Category: Boys Basketball

Mario Stuckey, who was fourth in the NIC-9 in basketball scoring his senior year, is showing the same dedication and success in his manufacturing career. After graduating from Jefferson in 2006, began working at the Fiat Chrysler plant in Belvidere while earning an associate’s degree from Rock Valley College. In 2015, he was promoted to […]

ROCKFORD – Rockford Public Schools teams took three of the top four spots in the NIC-10 boys basketball race and that success was reflected in the all-conference voting. Five of the 10 players named to the first team were District 205 stars. George Williams, Jefferson’s point guard, was picked after leading the NIC-10 in assists […]

ROCKFORD – East and Jefferson high schools hope to bring home regional titles tonight – and the J-Hawks can make school history if they win. The young E-Rabs – six of their top eight scorers are juniors – take on Hononegah at Guilford High School at 7 p.m.  The E-Rabs finished well ahead of the […]

VERNON HILLS – The Eisenhower Eagles moved to 23-4 on the season by beating Lake In The Hills Marlow, 44-34, Wednesday night in the eight grade IESA Class 4A sectional finals at Vernon Hills Hawthorn North. The Eagles will face Markham Prairie-Hills (19-2) on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Urbana Middle School in the IESA […]

ROCKFORD – The Eisenhower Eagles knocked off RESA, 47-42, this past Thursday to win the IESA Eighth Grade Class 4A Rockford regional. The top-seeded Eagles reached the title game by beating Lincoln, 57-9, and Flinn, 55-48. The win over RESA earned the 22-4 Eagles a game against Lake In The Hills Marlow, which is 19-1 […]

Boys Basketball NIC-10 Overall Jefferson 14-4 26-6 East 13-5 21-12 Auburn 13-5 17-14 Guilford 7-11 14-17 Girls Basketball NIC-10 Overall Auburn 16-2 26-7 Guilford 10-8 18-12 East 6-12 8-23 Jefferson 3-15 3-21

ROCKTON – Senior Tyler Knuth became the eighth boys basketball player who played at Guilford to top 1,000 points. Knuth passed the milestone against Hononegah on Friday. He joins this group of distinguished players: Guilford 1,000 point scorers Player Grad. Year Points Chris Loy 1974 1,449 Ben Holmstrom 1994 1,338 Johnny Rucker 1993 1,228 Aaron […]

Wins and losses are important. So are point totals and rushing yards and the other things we record in athletics. But at the end of their time in high school, the goal of athletics is to produce outstanding students and people. East’s boys basketball team will not match last year’s recording setting team on the […]

ROCKFORD – The seventh annual Rumble in the Rock features five games that will be key in conference races at both the high school and junior college levels. The day long basketball extravaganza has a number of interesting storylines. In order: The first game of the day, Guilford vs. Auburn girls, is key to the […]

ROCKFORD – The Jefferson J-Hawks are the marquee team in its own 7th annual J-Hawk MLK Showcase, which tips off tomorrow. The Saturday-Monday hoops extravaganza features both varsity and sophomore basketball. Nine different varsity squads will play at least one game over the two days.  Of the nine schools, Jefferson appears to be the biggest […]