The Big Ten Conference office recently announced that Coordinator of Men’s Basketball Officiating Rich Falk, a Galva native, plans to retire at the conclusion of the 2009-10 men’s basketball season.

 

The Oneida Legion Post 727 baseball team swept host East Peoria in a doubleheader 6-1 and 13-2 in five innings on Tuesday.
 

Danny Norberg, Tyler Bates, Coley Anderson and Jerod Carlson successfully defended the title they won last year in the championship flight of the 2009 Galva Athletic Boosters golf fund-raiser, held Saturday at Kewanee Dunes.

The Galva High School boys track team has ended its season with the announcement of honors won by team members. Spencer Clark, a senior, was named Most Valuable and was team captain.


 

AlWood-Cambridge girls track and field team have received awards for their efforts on the team this past season. They are seen at left.
 

AlWood-Cambridge placed three players on the first team and Galva and ROWVA each had two players on the first unit of the 2009 Lincoln Trail Conference All-Conference Softball Team, announced last week.
 

Three members of the Annawan-Wethersfield baseball team were unanimous selections to the All-LTC baseball first team. J.D. Draminski, Ryan Bumphrey and Skyler Palen were among the seven unanimous picks to the team.
 

Host Galva2 lost 4-2 to the visiting Williamsfield Bombers on Thursday, May 21, in a Pee Wee League game played at Galva Park District.
 

Galva, AlWood-Cambridge and ROWVA aren't being represented at this year’s IHSA Class 1A State Track and Field Meet, after no athletes from any of those three teams qualified at the Class 1A Sherrard Sectional on May 22.

Several members of the ROWVA High School boys and girls track teams were honored recently for efforts this past season.

The AlWood/Cambridge softball team ended its postseason run with an 11-1 loss to Orion in the championship round of the Class 1A Orion Regional on Saturday.

 

Leading AlWood/Cambridge just 3-1 in the third inning of the May 21 Class 1A regional, the ROWVA High School baseball team put practice into action to spark a seven-run inning and beat the Aces 11-3 to advance to Saturday’s championship against Orion.
 

Grant Gullstrand is keeping his mohawk. The ROWVA High School sophomore and several of his buddies on the baseball team decided last week to shave all but a strip of hair going down the center of their domes as a sign of team unity for the Class 1A Oneida Regional. “I might keep mine for the next sport I play,” Gullstrand said. Until then, the mohawk is only a fashion statement.

 

Four AlWood eighth grade boys have returned from the IESA state track meet with their second state title in as many years.
 

Fulton scored six runs in the second inning and made those tallies stand up to defeat Galva 9-2 and end the Lady Cats’ softball season with a Class 1A Regional win at Fulton on May 18.