Morrison Junior High Sixth Grade Boys Basketball plays at 4:00 p.m. today, in the Junior High Gymnasium, 305 E. Winfield Street, Morrison, IL.
To conclude their regular Boys Basketball season, the Morrison High School Varsity team beat Rock Falls High School 73-66, to advance to the Regional Finals. Morrison was poised to play the winner of the Princeton and Bureau Valley game. Morrison High School Coach Mark Ernst stated, “Our best game of
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A strong Mustang second half earned the home win, on Saturday, January 27, 2024, over the Sherrard Tigers 57-47. Sherrard: 9 – 16 – 11 – 11 = 47 Morriosn: 14 -10 -18 -15 = 57 Mustang Scoring: Hepner 7, McQueen 4, Newman 11, Bielema
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A Thursday night, January 25, 2024, venture to Mercer County by the Morrison Mustangs ended in an disappointing loss, by the score of 67-46. Mercer Co.: 19 – 17 – 19 – 12 = 67 Morrison: 8 – 13 – 9 – 16 = 46
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A strong, 28-point opening quarter allowed the Morrison Mustangs the advantage they needed, to fight off the host Riverdale Rams and record a 65-60 victory, on Friday night, January 26, 2024. Morrison: 28 – 16 – 10 – 11 = 65 Riverdale: 18 – 14
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The cold trip to Rock Island, IL, allowed the Morrison Mustangs to add another victory to the 2023-24 Basketball season. Chase Newman (12 pts.) and Carson Strating (16 pts.) led the offense, that outscored the Pioneers in every quarter, to record the 53-42 win. Morrison:
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The Morrison, IL, Mustangs hosted the Orion, IL, Chargers on a cold, blustery night and played a balanced game, to send them home with a loss 66-59 on Friday, January 19, 2024. Orion: 11 – 17 – 11 – 16 = 59 Morrison: 16
Anticipating a winter storm, The Mustangs and Rockridge Rockets moved their game to Thursday and the hard-fought contest ended in a Rockridge win 53-46. Morrison: 11 – 14 – 8 – 13 = 46 Rockridge: 8 – 14 – 18 – 13 = 53 Morriosn Scoring: Hepner 13, McQueen 3,
With the forecast of more inclement weather for Friday, January 12, 2024, the Morrison High School Boys Basketball game against Rockridge has been moved from Friday to Thursday, January 11, 2024. Junior Varsity tipoff will be 5:30 p.m. at Morrison High School.
The boy’s basketball game between Morrison and Erie-Prophetstown scheduled for January 9, 2024, has been rescheduled for February 15, 2024, due to the weather.
The Morrison Mustangs never recovered from a slow opening quarter, scoring only three points. They fell to the Monmouth-Roseville Titans in Monmouth, IL, on Friday, January 6, 2023. M- R: 11 – 8 – 14 – 16 = 49 Morrison: 3 – 12 – 14 – 16 = 45 Mustang
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey Renner Rosengren of the Sterling, IL, Newman Comets created an unstoppable force, while scoring 40 points and leading the Comets to a 66-56 win over the neighboring Morrison Mustangs at Newman, on Wednesday, January 3, 2023. Scoring: Morrison: Hepner 2, McQueen 4, Newman 14, Bielema
By Jerry Lindsey The Beecher Bobcats established a first-quarter advantage, from which the Morrison Mustangs never recovered. The Bobcats recorded an impressive 76-59 win in the Warkins Holiday Tourney at Erie High School, on Wednesday, December 27, 2023. Beecher: 24 – 25 – 17 – 9 = 76 Morrison: 8 –
A typical rivalry between the Morrison Mustangs and the neighboring Fulton Steamers was played at Morrison, IL, on Friday night, December 15, 2023. Morrison took a 35-28 lead into halftime, but the offense failed to score in double digits, in either of the third or fourth quarters, to fall to
The Milledgeville, IL, Missiles exploded with five 3-pointers in the second quarter, to open a lead that they protected, to earn a 48-46 victory. Morrison Scoring: Newman 12, Hepner 12, Martin 10, Strating 6, and McQueen 6.