Following a one day delay due to weather, the Morrison Fillies continued action Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at the Cliff Warkins Memorial Classic Holiday Tournament in Erie, IL, with an adjusted schedule. The first game against a southern foe from Galva, IL, needed two overtimes to finalize. Galva defeated Morrison
The Morrison Fillies ended the first day of the Cliff Warkins Memorial Classic Holiday Tournament, on Saturday, December 26, 2015, with a 52-45 loss to the Kewanee[, IL,] Wethersfield Lady Geese.
The Morrison High School Fillies Basketball team was able to outscore the Kewanee, IL, Lady Boilermakers from the field. The local team, however, sent the Boilermakers to the free throw line 33 times, where they converted on 22 (67%) of the gifts.
The Morrison Fillies Basketball team used 90% free throw shooting to stop the Orion, IL, Chargers Monday night, December 14, 2015, with a 43-35 win.
Following a couple setbacks in the loss column and the loss for several weeks of starter Emma Sitzmore, th Morrison High School Fillies responded Thursday night, December 10, 2015, by topping host Princeton, IL, 36-31. The opening quarter was an adjustment of the new lineup. The Fillies fell behind by
The Morrison High School Fillies left the floor Monday evening, November 30, 2015, with a win in an unusual game of scoring efforts. The visiting Amboy, IL, Lady Clippers only had four players enter the scoring column. Their leading scorer ( Doege) scored only two points in their anemic first
The Morrison Fillies earned win number three on the young season, by topping the Lady Missiles of Milledgeville, IL, 39-35. Struggling at the free throw line (36%) put extra pressure on the Fillies, but balanced scoring from six players made the difference.
Morrison High School, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, IL, hosted a Girls Basketball tourney featuring Varsity and Fresh-Soph competition. But the early winter snow storm shortened the games as two Friday, November 20, 2015, and all Saturday, November 21, games were canceled.
Regarding the Morrison High School Girls Basketball tournament set for Saturday, November 21, 2015, Morrison Athletic Director Gregg Dolan submitted this change in “plan for tomorrow. We will cancel the trophy round of the Fresh/Soph side of the tournament and move the pool play games to noon and 1:30 p.m.
The Kewanee, IL, Wethersfield Lady Geese were the guests for the final regular season game with the Morrison High School Fillies on Saturday, February 7, 2015. The lead never exceeded four points by either team, and the Geese flew south with a 42-40 win.
Four Morrison High School girls scored in double figures against the Port Byron, IL, Riverdale Rams on Thursday, February 5, 2015. The Fillies came out of the corral and built a 21-3 first quarter lead. They extended that to 37-8 by half.
Prophetstown’s Corrie Reiley outscored the entire Morrison Fillies five in the first half to establish an unsurmountable advantage to lead the Phophets to a 58-43 conference win.
The Rockridge Lady Rockets of Taylor Ridge, IL, used full court pressure to force 21 first-half turnovers and put the Fillies into a hole. They were unable to climb out.
Big second quarters by Morrison’s Lakin Goodman (7 points) and Erie’s Cox (10 points) ended up creating the difference in a 36-29 Morrison loss to Erie, IL. The difference was the support that Erie teammates supplied to overcome a first quarter deficit (9-6) and earn a halftime lead (23-18). Both
The Morrison, IL, Fillies journeyed south to Prophetstown, IL, with the goal of knocking off the #1-ranked Associated Press Class 1A Lady Prophets.