Ponies Edge Steamers

The Homecoming festivities have dominated the school week and now it was time to hit the gridiron and the temperature at the 5:30 kickoff is 92 degrees. The Ponies have anticipations of extending its win streak of four games and would like to make neighboring Fulton win number five. Keegan

Friday Night Lights at its Best

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

The Best Friday Night Lights

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

Comets Destroy Mustangs

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

Mustangs Cool Boilers

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.

Young Mustangs Roll

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

Soccer Registration Now Until September 24

Registration is open for Fall Youth Soccer for boys and girls ages 4 to 4th grade. Soccer takes place every Monday evening in October at the Morrison Sports Complex, 15201 Bishop Road, Morrison, IL. The cost is $20.  Register at https://www.quickscores.com/morrisonsports by Sunday, September 24, 2017.  You may also register

Fillies Lose Matches Against Dixon and Sherrard

The Morrison High School Fillies lost a pair of away matches to Dixon, on Monday, September 11, 2017.  Click here to see the statistics for the contests in Dixon, IL.  The report states the first march was a Morrison defeat of 12-to-25.  The second was a Morrison defeat of 20-to-25.

Fillies Drop the Ball Twice

The Morrison High School Fillies lost a pair of matches to Riverdale, on Thursday, September 7, 2017.  Click here to see the statistics for the contests in Port Byron, IL. The report states the first march was a Morrison defeat of 11-to-25.  The second was a Morrison defeat of 9-to-25.

Fillies Lose Two Matches to Fulton

The Morrison High School Fillies lost a pair of matches on Tuesday, September 5, 2017.  Click here to see the statistics for the contests in Fulton, IL. The report states the first march was a Morrison defeat of 11-to-25.  The second was a Morrison defeat of 22-to-25. Their next game

First Visit Victory

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

Fresh-Soph Defense Dominates Red Devils

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,

Friday Night Redefined

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

Volleyball Losses August 21 and 24

The Morrison High School Fillies lost their first two games.  Click here to see the statistics for the Thursday, August 24, 2017, home contest against Orion. The report states the first game, at Annawan, was a Morrison defeat of 19-to-25. Their next game is at home against Prophetstown, beginning at

Fresh-Soph Team Records Win #1

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