Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted the report and photos. High school football owns a certain predictability with each assigned game, but the Morrison vs Monmouth-Roseville Titans game, on Saturday, September 10, 2022, may have ignored most of those normalities. First, the game was played on a Saturday due to the
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted the report. The Tuesday, September 6, 2022, Morrison High School Fresh-Soph game against the Kewanee, IL, Boilermakers ended in a two-point loss (14-12.) The game carried many situations that echoed the recent Friday night, September 2, loss to the Varsity Boilermakers (16-14.) The opening quarter
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the report and photographed the action. The settings for Friday Night football couldn’t have been more attractive, than when the Morrison Mustangs visited the Kewanee, IL, Boilermakers, on September 2, 2022. A calm, warm, fall evening welcomed the teams to a new, beautifully-constructed, artificial turf,
The Morrison Athletic Hall of Fame ceremony will be held on Friday, September 16, 2022, at 6:45 p.m. It will take place on E. M. “Bud” Cole Field, during the Mustang home Football game against Hall. Inductees include Joe Eads, 2017 Wrestling State ChampionPhil Vock, 1980s Football standoutKelvin Tenboer, 1970s
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey supplied the photos and wrote the report. A humid, fall evening welcomed football fans to E. M. (Bud) Cole Field in Morrison, IL, to open the 2022 IHSA Football season, for Newman Central High, Sterling, IL, and Morrison. Both teams entered the opening game with uncertainties
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: Tracy Henson supplied the photo of her younger daughter with medals. The photo of Kate Henson swimming the Butterfly stroke was taken by a Clinton Herald staff member. Morrison High School Senior Kate Henson signed a Letter of Intent to attend University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point, WI,
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 wrote this article and submitted the photo. On Friday, April 29, 2022, Morrison High School Senior Kendra Fisher was joined in the MHS gym by her parents Aubrey and Tim Fisher; MHS Girls Basketball Coach Kerri Grimm, standing left; SVCC Coach Julie Schroeder-Ranz. She will participate
Coach Tony Wright submitted this report and photographs. Nate Schaefer and Kayden White qualified for the IHSA State Wrestling Championships held Thursday, February 17, through Saturday, February 19, 2022. It was great for Wrestling to be back in “the dome,” that is University of Illinois’ State Farm Center, Champaign, IL,
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this article and took the photos. Two Morrison High School athletes signed a Letter of Intent on Wednesday, March 2, 2022, to attend colleges and participate in their respective sports in the fall. Mason Dykstra will attend Sauk Valley Community College in Dixon, IL, and
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and took the pictures. On Thursday morning, February 24, 2022, in the Morrison, IL, High School Cafeteria, Schylar Drolema was given a rousing MHS student send-off, complete with signs, applause, bag of treats for the bus ride, and a drum tribute. He prepared
Coach Tony Wright sent his young Morrison, IL, wrestlers to the mats on Saturday, February 26, 2022, to qualify for the upcoming IESA Sectional B I finals, at Rockridge on Saturday, March 5. The successful qualifiers are listed below by weight and placing. Cael Wright 70# (2nd); Waylon Phelps 80#
Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. Morrison Mustangs hosted the Rock Falls Rockets and Erie-Prophetstown Panthers, at a Triangular Meet, on Thursday, January 20, 2021. The Rockets eased past the Mustangs on the mats and escaped with a 37 – 36 win. The Panthers received forfeits in six weight classes to