Morrison Athletic Boosters announces a significant achievement from the recent Cross Country Conference Meet. Isaiah McDearmon has qualified for the IHSA Sectional Cross Country Meet, during the first weekend of November 2024. Isaiah finished 14th overall today, Saturday, October 26. “Nice job and good luck at Sectionals! You are
Chandler Gilbraith submitted this interview. He served as Ag Instructor/FFA Advisor, Head Track Coach, and Assistant Football Coach at Morrison High School. Amanda Milder supplied the team photos. How many years have you been coaching? I’ve been Head Track Coach just this year, 2024. Last year I was Assistant Coach
Lane Decker of Morrison, IL, broke the Morrison Junior High School High Jump record, after 35 years, on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Prophetstown-Lyndon-Tampico Track Meet, in Prophetstown. The record has held at 5′ 9″ for 35 years by Jason Damhoff, who set it in 1989. No Morrison Junior
Morrison High School Sophomore Brady Anderson earned a fifth-place finish in the 100-meter dash, at the IHSA 1A State Boys Track and Field Championship on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Anderson recorded a time of 11.07 seconds in a field that included all Juniors and Seniors in the top ten finalists.
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. Qualifying for the Illinois High School Association Boys State Track and Field is always a great way to finish a High School athletic career. Four Seniors from Morrison High School performed at the highest level in Charleston, IL, on Saturday, May 28, 2022.
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the article. The Editor’s photo was taken a day before the meet began. These eight Morrison Junior High School athletes competed in the IESA Track and Field Meet: left-to-right, are Koltin Swaim; Levi Milder; Kamden White; Noah Robbins; Asher Ernst; Rylan Alverado; Brady Anderson; Jordan
Editor’s note: Camden White’s grandmother, Connie White, supplied the team with the most delicious chocolate chip cookies! At then end of school on Thursday, May 19, 2022, members of the Boys Track and Field team received a Junior High send-off, to offer them good luck over the weekend. Then the
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted the report and photograph. The annual Panther Invitational Cross Country meet was held at the Erie[, IL,] Country Club, on Tuesday, October 5, 2021. The event drew a large number of runners to compete from 13 schools. Challand topped the Middle School runners, with Ian
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the report and took the photos. Four Juniors from the 2022 class of Morrison High School qualified to compete at the 2021 IHSA State Track and Field Finals, at Eastern Illinois University, on Thursday, June 17, 2021.
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey prepared this article. Following are results from the Friday, June 11, 2021, Track and Field Sectional. Fifteen teams competed. Yellow highlight means State Qualifiers.
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted the report and photos. The Friday, June 4, 2021, TRAC 8 West Conference Meet was held at Riverdale (Port Byron, IL,) High School, with six teams completing. Teams score were: 1. Port Byron (Riverdale) 156; 2. Sherrard, 144; 3. Fulton, 63; 4. Taylor Ridge (Rockridge),
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and supplied photos. Middle School’s ability to compete in Track and Field throughout the State of Illinois originated in 1932, when the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) held competition in Wenona, IL. A two-class system for boys existed until 1984, when the competition
The Morrison Varsity Boys Track and Field team competed against Fulton, on Thursday, April 22, 2021. Fulton scored 44 to squeak past Morrison, who earned 40 points. Individual and team scores follow.
Editor’s note: This file photo of Friday, March 22, 2019, was taken by Track Reporter Michael Newman and shows the MHS 2019 IHSA State Relay Team. Left-to-right are Coach Tim Duncan; Nick Allen; Koby Brackemeyer, Nathan Mickley, Hunter Newman, and Keegan Anderson; Coach Sammy Biggs. Coach Biggs had written, “Morrison had
The Cafeteria ran over with support for Morrison High School Senior Keegan Anderson, on Friday, November 22, 2019, as he “signed” his Letter of Intent to compete in track at University of Illinois in Champaign, IL. Gathered to witness this life-changing occasion at 2:30 p.m., were Jenny and Nathan Anderson