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Prep Football: Blue Thunder fights back, outlasts East
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
The Rockford East E-Rabs jumped out to a quick lead against the Belivdere North Blue
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Pro Football: Week 4 NFL picks: Winning week for all NFC North teams
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
It’s hard for me to believe the Detroit Lions are tied with the Green Bay Packers at
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College Football: Illini look to go 5-0 in game against Northwestern
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
The universities of Illinois and Wisconsin will also face their first conference opponents this Saturday, Oct. 1.
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Prep Football: Chance, Guilford hobble way to victory
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
The Belvidere Bucs just couldn’t find a way to stop Dontrel Chance … in the first
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Rock Valley Ski Association announces ski trips for 2011-12 season
Staff Report
Rock Valley Ski Association (RVSA) has announced its ski trips for the 2011-2012 season. Trips are open to adult
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Pro Football: Week 3 NFL picks: Packers will beat Bears, Lions will beat Vikings
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
If they were a horse, the humane thing to do would be to put them out of
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Prep Football: Benedict, Harlem steamroll over Belvidere
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
The Belvidere Bucs had hoped to respond strongly after being beaten badly by Rockton Hononegah the
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Motorsports: Jimmie Johnson enters chase for sixth title in second place
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
The first Race in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup was supposed to happen last Sunday,
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Motorsports: Local off-road racer Mitch Dorr hopes to follow in father’s footsteps
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Rockford resident Mitch Dorr is extremely busy getting ready for the season finale in his sport. The
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College Football: Fighting Illini, Badgers off to 3-0 starts
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Illinois, Wisconsin and Iowa all wrap up the non-conference portion of their 2011 schedules this Saturday (Sept.
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Pro Football: Week 2 NFL picks: Bears, Lions, Packers look to go 2-0
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
As a Chicago Bears fan, I am delighted they went out and took care of business last
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Prep Football: J-Hawks do enough to top Auburn
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Five untimely penalties. Two dropped touchdown passes. One fumble. The Rockford Jefferson J-Hawks had their share
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Prep Football: Woodford thrives as J-Hawks’ running threat
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
In a running back-dominated conference, the Rockford Jefferson J-Hawks have the hidden gem of the NIC-10.
Dontrell
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Prep Football: North Boone remains undefeated behind defense
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Two explosive offenses met when Rockford Lutheran and North Boone got together Friday, Sept. 9. Everyone
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Prep Football: Area high school football players among tops in state
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Five Machesney Park Harlem High School football players are ranked among Illinois’ elite after three weeks into
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Prep Golf: New Trier wins Fowler Invitational, Hononegah leads NIC-10 field
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
It was not a NIC-10 conference meet at the Brad Fowler Invitational Golf Tournament at Aldeen
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Hockey: Sock monkeys, garden gnomes on IceHogs’ promotional calendar
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
It was just about this time a month ago I started getting the serious itch for the
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College Football: Badgers, Illini off to good start; Huskies, Hawkeyes struggling
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
The four area college football teams that I’ve vowed to keep a close eye on this year
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Skating: Rockford Skating Club wins bronze medal
Staff Report
The Rockford Skating Club’s Theatre on Ice ensemble earned a bronze medal at the National Showcase Competition in Theatrical
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Pro Football: Week 1 NFL picks: Packers will win; Bears, Lions, Vikings will lose
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
For the past several NFL seasons, I have written a weekly column featuring my picks for that
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Prep Football: Big comeback fuels another Boylan win
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Machesney Park Harlem quarterback Cody DiGiovanni lifted a perfect pass over the defense, and Jordan Baxter
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Bowling: Returning to the bowling lanes this fall in search of a 200 average
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
One sure sign of the end of summer for me is the beginning of my bowling season.
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Prep Basketball: Lady Indians senior signs letter of intent with Iowa
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Her name is Nicole Smith. If you follow high school basketball, you’d better get used to hearing
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Tales from the Trough: Mike Peck interview, part three
Editor’s note: Following is part three of a three-part interview. Part one appeared in the Aug. 24-30 issue, and part
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Prep Football: Guilford, Chance win wild one over East
Editor’s note: Read more of Matt Nestor’s coverage of area high school football in the Sept. 7-13 issue.
By Matt Nestor
Prep
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College Football: Area college football teams off to good start
Editor’s note: Read Doug Halberstadt’s Week 1 NFL predictions in the Sept. 7-13 issue.
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
It was an exceptionally
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Prep Football: Titans overcome struggles to top Hononegah
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
The first half of Rockford Boylan and Rockton Hononegah’s NIC-10 football opener Aug. 26 was
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Prep Football: Zimmerman, Titans’ defense setting tone early
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Rockford Boylan linebacker DJ Zimmerman almost changed the entire game on the first play from scrimmage
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Prep Football: Rockford Christian starts new era with win
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
New coach Glynn Jones walked into a good situation at Rockford Christian, taking over a team
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Prep Football: Some NIC-10 quarterbacks and receivers off to good starts
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Week No. 1 of the Illinois high school football season is in the books. Much to no
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College football returns to the gridiron
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
This is the week college football fans all across the country have been waiting for. The season
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Pro Football: In spoof news, Favre urges Gaddafi to step down
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
With the start of the NFL regular season just about a week away, my e-mail box is
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Boxing: And the new heavyweight champion of the world is … who cares?
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Are the glory days of professional boxing a thing of the past? There are no longer any
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Prep Basketball: Posley transfers to Auburn
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Former Winnebago star and Ball State commit Marcus Posley has transferred before his senior season and
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Motorsports: Danica Patrick, IndyCar Series to race at Sonoma Aug. 28
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
About a week or so ago, former Roscoe resident Danica Patrick announced she plans on running full
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Hockey: Tales from the Trough: An interview with the ‘Voice of the IceHogs’ — part one
By Todd Reicher
Sports Columnist
I know people do not want to think of hockey starting already because it means the end
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Pro Baseball: Shooters offers bus trip to Milwaukee for Cubs-Brewers game
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
Now that I’m officially middle aged, bus parties to sporting events don’t have the same appeal to
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Prep Football Preview: Warren hopes E-Rabs respond in second season
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
As new head coach last year, Jeremy Warren made sweeping changes to the entire Rockford East
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Prep Football Preview: Lantz has skills, leadership to lead East to playoffs
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
The 2010 NIC-10 season was a quarterback-heavy league. There was Frank Cimino and Lamont Toney at
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Prep Football Preview: Auburn has high hopes under new coach
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
“Playoffs this year,” Rockford Auburn quarterback Phillip Trammel said. “We’re heading for a big start. We
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Prep Football Preview: Improved defense could lead Huskies to improved season
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
For several years running under Head Coach Jim Morrow, one thing you could always count on
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Prep Football Preview: New coach, new field for new look Pretzels
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
On one hand, the Freeport Pretzels are going to look very similar to the way they
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Prep Football Preview: Expectations remain for Hononegah despite roster turnover
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Every team in high school football has turnover. But when a player like Chase Robinson
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Pro Baseball: Son of fallen firefighter to throw ceremonial first pitch for Texas Rangers
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
I’m fully aware as a sports writer for this paper, a major part of my responsibility is
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Pro Baseball: Is the Windy City finally done with Carlos Zambrano?
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
In addition to throwing his most recent temper tantrum, has Chicago Cubs pitcher — and sometimes screwball
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Pro Football: Countdown to Sept. 8 begins for pro football ‘addicts’
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
I think I’m pretty much like the average sports fan in America. For the most part, I
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College Football: Wisconsin Badgers offer football family fun day Aug. 21
By Doug Halberstadt
Sports Columnist
During the college football season last year, fans didn’t have to travel very far to see one
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Prep Football Preview: Titans look to continue conference dominance
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
Their long conference winning streak is impressive. Their state championship experience was memorable.
The Boylan Titans
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Prep Football Preview: Line holds key to Vikings’ success
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
A recurring theme around the NIC-10 this season is inexperience on the offensive line. And as
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Prep Football Preview: Chance looking to race past expectations
By Matt Nestor
Prep Sports Reporter
As a junior sharing a backfield with some very successful seniors, running back Dontrell Chance already
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