ROCKFORD – Tuesday afternoon, Guilford staff celebrated with Zach Dimond and his family as Dimond signed a letter of intent to play esports at Illinois College. It is believed to be the first time a Rockford School District athlete has accepted a college scholarship in the growing esports field. In 2018-2019, nearly 200 colleges offered […]
GLENWOOD – Guilford High School’s Rocket League team knocked off teams from Naperville Central and Schaumburg Public Schools to win the Illinois High School Esports Association title Saturday afternoon. The Vikings’ trio of senior Evan Schanfeldt and sophomores Aidan Suh and Juan Jass swept Naperville in four overtime games (2-1, 3-2, 4-3 and 4-3). Schaumburg, though, […]
ROCKFORD – Two RPS 205 athletes are semifinalists in the 2020 National Merit Scholarship program. Victoria Wu, a tennis player at Auburn, and Caitlin Ehrhardt, a cross country and track athlete at Guilford, are among 16,000 students across the country with qualifying test scores for the scholarships. Wu and Ehrhardt can continue in the competition […]
ROCKFORD – East and Guilford are two of the remaining three undefeated teams in the NIC-10 boys soccer race and the two square off Tuesday. East is 5-0 in conference play, tied with Boylan Catholic, and 9-3-0 overall. The E-Rabs have scored 20 goals and given up just five in conference play. Senors Baraka Andre […]
ROCKFORD – Ella Holmstrom took the NIC-10 by storm in 2018, earning first-team all-NIC-10 honors at outside hitter as a freshman. The incoming sophomore is opening eyes far outside this region. In June, Holmstrom was one of 82 volleyball players named to the 2019 Ultra Ankle® Junior Volleyball Association All-National Team, “which recognizes the top […]
ROCKFORD – Guilford junior Shaniah Johnson kept the Rockford Public Schools girls track season going Thursday night by qualifying for the IHSA Class 3A state track meet. Johnson finished third in the Antioch sectional in the triple jump with a leap of 36-10 3/4. She surpassed the qualifying distance in preliminaries and skipped the finals […]
ROCKFORD – Rockford Public Schools athletes swept the jumping events at the girls NIC-10 track meet at Auburn Thursday night. Guilford’s Valerie Daehler won the long jump and tied for first in the high jump, while teammate Shaniah Johnson took first place in the triple jump. East’s Kayla Wells added to the collection by winning […]
ROCKFORD – Rockford Public Schools announced today that Carl Armato will coach the Guilford boys basketball team in 2019-2020 pending school board approval. Armato was an assistant at Guilford at the beginning of this past season. He took over as interim coach on Jan. 31. The Vikings finished 18-14 for the season, the first winning […]
ROCKFORD – The Guilford Vikings, who tied for the NIC-10 conference title last year, kicked off its NIC-10 schedule with an easy 7-0 win over Jefferson. The co-championship last year was the first time a RPS 205 school had won a share of the NIC-10 title since 1998. The Vikings should be strong contenders again […]
ROCKFORD – Lost in East’s record-setting season is the solid improvement of the Guilford Vikings boys basketball program. On Friday, Guilford knocked Machesney Park Harlem out of second place with a 62-55 win at Guilford. Jamil Jones and Tyler Knuth had 18 points each for the Vikings. The victory moved the Vikings to 16-13, guaranteeing […]
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