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Friday Night September 25, the Heyworth High School Hornets hosted the Tremont Turks for the Hornets homecoming football game. As we drove to the game, it was kind of deja vu of the 2nd week of the season when we also covered the Hornets in Heyworth at clouds started backing in from the Northeast. The resulting sunset was nearly the same as week two - vivid brilliant colors providing back light for silhouettes of some houses and birds flying just west of the field. The playing conditions were night and day. The clouds cleared off to reveal a brilliant moon and there was no precipitation or lightning in the area to prevent any action on the field.
Our star of the night was the Homecoming King, Cole Sinn who seemed to have about twice as much will and fire as the next Hornet on the field. The Queen this year was Lydia Martens.
On Tuesday September 22, the Vikings from Augustana pried a seesaw volleyball match from the Titans. The match went 5 sets. The 4th set went to a two point overrun in order for the Vikings to take it. They also got the best in the 1st and last sets. The Titans took the 2nd and 3rd sets, both by the score of 25-21. Nicole Morrissey let the Vikings with 20 kills while Kyleigh Block had 23 for the Titans. Also for the Vikings were Kylie Siebert with 27 digs and Hannah Lindaman with 23 assists. Leading those categories for the Titans were Mary Rankin with 44 digs and Colleen Rynne with 33 assists. The Titans now have a record of 10-3 overall and are 0-1 in the conference.
In a very lopsided scoring game, the Titan football team from Illinois Wesleyan defeated the Storm from Simpson College of Iowa. It was a non-conference game for the schools.
20150919 Simpson at Illinois Wesleyan - Images by Alan LookIn a very lopsided scoring game, the Titan football team from Illinois Wesleyan defeated the Storm from Simpson College of Iowa. It was a non-conference game for the schools.
Yes, it was a chili night on Friday for the Chili Bowl between the Normal Community Ironmen and the Normal West Wildcats. The temps were in the low 60's and there was a pretty good breeze blowing in from the north at Normal West High School's football field. The effects were evidently felt more by the Wildcats than the Iron. The Iron stormed ahead in the first half, but the Wildcats stayed in the game with a couple of pretty solid drives. In the end, it wasn't enough for the hosts with the Iron taking the game and the Chili Bowl.
The high temperatures and humidity across the mid section of the country spawned isolated storms on Friday night. Although some rain fell in the area, the biggest problem locally for football games was the lightning. Many area schools saw their games suspended because of the electric atmosphere. Normal West playing in Collinsville, Normal Community and Bloomington both playing at home and Heyworth were all subject to the suspensions. One report tells of more severe thunderstorms to the east affecting the Champaign - Urbana area, Danville and into west central Indiana.
Play did get started at the Heyworth game. Heyworth hosted the Falcons of Flanagan, Cornell, Woodland. The Falcons started the game kicking to the Hornets and defending the north end zone. Brandon Day accepted the kickoff for the Hornets and made a good run up the field. He followed it shortly after moving the ball much closer to the goal. After a too high pass to Skyler Cox in the corner of the end zone, the Hornets kept the ball on the ground with runs by Keith Hickenbottom and eventually one by Matt Schultz for the first score of 6 points. A 2 point conversion ensued on a keeper run to his right by quarterback Jacob Day.
The game suspended shortly after with the Hornets in the lead 8-0
Friday night August 28th was the first night for IHSA football games. Our usually list to pick from was a little smaller this year than others as the home game schedules only had 3 playing in McLean County. The schedules are a bit tighter this year with Lexington joining the Ridgeview/Blue Ridge partnership. We hear it was a numbers decision associated with potential players and not a financial situation. What ever the reason, it is good to see that those who want to play and the administrators found a way to make it happen. The Ridgeview/Blue Ridge/Lexington team we believe is still known as the Mustangs. They played the Fisher Bunnies at Fisher on opening night. We hope to cover them soon.
Our pick placed us in LeRoy with the Panthers hosting the GCMS Falcons of Gibson City - Melvin - Sibley high school. The Falcons seemed to have the edge early and I believe they won (we had to leave in the 3rd quarter for another commitment), but the Panthers held their own. The game was 7-6 Falcons in the lead as we headed for the bus. The announcer yelled touchdown as we were loading gear, but we didn't hear who it was.
