Area Sports

By Garrett Krohne [email protected] Last Wednesday, Nashville saw another one of their own sign on to continue not only their academic career, but their athletic career at the collegiate level. This time, it was 2020 graduate, Addi Gale. Gale will be playing volleyball at Kaskaskia College this coming fall. She joins her former teammate, Abby…

By Garrett Krohne [email protected] For the third time since November, a Hornet is heading to college to play basketball. On Wednesday, Tristen Hercules joined the ranks of his former teammates Carson Parker and Terry Pelczynski as former Hornets to sign on to play collegiately. Hercules is taking his talents roughly thirty miles northeast to play…

Over the course of the last few months, the public has been faced with disappointment, unknowns, and anticipation. This week, all of those things take a back seat to reality as the Blue Racer season has begun.The team is coached by Steve Browne and Karrie Kujawa. Browne has been on the board for six years,…

  It is Christmas time nearly a decade ago, and eight year old Caleb Klein is unsure of what he wants to see under his tree. “I wasn’t sure what I wanted that year,” recalled Klein. Little did he know, the pogo stick he received that morning may have start- ed him down the path…

By Garrett Krohne [email protected] What were you doing between the months of November and March in 2007? For me, I was struggling to pass 5th grade Math at Okawville Grade School. A short ten miles down the road, the Hornet basketball team was not only passing, but they were defending and scoring as well, and…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] Last week, we took a look back on the first team to win State in the history of Nashville’s storied tradition. This week, we will continue the theme of “State Champions” as we remember the 2013 Hornette basketball team. With Wayne Harre under center, the team finished with an overall record…

By: Garrett Krohne [email protected] There is much anticipation  as well as unknowns heading into the 2020 football season. With that being said, one thing is almsot certain, Hornet fans as well as opposing visitor’s will be able to feast their eyes on a new press box. Where the old one is located behind the visiting…

Team Defeats Havana in State Championship Game to Claim Program’s Only State Title Just over 42 years ago, on March 11, 1978, Hornet basketball found its way into the record books. For the first time in the storied tradition of the program, the Hornets tasted glory following a 54 to 38 win over Havana. At…

Team Sets School Record For Wins With 35 in Route To A State Championship Game Birth By Garrett Krohne [email protected] For the first time since the 2014 season, the Hornets found themselves back at the Peoria Civic Center with a chance to return to glory. With several key contributors returning to the rotation, the expectations…

College Signees Addiyson Gale- Kaskaskia College, Volleyball Kyleigh Guinzy- Frontier Community College, Softball Ana Hamilton- Milliken University, Swimming Taylor Hicks-  Rend Lake College, Softball Carson Parker- McKendree University, Basketball Terry Pelczynski- Rend Lake College, Basketball Abby Wesselmann- Rend Lake College, Volleyball Rylee White- Rend Lake College, Volleyball Scholar Athletes Michah Arnold Jackson Aulds Justin Aulds…