Matt Trowbridge
Assistant Sports Editor at Rockford Register Star
Matt Trowbridge has been a sportswriter for the Rockford Register Star since 1990. He grew up in northwest Minnesota.
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1 day ago |
rrstar.com | Matt Trowbridge
The end of a great season? Or the start of a new era? That is the question after Belvidere North, NIC-10 softball champions for the first time, lost 3-0 to Crystal Lake Prairie Ridge in the Class 3A Sectional finals Thursday, June 5 in Sycamore. “We definitely showed what we could do. So future, be ready," freshman shortstop and No. 3 hitter Miley Dobbs said. More: Prep Softball: The art of slapping; softest hitters can be toughest to get outNeed a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle.
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3 days ago |
journalstandard.com | Matt Trowbridge
South Beloit’s new boys basketball coach grew up in a coaching world. Jake Ott and his younger brother, Brett, would tag along on scouting trips with their dad, Rockford Auburn’s Hall of Fame coach Bryan Ott. “I grew up in it. The coaching world was normal to me," Jake Ott said. "I always had fun as a kid when my dad would take me and my brother to help him scout opponents back when it wasn’t easy to obtain things online.
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3 days ago |
rrstar.com | Matt Trowbridge
“There it is.”LaGrange Nazareth had marked All-State junior forward Haylee Gallas all game. So much so that Belvidere North coach girls soccer coach Frank Mateus tried to free her up by switching her — several times — from forward to midfield back to midfield. Now, with less than a minute left, Gallas freed herself. Some fancy footwork, forward, then back, then forward, slipped her free for a fraction of a second against two defenders.
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6 days ago |
journalstandard.com | Matt Trowbridge
The high school baseball season ended the way it began for Boylan and Hononegah: with a steep uphill climb on Saturday, May 31. And this time they couldn’t make it back up. “It’s been a different season, but we really battled,” Hononegah sophomore Zach Nett said after throwing 4 ⅓ innings of one-hit relief in Hono’s loss. “It took everything we had this year.
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1 week ago |
rrstar.com | Matt Trowbridge
Boylan has turned to one of its biggest names to revive its once dominant boys basketball program, naming Luke Weber as its new coach Wednesday, May 29. Weber, a 2009 Boylan grad, played for legendary coach Steve Goers, who held the IHSA record for most coaching victories (881) when he retired in 2011. Weber and his older brothers Matt and Andrew were all basketball players at Boylan. Matt Weber is arguably the greatest athlete in Boylan history.
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Latest turn in NIC-10 baseball race -- with updated standings. https://t.co/8aSREePCQT
Why this was an historic Rockford-area baseball game. https://t.co/MTpdPn22hV
A lot more home runs in area baseball this year. Here are our best power hitters. A Hononegah slugger leads the way. https://t.co/5PsCOoOvAJ