The Dixon Athletic Hall of Fame committee is proud to announce the third class of inductees into the recently established hall of fame. After the first two successful years of induction ceremonies, the committee is excited to announce the third class of inductees. The committee is honored to be able to bring recognition to this…… Read more »
The IHSA released a short statement on its website Tuesday afternoon. “As of January 4, 2021, the Illinois Department of Public Health has made no changes to its COVID-19 mitigations tier status. IHSA sports remain on pause as a result. We will report to our member schools and provide public updates as soon as any…… Read more »
Illinois State Police have charged a driver with felony charges in the death of former Dixon High School athlete Ryan Apple. Apple was killed in a hit and run accident on Interstate 290 early Sunday morning. According to State Police, Apple was walking in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 290 near Pulaski Road when he…… Read more »
Dixon Township announced that a part of Bloody Gulch Road in Dixon will close on Saturday, December 5th from 8:30am-12pm. The part of Bloody Gulch Road that will close will be from South College Ave to Pump Factory Road. The Township will be trimming trees in that area and have decided to shut down that…… Read more »
On Tuesday, Illinois Governor JB Pritzer announced that Illinois would be returning back to Tier 3 beginning on Friday. The IHSA released a statement saying that with the Governor’s announcement, winter sports in Illinois will be temporarily paused. Some schools had announced over the last few weeks that they would be proceeding with a winter…… Read more »
The Dixon School Board on Friday voted 4-3 to begin remote learning on Monday November 23rd. Dixon Athletic Director Jared Shaner said on Friday afternoon that if the school board voted to go with remote learning, then the winter sports season at Dixon High School would be on hold. Monday is the first official day…… Read more »
The Mendota Township High School Board of Education, on Tuesday, voted to leave the Big Northern Conference and join the Three Rivers Conference. The Trojans had been a member of the Big Northern Conference since 2012. Mendota will be leaving the conference after this school year and become an official member of the Three Rivers…… Read more »
The Western Big 6, on Monday, announced that its boys and girls basketball seasons are on hold and won’t begin on Monday November 16th. This includes Sterling, Geneseo, Galesburg, Moline, Quincy, Rock Island, United Township and Alleman. Quincy Superintendent Roy Webb announced on social media that this decision was based on student safety and the…… Read more »
On Friday morning, the Big Northern Conference elected to not play a conference, boys or girls, basketball schedule at this time. The decision to hold basketball or not, during the 2020-21 school year will be a local school district decision made by each of its eleven-member schools. Rock Falls High School announced on Friday that…… Read more »
Class 2A Cross Country Sectionals at Lakes- Girls- Team Scores: 1. Crystal Lake South 71 2. Vernon Hills 85 3. Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge 90 4. Dixon 91 5. Lake Villa Lakes 103 6. Grayslake Central 118 7. Crystal Lake Central 181 8. Maple Park Kaneland 251 9. Burlington Central 263 10. Rockford Boylan 285 …… Read more »