Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photo. The 2018 football season closed for the Fresh/Soph Morrison Ponies, with the second undefeated season in a row and the development of many athletes that will contribute to the Mustang program for the upcoming season. The season finale on Friday, October 19, 2018,
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. Unseasonably cool temperatures and a Senior Night greeted the Morrison Mustangs on Friday, October 12, 2018, as they entered the Edgington Campus to take on the 5-2 Rockridge Rockets. The Rockets, who began the season ranked 3rd in the State, fell to Newman
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. Football statistics can often be deceiving, and that was definitely true Friday night, October 12, 2018. The undefeated Morrison Ponies took the field against the Fresh-Soph of the Rockridge Rockets. The records revealed a play snap advantage for the Rockets of 57 play
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. The official raised his hand to signal that all was ready for the kickoff of the Orion Chargers and Morrison Mustangs football game, on Friday night, October 5, 2018, and he didn’t lower it until Saturday night, October 6. Severe lightning and rain
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photo. The Morrison Ponies had to wait about 27 hours to take the field against the young Orion Chargers, on Saturday, October 6, 2018, but they came prepared and raised their season record to 7-0. Thinking that all of the lightning had struck the
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. The match up of the Fresh-Soph football teams from Riverdale High School and Morrison High School for the Morrison Homecoming could possibly be labeled a “mismatch.” This label is offered due to the statistics that read that the Morrison Ponies had eight possessions
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. High School Homecoming is an event that students look forward to and whose memories are cherished for years into the future. The 2018 Homecoming at Morrison High School won’t go down in the memory bank as one of the brightest memories. Friday, September
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. The scene Friday night, September 21, 2018, at Fulton High School is a perfect example of what small town football is all about. Picture two Dutch farming communities, with many players on both teams owning the same last name; cool fall temperatures; standing-room-only
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. It didn’t matter to the streaking Morrison Ponies that they were visiting the Fulton Homecoming celebration. On Friday night, September 21, 2018. They stifled the young Steamers in a 34-0 victory. The Ponies remained undefeated behind the pounding of fullback Brhenan Linke (ten carries
The Morrison Ponies galloped to Sterling, IL, with a record of three wins and no losses, scoring 36-points in each previous win. The Shooting Stars from Newman Central Catholic own a record of 1 win and 2 losses, but all records usually go out the window when these two schools
The Morrison Mustangs are a team starting a season under a new coaching staff and trying to find themselves. The Varsity team opened with two wins and is building confidence. They are returning to the playoffs that have eluded them for the past four years. On Friday, September14, 2018, the
The Morrison Ponies upped their early season record to 3-0, using the same formula for victory in each of the three games. It takes dominance on both sides of the ball, to be able to get the results the Ponies are accomplishing. They exhibited an offense that scored 36 points
The Morrison Mustangs entered E. M. “Bud” Cole field on Friday, September 7, 2018, with hopes that the week-long rains had ended, and they could return to the win column against the visiting Kewanee, IL, Boilermakers. Hall of Fame recognitions returned some elite athletes and cheerleaders from the past, and
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey supplied the photograph. Compeer Financial, a Farm Credit cooperative, awarded a $5000 General Use Grant donation to White Oaks Therapeutic Center at the Whiteside County Fair, on Tuesday, August 14, 2018. The purpose of the General Use Grant Program is to fund programs and organizations whose
Editor’s note: Photos are by Jerry Lindsey. For a second week, the Friday night lights of Morrison, IL, football began with a continuous clock for the Fresh/Soph game, in an attempt to keep the Varsity game from ending so late. Unfortunately, this Friday night didn’t end in any way similar