Category: Sports

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,…

Sept 17 In non-conference action, the Lions traveled to Joliet St. Paul’s to take on the Giants on the turf.  Grady Phillips was the starting pitcher for GSWB who went 2 innings allowing 4 runs on 4 walks.  The Lions…

  September 13 – The Dwight Trojan Football Team notched their third victory of the season by soundly defeating the Aurora Central Catholic Chargers by a score of 46 – 0 Friday night in Aurora. The Trojans opened the scoring…

May 21 Dwight lost to Serena 5-0 in the opening round of Sectionals. Madi Ely started on the mound. She went 4 innings giving up 4 runs (1 earned) on 2 hits striking out 7 & walking 4. Taylor Heath…

  Dwight Varsity Lady Trojans fell to St. Bede 7-3 Taylor Heath pitched for the Trojans. She gave up seven hits, four runs, two walks, & had 12 strikeouts. Heath also lead at the plate with 2 hits, a single…

      After going 4-4 in game 1 of the regional. Tracer Brown knocked in the first run of the championship game with a double in the first inning.         Luke Gallet struck out six in…

  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…

May 9 The Lady Trojans competed in the El Paso sectional Thursday May 9 in windy and at times wet conditions. They handled the weather and competition with great courage. They finished 4th while having only athletes to battle with….

            

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.

Front Row-Deb Baker, Faith Baker, Brian Baker Back Row-Noah Champene, Paige Baker, Coley Reel, Ted O’Boyle

  Photo by J7 images

  Photo by J7images

Photo by Shayla Loring Photography

  Photo by Shayla Loring Photography.

  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…

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…



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…





Feb 15 Seneca vs Peotone Regional championship Lady Irish        6    12    8   4     30 Peotone          11   16    8   12    47 Leading scorers Alyssa Zellers…

    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…

  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 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….

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…

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 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. …

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 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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

   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…

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…

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…