Area Sports

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Another former Nashville athlete is accomplishing big things at the next level. This past week, current Evansville Purple Ace and former Hornette softball player Mackenzie McFeron was named the Missouri Valley Conference’s representative on the Division 1 Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. She is one of thirty two representatives on the committee, as…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] For the first time in 50 years, the Nashville Municipal Golf Course will feature a new look. Josh Evans, the course Superintendent, says the remodeling started around late February to early March and took roughly a month and a half. It was performed by Steigman Construction out of Nashville, Illinois. The…

By: Garrett Krohne We have all heard the saying, “play until the final whistle blows.” The 2016 Hornet football team is a prime example of how that famous saying is true. On October 7, 2016 in a game at Pinckneyville, the team was able to win 36 to 35 in double overtime. Although the score…

“Everyone was selfless. Nobody cared who averaged more points, we just wanted to win” By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] In the village of Okawville, there are just a couple things residents could be up to on a Friday night between late November and early March, assuming corn and bean harvest are going as planned. “I feel…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Coming off a season where he made the All-Conference as well as the All-South teams, Hornet basketball player Terry Pelczynski is taking his talents to the next level. Instead of playing his home games at Assembly Hall, his new home floor will be James “Hummer” Waugh Gymnasium at Rend Lake College.…

Updated 5-6-20: By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] The Hornette basketball team was honored recently for their efforts throughout the 2019-2020 season. Sabrina Kollbaum, Rylee Luechtefeld, and Olivia Cook were the three seniors on the squad. The Hornettes began their season by finishing second in the Nashville Invitational Tournament with a 3-1 record. Following a loss to…

  By Garrett Krohne [email protected] We are coming up on nearly two months without sports. The National Basketball Association was the first league to close its doors, and the rest were not far behind in following suit. Although the situation seems bleak, Dr. Rand McClain, a doctor who practices Sports Medicine in Santa Monica, California,…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Although the ailment has put a stoppage on the school year and all spring activities, the Hornet basketball team still found a way to celebrate their 2019-20 season. Even with the banquet being canceled due to COVID-19 restrictions, the team still managed to hand out their annual awards. The Hornets began…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Coming off a 2014 season where the team finished with 35 wins and only 3 losses, there were some question marks heading into the 2015 year. The Hornette softball team was at the mercy of High School graduation, and the team had to say goodbye to an accomplished senior class. The…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Last week, we took a look back on the State Runner Up Hornet football team from the 1998 season. This week, we will give the nod to a team who won a State Championship roughly six months before the football team appeared at Illinois State University. A team which was filled…