By Jerry Lindsey The lady Flying Geese of Kewanee-Wethersfield topped the Morrison Fillies on Saturday night, January 27, 2024, 58-45. Morrison: 9 – 15 – 9 – 12 = 45 Kew-Weth: 12-20-14-11 = 58 Fillies Scoring: Brewer 4, Pruis 5, Eads 2, Armitage 2, Veltrop 30, Weston 2
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
The Monday, January 22, 2024, Morrison Fillies Girls Basketball game has been rescheduled for Monday, February 5, at home. The Junior Varsity tipoff will be at 5:30 p.m., with the Varsity to follow.
Due to weather conditions, the Monday, January 22, 2024, Girls Basketball game between the Morrison Fillies and Erie Prophetstown Lady Panthers has been canceled, with a rescheduled date to be determined,
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. On Thursday, January 17, 2024, the Morrison Fillies failed to recover from the opening quarter deficit and fell to the Lady Rams 49-45. Morrison: 13 – 9 – 10 – 13 = 45 Riverdale: 20 – 5 – 11 – 13 = 49 Filly Scoring:
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
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A cold trip to Oregon High School ended with a one-sided victory for the Morrison Fillies, on Wednesday, January 17, 2023. Camryn Veltrop led the Fillies with 28 points, as the contest was decided early by the Fillies’ dominance. Oregon: 4 – 8 – 4
The Morrison Fillies controlled all phases of the game against the Lady Missiles and rolled to a 66 to 16 victory. Morrison Scoring: Brewer 2, Eades 10, Veltrop 29, Weston 9, Duncan 4, Weston 8, Pruis 4
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.
By Jerry Lindsey The Morrison Fillies controlled the game from the opening tip and earned a Three Rivers Conference victory at Orion on January 8, 2024, by the score of 59-38. Morrison; 10 – 15 – 19 – 15 = 59 Orion: 6 – 8 – 16 – 8 =
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.
Only four Fillies recorded points for the Morrison High School Girls Basketball team. They topped the Lady Tigers from Sherrard at Sherrard, IL, on Thursday, January 4, 2024. Camryn Veltrop led all scorers with 25 points. Morrison: 12 – 15 – 10 = 11 = 48 Sherrard: 7 – 6
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