A pair of state-ranked football teams meet on the gridiron in Wyoming Friday night.  The Rebels are ranked 6th in the Associated Press Class 2A preseason rankings, while the Red Storm boast a #9 ranking in the Class 1A poll.  This game marks the first Game of the Week on Sunny 97.7 WMOI and will start with a one-hour pregame show featuring interviews from the head coaches around the Lincoln Trail Conference.  The show will begin at 6:00.  John Ring calls Red Storm football this season.

The 2010 football season kicks off Friday night around the state.  The Monmouth-Roseville Titans will take to the road and face the Princeton Tigers in a non-conference matchup.  Princeton finished (4-5) last season, while Monmouth-Roseville ended at (2-7).  A special one-hour pregame show will air on 1330 WRAM and www.1330wram.com featuring interviews from head coaches around the all-new West Central Conference.  The show will air at 6:30.  Tom Petersen and Kevin Ferry will broadcast Titans football this fall.

Only beginning its fourth season as a varsity soccer program, the Monmouth-Roseville Titans have already won postseason hardware, claiming a regional championship last season.  Head coach Aaron Sikorski says its a benefit that this year's seniors have now experienced four years of high school soccer.  The Titans return six starters, but lose a couple goal scoring threats with the graduation of Adrian Amador and Jorge Perez, and the loss of Jose Hernandez, who transferred out.  Top goal scorer Chino Ayala is back, after setting the season record for goals in 2009.  Goalie Gerardo Ayala is also back, a year after posting several shutouts.  The season opener is Monday against Illini Bluffs at Roseville.  The team will split their home games between Roseville and Monmouth College this season.

The United Sports Boosters will hold their Fall Sports Kickoff Cookout at the high school this Friday.  The event will begin at 5:00.  Fans can meet the coaches and players from the football, volleyball, golf, cross country, and cheerleading squads.  The boosters will be serving pork chops, chips, cookies, and drinks for a free-will donation.

Monmouth-Roseville will hold their annual football scrimmage this Saturday at Sunnylane Field.  The fresh/soph scrimmage will start at 5:30, followed by the varsity.  The season kicks off next Friday (8/27) at Princeton.  That game will be aired on AM 1330 WRAM with Tom Petersen and Kevin Ferry broadcasting.

Monmouth College will once again hold their "Walk the Turf" night at April Zorn Memorial Stadium.  The event is planned for Saturday August 28th, beginning at 5:30.  A timed football practice will start at 6:30.  There will be age appropriate games on the field, photo opportunities with Fighting Scots players and the Scots mascot.  The marching band will also perform.  Free admission for all events.

The Monmouth College Fighting Scots football team find themselves ranked in the D3football.com preseason top 25, which was released Thursday morning.  The Scots are ranked 17th in the first poll, in which votes are submitted by coaches, sports information directors, and members of the media.  The top ranked team is defending national champion, Wisconsin-Whitewater, receiving 20 of 25 first place votes.  Mount Union is ranked second, and received the other five first place votes.  Wesley is ranked third, followed by Linfield, and St. Thomas.  The Scots open the season on Saturday September 4th at Wartburg.

The Monmouth College men's soccer team is aiming to turn some of their close losses in 2009, into wins.  The Fighting Scots finished the season with a (2-13-1) record with 8 of those 13 losses by only one goal.  A group of veteran seniors return at Monmouth.  The team heads back to campus on August 17th, with the first practice on August 18th.  The season opener is set for September 1st at Dubuque.  To hear a preseason interview with coach Perry, click below.
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With a new football season just weeks away for the Monmouth College Fighting Scots, another change will be seen for fans at April Zorn Memorial Stadium.  A new scoreboard should be in place by the end of August, in time for the home opener on September 11th against Grinnell.  Monmouth College Sports Information Director Dan Nolan talks about the new scoreboard.  http://1330wram.com/audio/dannolan.mp3|

A new coach takes the reigns of the West Central Heat football program.  Roger Kerfoot was previously the head coach at Villa Grove and Camp Pt. Central/Southeastern.  He inherits a Heat program that has gone just 2-25 over the last three seasons.  Despite that record, Kerfoot says a litle excitement could be generated with a new coach, and that he was pleased with the summer participation levels.  Dylan Bell will return at quarterback, and Toby Krow and Tyler Anderson should see a bulk of the workload out of the backfield.  West Central opens up the 2010 season on Friday August 27th at West Prairie.  Practices begin next Wednesday, August 11th.  To hear a full length interview with new head coach Roger Kerfoot, click below.
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The United Red Storm football team made a run to the Class 1A state quarterfinals.  The Red Storm lost 19 seniors to graduation, but head coach Tim Engebretson says the biggest question mark this year, will be on defense. On offense, Christian Schrader will take over the starting quarterback role, and junior Geoffrey Hahn returns at fullback, and rushed for 779 yards last season.  Nick Hull also saw time in the backfield, rushing for 250 yards.  The Red Storm open the season on the road at Stark County on Friday August 27th.  That game will be the Sunny 97.7 WMOI Game of the Week.  John Ring will call the play-by-play for United football this fall.  Click below to hear a full length season preview with coach Tim Engebretson.
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Two weeks from today, the Monmouth College Fighting Scots women's soccer team will report back to campus, with the first practices being held on August 18th.  19 players return for the Scots, who finished (6-11-1) overall last season, and (4-4-1) in the Midwest Conference.  The recruiting class features 15 incoming freshman.  The 2010 women's soccer season begins on Wednesday September 1st, at the University of Dubuque.  To hear Radio Monmouth's interview with coach Barry McNamara, click below.
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The much anticipated Roast of "TG", Terry Glasgow will be held on Saturday evening at Monmouth College's Stockdale Center. Glasgow began his head coaching career at Monmouth during the 1972-73 season, and retired at the end of the 2006-07 year.  He also guided the Scots baseball program from 1973 to 1993.The night will be filled with stories of the former Fighting Scots basketball and baseball coach.  There is a website devoted to tomorrow night's roast where alumni and friends have shared stories.  The website is roasttg.com.  To listen to the entire interview with one of the event's organizers Paul Bubb and Coach Glasgow, click below. http://1330wram.com/audio/glasgowroast.mp3|

The 2010 football season marks the inaugural year of the Mid-County Cougars football co-op.  With it comes radio coverage for the Galva/ROWVA/Williamsfield football players.  The team will be led by Tom Buck, who last year led the Galva/Williamsfield co-op.  Buck won a Class 1A state championship in 2001 while head coach at Wethersfield.  Mid-County will compete in the Lincoln Trail Conference, and every game will be broadcast on AM 1590 WAIK on Saturday mornings.  Long-time announcer Jason Bates of Galva will provide the play-by-play of Mid-County Cougars football.  Bates has spent the last 10 seasons covering the Lincoln Trail Conference.  Opening night is Friday August 27th against Princeville at Bill Adams Field in Oneida.  The broadcast will be aired the following morning on AM 1590 WAIK.

The annual Monmouth-Area Old Timers game is scheduled for Sunday August 8th at Monmouth Park.  The first game of the night will be the Women's Celebrity team against the ASA 12-under Manta Rays.  That game will begin at 5:00, and will be followed by the Old Timers Game, pitting Captain Dollinger's Team against Captain Avery's Team.  Batting and fielding practice will begin at 4:15 for the ladies.  The Old Timer of the Year is Jack McBride. There will also be a memorial for the Old Timer's that have passed away in the last year, and five will be recognized.  Those five are; Dave Fleming, Bill Howe, Martin Lovdahl, Bob Bennett, and Herb Temmenson.  The Old Timer's game is set for Sunday August 8th.  Click below for an interview with interim chairman Ralph Whiteman, Kim Sheetz-Zugmeyer and Lynnae Touchette.
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The Monmouth-Roseville Titans wrapped up the summer with some 7-on-7 drills with area teams.  The first official practices for IHSA football is August 11th.  The Titans open up their 2010 season on the road at Princeton.  For a summer update on Monmouth-Roseville football with head coach Curt Crum, click below.
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This Saturday will be the Roast and Toast of "TG", Terry Glasgow.  The former head basketball and baseball coach at Monmouth College will be roasted by alumni, family, and friends.  Glasgow was the head basketball coach for the Fighting Scots from 1972 to 2007, and coached the baseball team from 1973 to 1993.  Paul Bubb, who is now the Associate Athletic Director for External Operations at Murray State University in Kentucky, organized the event.  Bubb was on the WRAM morning show last week, click below for the interview.
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Preview courtesy of IHSSN.net (www.ihssn.net)
Coming off a berth in the IHSA Class 1A state quarterfinals in 2009, the United Red Storm look to turn that success over to the 2010 season. Success is the one word that would describe the football program at the Warren County school under the guidance of head coach Tim Engebretson. He has guided the United Red Storm/Warren Warriors to the playoffs in 16 of his 17 seasons at the helm. The Red Storm are looking to reload this season, and will be limited with varsity experience. "We will be very young, but I really like the character of this team," Engebretson said. Don't be fooled by his size, Geoffrey Hahn (5'5" 150 Jr. RB) is among the team leaders back for the Red Storm. Hahn rushed for 779 yards as a sophomore. The United ba [ ... ]

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Monmouth-Roseville will be playing under a new conference banner for the first time since 1976. A charter member of the Olympic Conference in 1976, that league is now defunct. The Titans will join forces with four Olympic castaways, and enter play in the West Central Conference for 2010. Macomb, Orion, Rockridge, and Sherrard are former conference members with the Titans, and join West Central Conference teams; Illini West, West Hancock, Central/Southeastern, and Pittsfield/Griggsville-Perry. This league will change again in 2011, with three new teams (Spring Valley Hall, Princeton, and Mendota) joining to split the league into two divisions. The Titans struggled to a (2-7) final record in 2009. One of those wins was an excit [ ... ]

Release: Monmouth College Office of Sports Information
MONMOUTH, Ill. — Monmouth College quarterback Alex Tanney’s trophy case is getting a little crowded after his latest preseason All-American award. Tanney (Normal, Ill./Lexington), who earlier this year was named the winner of the Melberger Trophy as the nation’s top Division III player, can add a D3football.com preseason All-American distinction to his resume. The website, dedicated to small school football, released its preseason team this week and named Tanney to the first team. The senior business major, a two-time Midwest Conference Offensive Player of the Year, was named to the second team by D3football prior to last season. He led Division III with 3,856 passing yards during the 2009 campaign and surpassed 10,000 passing yards in his career. Tanney has also been named preseason All-American by Consensus Draft Services and the organizers of the D3 Football Senior [ ... ]

Former Monmouth-Roseville Titans baseball standout Brian Thompson is having a successful summer, playing in the M.I.N.K. (Missouri-Iowa-Nebraska-Kansas) League.  Thompson will be a junior at Quincy University this fall, where he plays for the QU baseball team.  This summer, playing for the Sedalia Bombers, Thompson has a 3-0 record with a 0.31 ERA in 22 1/3 innings.  He has held opponents to a .150 average.  The Bombers also have the best record in the league, at 25-5, holding an 8.5 game lead in the south division.

Monmouth American Legion Post 136 will be in action this week at the District 14 tournament, hosted by Milan Post 569.  All games will be played at Sherrard High School.  Post 136 brings in a (2-4) district record, and pulls the #5 seed out of the seven team field.  Post 136 will open up against (#4) Milan on Tuesday night at 6:00.  District tournament play is double-elimination.  Here is Tuesday's complete schedule.

3:00  (#2) Rock Island vs. (#7) Reynolds
3:00  (#3) Macomb vs. (#6) East Moline
6:00  (#4) Milan vs. (#5) Monmouth (#1) Moline has a first round bye.

Monmouth-Roseville Junior High Football Camp will be held next week.  The camp will run from July 19th-July 23rd from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Monmouth-Roseville Junior High in Roseville.  To participate, players will need a copy of a current physical, unless you got a booster physical, a camp form which you can get from coach Wetterling, and football cleats are strongly recommended.  Call coach Wetterling with any questions at 734-1937.

Coming off a berth in the IHSA Class 1A state quarterfinals in 2009, the United Red Storm look to turn that success over to the 2010 season. Success is the one word that would describe the football program at the Warren County school under the guidance of head coach Tim Engebretson. He has guided the United Red Storm/Warren Warriors to the playoffs in 16 of his 17 seasons at the helm. The Red Storm are looking to reload this season, and will be limited with varsity experience. "We will be very young, but I really like the character of this team," Engebretson said. Don't be fooled by his size, Geoffrey Hahn (5'5" 150 Jr. RB) is among the team leaders back for the Red Storm. Hahn rushed for 779 yards as a sophomore. The United backfield returns over 1,000 yards, with Nick Hu [ ... ]

This Saturday, the annual Monmouth Review-Atlas Senior Shootout will be held at United High School.  The girl's game will tip off at 5:00, followed by the boy's game at 7:00. Both games will be broadcast on AM 1330 WRAM.  Here are the team breakdowns for the games.   Boy's North
Head Coach: Mike Reynolds (Galesburg)
Markus Hunter (Monmouth-Roseville)
DeAndre McClendon (Monmouth-Roseville)
Cody Whiteside (Monmouth-Roseville)
Aaron McDonald (United)
Zach Steele (United)
Sheldon Welch (United)
Dalton Johnson (West Central)

Boy's South
Head Coach: Jim Noonan (United)
Andrew Kovacik (ROWVA)
Cedric Huffman (B-PC/A)
Tauge Rux (Galva)
Cory Link (Abingdon)
Caleb Lepisto (ROWVA)
Austin Hammerlinck (Sherrard)

Girl's North
Head Coach: Mike Kelley
Taylor Woods (Monmouth-Roseville)
Lynsey Weber (Monmouth-Roseville)
Rebecca Gillen (Monmouth-Roseville)
Alyssa Hampton (Monmouth-Roseville)
Claire McGuire (Monmouth-Roseville)
Beth Dingman (Monmouth-Roseville)
Amanda Schreck (Monmouth-Roseville)
Emma McGuire (Monmouth-Rosevil [ ... ]