The Morrison Community Unit District #6 Board of Directors convened on Monday, July 27, 2015, with only Stephanie Neas, Wolfgang Schmidt, Brandon Shelton, and President Cathleen Vegter in attendance….The evening took a different atmosphere as the library filled with over 40 concerned parents, teachers, and support individuals [who] chose to
The Illinois High School Association 3-Point Competition for the class 1A/2A schools was held in Peoria, IL, on Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 15, 2015, at Peoria’s Carver Arena. Noah Hogue. a Morrison High School Junior, earned the opportunity to shoot in the final four, by making 11-of-15 attempts
Morrison[, IL,] High School Junior Noah Hogue survived the preliminary competition of the IHSA 3-Point Shooting Contest by making 11 out of 15 attempts. He advanced to the final shootout on Friday evening, March 13, 2015, at 8:15 p.m. at the Peoria[, IL,] Carver Arena. The winner of the 1A/2A
Morrison High School Frosh-Soph Scholastic Bowl team wrapped up their season on Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Erie, IL, with three wins. They finished the season with a record of 25-12.
On Tuesday, Febuary 17, 2015, Morrison High School students traveled to Erie, IL, for a night of Scholastic Bowl. Morrison currently holds 2nd place in the TRAC Conference, with three matches yet to play. The MHS team’s overall record is 33-14; they stand 10-1 in the TRAC conference.
The Kewanee, IL, Wethersfield Lady Geese were the guests for the final regular season game with the Morrison High School Fillies on Saturday, February 7, 2015. The lead never exceeded four points by either team, and the Geese flew south with a 42-40 win.
Samuel Dohrn is a lovable ten- soon-to-be-eleven-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with epilepsy; bilateral cortical dysplasia; pathologic myopia (severe nearsightedness); congenital stationary night blindness. He can still smile and hopes to do a lot more–if funds can be raised to provide a Seizure Service Dog as his everyday companion.
Four Morrison High School girls scored in double figures against the Port Byron, IL, Riverdale Rams on Thursday, February 5, 2015. The Fillies came out of the corral and built a 21-3 first quarter lead. They extended that to 37-8 by half.
Prophetstown’s Corrie Reiley outscored the entire Morrison Fillies five in the first half to establish an unsurmountable advantage to lead the Phophets to a 58-43 conference win.
In the car wash industry, the name of Black quickly comes to mind, due to the successful franchising chain that has led the industry for decades. Now the name of a child of Bob and Mary Black[, of Morrison, IL,] is reaching out into the franchising world, to expand the
The Morrison Mustangs excited the full house on Friday night, January 30, 2015, by jumping out to 7-0 first quarter lead. They never relinquished it en route to a 55-52 Three Rivers Conference win over the Fulton, IL, Steamers.
The Rockridge Lady Rockets of Taylor Ridge, IL, used full court pressure to force 21 first-half turnovers and put the Fillies into a hole. They were unable to climb out.
Results are from Monday, January 26, 2015, at Newman Central Catholic High School, Sterling, IL. Varsity: Newman 400, Morrison 210 – Alex Ernst: 3 toss-ups – Derek Montague, Kyle McCoy: 2 toss-ups – Rachel Magana, Eryn Young: 1 toss-up Morrison 230, Amboy 130 – Alex Ernst: 6 toss-ups – Eryn
Big second quarters by Morrison’s Lakin Goodman (7 points) and Erie’s Cox (10 points) ended up creating the difference in a 36-29 Morrison loss to Erie, IL. The difference was the support that Erie teammates supplied to overcome a first quarter deficit (9-6) and earn a halftime lead (23-18). Both
The win column has been evasive lately. The return by the Morrison Mustangs felt good, as they trimmed the Sherrard, IL, Tigers 58-54.