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The Monmouth College women shook off Lawrence in the first quarter and never looked back in a 68-51 win over the Vikings to remain in a two-way tie with Ripon for first in the Midwest Conference. After three ties and two lead changes, Shayne Smith’s layup-and-one with 3:20 left in the opening quarter gave the…

The Monmouth College swim team produced one program record, two lifetime-bests and three honor roll swims over two days at the Principia Sprint Invitational and the Panther Classic Friday and Saturday. Swimming at the six-team Sprint Invite on Friday, Preston Bocchi broke his own school record in the 50-yard backstroke and bettered his personal-best in…

Basketball It was a busy day at West Central High School on Saturday as the Lincoln Trail Conference finally got their boys tournament started. The tournament has changed its format from a pool play format to bracketed play. The United Red Storm and West Central Heat got the day started with a morning match up.…

MONMOUTH, Ill. – Monmouth’s Midwest Invitational indoor track home opener Saturday not only ushered in another winter storm, but more national top 10 performances.       The Fighting Scots’ women’s distance medley relay turned in a notable performance with four freshmen. Arika Hofmann, Mik Moore-Kaczmarek, Kara Fisher and Ezzie Baltierra-Chavez placed third at the meet, but…

Becca Gallis poured in a career-high 30 points as the Monmouth women and Lake Forest each controlled large stretches of the game, but in the end the Foresters hung a 67-59 loss on the Scots, dropping Monmouth into a tie for second in the league with Lake Forest. Leading 18-15 at the end of the…

GALESBURG, Illinois—The Knox College Prairie Fire women’s basketball team cruised to a 65-41 victory today against the Grinnell Pioneers at home. Knox’s excellent defensive effort was the focal point of their game today, frustrating the Pioneer offense and allowing Knox to maintain double-digit leads throughout the game. The win pushed the Prairie Fire’s conference record…

Sophomore guard Danayzia (Duh-nay-zhuh) Stuckey scored all of her game-high 18 points in the second half, helping the Carl Sandburg College women’s basketball team rally for a 69-55 Arrowhead Conference victory over Illinois Valley on Thursday at John M. Lewis Gymnasium. Sandburg (8-11, 2-0) trailed by as much as seven in the first half and…

Girls Basketball The Lincoln Trail Conference’s girls basketball tournament continued last night in Princeville. The West Central Heat lost to the host Lady Princes 41-33. Mady Reed and Carley Lafary were in double figures with 11 and 10 points respectively. The Heat are (2-1) in pool play, one game behind Annawan and a half game…

Standings through games played on Jan. 16th, 2018   Girls Boys Girls West Central Conference North Division Boys West Central Conference North Division 1 Quincy Notre Dame (3-1) 1 Quincy Notre Dame (2-0) 2 CPC/Southeastern (2-0) 2 West Hancock (0-0) 3 Monmouth-Roseville (0-1) 2 Monmouth-Roseville (0-0) 3 West Hancock (0-1) 4 Camp Point Central (0-1)…

Monmouth led for all but the first four minutes of a 67-55 win over Illinois College Wednesday night at Glennie Gym to stay tied for the top spot in the Midwest Conference. Becca Galllis’ bucket followed by Shayne Smith’s 3-pointer gave Monmouth the only cushion they would need in the first quarter as the Scots…