GIRLS' STATE TRACK AND FIELD UPDATES
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm SHERRARD -- Tanner Matlick's immediate future has him headed to Monmouth College to continue what has been a very successful ...
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm On the drive home from Monmouth College's Glasgow Field, Ridgewood baseball coach Seth Spivey was feeling like someone who had ...
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05/18/2013, 7:25 pm MORRISON – Get up early. Do work. Reap the benefits. Saturday's 2A Morrison Regional championship was just another morning ...
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05/18/2013, 7:24 pm BRIMFIELD --Junior pitching standout Matt Jenkins was a major reason why Annawan-Wethersfield is sectional-bound for the fourth straight time, its ...
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05/18/2013, 5:42 pm CHARLESTON -- Here are the live updates from the girls' state track and field state meet at the O'Brien Stadium. ...
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05/18/2013, 12:25 am MANLIUS – Newman's Nick Rude is no mere mortal. Mere mortals can't do what Rude did Friday. Rude chased down, ...
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05/18/2013, 12:23 am Several area softball and baseball teams hope to take the next step on their respective postseason routes in today's Class ...
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05/17/2013, 11:58 pm TRACK & FIELD Class 1A boys Sherrard Sectional Team results: 1, Monmouth-Roseville 87. 2, Annawan-Wethersfield 73. 3, ROWVA 68. ...
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05/17/2013, 11:27 pm Moline's Marquez Ryan, United Township's Levi Perry and Rock Island's 4x200 squad all felt fortunate Friday night. After all, ...
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05/17/2013, 11:55 pm The United Township girls' soccer coaching staff and senior forward Kyleigh McLaughlin and have been at friendly odds with each ...
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05/17/2013, 10:52 pm When Teoscar Hernandez led off and scored in the first inning for the Quad City River Bandits, it looked like ...
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05/17/2013, 10:30 pm PLANO -- Geneseo boys' track and field coach Don Fredericks said it best on Friday night after the Class 2A ...
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05/17/2013, 10:30 pm CHARLESTON -- Lining up against the defending Class 2A state champion in her 100-meter hurdles preliminary race, Geneseo senior Hannah ...
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05/17/2013, 11:58 pm SHERRARD -- Normally, winning the team title at a track and field sectional meet is considered a bonus, very much ...
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05/17/2013, 10:15 pm CHARLESTON -- So much attention heading into the Class 3A state girls' track meet focused on Lincoln-Way East's sprint relays, ...
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05/16/2013, 11:12 pm Prep baseball Class 1A Varna Midland Regional: Stark County advanced to the regional title game by upsetting the hosts 5-2 ...
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05/16/2013, 9:34 pm Where & when: Opening rounds of the Moline sectional tennis tournament begin at 2 p.m. today, and the event at ...
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05/16/2013, 9:17 pm Several Rock Island High School student-athletes signed to continue their athletic careers during a Thursday ceremony at the school. ...
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05/16/2013, 8:36 pm CHARLESTON — Twenty years as an Erie-Prophetstown jumps coach has provided Liz Green with enough time to go from a ...
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05/16/2013, 8:06 pm CHARLESTON — Using the mantra that every point counted in its quest for a Class 1A state championship, the Erie-Prophetstown ...
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05/16/2013, 7:16 pm A hamstring injury suffered during the first outdoor meet this season would not go away, forcing Rock Island senior sprinter ...
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05/16/2013, 6:14 pm United Township won the Western Big 6 Conference softball crown for the third time in four seasons last week. ...
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05/16/2013, 12:12 am Class 1A & 2A roundup: After winning state softball championships two years ago, the Morrison and United teams had to ...
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05/15/2013, 10:56 pm In Jeff Parsons' seven seasons at the helm, the Annawan-Wethersfield baseball co-op has grown into a Lincoln Trail Conference power, ...
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05/15/2013, 10:43 pm MONMOUTH -- Dusty Werner's regular-season ended in a terrible slump. However, the All-Area performer's senior postseason got off to ...
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05/15/2013, 10:43 pm With three minutes left in Wednesday's game, the hardest working girls' soccer player on the Panther pitch got a big ...
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05/15/2013, 10:42 pm MORRISON -- Splitting their two regular-season meetings resulted in Erie-Prophetstown and Morrison sharing the Three Rivers Conference baseball title. ...
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05/15/2013, 8:33 pm GENESEO -- Emily Ford sees her future, using the University of Iowa as a way to eventually become a nurse ...
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05/15/2013, 6:04 pm For the 19th consecutive season, Moline won the Western Big 6 Conference sweepstakes title. The Maroons used a late spring ...
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05/15/2013, 5:54 pm Among Brooke Prior's strengths as a softball pitcher, the United Township senior yields few walks. Yet during a doubleheader ...
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  Today is Saturday, May 18, the 138th day of 2013. There are 227 days left in the year.
1863 -- 150 years ago: A large variety of children's wagons and gigs have arrived in thecity and are being sold at war prices.
1888 -- 125 years ago: All Rock Island retail houses, with the exception of a clothingstore and a jewelry store, have agreed to early closing hours during the summer months.The store will be closed at 8 p.m.
1913 -- 100 years ago: Baseball enthusiasts in Rock Island are attempting to raise$20,000 to keep the Island City Park open, despite the fact that the city has no franchise inorganized baseball this year.
1938 -- 75 years ago: The organization of a third rural young people's unit will beundertaken tomorrow night at the Milan Presbyterian Church, with Mrs. Mildred K.Wellman, home advisor, and Robert Smith, county farm adviser in charge.
1963 -- 50 years ago: Deere & Co. will begin a "big switch" on its telephone systemMonday morning. The extension numbers of all 1,600 telephones on the firm's EastMoline and Moline exchanges will be changed Monday morning.
1988 -- 25 years ago: East Moline's June Jamboree VI -- Nostalgia Days, will seemlike a '60s revival with the appearance of stars like Bobby Vee, Freddie Cannon, PeterNoone, Turtles, The Grass Roots and Lou Christie. This year's festival has beenexpanded to five days, June 22-26, at the Northeast Park complex.




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