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Dixon High School Announces the Hall of Fame Class of 2021
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 »
Illinois High School Sports Remains on Pause
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 »
IHSA Announces Winter Sports Season Has Been Temporarily Paused
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 »
Dixon High School Puts Its Winter Sports Season On Hold
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 »
Mendota High School Leaving Big Northern Conference and Joining the Three Rivers Conference
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 »
Western Big 6 Puts Basketball On Hold, Peoria Public Schools Suspends Basketball This Winter
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 »