When the IHSA begins its 2020-2021 sports season, there will be four seasons coming up in this school year. The fall sports season will consist of boys and girls golf, girls tennis and boys and girls cross country. Practice for fall sports will begin next Monday, August 10th. The fall sports season will be held…… Read more »
The 98th Men’s Lincoln Highway Tournament will take place this weekend at Fairway Golf in Rochelle. The two day tournament will tee off Saturday at 8am. Several of the area’s top golfers will tee it up, representing their home golf course in a tournament that dates back to 1923. A year ago, Shady Oaks in…… Read more »
Dixon High School has officially hired a head football coach. The Board of Education met on Wednesday night and announced that Jared Shaner will be the head football coach at Dixon High School. Shaner has been the Athletic Director at Dixon High School since 2016 and takes over for Dave Smith who retired this past…… Read more »
The NJCAA has announced that it will be making major changes to its 2020-2021 sports season. Volleyball, normally a fall sport, will be moved into the spring of 2021. Men’s and women’s basketball won’t begin until January 1st, 2021. Normally, their season begins in late October or early November. However, cross country and women’s tennis…… Read more »
Dixon (H.S.) (0-0) Date Time Result Score Opp. Score OT H/A Opponent Opp. Record Opp. Enroll. Other Site/Game Info Aug 28 7:15 A Byron 0-0 471.00 Sep 4 7:15 H Stillman Valley 0-0 588.50 Sep 11 7:00 H Rock Falls 0-0…… Read more »
Amboy High School has hired Scott Payne as the new head football coach of the Clippers. Payne is a 1997 graduate of Amboy High School and has spent the past 16 seasons as an assistant football coach at Amboy, most recently being the F/S coach. Payne says, “This is very exciting for me. When I…… Read more »
Ashton-Franklin Center (AFC) High School has hired John Kutz to take over as the head football coach of the Raiders. Kutz is a 2002 graduate of Dixon High School and most recently had been the play-by-play voice of Dixon Dukes football on WIXN-AM1460 for the past several years. Kutz was the head coach of the…… Read more »
The search is officially on for a new football coach at Dixon High School. At last night’s Board of Education meeting, the board accepted the resignation of head football coach Dave Smith. Smith is also resigning from Dixon High School where he was a Driver’s Education teacher. Smith leaves Dixon High School after a 9…… Read more »
The IHSA announced on Monday that the city of Champaign has been awarded the boys basketball state tournament beginning in March of 2021. The city of Peoria has been the host since 1995. The contract for Champaign is a three year deal from 2021-2024. The state tournament will be held inside the State Farm Center,…… Read more »
Rock Falls graduate Erin Porter will continue her cross country career at Division-1 Oral Roberts University. Porter was a three time state qualifier for the Rockets but says she almost didn’t go out for cross country, “I played volleyball, basketball and softball and wanted to play those sports in high school. I didn’t plan on…… Read more »