course are a couple of the key takeways from Week 3 in area high school football.
Time to vote on who you think will win the NIC-10 football championship. The poll closes at noon Friday and the season starts at 7 p.m. Friday.
We want your vote: Who do you think will win the NIC-10 football championship? The poll will close at noon Friday.
I'm going with Lena-Winslow to win the NUIC, but Durand/Pec, Forreston and Dakota all have shots at big high school football seasons. Check out Jay Taft's predictions here...
Predicting how Rockford-area football teams will finish in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference.
Anybody getting fired up for some Prep Football!? Well here are Jay Taft's Top 5 Games to Watch with the high school football season closing in fast...
https://www.rrstar.com/story/sports/2021/07/27/rockford-freeport-high-school-football-games-to-look-forward-to/7914781002/
Harlem vs. Hononegah and Boylan, and Le-Win vs. Durand/Pecatonica jump out as IHSA announces football schedule.
Here are our top 5 greatest women's golfers from the Rockford area. Do you agree with the list? Who would you add?
Check out the career highlights of the five greatest female golfers in the Rockford, Illinois, area in history.
“The greens out here are second to none of the other courses in the area. True, fast greens, it’s a blast.”
Mauh-Nah-Tee-See proved itself to be a strong addition to the Rockford Men's City golf tournament. It replaced Elliot, which closed down last fall.
TJ Baker played his last five holes in 3-under to open up a three-stroke lead in the Greater Rockford Men’s Golf Classic.
TJ Baker was the only player to shoot par in the second round of the Men's City at Mauh-Nah-Tee-See.
We have a local state champ. Freeport's Cadence Diduch, who wrestles for Alber Athletics Wrestling Club, won an IWCOA state wrestling championship on Monday night. Read up on which boys to watch later this week at state as well...
Freeport's Cadence Diduch locked in the girls state wrestling title, Boylan's Netavia Wickson took second.
The IHSA sports year is a wrap, so come VOTE on our final Rockford Register Star high school Athlete of the Week. Athletes from Boylan, Hononegah, East and Orangeville/Aquin are in the running...
Vote for Rockford Register Star's high school Athlete of the Week.
It's time to VOTE again. As the prep seasons wind down, we're continuing to look for the Rockford Register Star Athlete of the Week, with your help. Here is our nominees, now you PICK the winner...
Vote as many times as you like on the Rockford Register Star app or on the website at rrstar.com. Winner announced Friday.
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