The IHSA announced one of the biggest changes in high school sports in decades when it said the conference system for football will go away in 2021 in favor of a district system that will match teams up with more similar student populations.

Belvedere Coach Darin Wecker, whose school voted in favor of the change and will likely benefit from it, talked about what he expects from the new format.

 

 

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken another major event in Rockford from us in 2020.  The 44th Annual Rockford Pro Am, originally scheduled for July, will no longer be happening this summer in the Forest City.

We spoke with Rockford Pro Am President Scott Nicholas about the conversations that led to this decision, along with the committee's plans moving forward.

 
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Brian Koehne is in his first year as head coach of the Belvidere Bucs boys team. He talks about his transition and expectations for his squad this season.

 
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After several years as a very successful women's basketball coach and athletic director at Rock Valley College, Misty Opat is leaving for an opportunity to coach the women's team at Div. I Chicago State University. She talks about how she ended up at Chicago State and her memories of RVC.

 
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