By Dominik Stallings Colton Musgrave signed on to be one of the new players for the Braves baseball team at Black Hawk College in Moline. The senior will start as a catcher for the up-and-coming team in the fall. Musgrave said the school was the only one he was interested in playing in. He said…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola was a near miss in the baseball version of the Cola Wars falling at home this past Thursday to the Purple Riders in a thriller 5-3. Caden Russo took the loss despite a solid 4-innings of action. The freshman scattered 4 hits and a walk during his time on the hill…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s girls track team will look to defend their state title from a year ago. Coach Drew Sterkel’s squad is sending six athletes in ten events 30 or so miles south to Charleston at the end of this week following a solid outing on the new track in Bethany at the IHSA…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s boys track team found their way to the awards stand in nearly every event and took over the top spot in five individual events and three relays, finishing behind only a very strong St. Theresa squad in the Central Illinois Conference Championships. Coach Ryan Hornaday and his staff squeezed every point…

By Lenny Sementi It was a busy final week of the regular season for Tuscola’s softball team, with five games on the slate, three ranked teams, two in 2A and a senior night to celebrate. The Warriors opened the week dropping games to St Joe and Unity on Monday and Tuesday and closed it with…

By Tony Hooker Girls’ Softball Take Southern Swing Tie Tigers Hayden Thomas tripled and drove in two runs as Villa Grove earned a 4-4 tie vs. Breckinridge County, KY,  a school with an enrollment of 884, on May 5.   Thomas, Piper Kiser, Maci Clodfelder and Alex Brown scored runs for the Blue Devils.  Brown…

By Lenny Sementi Like many times before, head boys track coach Ryan Hornaday dialed up a few relays and looked to his throwers to score points at the 10-team Sullivan Invitational. Bryce Graves, Josiah Hortin, Will Foltz and Ben Hornaday traded the baton and collected gold medals and first-place points in the 4×400-meter relay helping…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s girls track team secured 7 first-place medals in what will be the final full Central Illinois Conference track meet with Sullivan and St Theresa exiting the league following the school year. The Lady Warriors battled their way to a third-place finish as a team behind big nights by Lia Patterson, Kate…

By Lenny Sementi Tuscola’s baseball team broke through with a win this past Thursday evening after battling through a rough stretch. The Warriors run-ruled Central A&M, avenging an early loss to the Raiders with an 11-1 five-inning victory behind a gem from starting pitcher JJ Reynolds. The junior collected the win by scattering 5 hits…

By Lenny Sementi This year’s senior class has dealt with more than a few adversities during their four-year high school athletic career due to the pandemic. They missed out on their freshman year and the spring sports programs dealt with a shortened sophomore campaign. And then softball and baseball’s spring trip south at the start…