Matt Trowbridge
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Rockford, IL, United States
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Why some Illinois high school basketball games will experiment with a shot clock this year
National high school federation refused to mandate a shot clock for basketball, but states given leeway and Illinois will experiment with clock. → Read More
Which Illinois high school has the coolest nickname? Here are our favorites
Hubs? Cornjerkers? Grey Ghosts? Which Illinois high school has the coolest nickname? Here are our favorites. → Read More
How Illinois high schools handle the rising price and scarcity of sporting goods
Supply chain issues have made it harder for some Illinois high schools to get new sports equipment like baseballs, softballs and uniforms. → Read More
Why the IHSA ditched its old football playoffs seeding system for a new one
IHSA decided balance in its football playoffs outweighed concerns about travel, dropping north-south bracket splits in all classes starting fall 2022. → Read More
How this Rockford coach forever changed Jimmy Garoppolo's football career
Doug Millsaps coached Rockford Jefferson for three years in the 1990s and is the coach who moved Jimmy Garoppolo to QB when he was at Rolling Meadows. → Read More
Why losing high school teams might be able to advance in IHSA basketball playoffs
If a school can't play its next game in the IHSA basketball playoffs for COVID reasons, the team it just beat will get a second chance in playoffs. → Read More
Who has the best high school gym in Illinois? Here are our 8 favorites
Old, new and all in between: What are our favorite Illinois high school gymnasiums? → Read More
North vs. south? Why the IHSA needs to change its football playoff structure
The IHSA should change its playoff brackets after northern teams have gone 13-2 the last five years in state title games in the smallest 3 classes. → Read More
2021 IHSA football championship games: What to watch and predictions
High school reporters in Rockford, Peoria and Springfield analyze and predict the 2021 IHSA football state championship playoff games in DeKalb. → Read More
After 30 years, the only head pro and club manager at this Illinois municipal golf course is retiring
“I will stay in the area and love to be able to teach, run tournaments or do whatever is needed.” → Read More
E-Rabs wear down short-handed Knights
ROCKFORD — The East E-Rabs will play for their fourth regional title under coach Roy Sackmaster after beating Auburn, 46-30, on Wednesday in a win marred by the absence of the Knights’ leading scorer. Haniefe Johnson, who averaged 13.3 points per game this year for Auburn and had 21 points in a 60-58 win over East three weeks ago, missed his only game of the season after being struck by gunfire… → Read More
Close 'in the zone,' lifts Boylan over J-Hawks
ROCKFORD — Latrell Graham played perfect defense on Johnny Close. Close stuck the 16-foot pull-up jumper anyway. Graham then cut off a Close drive, only to see Close hit a 16-foot turnaround fade-away. Followed by another 16-foot pull-up with Graham all over him. “Those are big-time shots,” Jefferson coach John Rossato said. “He looked at me and just shook his head. When he’s in the zone like… → Read More
Hill, press power Auburn over North for probable NIC-10 title
ROCKFORD — Mariah Hill led Auburn with 19 points, but even more importantly she led with her defense. Hill had six steals and disrupted Belvidere North even when she wasn’t taking the ball away to put the Knights on the doorstep of their first NIC-10 girls basketball title with an emphatic 64-46 victory Tuesday night. “We were real aggressive. Putting a lot of pressure on them really shakes them… → Read More
Boylan turns back Harlem, 21-13
ROCKFORD — Boylan had only two first downs until the last 20 seconds of the first half, yet the Titans’ defense never broke despite Harlem running 42 plays to Boylan’s 20 in the first two quarters.“I like to say it’s just more time to have fun,” Boylan defensive lineman James Ongtencgo said. “We love what we do. Everyone thinks were monsters out here, but we’re just kids having fun.”Because… → Read More
Slechta beats Rhymer, Ralston to win Aldeen Cup
ROCKFORD — Kyle Slechta comes to Rockford every summer to visit his wife’s family in Belvidere. This year, Slechta will return to Naperville → Read More
Jensen Blassage playing big basketball in Florida
Nothing has stopped former Boylan star Jensen Blassage. Not a coaching change. Not concussions. Not being the only one in her class.Her coach was gone → Read More
OLSHA shows 'we can actually do something' in latest loss
ROCKFORD — The impossible dream continues.And remains impossible.Even comical at times. The announcers, who had the score wrong for awhile, kept saying “I think” Saturday when they announced the score, even the final result of Mooseheart 42, Rockford’s Our Lady of the Sacred Heart 8. The scoreboard people sometimes sound like they belong in a Marx Brothers movie.“The clock,” a ref yelled with… → Read More
Ken DuBose forced out at Jefferson after one of football team's best seasons
ROCKFORD — Ken DuBose said he was forced to resign as Jefferson football coach this morning, one year after leading the J-Hawks to a 4-5 season, which tied Jefferson’s best record in 23 years, and seeing 15 of his players sign to play football for four-year colleges next year.“They wanted me to resign based on my inability to follow procedural ways at Jefferson,” DuBose said. “That’s the way I… → Read More
Rockford Pro-Am: Robert Streb 'close' to repeating his big 2015 season
Adam Nicholas is too good at his job, signing up pros for the Rockford Pro-Am. His aim every year is to identify golfers who haven't yet made it big on → Read More
Small-ball success has Titans on top of NIC-10
ROCKFORD — The wind can be a pitcher’s best friend at Boylan.“The elements are usually blowing in, so that’s always a → Read More