AMBOY – The Amboy baseball team kicked off a double header against Northwest Upstate Illini Conference opponent Eastland with a win, 8-7, on Friday, April 19 but couldn’t hold on in the second contest in a 14-6 defeat.
LANARK – Almost every Lady Clipper recorded a hit or multiple hits against Northern Upstate Illini Conference foe Eastland on Friday, April 19, but so did Eastland, as Amboy fell 16-11.
After a weather related date change, Amboy Central Elementary School was finally able to celebrate and honor former longtime teacher and coach, George W. Mason by renaming the gym, George W. Mason Gymnasium, on Wednesday, April. 10.
If winning close games is considered a measure of being a good team, the Amboy softball team is a solid team indeed as it won three games in the last week by a combined total of four runs.
The Amboy baseball team inches toward a .500 record with a 5-2 victory over Northern Upstate Illini Conference foe Polo on Thursday, April 11 in Polo.
MENDOTA – El Paso-Gridley captured team titles for the boys and the girls in the Mendota Don Gooden Invitational track meet on April 6 at the MHS athletic stadium.
AMBOY – The Amboy softball team won two and lost one in its last three games.
WEST CARROLL – The Amboy baseball team didn’t take long to earn a victory on Thursday, March 28 as the Clippers skunked West Carroll, 10-0, in five innings on the road.
AMBOY – There will be a large gathering at 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 at Amboy Central Elementary School.
The Amboy-LaMoille wrestlers stepped up their mat game this season and it was recognized by the Northern Upstate Illini Conference All-Conference Team voters.
Weather has shuffled the baseball schedule in March, but the Amboy Clippers were able to play two games last week as they were on the road against Pecatonica on Tuesday, March 19 and in Oregon on Thursday, March 21.
The Lady Clippers are now 2-3 on the season after losing to Pecatonica, 17-5 in four innings, Tuesday, March 19 on the road.
Amboy’s Tevarius Briar finished fourth at the 2024 IKWF State Tournament held March 7-9 at the BMO Center in Rockford. Briar represented Alber Athletics Wrestling Club out of Freeport.
AMBOY –The Amboy boys track and field team has a lot of positives coming into the 2024 season.
AMBOY – Michael Robinson can map out each of his five seasons as the Amboy girls track and field coach by the number of athletes he had on each team.
AMBOY – After being shut out by Mendota in the first game of the season, the bats of the Amboy baseball team have come alive.
AMBOY – After winning the first two games of the season, the Amboy softball team dropped its last two to start the season at .500 with a 2-2 record.
AMBOY – After a 25-8 record and playing for a regional championship, four Amboy girls basketball players were named to the All-Northern Upstate Illini Conference South Team.
AMBOY – Young and talented was the headline for the Amboy softball team’s preview story a year ago.
AMBOY – Winning became a little more prevelant last season for the Amboy baseball team.
AMBOY – Just in case you were wondering, Brock Loftus has not stopped running since he graduated from the Amboy in 2021
AMBOY – With a tough non-conference schedule and a tougher slate of Northwest Upstate Illini Conference South opponents, the Amboy boys basketball team had a difficult season in terms of tallies in the win column.
AMBOY – Heading into the wrestling season, the Blanton brothers had two different paths but wanted the same finish.
CHAMPAIGN – Landon Blanton and Lucas Blanton wrapped up the 2023-24 wrestling season by participating in the IHSA Class 1A State Wrestling Tournament held Feb. 15-17 at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of Illinois in Champaign.
OTTAWA – Points came at a premium for both the Amboy and St. Bede girls basketball teams during the IHSA Class 1A Marquette Regional Championship on Friday, Feb. 16 at Marquette Academy in Ottawa.