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March 17 Scholastic Bowl: The Scholastic Bowl Red birds traveled to Wilmington yesterday for back-to-back matches. In a tie after 24 tossup-and-bonus combinations, the Redbird JV SchoBo Team went into a nail-biting OT and came out victorious, with Nora Goesch…
March 11 Volleyball The MVK Lady Mavericks 8th grade defeated Lockport Kelvin in the semi finals to advance to the championship with the scores of 25-18 & 25-20. The Mavericks worked hard & brought out the energy… with quite a…
Jan 27 – Volleyball The 7th and 8th grade Tigers played their last regular conference match against MVK last night. 7th grade was victorious in 2 sets 26-24, 25-22. Kinley Delk had 6 aces and 4 digs, Addie Slegl…
Jaxon Lee #4, Cason Bean #10, Daris Brahimi #11, Braiden Bachand #22, Kade Jensen #23, Brady Marques #25, Chase Wilkey #30, Nate Wilkey #32, Cooper Irvin #40, Stone Skelton #43
Sept 17 – Regional Championship @ Joliet St. Raymond Joliet St. Raymond 4 vs GSWB 1 Playing in their 5th straight regional title, the Lions had a tough opponent in St. Ray’s. With 2 outs in the 1st, St. Ray’s…
The Trojan Track and Field team held their award program Thursday, June 5, at the DTHS cafeteria with the following athletes receiving well deserved and well earned awards. Congratulations to these athletes and their fellow teammates for an exciting and…
May 25 – The Dwight Trojan baseball season came to an abrupt end on Saturday with a 5-0 loss at home to Lexington in the Regional Championship. Luke Gallet was the losing pitcher going the first four innings. Reliever Joey…
Travis Barr signs to run track at Joliet Junior College. Front Row:Aubree Barr, Travis Barr, Nicole Olson Back Row:Terry Maxwell, Ted O’Boyle Natalie Misener signs to run Cross Country and Track at Olivet Nazarene. Front Row:Donna Misener, Natalie Misener, Eric…
Dwight Township High School Girls Track Team 2025 Back row: Coach Lane, Coach Trewartha, Elizabet Ramirez, Brooklynn Todd, Emma Anderson, Olivia Valdez, Delaney Boucher, Kailyn Haggard, Jona Abedini, Honorine Mwizerwa, Coach Thompson Front row: Sophia Keri, Adilynn Avilez, Belle Kelleher,…
The Dwight Township High School basketball program announced their 2024 -25 team awards in a ceremony held March 12 at Dwight High School. Pictured from left: Rookie of the year: Liv Buck JV MIP: Cloe Gall JV MVP: Addy Sulzberger…
Joliet Slammers Announce Second Round of 2025 Promotional Schedule Dates 2025 second round promotional schedule highlights brand new theme nights including Kids Run The Ballpark and Slammers Smackdown JOLIET, IL – The Joliet Slammers are thrilled to announce the second…
Feb 21 – 22 Dylan Crouch and Gavin Bafia had tough competition this past weekend a the Sate Tournament. Dylan dominated his first opponent 15-1, then overcame a good competitor with a 7-4 victory. His Semi finals match was fast…
Feb 4 The MVK 7th grade boys basketball team lost to Ford Heights Cottage Grove, 35-32, in the IESA Class 1A sectional championship Monday night. Bryce Biros scored 13 points for MVK and had 11 rebounds. Olin Field scored 9 points….
FRIDAY MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISU’S APPEARANCE IN FCS TITLE GAME by Tom Emery The Illinois State University football program fields competitive teams nearly every season. A decade ago, the program nearly won it all. January 10 marks the 10th anniversary of…
The Dwight GSW varsity football team hosted Elmwood Brimfield for the 2nd round of the IHSA 2A football playoffs on Saturday, November 9. It was a defensive battle with neither side giving up much, but the Trojans were able to…
DTHS JV Football Front Row LtoR: Honore Mwizerwa, Hudson Colclasure, Kalub Shankel, Thomas Phillips, Moises Martin, Kyler DeLisle, Alex Ortiz, Dylan Warren, Mekhi Hakey Middle Row LtoR: Coach Austin Burkhardt, Coach Mitch Thompson, Ty Frobish, Jackson Findlay, McKay Gleeson, Reed…
JV Volleyball Front Row LtoR: Avery Connor, Dori Wilson, Addy Taylor, Kit Connor, Miranda Bovelle, Sophi Bastian Back Row LtoR: Coach Steven Lopez, Madlynn Lucus, Mikayla Ely, Addy Sulzberger, Olivia Valdez, Ryan Bean, Hannah Harsh, Honorine Mwizerwa, Kameron Folkers,…
Dwight Township Varsity Volleyball 2024 Front Row LtoR: Sara Parker, Claire Sandeno, Delaney Boucher, Mikayla Chambers, Dori Wilson and Hannah Keri Back Row LtoR: Steven Lopez, Kameron Folkers, Ryan Bean, Brynn Connor, Issy Bunting, Maci Johnson, Emerson Peters, Makyala Wahl-Seabert,…
Boys Golf Front Row LtoR: Jack Statler, Alex Hoegger, Owen Vitko, Cash Carter, Logan Rice, Dane Frobish, Jarrek Hirsch, Cason Johnson, Rylan Woodin and Blake Thetard Back Row LtoR: Coach Logan Murray, Coe Peters, Caden Christensen, Maddox DeLong, Brayden Jensen,…
Dwight baseball coach Jerry McDowell picked up win number 600 after the Dwight Trojans defeated Streator Woodland 8–5 . McDowell is pictured here with longtime friend / coach Brett Lardi. Jerry McDowell (right) and Brett Lardi.
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….
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,…
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INDIVIDUAL RECORDS Scoring – Career: Katy Koonz 88-91 — 1314 Erin Daniels 99-02 — 1219 Chaney Tambling 07-10 — 1127 Kayla Kodat 17-21 — 1096 Kolby Hoffman 07-10 — 1025 Kim Pokarney 95-98 — 978 Scoring – Season: Jenny Christensen…
