Monica Wright Most Valuable Coach of the Year

Monica Wright Most Valuable Coach of the Year

Monica Wright, formerly of Morrison, IL, is University of Northern Iowa Softball Pitching Coach.  In May 2021, she won Most Valuable Coach of the Year honors, at Cedar Falls, IA. On Sunday, May 16, the UNI Softball team earned the program’s first at-large...

Lady Rams Shut Out Fillies Again

Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. For the second night in a row, the Riverdale Lady Rams and the Morrison Fillies competed on the Softball diamond.  Following a 10-0, four-inning loss on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, the Morrison Fillies hosted the Rams,...

Fillies Faced Perfection

Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. The Morrison Fillies fell victim to the Riverdale Lady Rams Softball team, as they visited Port Byron, IL, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021, in record-setting form. On this spring evening, perfection was in the air, as Ashlyn...
Local Girl Monica Wright Succeeds as Coach

Local Girl Monica Wright Succeeds as Coach

Monica Wright, star pitcher for the Morrison Fillies from 2001 to 2005, was recently hired as Softball Pitching Coach for University of Northern Illinois, in DeKalb, IL.  She played for them in 2006 before transferring to the University of Indiana, where she won...
Peyton Tegeler to Play in Pontiac

Peyton Tegeler to Play in Pontiac

Friends, Morrison High School classmates, or general admirers of Peyton Tegeler can see her in action, by attending an area All Star Basketball game, on Saturday, June 8, 2019.  Tegeler will play in the Girls Illinois Basketball Coaches Association tournament...