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1. BelieveSo let’s end with my Coach of the Year. Lutheran assistant coach Jerry Guse had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last July. But after coaching for three decades, Guse wasn’t going to let his illness stop him this season.
He only missed five games all year, and he a
3/26/2013... Full Story
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"Konieczki Named All-State" |
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Lutheran's Rachel Konieczki named All-State in Class 3A
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Lutheran High School's Rachel Konieczki (12) breaks away ahead of Aquin in the first quarter Friday, Dec. 28, 2012, in the Girls Holiday Tournament at Dixon High School.
Lutheran point guard Rachel Kon
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"Prep Hoops: Crusaders Upend Belvidere Bucs" |
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BELVIDERE — The Big Northern West might be a smaller conference, but it had the better team Friday.
“Everybody told us that Lutheran is going to learn how good the NIC-10 is, and that gave us a lot of emotion coming into this game,” Lutheran junior Thomas Kopelman said.
“This is something o
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"Bigger Challenge More Fun" |
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Bigger challenge can be more fun
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By Matt Trowbridge
Lutheran's Joseph Kellen cuts off a piece of the net after defeating Belvidere in the Class 3A regional championship Friday, March 1, 2013, at Belvidere High School.
Lutheran got
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"3A Hoops: Lutheran at Belvidere" |
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The second-place team in the Big Northern West this year beat the No. 1 team in the NIC-10: Lutheran Crusaders 71, Belvidere Bucs 46 in the championship gam
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"Game Bittersweet for Guse" |
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You can’t find two coaching staffs any closer than the ones at Lutheran and Belvidere, which is one of the reasons Lutheran’s 71-46 win Friday over Belvidere was bittersweet for both teams.
Lutheran assistant coach Jerry Guse is the father of Lutheran head coach Tom Guse. But Jerry also spent thre
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"Schrank and Demo Head to IESA State Wrestling Tournament" |
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Josh Schrank and Tyler Demo will represent Lutheran in the Illinois Elementary School Association State Wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday at the Convocation Center at Northern Illinois University. The IESA has 809 member schools in the state. Wrestling begins 3:30 p.m. Friday and continues 9 a.m. Saturday.
The IESA is one of two major youth wrestling organizations in Illinois, and both are holding their state tournaments in the area this weekend. The Illinois Kids Wrestling Federation (IKWF) will hold its tournament at the BMO Harris Bank Center in downtown Rockford.
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"8th Grade Team Heads to State LSA Basketball Tournament" |
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State tournaments aren't just for high school kids. Lutheran qualified its eighth-grade girls basketball team and two junior high wrestlers for state tournaments this weekend.
The girls are going to the Lutheran School Association of Illinois State Basketball Tournament, held every year in the northwest suburbs. A total of 135 Lutheran schools in the state are eligible, with the top 16 teams reaching state for the three-day tournament.
The players, according to a school news release, are: Whitney Card, Olivia Cattage, Kayla Donnell, Ashley Kerestes, Sophie Long, Lauren Severson, Jordyn Turecek, Alex Edmiston and Layla Seaton.
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"Golden Age for Rockford Basketball" |
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This is quietly turning into a golden age for Rockford basketball. It looked like a down year for the NIC-10, especially when Big Northern West runner-up Lutheran clobbered NIC-10 champ Belvidere in a regional final, but sixth-place Jefferson made it to the sectional final and Boylan is still stand
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"Bailey Peck Named to IHSA All-State Academic Team" |
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IHSA Announces 2012-13 All-State Academic Team
Congratulations to Bailey Peck on her selection to the IHSA All State Academic Team
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce that Bailey Peck has been selected to the 2012-13 All-State Academic Team sponsored by Caterpillar. The 13 male and 13 female honorees of the IHSA’s top academic honor were chosen from a group that included over 450 students throughout the state.
“This is a tremendous honor and I hope every student who was nominated takes a great deal of pride in all that they have accomplished,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “These students are the embodiment of what it means to take advantage of the entire high school experience. I am thankful to Caterpillar for providing the All-State Academic Team platform to honor and congratulate them.”
2/18/2013... Full Story
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"Bailey Peck Named to IHSA All-State Academic Team" |
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IHSA Announces 2012-13 All-State Academic Team
Congratulations to Bailey Peck on her selection to the IHSA All State Academic Team
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is proud to announce that Bailey Peck has been selected to the 2012-13 All-State Academic Team sponsored by Caterpillar. The 13 male and 13 female honorees of the IHSA’s top academic honor were chosen from a group that included over 450 students throughout the state.
“This is a tremendous honor and I hope every student who was nominated takes a great deal of pride in all that they have accomplished,” said IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman. “These students are the embodiment of what it means to take advantage of the entire high school experience. I am thankful to Caterpillar for providing the All-State Academic Team platform to honor and congratulate them.”
2/18/2013... Full Story
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"Crusader's Finish Strong at Sweet Sixteen" |
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Congratulations to the Crusader bowling team. Dakotah Hazelwood won the Top 16 by 144 pins over 2nd place. Lisa Winkelman finished 12th.
The boys finished stong and completed Sweet Sixteen as follows:
Austin Bull 3rd, Jacob Aldrich 4th, Ethan Salzman 5th, Alex Franks 11th, Spencer Gustafson 12th, and Zack Hunt 14th.
NIBC Conference also named Dakatah Hazelwood the girls MVP and Jacob Aldrich as the boys MVP.
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"Crusaders Finish Strong at Sweet Sixteen" |
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Congratulations to the Crusader bowling team. Dakotah Hazelwood won the Top 16 by 144 pins over 2nd place. Lisa Winkelman finished 12th.
The boys finished stong and completed Sweet Sixteen as follows:
Austin Bull 3rd, Jacob Aldrich 4th, Ethan Salzman 5th, Alex Franks 11th, Spencer Gustafson 12th, and Zack Hunt 14th.
NIBC Conference also named Dakatah Hazelwood the girls MVP and Jacob Aldrich as the boys MVP.
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"Jacob Koehler on Faith and Football" |
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On Faith and Football
At Concordia we strive to connect the Christian message to the many worthwhile pursuits of a university setting. There is no better illustration of this than the recent success of our football program. The accomplishments of the 2012 season have been nothing short of historic
2/6/2013... Full Story
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Attention Rockford Lutheran Community!
Your Rockford Lutheran Athletic Trainer, Brad Bauman, is available to perform Free Injury Screens! Stop by if you have questions or concerns about aches, pains, soreness, or other health troubles. I can give you tips on strengthening, stretching, diets,
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By Emily Tropp
RRSTAR.COM
Posted Jan 05, 2013 @ 11:28 PM
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"Football Team Excels in the Classroom" |
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Eleven area schools are represented on the 2012 Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Academic All-State Team, which was recently released.
Lutheran led with 10 players who maintain at least a 3.5 grade-point average: Adam Pearson, Austin Barnhart, Brandon Esparza, Grant Osborne, Jake Milbourn, Luke Koehler, Nate Wieting, Sam Earp, Zach Zanello and Zayne Anderson. No other team in the state had more than seven players honored.
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"Crusaders Claim 3rd Place at Seneca" |
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Rockford Lutheran used a strong final round to ease past defending champion to capture a third-place showing.Coach Tim Muther's Crusaders won one title, claimed a pair of seconds and picked up a trio of third-place efforts."We had six placewinners last year and I thought that we could top that with
12/3/2012... Full Story
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"Crusader Boys Basketball Preview" |
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Lutheran's Joe Kellen (32) shoots free throws Tuesday,
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"Football Players Dominate in the Big Northern" |
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Click here for full story by RRStar How much did Lutheran, Byron, Winnebago and Stillman Valley dominate the Big Northern West in football this fall? Well, you can start with the fact that those four schools earned ALL 16 all-conference nods on offense. Oregon and Rock Falls wound up with
11/20/2012... Full Story
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"Coach Bazsali Interview with WRMJ" |
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Rockford Lutheran Freshman Breaks 2A Playoff TD Record
October 29th, 2012
As Mercer County gets set to host Rockford Lutheran in round 2 of the high school football playoffs, they’ll have to defend a new IHSA record holder. Freshman James Robinson set the record Saturday night for most rushing touchdowns scored in a 2a playoff game with 7. A special talent says Rockford Lutheran head coach Bruce Bazsali. Click here for full interview
The previous 2A playoff mark was five touchdowns, shared by five players, including Aledo’s Michael O’brien. His five TD performance was against Casey -Westfield in the 2A semi-finals in 1998.
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"Lutheran Crusaders Headed To State" |
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For crying out loud: Rockford Lutheran Crusaders going to state
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Lutheran's Bailey Peck hits out of the bunker on the 11th hole Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012, during the Rockford Country Club Invitational.
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"Lutheran Takes Down Oregon" |
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OREGON — Another one falls in front of Rockford Lutheran.
But Oregon did not go quietly.
The Crusaders continued to knock off teams that used to beat them around, defeating Oregon for the first time despite having to hold on late for a 48-29 road victory Friday night.
“It felt like we were fig
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"Football Team to Make History" |
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"Lady Saders Dominate at Conference Tournament" |
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By Matt Trowbridge
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BELVIDERE — Bailey Peck and Lutheran repeated as Big Northern girls golf champions Wednesday, and they did so in style. Lutheran, which returned its entire team from last year, lowered its winning score by 33 strokes this time at T
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Broadcast Videography is a new, unique class that Rockford Lutheran has added to the curriculum. It is a student-driven class that deals with the broadcasting of many home events of Rockford Lutheran sports teams. The class revolves around the students, as they work together to put together a live
9/18/2012... Full Story
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"Crusader Volleyball Remain Unbeaten in BN" |
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STILLMAN VALLEY — Lutheran turned to its youth late in the match against Stillman Valley Wednesday and walked away with a 25-18, 24-26, 25-19 win at Stillman Valley.The Crusaders (11-4, 5-0 BNW), who just beat conference preseason favorite Rock Falls last week, remained unbeaten in the conference.“
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"Crusaders Celebrate Victory over Winnebago" |
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By Emily Tropp
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