Belvidere Republican

Belvidere North Boys Basketball placement test

By Chris Johnson REPORTER On Thursday, Feb. 16, questions were answered as the Belvidere North Blue Thunder boys’ basketball team found out their placement for the Class 4A Basketball Tournament. To determine placement, the committee looked at how well a team competed within their conference and how good that conference […]

 
 

Lady Vikings fall to state champion

By Chris Johnson REPORTER There were many who felt the girls’ basketball team at North Boone High School had a pretty good shot to knock down a win when the state playoffs began. Those select few were accurate in their prediction and the team’s leaders assured it would happen. On […]

 
 

Boone County high schools see highs, lows in state competitions

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two of the seven wrestlers Belvidere North sent to the Sterling sectional will move on to the state tournament in Champaign. No Belvidere wrestler got out of the Sterling sectional. The same was true of the five North Boone competitors who reached the Byron sectional. Blue […]

 
 

Pretzels salt Bucs

By Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent My buddy Wayne, Harlem’s #1 fan, and I were headed to the car after a disappointing 65-58 loss to Freeport as the obviously well-coached and athletically deeper Bucs went flat in the fourth quarter in a game marred by mitigating circumstances. Of course, whoever […]

 
 

Belvidere menus for week of Feb 20 Breakfast menus

Belvidere menus for week of  Feb 20 Breakfast menus

Elementary schools Monday, Feb. 20-No school due to President’s Day. Tuesday, Feb. 21-Scrambled eggs, toast, delicious whole apple, 100 percent grape juice, and a variety of milk. Wednesday, Feb. 22-Miniature maple waffles, cinnamon apple slices, 100 percent apple juice, and a variety of milk. Thursday, Feb. 23-Trix cereal bowl, orange […]

 
 

Feb. 28 primary election to decide who is mayor of Belvidere

Feb. 28 primary election to decide who is mayor of Belvidere

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Most of the decisions as to who holds elected office in Boone County for the next four years will be made April 4. That’s not the case with one key position, that of mayor of the City of Belvidere. Voters will make that decision during the […]

 
 

Belvidere Police Department sees small budget increase

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It’s already time for the City of Belvidere and villages in Boone County to work up their 2017-18 budgets. New fiscal years for all of them will begin May 1. The city’s police department is proposing a 2.08 percent increase over the current budget of $6.304 […]

 
 

Rough waters greet Vikings on post-season entry

By Chris Johnson REPORTER There isn’t much to be done as the North Boone Vikings boys’ basketball team prepares to embark into the IHSA Class 2A State Tournament. It’s been a rough year for North Boone, and they were notified of what kind of a journey waits for them, if […]

 
 

Blue Thunder roll into bumpy post-season

By Chris Johnson REPORTER On Wednesday, Feb. 15 following completion of the 7:30 p.m. Class 4A Girls’ Basketball Regional at Harlem High School, the five-seed Belvidere North Blue Thunder understand what it takes to be a winner in the post-season. They already know what it takes to win in an […]

 
 

Junior bowlers scoring big at Concordia Lanes

Despite the recent weather looking more like spring is coming than winter is still upon us, area youth still flocked to the alleys to enjoy the winter sport of bowling on Saturday, Feb. 11 and Monday, Feb. 13. With another round of bowling in the Junior Bowling League at Concordia […]

 
 
 
 
 
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