9-10 All-Stars’ run ends at sectionals
Posted: Wednesday, Jul 28th, 2010
SILVIS -- Rochelle's 9-10 All-Stars bounced back from their second loss of the postseason to beat Moline 21-0 on Sunday afternoon in Silvis.
Rochelle scored four runs in the first inning after recording two quick outs and tacked on 17 more in the next two frames. Starting pitcher Garrett Glosser held Moline to three hits in four innings and struck ...more

sley dusts off his football pads for the Shriner All-Star game
Posted: Wednesday, Jul 28th, 2010
PEORIA -- Taylor Isley was back in football pads last week, perhaps for the final time, to prepare for the 36th annual Illinois Coaches Association Shriner All-Star Football game in Peoria Stadium. Still, he wasn't feeling too sentimental as he stripped off his equipment at the end of each practice.
Thanks to the ninety-plus degree heat, he was actually more ...more

Rochelle is having unprecedented success on the diamond this summer
Posted: Monday, Jul 26th, 2010
ROCHELLE -- Rochelle Little League President Tom Huels isn't 100 percent positive that this is the first summer ever the Hub City has sent two All-Star teams to state.
No one he's talked to has been able to refute the claim.
"I don't think it's happened," said Huels, whose final stretch as President continues to be extended by the unprecedented ...more

10-11 All-Stars qualify for state
Posted: Friday, Jul 23rd, 2010
ROCK FALLS -- Rochelle's 10-11 Softball All-Star team saved itself an extra trip on Monday by sweeping Rock Falls in the first two games of a best-of-three series on Saturday.
Now the team gets to take a trip to state.
Thanks to its 15-13 and 20-19 wins, along with a lack of opponents at the sectional level, Rochelle will advance ...more

Another banner
Posted: Friday, Jul 23rd, 2010
Rochelle's Junior League All-Stars advance to the state tourney

MILAN -- There are only five Junior League teams still playing in Illinois. Thanks to a much-needed defensive resurgence, Rochelle's All-Star squad is one of them.
Rochelle topped Peru 4-3 on Monday and 6-1 on Tuesday to advance to the state tournament in Elgin. For manager Bryan Scarbrough's squad, it ...more

Rochelle’s 9-10 All-Stars win five straight to claim district title
Posted: Wednesday, Jul 21st, 2010
ROCK FALLS -- Rochelle's 9-10 Little League All-Stars knew they had no margin for error after opening the Rock Falls District Tournament with a 4-2 loss to Freeport on July 10.
The bats woke up, the fielding improved and the pitching went from good to great in the seven days that followed.
On Saturday morning, Rochelle won its fifth straight ...more

Hub Power Program emphasizes quickness as much as raw strength
Posted: Monday, Jul 19th, 2010
ROCHELLE -- Sweat was running down Cody Cassidy's face as he struggled to force words out of his mouth between deep breaths. Several of his schoolmates around him could hardly stand.
It was just another day of Hub Power.
"I'm really tired," Cassidy said after finishing Thursday's early-morning session with a series of sprint exercises in the front lawn of ...more

Oregon cheerleaders attend camp
Posted: Friday, Jul 16th, 2010
OREGON -- The Oregon High School cheerleaders attended the National Cheerleading Association camp held at Northern Illinois University from June 26-29. The 13 cheerleaders had the opportunity to learn new cheers, dances, stunts and pyramids throughout the week. The last day of camp consists of many different awards and opportunities based on their knowledge of the material learned during their ...more

Physicals
Posted: Friday, Jul 16th, 2010
Physicals to be held at RTHS
ROCHELLE -- Young Rochelle athletes will have an opportunity to undergo a sports physical on Tuesday, July 20.
The physicals will take place at RTHS from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Interested kids can get the sport physical for $25 and will receive a free physical therapy assessment by members of the Rochelle Community Hospital ...more

Run and swim
Modified: Friday, Jul 16th, 2010
Thirty-third edition of ‘Meet in the Heat' is this Saturday
ROCHELLE -- The Rochelle Track Club is hosting the 33rd Annual Rochelle Invitational - more commonly known as "The Meet in the Heat" - this Saturday at the Douglas Creason Sports Complex. Field events begin at 9 a.m. with running events scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m.
"It's a great ...more