Editor’s note: Jerry Lindsey also submitted the photos. The first game of a season always has the unknown awaiting the coaching staff. The previous weeks of practice expose certain individual talents, but the real evaluation is determined by how they perform in an actual game. The Morrison Fresh-Soph suited ten
Photos were taken by Jerry Lindsey. On Saturday, June 3, 2017, the Morrison Fillies and Coach Tammy Deter took the field at the IHSA Class 2A State Softball Finals with a lot of emotional factors filling the stormy skies over EastSide Centre in Peoria, IL.
The 2017 Prom Court was introduced during Grand March on Saturday, April 29, in the Morrison High School auditorium. Left-to-right are Reilly Dolan (Jr. Prince); Makayla Troutman (Jr. Princess); Eric Kull; Courtney Stearns; Matt Nichols; Kylie Brands; Dylan Keller; Brooke Stralow; Trysten Frederick; Emma Sitzmore; Ben Vanderlaan; Lauren Voss.
The annual Meet the Players Spring Edition was also the occasion for the Morrison Athletic Boosters to congratulate Coach Tammy Deter for her induction into the Illinois Coaches Association Hall of Fame and show appreciation for her dedication and years of coaching excellence. The warm wishes were offered Friday, March
Three Morrison Seniors signed college Letters of Intent at a ceremony at Morrison High School, on Tuesday, March 7, 2017. All three signees will be competing at D3 schools in the Dubugue, IA, area.
The basketball game between the Morrison Mustangs and the Prophetstown Prophets scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2016, at Morrison High School has been changed to Friday, December 9. Start time is 6:00 p.m. This game includes free admission for all age students, sponsored by Farmers National Bank, and the “Chuck A
Farmers National Bank wants to entice the public to attend local high school events, by sponsoring “Family Night Basketball.” On Monday, November 21, at Prophetstown High School and Friday, December 2, 2016, at Morrison High School, all students in grades K-12 will be admitted free to the home basketball games.
Round 6 of the Offroad Motorcycle and ATV (OMA) Nationals for 2016 took place in rural Fenton, IL. The best riders of motorcycles and ATV’s filled the parking area at the Bike Barn on Saturday, November 5, and Sunday, November 6, 2016. The track leads out into the corn stubble
The Morrison Ponies started the season with promise. High points throughout the season overshadowed the challenges caused by injuries. On Friday, October 21, 2016, Sophomore Jarrett Wiebenga, who played himself into the role of the big play receiver, found himself under center for the final game of the season. Wiebenga
The Morrison Mustangs took the field at Manlius, IL, on Friday night, October 21, 2016, knowing their season was ending. But they also knew that their Friday nights were filled with memories of great efforts and plenty of excitement. They had topped a State-ranked team at Orion, IL, and played
At the beginning of the Saturday, October 1, 2016, football game, the entire Morrison High School Fresh-Soph team walked to midfield carrying the jersey of recently departed teammate, Owen Oetting. Following an emotional coin flip, everyone in attendance rose and applauded, to recognize the loss of a youth who was
It was a stressful and emotional week. It was not certain how the events of the week would affect the games that were postponed from Friday evening, September 30, 2016. But, on Saturday, October 1, the Mustangs came out with a fired-up effort and played the hosting Fulton, IL, Steamers
The 2016 Homecoming football games at EM (Bud) Cole Field began on a warm, buggy evening with a play that the Riverdale Rams didn’t have in their playbook.
The 2016 Homecoming football games at E. M. “Bud” Cole Field on Friday, September 23, 2016, began on a warm, buggy evening, with a play that the Riverdale Rams didn’t have in their playbook.
In a season when nothing has been easy for the Morrison Mustangs, Homecoming against the 1-3 Riverdale Rams was no exception. On Friday, September 23, 2016, they fell behind early, regained and mounted a comfortable lead, and then had to hold on, to earn a well-deserved Homecoming win of 47-35.