By Jerry Lindsey The lady Flying Geese of Kewanee-Wethersfield topped the Morrison Fillies on Saturday night, January 27, 2024, 58-45. Morrison: 9 – 15 – 9 – 12 = 45 Kew-Weth: 12-20-14-11 = 58 Fillies Scoring: Brewer 4, Pruis 5, Eads 2, Armitage 2, Veltrop 30, Weston 2
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A strong, 28-point opening quarter allowed the Morrison Mustangs the advantage they needed, to fight off the host Riverdale Rams and record a 65-60 victory, on Friday night, January 26, 2024. Morrison: 28 – 16 – 10 – 11 = 65 Riverdale: 18 – 14
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The Monday, January 22, 2024, meeting of the Morrison School Board received an Agenda that included the resignation of current Superintendent Scott Vance. Without fanfare or explanation, the Board voted unanimously to accept the resignation effective Monday, July 1, 2024. The Action before the resignation
Due to weather conditions, the Monday, January 22, 2024, Girls Basketball game between the Morrison Fillies and Erie Prophetstown Lady Panthers has been canceled, with a rescheduled date to be determined,
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The cold trip to Rock Island, IL, allowed the Morrison Mustangs to add another victory to the 2023-24 Basketball season. Chase Newman (12 pts.) and Carson Strating (16 pts.) led the offense, that outscored the Pioneers in every quarter, to record the 53-42 win. Morrison:
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. On Thursday, January 17, 2024, the Morrison Fillies failed to recover from the opening quarter deficit and fell to the Lady Rams 49-45. Morrison: 13 – 9 – 10 – 13 = 45 Riverdale: 20 – 5 – 11 – 13 = 49 Filly Scoring:
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. The Morrison, IL, Mustangs hosted the Orion, IL, Chargers on a cold, blustery night and played a balanced game, to send them home with a loss 66-59 on Friday, January 19, 2024. Orion: 11 – 17 – 11 – 16 = 59 Morrison: 16
By Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. A cold trip to Oregon High School ended with a one-sided victory for the Morrison Fillies, on Wednesday, January 17, 2023. Camryn Veltrop led the Fillies with 28 points, as the contest was decided early by the Fillies’ dominance. Oregon: 4 – 8 – 4
The Morrison Fillies controlled all phases of the game against the Lady Missiles and rolled to a 66 to 16 victory. Morrison Scoring: Brewer 2, Eades 10, Veltrop 29, Weston 9, Duncan 4, Weston 8, Pruis 4
Anticipating a winter storm, The Mustangs and Rockridge Rockets moved their game to Thursday and the hard-fought contest ended in a Rockridge win 53-46. Morrison: 11 – 14 – 8 – 13 = 46 Rockridge: 8 – 14 – 18 – 13 = 53 Morriosn Scoring: Hepner 13, McQueen 3,
City of Morrison Administrator Brian Melton commented, “Here we go again! Due to the weather forecasted early Friday morning, January 12, through Saturday, January 13, 2024, the City of Morrison has declared a SNOW EMERGENCY effective tonight, Thursday, January 11, at midnight. The following conditions apply during a Snow Emergency.
With the forecast of more inclement weather for Friday, January 12, 2024, the Morrison High School Boys Basketball game against Rockridge has been moved from Friday to Thursday, January 11, 2024. Junior Varsity tipoff will be 5:30 p.m. at Morrison High School.
By Jerry Lindsey The Morrison City Council met on Monday, January 8, 2024, with Aldermen Mahaffey and Bruckner not in attendance. City Administrator Brian Melton opened the evening with an introduction of his recent year-end publication of positive happenings, orchestrated by the current City Council. The writing is a “reminder
By Jerry Lindsey The Morrison Fillies controlled the game from the opening tip and earned a Three Rivers Conference victory at Orion on January 8, 2024, by the score of 59-38. Morrison; 10 – 15 – 19 – 15 = 59 Orion: 6 – 8 – 16 – 8 =
The boy’s basketball game between Morrison and Erie-Prophetstown scheduled for January 9, 2024, has been rescheduled for February 15, 2024, due to the weather.