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Congrats to Panther women’s bb coach Jason Nichols. His 2010, 2011 & 2012 Class 3A IHSA state championship girls basketball teams from Montini will be inducted into Illinois Basketball Coaches Association’s Hall of Fame May 6th. Broncos went 102-8 during three-year title run.
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Congratulations to head coach Jason Nichols, who was named the IBCA Women's NJCAA Division II College Coach of the Year!
Among the 13 winners, coach Nichols is joined by a prestigious group, including DePaul's Doug Bruno.
#WeAreMC
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Chris Wido is the new head baseball coach at Morton College, effectively immediately. An assistant in the program the past five years, Wido has helped direct over 30 players to four-year schools. A former MC player, Wido was a 2-time all-Skyway Conference selection in 2013 & ’14.
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The moment the announcement came when Morton College is the NJCAA D-2's top seed!
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Saturday Night Fever!
@MortonJCWBB
advances to the national championship at 7:30pm ET tomorrow, thanks to an 84-72 victory!
#PathtoPortHuron
#WeAreMC
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Thanks to our 4 sophomore players (Dylan Van Fleet, Franchesca Metz, Tadriana Heard & Jovanna Martinucci) who have forever changed the image of MC women’s basketball. 41-4 overall with a Skyway Conference & Region IV titles and trip to nationals. Playoffs begins next week!
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Your Region 4 champs for a 3rd straight year! Program record 31st straight win today vs. Rock Valley. Off to NJCAA D2 women's basketball nationals in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Congratulations to Kevin McManaman on winning the 2022 WER NJCAA Division II Assistant Coach of the Year🏀
Kevin helped
@MortonJCWBB
reach Nationals in Port Huron, which led to a national runner-up🏆
#WERAwards
#WeAreMC
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Special season for our
@MortonJCWBB
, thank you!
2022 national runner-ups w/a 30-3 record and a 26-game winning streak.
#PathtoPortHuron
#WeAreMC
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No. 1 MC wins opener at NJCAA D2 women's basketball nationals with 78-47 win over United Tribes. Panthers, now 32-0, advance to quarterfinals for 2nd straight year. Play at 5 pm Thursday vs Richard Bland or Mid Michigan.
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What a week it was for the
@MortonJCWBB
& what a season for the record books!
🏀30-3, 26-game winning streak, National-Runner Up
🔒Led the nation in Scoring Defense & finished Top 10 in several national categories. We appreciate all the love & support this season.
#WeAreMC
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We have some gear on the way,
@CoachSampsonUH
. Thoughts and prayers are with you all, from
@MCAthletics1924
!!
#HoustonStrong
#WeAreMC
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It’s Official: Morton College Rises to No. 1 for First Time!
@MortonJCWBB
#WeAreMC
🚨Morton is running to the No. 1 ranking in the latest
#NJCAABasketball
DII Women's rankings!
Lake Land moves up into the top-5 and Harcum comes in at No. 11.
Full Rankings |
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While Jason Nichols doesn't get caught up in these types of awards, we do. Congrats on receiving the Region 4 Midwest District B Coach of the Year for the 3rd year in a row.
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Women's basketball player Dylan Van Fleet is giving up a championship run to champion a great cause - raising awareness of metastatic breast cancer. She leaves Sunday to walk the 2,200-mile Appalachian Trail.
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Joey Russo belts 2 HR as MC⚾️ opens '24 season w' 18-6 W @ Vincennes. Angelo Luna also goes deep (2-4, 3 RBI day). Luke Brabham (3-4, 4 RBI), Joey Smith (3-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI), Taylor Voorhees (3 RBI), Carter Hall (2-3, 3 R) & Miguel Cantu (1-3, 3B, 3 BB). Jack McGlynn WP, 5 K, 5 IP.
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To paraphrase Jeff Joniak - Matas Deksnys YOU ARE RIDICULOUS! 12 3s & 36 pts in 84-56 men's basketball win vs. Prairie State. Panthers make 17 3s, tying season-high.
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🚨⭐️NEW STAR COMMIT⭐️🚨
Wheaton North superstar guard Claire Hyde has Panther head coach Jason Nichols excited for the future. The All-State performer is a dynamic scorer that was the DuKane Player of the Year!🏀
#WeAreMC
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Congratulations to Morton College’s Tadriana Heard on being named Region IV Tournament MVP. Missed triple double with 21-9-9 line in 92-66 Region 4 title W vs. Bryant & Stratton. MC's best reverse transfer since Clyde “Cannonball” Crabtree, an All-American FB player at Florida.
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Start of Morton College's baseball season right around the corner.
Meet your 2024 Panthers:
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Congrats to MC ⚾️ coach Chris Wido on career wins
#100
& 101 in today's 7-0, 10-6 Skyway DH sweep at Prairie State. Wido's 101-57 in 3 seasons as head man. MC (34-13) on a season-best 6-game win streak. Panthers also get job done in classroom, too!
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We have a FINAL....
@MortonJCWBB
has done it, knocking off No. 2 seeded Johnson County, 62-57!
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Baseball's Dom Milano nation's best at taking a walk. Butler-bound 1B leads NJCAA D-2 with 45 walks. Also tied for 9th with 5 3-baggers.
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It's official - Morton No. 1 seed at NJCAA D-2 women's basketball tournament. Panthers open against United Tribes at 5 p.m. Tuesday, March 21st in Port Huron, MI.
First time Panthers are No. 1 at nationals!
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🚨🏀FEATURED STORY🏀🚨
Jalyssa Carrasco of
@MortonJCWBB
Commits to Roosevelt University! 👇
Congrats Jelly🌟
#WeAreMC
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In the
@MortonJCWBB
113-59 victory over McHenry, Frannie Metz posted a career-high 29 points.
#WeAreMC
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Region IV Champs! 🚨 🏀🏆
Thanks to their 101-51 victory over Black Hawk,
@MortonJCWBB
has clinched a bid to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament!
#WeAreMC
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BREAKING NEWS: Rayth Petersen is NJCAA's D-2 Baseball Player of the Week (Feb. 15 to 21). In 4 games, the freshman shortstop from Barrington was 9 for 15 with .600 BA. He also had a 2B, 2 3B, HR & 6 RBI. Petersen has .545 BA in MC's first 6 games.
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What a thrilling finish for
@MortonJCWBB
!
📊Game Stats 🏀🔥
- Tadriana Heard had a game-high 20 pts to go along w/8 reb & 6 ast
- Dylan Van Fleet finished w/12 pts, 2 stl & 9 reb
- Outrebounded Union County 46-44 and forced 16 turnovers🔒
#PathtoPortHuron
#WeAreMC
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Panther ⚾️'s Miguel Cantu making a run at Region 4 triple👑 - 3rd in BA (.455) & 1st in HRs (11) & RBI (60).
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Congratulations to your 2021 NJCAA Region IV Division II women's basketball champions from Morton College. Panthers punch ticket to nationals with a 92-66 win over Bryant & Stratton.
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BREAKING NEWS: Freshman 1B Miguel Cantu named Skyway Conference's Player of Year in ⚾️! Hit .438 (21 for 48) in Skyway play w' 6 HR & 23 RBI. 1st Panther named Skyway's tops since John Engledinger from '95 champs. To do the math, it's been 28 years since this has last happened!
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Tadriana Heard became just the 4th player in MC women’s basketball history to score 500 points in a season. She finished with 20 points, eight rebound and six assists, going the entire 40 minutes in MC's 56-52 win vs. Union County today at nationals. Heard now has 508 points.
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Jack McGlynn fires 1-hitter as MC ⚾️ ends Myrtle Beach, SC stay with 2-0 W vs. Penn State Du Bois. Fans 6 & walks 1 w' 84-pitch effort. 3rd straight solid pitching effort. Makes most of 2 hits - 2B by Carter Hall & Luke Brabham 1B. RBI 4 Miguel Cantu. 6 in a row for MC, now 7-2.
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Congratulations to women's basketball player Tadriana Heard on her selection as a World Exposure Report NJCAA D-2 First Team All-American!
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Region IV Champs! Nationals Bound! Coach of the Year Aaron Rolle, MVP Ty Rhivers and All Tournament “Playoff” Dex Reed and Shawn Marlow.
#WeAreMC
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Congrats to Joey Smith - named all-Skyway First Team ⚾️. Freshman hit .488 (20 for 41) in 14 Skyway games with 4 2B & 1 3B. Impressive 5 for 5 w' 3 2Bs vs. Skyway champs McHenry. Hit safely in all but 1 Skyway game and had six multi-hit contests.
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Congrats to women's basketball coach Jason Nichols on 600th career win in MC's 75-69 W today vs. Bryant & Stratton. 590 W's at high school level and 10 and counting at MC.
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Angelo Luna, your table is waiting! 2 grand slams & 10 RBI in MC ⚾️ 7-3, 18-5 sweep of Highland today. 5 HRs on the season, 3 are grand slams! Best power show by a No. 23 in Chicago since Robin Ventura!
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Congrats to women's 🏀 coach Jason Nichols on 100th career W at Morton College as Panthers take control in Skyway with 92-74 decision over Oakton. Nichols is 100-9 in 4 years at MC. 690 wins overall. Skyway W streak at 32 and home-court W streak at 49.
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Morton extends their winning streak to 21 games after their 95-36 Region 4 Quarterfinal victory over Elgin Community College.
@MortonJCWBB
was led by a game-high 23 points from Dylan Van Fleet, including 14 in the first quarter.
Next Up: Saturday at home vs. McHenry, 1pm
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Congrats to Manuel Rodriguez on signing with Bethany College Swedes to continue his 4 year Baseball career !
#WeAreMC
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Women’s basketball coach Jason Nichols was recognized at last night’s NJCAA Division II pre-tournament banquet in Port Huron, Michigan, as the NJCAA’s Midwest B District Coach of the Year.
It was the second straight year that Nichols received this award.
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Congratulations to Cawone Hester on being Region 4 District Player of the Week! Cawone put up 19 pts., 8 ast., 7 rebs and a steal during a convincing win over Olive-Harvey.
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Can’t hide that Panther Pride! Seating now complete in Vais Gymnasium along the west side and underneath both baskets. Best place to play and watch basketball and volleyball in Region IV!
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The Panthers are headed to the NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP on a Luis Escalante game-winner in the second overtime!⚽️
#OneTeamOneDream
#WeAreMC
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Congrats to Baseball players Teo Marquez and Diego Quinones on being named to Illinois Skyway Second Team All-Conference!
#WeAreMC
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Women's basketball heads to Region IV title game for first time in program history! Panthers hold off South Suburban 64-47 to advance to title game vs. Bryant & Stratton at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 10th, at Vais Gym.🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
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The banners for our 2022 NJCAA runner-up teams in women's basketball and men's soccer are up on the wall at the Henry J. Vais Gymnasium.
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Banner honoring last year's 34-1 Panther women's basketball team that placed 5th nationally on display in Vais Gymnasium.
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Congrats to Baseball Pitcher Jacob Pinc on signing with Viterbo University to continue his Baseball career.
#WeAreMC
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All-American Tadriana Heard led the nation in made three-pointers last season. Her tremendous career will never be forgotten and she is ready for the next step in her playing career.
#WeAreMC
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Happy Panthers celebrate 5-0 trip to Myrtle Beach, SC. 3rd straight great pitching performance, allowing 2 runs or less. Win streak at 6 as MC goes to 7-2.
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Morton College's Tadriana Heard selected to the 10-player all-tournament team at the NJCAA D-2 women's basketball tournament. Helped the Panthers to a 47-5 record in her two years here. Back-to-back MVP of Region 4 tournament.
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📊Final Game Stats📊
@MortonJCWBB
connected on 18 three-pointers & finished 16-16 at the line!
🎯 Dylan Van Fleet went off for 2⃣3⃣ pts & seven 3-PT FGM
⭐️Tadriana Heard dropped 21 w/five 3-PT
🔥 Frannie Metz posted 1⃣5⃣ pts, 7 reb w/three 3-PT FGM
#WeAreMC
#PathtoPortHuron
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Claire Hyde's moving on! NJCAA 1st Team All-American signs with Belmont University in Nashville. 3rd player from this year's 34-1 women's basketball team to go NCAA D1. Tops in country with 138 3s & 9th in scoring with 600 pts. Great year here!
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Congratulations to Men’s Basketball Manager Matt Shonder on continuing his career at Univeristy of St. Francis Fighting Saints.
#WeAreMC
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Welcome to new men's basketball coach Nick Radenkovich to Morton College....
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By the numbers with Morton College women’s 🏀🏀🏀🏀…
6⃣7⃣-5⃣ record past 3⃣ years for .9⃣3⃣1⃣ winning %
Ranked 3⃣6⃣ consecutive weeks in NJCAA Division 2 national poll
Head coach Jason Nichols’ career record of 6⃣5⃣7⃣-9⃣9⃣ (5⃣9⃣0⃣-9⃣4⃣ @ prep level with 4⃣ state titles)
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9 players at the NJCAA D2 level in women's basketball scored 600 or more points this season - 3 are from Morton College in Kaylen Evans (623), Mia Simpson (608) & Claire Hyde (600).
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With start of MC ⚾️season week away, time to meet a Panther in 1B Miguel Cantu. MC’s 1st NJCAA All-America. Hit .442 w’ single-season record of 17 HR & 87 RBI. Committed to NCAA D-1 Indiana State. Honored by ABCA/Rawlings with selection to their All-America 3rd Team.
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MEET A PANTHER: 1B Horacio Cabrales of baseball. Prepped at Thornwood HS (home of Cliff Floyd) and reverse transfer from NCAA D-1 Mississippi Valley State (home of NFL HOF WR Jerry Rice).
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Region IV champs in women's 🏀 for fourth straight year!
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Important player on 31-0 MC women's bb team - Franchesa Metz.
Metz's career line - 829 pts, 447 rebs, 244 asst & 137 steals. Back-2-back 18 pt games @ nationals last year.
Flirted with a 2B-2B 10X this season. Had back-2-back 18-pt games @ nationals last yr.
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Panther baseball P Trent Lawrence commits to NAIA Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Morningside's 18-7 & just beat No. 9 team in country this week.
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With start of MC ⚾️season week out, meet Luke Brabham. SS gets new home @ 2B. All-Skyway HM. Hit .362 with 3 HR & 49 RBI in 2023. Went 7 for 7 with 8 RBI in sweep of Moraine Valley April 4th. Posted 12-game hitting streak. 22 multi-hit games, ranked third with 31 walks.
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Athletic Orientation Day was a success! We are all excited for the upcoming seasons⚽️🏐🤼⛳️🎽🥎⚾️🏀
#WeAreMC
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Is it Friday yet?
@MortonJCWBB
has advanced to the NJCAA Division II National Semifinals!
#PathtoPortHuron
#WeAreMC
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Recapping the past week that was so special for the
@MortonJCWBB
🏀
The Panthers outshot the best teams in the country, making a combined 42 shots from behind the arc compared to only 19 from the opposition, during their impressive four-game run.
#WeAreMC
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Congrats to Morton College’s Claire Hyde – NJCAA Division II Women’s Basketball First Team All-American! Led nation in 3-pointers (138) & 9th in scoring (600). Avg. 17.1 ppg. Only freshman on 10-player First Team. NJCAA D-2 POW, all-Region IV Midwest District B Tournament.
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JR Cison's buzzer-beater leads men's basketball to 68-66 W on road @ D3 No. 7 Rock Valley. 5 in doubles for 4-0 MC - Rodney Gaston Jr 14, Xavier Spencer 13, 10 each 4 Keondre Johnson, Cison & Matas Deksnys. Home Sat vs. Blackhawk.
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Morton College's all-Region IV tournament selections (from left) Sophia Remmel, Brynne Katcher, MVP Nariah Clay and Shanihya Brown. Congrats!
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MEET A RETURNING PANTHER BASEBALL PLAYER: All-Region IV selection Alex Brodie hit .382 with 5 HRs and a team-leading 51 RBI. Brodie also had 22 multi-hit games & a pair of 7-game hitting streaks. Panther diamond men start Feb. 24 vs. Joliet in Indiana.
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It's official! Panther baseball player Dominick Milano signed his NCAA national-of-letter to play at Butler University next fall. Dom's surrounded by his family. As a side note, Butler's coach is Oak Park native Dave Schrage.
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⚾️'s Miguel Cantu challenging for Region 4 Triple 👑 - tops in BA (.462), HR (14) & RBI (71). 2nd nationally in RBI, tied 7th in HR & 10th in BA.
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🚨⭐️NEW STAR COMMIT⭐️🚨
Coach Jason Nichols is thrilled to have Amari Cole on the
@MortonJCWBB
squad for 2022-23! The 6-2 center put together impressive seasons at Round Lake High School🏀
#WeAreMC
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Soph OF Angelo Luna all-Skyway 2nd Team ⚾️. Hit .346 (18 of 52) with 2 HR & 13 RBI. Scored 12 runs and had 3 games w' 3 or more hits. Went 7 for 10 with 4 RBI in sweep of Oakton.
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During their doubleheader sweep,
@MCPBaseball
's Thomas Schroeder posted a pair of multi-hit games while driving in five atop the lineup.
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CONFERENCE CHAMPS! Men’s Basketball claims, at the very least, a share of the Illinois Skyway Conference title after beating McHenry last night. Region IV tourney starts March 1st.
#WeAreMC
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BREAKING NEWS: NJCAA D-2 names All-American women's basketball team - Morton College's Claire Hyde named First Team and Kaylen Evans, Second Team.
2nd straight year Panthers land pair on All-American team.
Here's the complete list:
More to come....
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Women's basketball off to best start in program history at 7-0 after 72-36 win at Sandburg. 14th-ranked Panthers also tie school record with 7th straight win, last done by 2000 Skyway champions.
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Congrats to Batavia's Brooke Carlson, MVP of the MC High School Girls 🏀Tournament. Monster game with tournament record 38 pts in semifinal win vs. Fremd. Took Batavia to title game.
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THE FIRST 100 GAMES IN OFFICE: Jason Nichols’ record at Morton College after 100 games as head coach? He’s 92-8 for a winning percentage of .920. As Fenwick legendary AD Dan O'Brien would say, "He knows his business!"
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In Game 1 of their doubleheader,
@MCPBaseball
won 10-5 over Vincennes. Thomas Schroeder led the way, collecting three hits and driving in five.
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Danville here we come! Men’s Basketball is Nationals bound after defeating Bryant & Stratton 75 - 67.
#WeAreMC
#CreateYourLegacy
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C Alex Brodie scored his 100th career run in gm 1 vs. Elgin Saturday. 122 career H with 14 HR & 95 RBI in 90 GP during 2-year career with MC⚾️. Tied 6th nationally for runs scored. He'll make a 4-year school happy!
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Panther Nation congratulates Ewelina Zahora from volleyball on being named an all-Illinois Skyway Collegiate Conference Sophomore Academic Athlete of the Year for 2019-20.
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WE'RE NOT WORTHY: Mia Simpson & Kaylen Evans both passed Tyisha Worthy as program’s single-season all-time leading scorer. Evans netted 23 points and Simpson, 14, in win vs. United Tribes as both now scored 573 points this season. Worthy put up 567 points in the 2016-17 season.
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Congrats to Miriah Sierra as she earned All Region and 2nd Team All Illinois Skyway Conference honors!
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NATIONAL NEWS: Jovanna Martinucci of women’s basketball is 4th nationally in assists/turnovers ratio at 4.7 for NJCAA Division II women’s basketball. Martinucci has 71 assists to just 15 turnovers. There’s a 3-way tie for 1st at 5.0.
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Game 2 highlights in 16-3 W vs. Kennedy-King:
Ayham Salah - 2-4, 2 R, 2B
Luke Brabham - 2-3, 3 R, 2B
JD Swarbrick - 3-3, 2 R, RBI, 2 SB, 2B
Taylor Voorhees - 1-2, 2 BB
Joey Smith - 1-3
Jake Tyler - HBP 2X
WP: Aris Kosiek, 9 K in 4 IP. Caleb Arndt, 2 K in 1 IP.
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Miriah Sierra's comeback sparks women's basketball to first win over Joliet since 2003-04.
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Jalyssa Carrasco on women’s 🏀Sophomore Day
MC highlight: Committed to Roosevelt U. 2023 Skyway 2nd Team. 600-plus career points and closing in on 200 career rebounds & assists. 5th nationally in 3-pointers.
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Tadriana Heard made the All-Tournament team at Nationals (NJCAA D-2) & helped the Panthers to a 47-5 record in her two years. Back-to-back MVP of Region 4 tournament, including an impressive run that led to a National Runner-Up for
@MortonJCWBB
#WeAreMC
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Kaylen Evans on women’s 🏀Sophomore Day
MC highlight: 2023 Skyway & Region IV 1st Team. 1 of 7 players to score 500 points in single season at MC. 4th nationally in 3-pointers.
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As we approach nationals, Dylan Van Fleet has been scorching the nets this postseason. The First Team All-Region IV performer is averaging 19 PPG, 5.6 STL, and 8 REB while shooting 56% from the field (36.8 3PT%).
#WeAreMC
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The Morton College women’s basketball team enjoys its best-ever national ranking at No. 12 in the most recent NJCAA Division II poll released today (February 22nd).
The 8-0 Panthers moved up two spots from No. 14 after beating Bay 99-45 and Sandburg 72-36 last week.
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