![]() ![]() … It may not even be official, but they’re going to remember it and they’re going to have pictures of tonight to know what they accomplished. “I told them early this year if we could reach the only goal that we had, that we would do something special. “Kids all over have lost so much this year, and this was the only thing we could play for this year,” coach Sigel said. “It was a tough year and it’s a good way to end it, with a win and everybody celebrating together.”Īfter the post-game celebrations, coach Sigel said it was important to do something special to acknowledge the team’s achievements and the conference title. “We got the job done and I’m proud of these guys.” “We just had to play our game and trust each other and focus, and that’s what happened,” said Sigel, who scored 11 points. Saturday’s game was a microcosm of that, overcoming early struggles but finishing strong. ![]() “That’s the type of group this was,” Sigel said.īaker Beal was also huge inside for Rocky, finishing to 13 rebounds and 12 points.Ĭolton Sigel said this was the team’s end goal, sticking together through a tough season, winning the conference title and finishing on top. All were there to finish the season despite the overlap with soccer and football. Rocky features a number of multi-sport athletes. on the Metro Football All-Star team from the Rock Island Dispatch-Argus in 2016. ![]() Demarco Harden (18 points) and Koen Derry (11) also kept the defending conference champions within striking distance. Quad City All-Metro honoree as a running back at Rock Island in 2016. Galesburg was led by Eric Price’s 28 points. Nimmers went 12 of 16 from the field and scored nine points as Rocky outscored the Streaks 21-13 in the fourth-quarter. “That’s not an easy thing to do but I think they showed down the stretch why they were able to do that.”Īmarion Nimmers scored the Rocks’ first 13 points of the game and finished with a game-high 29. “It shows the resiliency and character that this group’s had to go through a difficult season and end up winning 13 in a row over about a four-week span,” he said. The Rocks trailed by one with about two minutes to play. Sigel, who won his 500th game last Saturday against Moline, said his team battled to finish strong this season and in Friday night’s game. An assistant on Rock Island football coach Ben Hammers staff from 2017-20, Fritz Dieudonne is set to return to the Rocks, this time as their new head coach. Each also had on new Big 6 champion T-shirts. The nets at Rock Island Fieldhouse were also cut down and each player got a piece. Allemanįollowing the game, coach Thom Sigel presented each player with a medal to celebrate its “unofficial” conference championship. More: Rock Island rolls past Silver Streaks girls Galesburg closes season Saturday vs. Rocky (14-2, 12-1 Big 6) held off a Galesburg (8-5, 8-5 Big 6) team which came out aggressive and led by four after one quarter.īoth teams went blow-for-blow throughout until the Rocks pulled away in the final two minutes. The administration is committed to working alongside the board of trustees, the faculty and the student body to ensure that hazing has no place in student life at Northwestern.ROCK ISLAND - In what’s been a one-of-a-kind season, the Rock Island boys’ basketball team finished as strong as it possibly could.Īfter early injuries and a bumpy start to a shortened year affected by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Class 3A sixth-ranked Rocks closed the season with a 72-65 Western Big 6 Conference win, their 13th straight victory. “We have taken a number of subsequent actions to eliminate hazing from our football program, and we expect to introduce additional actions in the coming weeks. ![]() “When the university was made aware of anonymous hazing complaints in November 2022, we acted immediately with an independent investigator to conduct a comprehensive review of the allegations,” the statement read. In response to the attorneys’ news release, Northwestern spokesman Jon Yates released a statement saying that the school protects student welfare “with the utmost seriousness.” Eight former Northwestern University football players who say they were subjected to hazing are being represented for expected legal action by prominent attorney Ben Crump and the Chicago firm. He also has represented the families of those who were killed in alleged racist attacks, including Trayvon Martin, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.įitzgerald has retained prominent attorney Dan Webb to “protect my rights” in the case. Crump has represented students who were sexually abused or assaulted at Ohio State and Michigan State. ![]()
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