2008 BUC ALL-SPORTS AWARD NIGHT

Belvidere, IL - Belvidere High School held their 2008 All-Sports Awards Night on Tuesday, May 13th. The night would start off with dinner in the cafeteria. continue

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Megan Stroud receives the Captain award for Volleyball	Kristin Mortensen recieves the Best Senior Athlete of the Year Award from Coach Nik Butenhoff	Kim Boisvert and Patrick O'Brien recieve the US Army Award

STATE TRACK AND FIELD FINALS (BCMS / BSMS)

Click here for the qualifiers for the State Track and Field Meet in East Peoria for 7th and 8th Grade. Both BCMS and BSMS will be well represented. The State Finals will be at EastSide Centre in East Peoria on May 16-17. Good luck to you all!

SARAH SREMANIAK - EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY - RUGBY

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North Boone High School Senior, Sarah Sremaniak signed her Letter of Intent to attend and play Women's Rugby at Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on Monday, May 12th at NBHS. The event was attend by NBHS staff, Sarah's friends and teammates and her mother.

NBHS NEWS

NBHS has announced the schedule for their Green and White Day. The Green and White Day will be on Friday, August 22nd. Golf, Cross Country and Cheerleaders will be introduces in between the Sophomore and Varsity scrimmages. The North Boone Booster Club will be serving meals inside the high school.
5:00 Team pictures begin
5:45 Freshman Volleyball scrimmage
6:05 Sophomore Volleyball scrimmage
6:25 Varsity Volleyball scrimmage (followed by parent meeting)
6:45 Soccer scrimmage (followed by parent meeting)
7:05 Jr. Vikes Football scrimmage
7:15 Frosh/Soph Football scrimmage
7:45 Varsity Football scrimmage

BSMS INTRAMURAL SOCCER
Belvidere South Middle School started their intramural soccer program this week (5/5/08). The 2 week long program is for BSMS kids. There are 90 kids playing Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays from 3:30 to 5:30. Next Friday (5/16/08) is the championship day were trophies will be handed out first through third place teams.

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BNHS/BHS PRESS RELEASE
Belvidere High School and Belvidere North High School will be conducting Sport Physicals on Wednesday, May 21 at 6:00-9:00pm in the Belvidere North High School Gymnasium (enter front door of gymnasium-parking lot off of Beloit Road). This is for Grades 7th-12th District #100 Student/Athletes. The cost is $30.00.Monies will benefit District #100 Athletic Programs.

SUMMER 2008 SPORTS CAMP INFORMATION

Click here for all of the BHS/BNHS/BSMS/BCMS Camp info. There are also links to the latest brochures for camp information for the Belvidere YMCA and the Belvidere Park District.

NCJC TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS (BCMS / BSMS)

Click here for the results of the North Central Junior Conference (NCJC) Championships that BSMS and BCMS boys and girls partipated in on May 3rd.

BNHS BOOSTER CLUB NEWS
May 15th - Athletic Awards Night -  Dinner will be held in the cafeteria, tickets are $7.50/adult and $5.00/student, our committee has been working hard to get a delicious meal put together by Bravo's so come on out to the school and enjoy dinner before the awards ceremony.  Tickets are available in the Athletic Office through May 9th.  Tickets WILL NOT be available at the door.  Please visit our website for more information www.bluethunderboosters.com

The Mobile House of Thunder has been ordered!!!  We are now looking for an indoor facility to store it so it will remain nice for a long period of time.  If anyone has or knows of where we might be able to store it, please let one of the board members know.  The trailer is approximately 27 feet long and 81/2 feet tall.

Please watch for our football teams during the week of June 20th - June 28th.  They will be doing a fundraiser to help offset the costs of summer camps and other needed items for their program.  Please consider supporting them in their fundraising efforts.

Elections -  If anyone is interested in being on the Board of Directors for the 2008 - 2009 year, please submit your name.  Elections will be held at our May 27th meeting.  We will have five - two year positions available.

Committees -  Also at the May 27th meeting, committees will be formed for next year.  Please come and sign-up to either chair, co-chair or volunteer to help out with one of our many committees!

Finally, it is our turn to host the "Cross Town Challenge" formally known as the "Castle Challenge".  In order for this to be a success, we will need lots of volunteers.  Look  for more information regarding this to come!

BNHS NEWS
Belvidere North Receives $1 Million Donation for Sports Stadium
Information below from the District 100 website

Class of 1949 graduate and former football standout Milt Brown has pledged $1 million to the Belvidere School District for the construction of a sports stadium at Belvidere North High School.  Varsity Head Coach Curt Tobin received the phone call and generous offer last week from Mr. Brown.

Milt Brown has deep roots in Boone County.  His great-grandfather bought farmland north of Caledonia in the 1850's; that is where Milt was raised and he continues to own that property today.  He was an outstanding student and athlete at Belvidere High School, and he has considered that a memorable and rewarding experience.
He was also a member of the Board of Education of School District #100 from 1961 to 1964 and continues to demonstrate the value that he placed on good education and educational facilities.

Milt Brown played end for the undefeated 1947 Belvidere Bucs.  On the 60th anniversary of the team's perfect season, players were honored during halftime of the Bucs v. Blue Thunder game this past fall and were presented with a trophy and individual medals.  Mr. Brown traveled from his home in Arizona to participate in this recognition ceremony.  Milt has indicated he is most pleased to be able to give back to this community, and it is his belief and hope this athletic facility will benefit young people for several generations.  

BHS NEWS

ALUMNI NEWS

AMANDA LEVENS, Belvidere High Alumni -1997

Amanda Levens, Belvidere High Alumni, has been hired as the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Head Women's Basketball Coach. This would make her the 3rd youngest NCAA Division 1 coach behind Candace White-Whitaker of the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Kendra Faustin of Niagara.

For the past 5 seasons, Amanda has been an Assistant Womens' Basketball Coach for the University of Nevada-Reno. Amanda was a top collegiate player at Arizona State University and Old Dominion. In addition, Amanda also signed a professional contract to play for the Charlotte Sting of the Women's National Basketball Association. In high school, Amanda was a 3 time All State Selection for Belvidere and was also listed by the Rockford Register Star to be a part of the All-Century team.

Congratulations Amanda!

Click here for the University of Nevada-Reno's official press release.
Click here for the Southern Illinois University- Edwardsville's official press release.

BETHANY PRATHER - UNIVERSITY OF BUFFALO SIGNING

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Bethany Prather signed her Letter of Intent to attend and play for the University of Buffalo in New York on Tuesday, 04/23/08. The 3-year Varsity volleyball player for BHS has earned all conference honors during her tenure at BHS. The signing was well attended by family, teachers, coaches and friends.

The University at Buffalo offers 20 Division I intercollegiate sports that compete at the highest level of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The 20 sports are: football, baseball, softball, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, wrestling, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's soccer, women's rowing and men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field. The University at Buffalo competes in the prestigious Mid-American Conference in all of those sports except for women's rowing, which is not sponsored by the conference.

BELVIDERE YOUTH BASEBALL
  

05/10/08 - Pony - M&R Millwork vs. Johnson X-Ray. photo gallery
05/08/08 - Pony - Legion vs. Johnson X-Ray. photo gallery
05/01/08 - Pony - Legion vs. M&R Millwork. photo gallery
05/01/08 - Pony - Johnson X-Ray lose to Lions, 11-12. photo gallery
04/28/08 - Pony - Johnson X-Ray vs. Speckman. photo gallery
04/22/08 - Pony - Legion beats Speckman, 15-8.
04/22/08 - Pony - Johnson X-Ray plays practice game vs. M&R Millwork photo gallery
04/21/08 - Bronco - Rotary beats Bel Rock, 15-5

For updated BYB information, checkout their website

BCMS TRACK & FIELD

Belvidere Central Middle School performed very well at the Byron Indoor Track Meet
The 8th Grade Girls - 1st, 7th Grade Girls 3rd
The 8th Grade Boys - 2nd, 7th Grade Boys 3rd
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Kathy Grimes Track Gallery 04-14-08
Kathy Grimes Track Gallery 04-17-08

BHS BASEBALL

Freshman Baseball Photos & Tag Lines provided by: Todd Humphry

Go to BHS Boys' Baseball for more information on games when available
The BHS Freshmen (12-7, 9-4) lose to the Boylan Titans 8 - 6 on 5/12/08. Adam Budron and Luke Vance did the pitching.
*05/08/08 - BHS JV vs Freeport Score Sheet
*05/07/08 - BHS Varsity vs Hononegah Score Sheet
The BHS Freshmen (10-6, 7-3) lost to the Guilford Vikings 10 - 2 on 5/5/08. Charlie Witthun, Bobby Pester, and Tyler McBride did the pitching.
The BHS Freshmen (10-5, 7-2) beat the Auburn Knights on 5/2/08. Blaise Humphry threw 3 scoreless innings with Joey Bluege finishing.
The BHS Freshmen (9-5, 6-2)beat the Freeport Pretzels 8 - 3 on 5/1/08. Adam Budron pitched 6 innings and Luke Vance closed.
BHS Freshmen (8-5, 5-2) lose to the BNHS Blue Thunder, 10-2. Pitching by Oscar Salinas and Charlie Witthun.
*04/26/08 - BHS Varsity vs Harlem Score Sheet
*04/21/08 - BHS Freshmen (8-4, 5-1) lose to the Boylan Titans, 3-2. Pitching by Adam Budron & Luke Vance. Score sheet
* 04/17/08 - BHS Freshman (8-3, 5-0) beat the Auburn Knights, 14-3. Pitching was done by Blaise Humphry who had 9 K's and 1 walk in 6 innings.
*04/16/08 - BHS Freshman beat the Hononegah Indians, 7-3.. Adam Budron had a homerun, Tyler McBride had a triple and a double, Luke Vance had a double. Pitching was done by Adam Budron, Bobby Pester, and Luke Vance.
* 04/14/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Guilford Score Sheet
*04/14/08 - BHS Freshman vs. Guilford Score Sheet
*04/09/08 - BHS Varsity vs. BNHS Score Sheet
*04/09/08 - BHS Freshmen (5-3, 2-0) beat their crosstown rivals, BNHS 2-1. Adam Budron and Bobby Pester did the pitching. Photo Gallery Score Sheet
*04/07/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Jefferson Score Sheet
*04/07/08 - BHS Freshman vs. Jefferson. Photo Gallery Score Sheet
*04/05/08 - BHS Freshman split double header with the DeKalb Barbs. 1st game:BHS loses 15-5 with pitching by Dan Kopp, Blaise Humphry, and Bobby Pester. 2nd game:BHS wins 6-5 with pitching by Charlie Withun, Joey Bluege, and Jake Culvey. Photo Gallery
*04/03/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Woodstock Score Sheet
*04/02/08 - BHS Freshman lost the Sterling Golden Warriors, 7-6. Pitching was done by Jake Culvey and Blaise Humphry. Photo Gallery
*03/29/08 - BHS Freshman lost to the Byron Tigers, 14-10. Mike Weiser had a double for the Bucs. Pitching were Luke Vance, Tyler McBride & Joey Bluege. Photo Gallery
*03/26/08 - BHS Freshman won their first game of the year, 9-3 over the Rock Falls Rockets on 3/26/08. Pitching was by Adam Budron and Bobby Pester. Mike Wieser and Adam Budron both had triples. Photo Gallery
*03/22/08 - BHS Varsity vs. United Township Game 1 and Game 2 Score Sheets
*03/19/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Huntley Score Sheet

NBHS BASEBALL

Go to NBHS Boys' Baseball for more information on games when available
*04/22/08 - NBHS Varsity vs. Marengo Score Sheet
*03/29/08 - NBHS Varsity at Byron Invitational against River Ridge Score Sheet
*03/29/08 - NBHS Varsity at Byron Invitational against Byron Score Sheet

NBHS SOFTBALL

Go to NBHS Girls' Softball for more information on games when available
*04/16/08 - NBHS Varsity vs. Hampshire Score Sheet
*04/15/08 - NBHS Varsity vs. Burlington Central Score Sheet
*04/09/08 - NBHS Varsity vs. Harvard Score Sheet
*04/04/08 - NBHS Varsity vs. Winnebago Score Sheet

BHS SOFTBALL

Go to BHS Girls' Softball for more information on games when available
*05/09/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Freeport Score Sheet
*05/05/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Guilford Score Sheet
*05/03/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Genoa-Kingston Score Sheets (double header)
*04/30/08 - BHS Varsity vs. BNHS Score Sheet
*04/16/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Hononegah Score Sheet
*04/14/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Guilford Score Sheet
*04/07/08 - BHS Varsity vs. Jefferson Score Sheet

BCS.com's thoughts and prayers go out to the families of the victims of Thursday's (02/14/08) campus shooting and the many students and faculty at NIU.

If you wish to sign the NIU condolence book, please click here.

4-H Photo Workshop-NILC 2008

Above is a picture taken of Kelsey Peterson and Brittany Weber, mirror imaging each other with glass in between, by Adam Fritz during a photo workshop at the Holiday Inn for the Northern Illinois 4-H Leadership Conference held on March 8-9. The kids in the class were tasked to take pictures of interesting things and then critiqued the pictures. The photo was considered the best picture.

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Click here for the gallery of pictures the other 4H groups took during the workshop

BHS NEWS

BHS COACHES' PROFILES
With the help of Mike Hearn (Asst. Football Coach - BHS), Boonecountysports.com has sent out a small questionnaire asking the BHS/BSMS coaches about themselves. So click the link below to see what their answers are.

Meet Bryon Houy (BHS Athletic Director) - click here
Meet Matt Weckler (BHS Head Football Coach) - click here
Meet Aaron Pearson (BHS Head Boys' Basketball Coach) - click here
Meet Jilian Reintz (BHS Head Pom Pon Coach) - click here
Meet Nik Butenhoff (BHS Head Volleyball Coach) - click here
Meet Jim Ryan (BHS Head Sophomore Football Coach) - click here
Meet Dan Koenings (BHS Head Boys' Golf Coach) - click here
Meet Tammy Buteyn (BHS Head Cheerleading Coach) - click here
Meet Alan Lane (BHS Head Girls' Basketball Coach) - click here
Meet Mike Hearn (BHS Assistant Varsity Football Coach) - click here
Meet Chuck Larsen(BHS Assistant Varsity Football Coach) - click here
Meet Rafael Avila (BHS Asst. Wrestling Coach/BSMS Football Coach (8th) - click here
Meet Maggie Kasicki (BHS Girls' Tennis Coach) - click here
Meet Kathy Jerbi (BHS Girls' Bowling Coach) - click here
Meet Dan McNames (BHS Athletic Trainer & Head Wrestling Coach) - click here
Meet Alan McCormick (BHS Head Girls' Golf Coach) - click here
Meet Don Palmer (BHS Head Boys' Soccer Coach) - click here
Meet Bobby Price (BHS Head Boys' Tennis Coach) - click here
Meet Zack Frazier (BHS Assistant Freshman Football Coach) - click here
Meet Tyler Bell (BHS Assistant Sophomore Football Coach) - click here
Meet John Rabideau (BSMS Head 7th Grade Football Coach) - click here

BNHS BOOSTER CLUB INFORMATION

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