Category: Sports
GSW Varsity Softball March 21
Recap March 15 Panthers fell 9-3 to Streator Woodland in Fridays game. Maddie Simms was a force at the plate not getting out a single time. She went 2-2 with a triple, a walk, and a run scored. Makaila McDaniel…
Gardner-South Wilmington Boys Varsity Baseball Team – 2024
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Dwight Grade School Redbird Sports and Activity Report – March 8
March 7 Scholastic Bowl: SchoBo traveled to Mazon last night and Varsity went in to win their match Scoring toss ups were Walter Bradley with 6 and Nichole Moldovan with 3 JV lost a close match. Scoring toss ups were…
GSWB VOLLEYBALL – FINAL RESULTS
March 5 Last night the 8th VB season ended with a loss to St. George in regionals. Callie Robison had 1 ace and 2 kills. Olivia Buck had 2 aces and 3 digs. Sienna Burke had 1 kill. Kaitlynn…
Dwight’s Dalton DeLong Qualifies for IESA State Wrestling Finals.
Dalton DeLong qualifies for the IESA state wrestling finals. The Redbirds traveled to East Peoria for the sectional tournament on March 2. Competing were Dalton DeLong, Addie Avilez, Hudson Clay and Kimari Nelson-Smith. Dalton took 4th place to qualify for…
Redbird Wrestlers Qualify Four For Sectionals
On Saturday, February 24, the Redbird Wrestling Team traveled to Pontiac for regionals. The Redbirds came home with four sectional qualifiers. Addie Avilez took 3rd place to qualify at 119. She did so by pinning Alex Hoegger and Ryder Longtin. Kimari…
Varsity Girls Basketball Results – Feb 16
Feb 15 Seneca vs Peotone Regional championship Lady Irish 6 12 8 4 30 Peotone 11 16 8 12 47 Leading scorers Alyssa Zellers…
Seneca HS Wrestling Feb 10
Feb 10 At IHSA Chicago Hope Academy Boys Wrestling Sectional The Fighting Irish were led by 2 championship performances by Gunner Varland at 157 and Chris Peura at 215. The Irish set a school record qualifying 5 individuals…
Dylan Crouch Headed to State Again
Feb10 What an exciting weekend of wrestling in Chicago for the Sectional Wrestling Tournament. Dylan Crouch earned a first round bye because of his Regional title win. He won his opening match 16-0 and had a first period pin…
DTHS Inducts Three Into Athletic Hall of Fame 2024
DTHS Inducts Three Into Athletic Hall of Fame 2024 Three new members were inducted into the Dwight Township High School Athletic Hall of Fame in a ceremony held Saturday, February 3, 2024 just prior to the Varsity basketball game vs….
MVK 8th Grade Boys Basketball – Feb 2
Feb 1 Ottawa Marquette defeated MVK 38-11 in Marquette 8th grade regional championship. Breckin Anderson and Colton Baudino each scored 4 points for MVK. They finish the season with a record of 12-9. Jan 30 The MVK 8th grade boys…
GSWB Boys Basketball – Jan 31
1/31 GSWB 8th Grade Boys vs Marseilles 2A Regional The GSWB Tigers fell in the semi final round to Marseilles 36-34 in overtime. The tigers trailed the first half and went into the locker room down 16-13. Marseilles…
Gardner Grade School Dodgeball Champs!
Gardner Grade School held its 2nd annual Dodgeball Tournament on January 28th. The tournament had 19 teams ranging from grades 2-8. Area students from Braceville, Coal City, Dwight, Gardner, MVK, Reed-Custer, & South Wilmington were represented well in the tournament. …
Seneca Senior Gracie Steffes Signs to Run Cross Country and Track at Ripon College.
Front Row-Emiley Steffes-Mom, Gracie Steffes, Jason Steffes-Dad Back Row-Ruthie Steffes-Sister, Kim Foster-XC Coach, Terry Maxwell-Track Coach, Eva Bruno-Track Coack, Ted O’Boyle-Athletic Director
Slammers Hire New Manager with Joliet Ties
Slammers Hire New Manager with Joliet Ties Mike Pinto, the winningest manager in Frontier League history, to lead the team JOLIET, IL -The Joliet Slammers are excited to announce the hiring of Mike Pinto as the team’s manager. Pinto started…
GSWB Volleyball Teams 8th and 7th Grade
8th Grade- Back Row: Coach Muzzarelli, Bella Serena, Lilly Scheuber, Jaci Wilkey, Alexa Dougherty, Coach Gleason Front Row: Ilana Trosper, Aubrie Porras, Lily Buck, Lacey Rodriguez, Marissa Bafia 7th Grade- Back Row: Coach Muzzarelli, Coach Siano, Leah Olson, Brynn Christensen, Makayla…
Dwight Youth Wrestling Club Season is Underway!
The Dwight Youth Wrestling Club again has over 50 wrestlers this year and they have been practicing and competing hard. The team overall and each wrestler has shown lots of growth this year already. This season we are also very…
Dwight Lady Trojans 2023 – 2024
Bottom row L to R: Kit Connor, Dori Wilson, Sophie Buck, Kassy Kodat, Njomza Asllani, Ella Legner, Lilly Duffy, Addy Sulzberger Top Row L to R: Emerson Peters, Cloe Gall, Mikayla Chambers, Izzy Bunting, Olivia Valdez, Ryan Bean, Claire Sandeno,…
GSWB Sports Results – Nov 17
Nov 20 11/20 Home vs. Odell The 7th Grade Tigers improved to 5-2 on the season with a 40-37 win over Odell. A total team effort was needed to win the game as the two teams found themselves tied at…
Two Lady Trojans Awarded TCC Honors
Two Lady Trojans have been awarded Tri-County Confernce County Volleyball Team honors. Claire Sandeno received Honorable Mention All-conference honors and Kassy Kodat received 2nd team All-conference honors. Both young ladies worked hard all season to earn these honors from the…
Chambers Represents at State!
Mikayla Chambers had a quality performance for her first showing at the state meet as a freshman on Saturday 11/4. The race at Detweiller in Peoria was a fast one for the top runners in the state. This helped…
MVK Girls Conference Champs!
The MVK Mavericks 8th Grade Girls Basketball Team won the conference Championship against Saratoga. The final score was 18-7. The first half ended at 4-3, but the girls’ 13 steals and tenacious defense held Saratoga to 7 points in…
Mikayla Chambers Qualifies For State Cross Country Meet
Oct 28 Mikayla Chambers saw huge sectional success as a freshman runner by qualifying for the state cross country finals next week! Mikayla ran an impressive time of 20:26 to finish 9th in the field of 148 runners. Her ninth…
Seneca Girls Qualify for State Meet / O’Connor Individual Champ!
Sat Oct 28 The Seneca Cross Country Girls Team is headed to the State Meet after finishing 2nd at the IHSA Oregon Sectional this morning. Evelyn O’Connor was the individual champion winning the race with a time of 19:07. The…
Dwight Redbird 6th Grade Girls Basketball – Oct 26
Oct 26 The Sixth Grade girls basketball team wrapped up their season with two losses to Bishop Mack. in the first game Dwight fell 8 to 16. Leading the Redbirds in scoring was Izzy Pittenger with four points. Lila Tjelle…
Dwight/GSW HS Cross Country – Oct 14
Oct 21 – Regional Meet at Seneca It was a victorious day for the Trojan runners on Saturday, October 21 at the Regional cross country meet in Seneca. Season efforts paid off as the entire boys team and Mikayla…
Seneca Cross Country girls Regional Champs / Boys Runners-Up
The Seneca Cross Country team crushed their Regional meet on Saturday October 21! The girls came away as Regional Champions and the boys Runners-Up! Amazing performances were put in by all runners. Evelyn O’Connor was the individual champion in the…
DTHS Golf Awards Announced
The boys and girls golf team had there golf awards banquet October 16 at Dwigt Country Club. For girls, Ava Meister was the Most Improved Golfer and Bella Dinelli was Most Valuable Golfer. Congratulations on a great year! For…
Dwight Trojans Fall to 3rd-Ranked Fighting Irish – Playoff Hopes Come Down to Final Game
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 OT Final Seneca 7 20 16 0 0 43 Dwight 3 0 8 0 0 11 October 13, 2023 In a rain-soaked night, the Dwight Trojans fell 43 – 11 to the state…
Seneca Cross Country Team – Oct 9
Oct 9 Congratulations to the Seneca Cross Country team on a fantastic finish to their regular season. This morning, the Irish raced at the 50th Amboy Columbus Day Invitational and set the bar high for the postseason. The girls team finished 4th…
7th Grade North All-State Baseball Showcase
Over the Columbus Day weekend, multiple Coal City & GSWB baseball players had the opportunity to compete in Jacksonville, IL for the All-State Showcase. Representing the 7th grade North team from Coal City were: Kiptyn Dearth, Rylan DeMichele, Maddox Meents,…
Dwight/GSW Falls to Peru St. Bede in Last Moments of Game
SCORE BY QUARTER 1 2 3 4 OT Final St Bede 7 14 0 10 0 31 Dwight 7 7 7 7 0 28 Friday Oct 6, 2023 With time running out and the Dwight/GSW Trojans threatening, the Bruins of…
Dwight/GSW Girls Golf – Sectionals Oct 2
10/2 Bella Dinelli and Ava Meister competed in the IHSA Golf Sectional at Wolf Creek. Bella’s score was a 102 and Ava’s score was a 103 which left them both short of qualifying for the state tournament cutoff off 94…