Category: Sports

The Dwight Trojans defeated Peru St. Bede Friday, September 25, by a score of 32 -18.  The Trojans offense was spearheaded by Ayden Collom, who carried the ball 25 times for 106 yards and a touchdown. Quarterback Collin Bachand proved…

May 30 – Regional Final At the Dwight Regional on Saturday the GSW Panthers defeated the Trojans by a score of 6-1 . Evan Cox absorbed his first loss of the season, even though he allowed only one earned run….

May 28 State Final Results The Trojan boys team sent four athletes to the Class 1A State Track Meet. On Thursday in the prelims, our athletes did well as 2 of the boys qualified for the finals on Saturday at…

The 52nd Annual Dwight Invitational Golf Tournament was held on Saturday, May 9th, at Dwight Country Club. Sixty players competed under windy and difficult conditions for the title. The overall champion for the 2nd year in a row was Carter…

Attending the Dwight baseball game on Thursday and throwing out the ceremonial first pitch was the Stevenson family, owners of Willy‘s pub in downtown Dwight. At the recent Dwight Booster Bash Fundraiser Willy‘s Pub was the grand-prize drawdown winner and…

DTHS Varsity Baseball Team Front Row LtoR: Jackson Launius, Ethan Cox, Asher Kargle, Jacob Wilkey, Joey Starks, Maddox DeLong, Gavin Leach and Ethan Pakula Back Row LtoR: Coach Mickey McDowell, Ayden Collom, Zach Bumpous, Hunter Paulsen, Micheal Leithliter, Carson Sandeno…

DTHS Boys Track Front Row LtoR: Jesus Zavala, Ryker Anderson, Dane Frobish, David Allen, Tysen Walker, Filemon Ortiz, McKay Gleeson, Jovanny Zavala, Hayden Colclasure, Alex Ortiz and Moises Martin Back Row LtoR: Coach Mitch Thompson, Coach Keli Gall, Joe Faris,…

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

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,…

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…

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.

  Photo by J7 images

  Photo by J7images

Photo by Shayla Loring Photography

  Photo by Shayla Loring Photography.

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,…

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…