L. Bauer wins Oregon Hawk Invite; team finishes in 3rd place

The Mendota High School boys’ bowling team continued its successful season by placing third in the 10-team Oregon Hawk Invite on Dec. 2 at the Plum Hollow Family Center in Dixon.

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Trojans nip Pontiac in opening round of Hall Colmone Classic

Despite winning the Class 3A football state championship just six days prior, the Byron basketball team looked in mid-season form as it rolled over Mendota, 72-43, in a nonconference varsity boys’ basketball contest on Nov. 30 at the MHS gym.

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IHSA Legislative Commission forwards 14 proposals to IHSA member schools

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois High School Association’s Legislative Commission voted Nov. 27 to advance 14 proposals to amend the IHSA Constitution and By-laws to a vote of the general membership.

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Fast start lifts Hall over Lady Trojans

MENDOTA – Hall came out with guns blazing in the first quarter and cruised to a 58-25 victory over Mendota in a Three Rivers Conference varsity girls’ basketball game on Dec. 4 at the MHS gym.

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Mendota wrestlers earn lopsided win over Mooseheart

Morrison downed Mendota, 60-12, in a dual wrestling meet on Nov 28 at Morrison.

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MHS girls lose to Putnam County

MENDOTA – Putnam County was too much for Mendota to handle in a 46-13 triumph over the Lady Trojans in nonconference varsity basketball action on Dec. 2 at the MHS gym.

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Sophomore cagers split 2 games in Hall tourney

The Mendota sophomore boys’ basketball team split its first two games in the Hall Colmone Classic on Dec. 2 in Spring Valley.

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State Tournament teams reunite at MHS

MENDOTA - Members of the back-to-back state tournament Mendota High School girls’ basketball teams gathered for a reunion at the present-day Lady Trojans’ game on Nov. 21.

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Trojans win 2; finish 4th in Seneca Tournament

SENECA – The Mendota varsity boys’ basketball team started off the new season in impressive fashion with a 62-23 drubbing of Newark in the opening round of the Seneca Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 20.

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Mendota wrestlers begin season with 3 wins

AMBOY – The Mendota High School wrestling team opened the season by sweeping three other teams in a quadrangular meet at Amboy on Nov. 21.

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MHS bowlers continue hot hand on lanes

The Mendota varsity and junior varsity boys’ bowling teams finished in ninth place in the Rockford Guilford Survivor Tournament on Nov. 18.

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Trojans entered in Colmone Classic

SPRING VALLEY – The Mendota varsity boys’ basketball team will compete in the 12-team Colmone Classic Hall Holiday Tournament to be held Dec. 2-9 in Spring Valley.

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Headed to SVCC

MENDOTA – Mendota High School senior Reanna Brant, sitting right, signs a letter of intent to attend Sauk Valley Community College to play volleyball next fall.

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Girls fall to Oregon in OT, Bureau Valley in league opener

A huge fourth-quarter comeback by Mendota sent its game with Oregon into overtime, but the Lady Trojans ran out of gas in the extra session and fell to the Hawks, 44-36, in a nonconference varsity girls’ basketball game on Nov. 21 at the MHS gym.

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