Written by Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The Morrison Fillies and Sherrard Lady Tigers combined for 35 hits and 28 runs at Sherrard, IL, on Monday, March 27, 2023, as the host Tigers edged the Fillies 15-13. The loss was the first for the Fillies in 2023, and they opened their
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Story and photos are by Jerry Lindsey. Chilly winds and cloudy skies didn’t discourage the Morrison Fillies (3-0) and Bureau Valley Storm (3-0) from playing their best Softball. Each team had allowed only one run through five innings, when the Storm scored the go-ahead in the sixth inning and took
Written by Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. Following a 22-hit attack against Lena-Winslow on Tuesday, March 21, 2023, the Morrison Fillies used 15 fits to eliminate the Lady Missiles from Milledgeville, by the score of 12-6 on Thursday, March 23, 2023. Isabelle Duncan held the Missiles to six hits and struck
The Morrison Fillies opened their home Softball season before a large, but chilled, crowd with a 17-9 victory over the Lena- Winslow Panthers. The Fillies’ offense had six players with multi-hit nights led by Jordan Eads, Bayleigh Brewer, and Allie Anderson each recording four hits and totaling 11 RBIs. Bella
The seasonal home opener for the new head Softball Coach Kim Snider and the Morrison Fillies had to be played at Amboy High School, due to wet field conditions at the Morrison Sports Complex, on Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Jordan Eades limited the Lady Clippers to only six hits while
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the feature and took the photo. As the weather eases and the clocks turn back an hour, the Morrison Fillies Softball team is preparing for a season under new, Head Coach Kim Snider. A graduate of Maroa-Forsyth High School and Eureka College, Eureka, IL, Coach
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted this report. The Millikin University Softball team finished the 2022 season in the top 10 of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association poll, after advancing to the NCAA National Tournament in Salem, VA. On Tuesday, February 7, 2023, the NFCA released the preseason top 25 Coaches
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. The Morrison Fillies fell on Wednesday, May 12, 2021, to their rival at Newman Central Catholic (13-3) and to the Rockridge Lady Rockets on Thursday, May 13, (16-0.)
Monica Wright, formerly of Morrison, IL, is University of Northern Iowa Softball Pitching Coach. In May 2021, she won Most Valuable Coach of the Year honors, at Cedar Falls, IA.
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. For the second night in a row, the Riverdale Lady Rams and the Morrison Fillies competed on the Softball diamond. Following a 10-0, four-inning loss on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the Morrison Fillies hosted the Rams, with hopes of a better showing on
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. The Morrison Fillies fell victim to the Riverdale Lady Rams Softball team, as they visited Port Byron, IL, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in record-setting form. On this spring evening, perfection was in the air, as Ashlyn Hemm took the mound for the
Monica Wright, star pitcher for the Morrison Fillies from 2001 to 2005, was recently hired as Softball Pitching Coach for University of Northern Illinois, in DeKalb, IL. She played for them in 2006 before transferring to the University of Indiana, where she won 30 games over three seasons. After being
Friends, Morrison High School classmates, or general admirers of Peyton Tegeler can see her in action, by attending an area All Star Basketball game, on Saturday, June 8, 2019. Tegeler will play in the Girls Illinois Basketball Coaches Association tournament this weekend in Pontiac, IL. She is on the Third
Photos were taken by Jerry Lindsey. On Saturday, June 3, 2017, the Morrison Fillies and Coach Tammy Deter took the field at the IHSA Class 2A State Softball Finals with a lot of emotional factors filling the stormy skies over EastSide Centre in Peoria, IL.
The Morrison High School Fillies Softball team was eliminated in the Friday, June 2, 2017, Class 2A Semi-Final State Championship game, at EastSide Centre in East Peoria, IL. The game started at 5:45 p.m. and concluded at 7:07, before a crowd of 375. The Fillies faced 7th-ranked Beecher, losing by a