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By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Harlem Cheer has come home with a first place trophy from the recent Midwest Cheerfest, held at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park. The Lady Huskies competed in the Large Varsity Class with nine other schools that have sizable enrollments. Harlem totaled 82.61 points to […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER After two NIC-10 games, Harlem’s Boys Bowling Team was 2-0 and averaging 1,262 pins per game. Rockford East, the third opponent of the season, was 1-1 yet averaged 1,337 a game. And, to make matters a bit worse, the E-Rabs surpassed the 4,000-pin mark a few […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The North Boone Vikings beat the Harvard Hornets on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 48-45. The win was the first of the season over the Kishwaukee River Valley Conference member Harvard. The win stopped a losing streak that caused a structural effect on the team. Things began to […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER There are times which could be worse for the North Boone Lady Vikings to have to deal with a lot of issues on the court. As the team continues to search for its identity, it quickly will learn to forget its recent meeting with the state-ranked […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The Lady Blue Thunder might have what it takes to make the NIC-10 leading Rockford Boylan Titans think twice about a simple walk through the park when certain games appear on the schedule. Belvidere North entered its Friday, Dec. 9 match with Rockford Guilford protecting a […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The head-to-head matches with Hononegah and Harlem have been recorded for Belvidere High School and the Lady Bucs came up short each time. However, in their three-point loss to the Lady Huskies, many things went right for Belvidere. Harlem won 55-52 but had a difficult time […]
Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent Traveling to Harlem with a headache caused by turnoveritis in preceding games dominated by the Bucs in most other competitive facets and facing another tall and long blue-chipper in 6’6″ senior Allen White III, Belvidere took care of the rock while Harlem did not and […]
By Chris Johnson, Sports Correspondent The coaching staff at South Beloit High School took away more than just their video tape copies of how well their Sobos played during the team’s season-opening invitational in Pecatonica. When moments were collected and the information was compiled the findings revealed positive news. Led […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER Following two consecutive conference losses to the Hononegah Indians and Harlem Huskies, the Belvidere North Blue Thunder looked to get things back on track during a Friday, Dec. 9 NIC-10 match against Rockford Guilford. On paper, it looked like a good match-up. The Vikings though didn’t […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Wednesday, Nov. 30, from 3:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., area organizations, businesses, and families had the opportunity to decorate Christmas trees for Boone County families in need this holiday season. Almost 100 groups signed up to participate in this yearly 4-H Federation event at the […]
