The Illinois Coaches Association and the Shriners of Illinois will host the 44th annual Illinois High School Shrine Game on Saturday, June 16, 2018, at Tucci Stadium, on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. Kick-off is scheduled at 1:00 p.m. The pregame festivities will begin with a fun
The Morrison Mustangs journeyed to Orion, IL, to keep alive their dim playoff hopes, on Friday, October 6, 2017. Instead, they met the running of Sam West, the arm of Dawson Schulenburg, and Mother Nature to carry home a 35-7 defeat.
The weather app was on most phones in Orion, IL, as the Morrison Ponies took the field to defend their undefeated record, on Friday, October 6, 2017. The weather held off to allow them to record a 34-8 victory.
By Bill Popkin Going into this football contest between the Mustangs and the Riverdale Rams on Sept. 29, it seemed that Morrison would be a solid favorite. The Mustangs had averaged 27 points per outing compared to Riverdale’s 16. The Rams were on a four-game losing streak, while Morrison
By Bill Popkin Going into this football contest between the Mustangs and the Riverdale Rams on Sept. 29, it seemed that Morrison would be a solid favorite. The Mustangs had averaged 27 points per outing compared to Riverdale’s 16. The Rams were on a four-game losing streak, while Morrison had
By Bill Popkin On Friday Sept. 29, the Morrison Pony football squad traveled west to Port-Byron-Riverdale to battle the frosh-soph Rams. Morrison tallied two touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to take a commanding 30-6 advantage at halftime. They outpointed the Rams 20-8 in the final half
By Jerry Lindsey The undefeated Morrison fresh-soph football team was scheduled to be theopening act for the showdown between the undefeated varsity teams fromNewman and Morrison, but they turned out to be the main feature as theydealt the undefeated visitors from Newman a 16-6 loss. Both teams brought in a
If the perfect “Friday Night Lights” scenario is possible, it may have occurred at Friday’s Homecoming game between the Fulton Steamers and the Morrison Mustangs. Both teams have started the season with victories and stumbled and are looking to regroup to advance into postseason. Now add to the drama that
Written by Jerry Lindsey The week of anticipation and comparing the undefeated teams from Morrisonand Sterling Newman came to a very disappointing end, as the #1 rankedNewman Comets wasted no time in showing why they are ranked as the bestteam among the Class 2A schools in the state by defeating
The Morrison Mustangs are a work-in-progress group that is realizing itself a week at a time. Entering the third week of the season with two wins, an anticipated challenge from the Kewanee Boilermakers (1-1) didn’t quite develop. The Mustang left town with a 41-28 win.
The Morrison Fresh-Soph football team has rolled to a 2-0 season start. They had hopes of continuing their strong season start at Kewanee, IL, on Friday night, September 8, 2017. As the officials prepared the opening whistle, the scoreboard went dead! After a delay the officials decided to play without
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. The Morrison Mustangs traveled 70 miles to play the Spring Valley Hall Red Devils for the first time on their field. But they made the late-night journey home with a 26-14 win. The Mustangs used a pounding ground game that racked up 288
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey took the photos. The Young Mustangs allowed the fresh-soph Red Devils an early touchdown, then quietly closed the door on their offense in route to a 34-14 win, at Spring Valley Hall High School Friday night, September 3, 2017. The Mustangs will travel to Kewanee, IL,
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey also took the photos. If you love “Friday Night Lights,” you would have enjoyed the opening night of football at Morrison High School on Friday, August 25, 2017. The team entered a new season with a lot of uncertainty. They would be facing an opponent that never
Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey also submitted the photos. The first game of a season always has the unknown awaiting the coaching staff. The previous weeks of practice expose certain individual talents, but the real evaluation is determined by how they perform in an actual game. The Morrison Fresh-Soph suited ten