Breakout Athletes: Jametta Bland, Auburn

Rockford Auburn Accomplishments
1986-1987	First Team All-NIC-10 in basketball
1987	Second Team All-NIC-10 in softball as a shortstop
1987-1988	First Team All-NIC-10 in basketball; conference MVP
1988-1989	First Team All-NIC-10 in basketball
Notes:	Graduated as Auburn's and NIC-10's all-time leading scorer with 1,624 points. Remains the No. 2 scorer in Auburn history and 12th in conference history.

Austin Peay Statistics
Year	G	Points	Avg.	Rebounds	Assists	Steals
1991-1992	27	218	8.1	19	68	43
1992-1993	26	90	3.5	122	19	11
1993-1994	27	126	4.7	163	40	41
Career	80	434	5.4	454	127	93

Sgt. Major Jametta Bland today

1976 Baseball

Standings
School	Big 9	Overall
Rockford Boylan	13-3	26-8
Rockford West	10-6	16-9
Rockford Guilford	10-6	14-8
Rockford East	10-6	12-11
Rockford Auubrn	7-9	9-12
Rockford Jefferson	6-10	8-11
Freeport	6-10	13-19
Belvidere	5-11	17-14
Machesney Park Harlem	5-11	11-14

First Team All-Big Nine
Pos.	Player	School	Year
P	Vic Mandala	West	Sr.
P	Tom Gehant	Boylan	Sr.
C	Dan Voellinger	Boylan	Sr.
1B	Bill Flodin	East	Jr.
2B	Steve Miller	Guilford	Sr.
3B	Bruce Bell	West	So.
Ss	Doug Harvey	Guilford	Sr.
OF	Nick Reiland	Boylan	Sr.
OF	Joe Reiff	West	Jr.
OF	Steve Turnmeyer	Harlem	Sr.
DH	Jackson Hoffman	West	Sr.
Second Team All-Big Nine
P	Barry Kramer	Boylan	Sr.
P	Mark Larson	East	Jr.
C	Wayde Mitchell	Harlem	Sr.
1B	Barry Kramer	Boylan	Sr.
2B	Russ Larson	Jefferson	Sr.
3B	John Aramovich	Boylan	Sr.
Ss	Brad Peterson	East	Jr.
OF	Randy Flock	Harlem	Jr.
OF	Bill Mallon	East	Sr.
OF	Joe Greco	West	Jr.
DH	Bill Roy	Boylan	Sr.
Coach of the Year
	Jim Brown	West

Breakout Athletes: Tim Scharf, Rockford Boylan

Boylan Stats and Honors
1991	1st Team All-NIC-9 LB, set school record with 150 tackles
1992	1st Team All-NIC-9 LB, defensive MVP; 887 yards rushing, 18 TDs

Northwestern Statistics
Year	G	Tackles	Tackles for loss	Sacks	Fumbles forced	Passes defensed	Int.
1993	11	13	0	0	1	0	0
1994	9	13	0	0	0	0	0
1995	12	63	2	2	1	0	0
1996*	11	61	6	0	1	1	1
Career	43	150	8	2	3	1	1
* 1996 statistics do not include Citrus Bowl game versus Tennessee

1997 - Taken by the New York Jets in the sixth round of the 1997 NFL draft.

1998 - Played for the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe.

Tim Scharf today

Breakout Athletes: Steve McShane, Freeport

Pretzels Football Accomplishments
Year	Rushes	Yards	Avg.	TDs	Honors
2012	187	1,140	6.1	16	Special Mention All-NIC-10 RB
2013	168	879	5.2	15	First Team All-NIC-10 RB
2014	160	1,221	7.6	12	First Team All-NIC-10 RB, NIC-10 MVP
Career	515	3,240	6.3	43

Pretzels Baseball Accomplishments
2014	First Team All-NIC-10 outfielder
2015	First Team All-NIC-10 outfielder

Western Illinois Football Statistics
Year	G	Rushes	Yards	Avg.	TD	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD
2015	12	65	232	3.6	0	12	87	7.3	0
2016*	11	182	917	5.0	8	23	234	10.2	1
2017*	11	138	582	4.2	7	31	307	9.9	3
2018*	11	117	644	5.5	7	43	403	9.4	5
Career	45	502	2,375	4.7	22	109	1,031	9.5	9
Second Team All-Missouri Valley, 2016, 2017, 2018

Western Illinois Baseball Statistics
Year	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	Avg.	BB	SB
2016	33	75	13	13	0	3	.173	9	9
2017	35	81	18	21	0	4	.259	14	8
2018	39	142	18	45	0	14	.317	5	9
2019	39	134	24	32	0	15	.239	11	9
Career	146	432	73	111	0	36	.257	39	35

Steve McShane today

1980 Softball

Standings
School	Conf.	Overall
Harlem	8-0	25-0
Jefferson	6-2	14-3
Guilford	6-2	8-6
West	4-4	9-9
Boylan	3-5	7-7
Freeport	3-5	7-8
Auburn	2-6	5-10
Belvidere	2-6	5-10
East	2-6	3-11

First team all-conference
Player	Pos.	Class	School	Notes:
Yolanda Block	P	Sr.	Harlem	13-0, 127 k’s in 69 innings, 0.91 ERA, .420 batting avg.
Laurie Miller	P	Jr.	Jefferson	13-2, 1.94 ERA, 141 k’s in 88 innings, .467 batting avg.
Sileena Crawford	C	Jr.	Harlem	.313 batting average, 15 RBI
Shawna Mitchell	1B	So.	Harlem	.300 batting average, 7 RBI, 7-0 record as pitcher
Robyn Veruchi	2B	Jr.	Jefferson	.382 batting average, 15 RBI, 20 runs
Karen Puskac	3B	Sr.	West	.418 batting average, 17 runs, 20 RBI, 12 steals
Mary Olmstead	Ss	Jr.	Guilford	.306 batting average, 2 grand slams
Debbie Erwin	OF	Jr.	Freeport	.445 batting average, 23 runs, 5 HRs
Becky Barlow	OF	Sr.	Jefferson	.390 batting average, 13 runs, 7 RBI
Karen King	OF	Sr.	Guilford	.417 batting average
Sharon Hendrix			Harlem	Coach

Second team all-conference
Player	Pos.	Class	School
Heidi Haenert	P	Jr.	Guilford
Kim Kennington	C	Sr.	Harlem
Josie Rodriguez	C	Sr.	Boylan
Barb Scott	1B	Jr.	Freeport
Kim Evink	2B	Sr.	Harlem
Teresa Featherston	3B	Jr.	Auburn
Tracy Hedberg	3B	Jr.	Guilford
Eileen Jansen	Ss	Sr.	Harlem
Connie Bollock	OF	Sr.	Jefferson
Michelle Adams	OF	Fr.	Boylan
Kathy Ingrassia	OF	So.	West
Eileen Rogers	OF	Jr.	Harlem

IHSA Tournament
Quarterfinals	Machesney Park Harlem 2, Cahokia 0
Semifinals	Machesney Park Harlem 1, Bartonville Limestone 0
Championship	Machesney Park Harlem 3, Herrin 1

1978 Softball

Big Nine Standings
School	Big 9	Overall
Machesney Park Harlem	7-1	17-2
Rockford Guilford	7-1	11-2
Freeport	5-3	9-6
Rockford Auburn	4-4	6-5
Rockford East	4-4	5-5
Rockford Jefferson	3-5	5-5
Belvidere	3-5	5-8
Rockford Boylan	2-6	3-7
Rockford West	1-7	1-8
IHSA Tournament
Machesney Park Harlem	Regional Champion

First Team All-Conference
Pitcher	Yolanda Block	Harlem	So.
Pitcher	Vicki Simmons	Auburn	Sr.
Catcher	Pat Reck	East	Jr.
Infield	Debbie Rydberg	Guilford	Jr.
Infield	Sue Wentland	Harlem	So.
Infield	Julie Anne Axberg	East	Sr.
Infield	Mary Olmstead	Guilford	Fr.
Outfield	Debbie Clark	East	Jr.
Outfield	Lisa Laughlin	Freeport	So.
Outfield	Sue Tackeberry	Harlem	Sr.
Second Team All-Conference
Pitcher	Laurie Coffey	Guilford	Sr.
Catcher	Kathy Angel	Boylan	Sr.
Infield	Renita Pash	Freeport	Jr.
Infield	Brenda Beyer	Jefferson	Sr.
Infield	Kathy Hall	Harlem	So.
Infield	Lisa Clark	Auburn	Sr.
Outfield	Cheryl Ridulph	Jefferson	Jr.
Outfield	Loretta Patterson	Harlem	So.
Outfield	Laurie Kelley	Guilford	Sr.
Honorable Mention
Pitcher	Lisa Evans	Harlem
Catcher	Kim Kennington	Harlem
Catcher	Mary Wight	Auburn
Infield	Jamie Stroud	Auburn
Infield	Karen Puskac	West
Infield	Kim Evink	Harlem
Infield	Pam Nichols	Jefferson
Infield	Dana Christopher	Boylan
Coach of the Year
	Sharon Hendrix	Harlem

All-Conference Accomplishments
Yolanda Block	13-1 as a pitcher, 3 perfect games, 7 no-hitters, 1.10 ERA with 169 strikeouts in 94 innings. Batted .500 with 7 HRs and 24 RBI.
Vicki Simmons	5-4 record with 48 strikeouts versus 23 walks in 66 innings. Batted .516.
Pat Reck	Batted .531 while throwing out seven base stealers.
Sue Wentland	Batted .377 with 15 RBI.
Mary Olmstead	Batted .519 with 5 HR, 22 RBI and 26 runs scored.
Debbie Rydberg	Batted .459 with 5 HRs, 24 RBI, 32 runs scored and only four errors on 71 chances.
Julie Anne Axberg	Batted .548 with 14 RBI.
Debbie Clark	Batted .367 with 1 HR and 7 RBI.
Lisa Laughin	Batted .275 with 12 walks, 8 steals and 14 runs.
Sue Tackeberry	Played all 3 outfield positions without making an error. Batted .244 with 8 RBI.

Breakout Athletes: Sammy Behr, Rockford

Rab Football Accomplishments
Year	Record	Rush TD	Rec. TD	Int. TD	Honors
1925	2-4, 4-5	0	0	0	Honorable Mention All-Big 7 at End
1926	5-1, 8-1	7	1	1	First Team All-Big 7 at Quarterback

Rab Basketball Accomplishments
Year	Record	Games	Points	Avg.	Honors
1925-26	5-1, 11-7	17	95	5.6	Team's leading scorer
1926-27	5-1, 18-3	21	153	7.3	Team's leading scorer, first team All-Big 7
Career		38	248	6.5

Rab Track Accomplishments
1926	Third in Big Seven in shot put
1926	Second in Big Seven in discus
1926	Second in Big Seven in high jump
1927	Second in Big Seven in 50-yard dash
1927	First in Big Seven in shot put with conference record throw of 47-9
1927	Second in Big Seven in discus
1927	First in IHSA meet in shot put with throw of 48-8 3/4
1927	Second in IHSA meet in discuss

Wisconsin Badgers Football Accomplishments
Year	Record	G	GS	Rush TD	Return TD	Pass TD
1928	8-1	9	9	0	1	2
1929	4-5	7	7	1	0	0
1930	6-2-1	7	5	2	2	0
Career		23	21	3	3	2

Wisconsin Badgers Track Accomplishments
Year	Honors
1929	First in shot put at Western Conference Indoor Track Championships
1929	First in shot put at Western Conference Outdoor Track Championships *
1929	Third in shot put at NCAA Track Championships
1930	First in shot put at Western Conference Indoor Track Championships
1930	First in shot put at Western Conference Outdoor Track Championships *
1930	Fifth in shot put at NCAA Track Championships
1931	First in shot put at Western Conference Indoor Track Championships **
1931	Second in shot put at Western Conference Outdoor Track Championships
1931	Fifth in discus at Western Conference Outdoor Track Championships
1931	Second in shot put at NCAA Track Championships
Notes	* Set Western Conference outdoor shot put record in 1929 and 1930. ** Set Western Conference indoor shot put record in 1931.

Dr. Samuel Behr Chicago Tribune obituary, Sept. 3, 2006