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2025 Illinois Media All-State girls basketball teams
Here is the 2025 Illinois Media (formerly Associated Press) Girls Basketball All-State Teams and Players of the Year. The Payer of the Year award is named in honor of the late Steve Tappa, a longtime Quad Cities sports writer who played a key role in the running of both the Associated Press state rankings for football and basketball and the All-State teams. The Players of the Year and All-State teams were voted on by members of a statewide media panel.
Rager headlines Illinois Media All-State Teams as 1-A Player of the Year
ROCKFORD (WREX) — Members of the media from around Illinois voted for their All-State teams, a highly-selective process comprising just ten players in each class, a first team and a second team. The top vote-getter in each class is named the Steve Tappa Player of the Year, named for the man who was the driving force behind both the polls and the All-State teams in recent years after the Associated Press stopped doing them.
Time to vote: Who deserves the Rockford area's Athlete of the Week honor? Original
The holidays are behind us, and the high school sports action is kicking back in. And there has been plenty of action to go around, with plenty of stars shining brightly. That gives you, the reader, another chance to vote on who you believe deserves the Rockford Register Star's high school Athlete of the Week in our poll. Go to rrstar.com or to the poll below to vote to vote. We ask that you please only vote once a day on each poll.
50 Rockford-area girls basketball players to watch for 2024-25 season Original
The 2024 high school girls basketball season is starting. Here is a look at 50 players to watch in the Rockford area this year — players who not only stuff the boxscore with the most important statistics but the type of players you build your team around. Players like Soraya Parker, who helped Rockford Lutheran knock off No. 2 state-ranked Orangeville last year in a Class 1A regional semifinal.
Time to vote: Who should be the Rockford area's Athlete of the Week for Feb. 12-17? Original
Jay Taft Rockford Register Star It's here again, and it's time for you to decide who you think deserves to be the Rockford Register Star Athlete of the Week for the week of Feb. 12-17 by voting in our poll. Just about every week we nominate a group of high school stars and you get to go and vote in our poll. The voting at rrstar.com ends at noon on Friday. You can email Jay Taft at jtaft@rrstar.com by 9 a.m. each Monday to submit a potential nominee who can be placed on the ballot.
Time to vote: Who is the Rockford area's Athlete of the Week for Jan. 29-Feb. 3? Original
It's once again time for you, the reader and local sports fan, to decide who you believe deserves to be the Rockford Register Star Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 3. Almost every week, we nominate a group of stars and you get to go and vote in our poll. The voting at rrstar.com ends at noon on Friday. You can email Jay Taft at jtaft@rrstar.com by 9 a.m. each Monday to submit a potential nominee who can be placed on the ballot.
Vote now: Who do you think was the Rockford area's Athlete of the Week for Jan. 15-20? Original
Nasty weather couldn't keep all the games and matches from taking place last week, and there are plenty of standout performances to choose from for the Rockford Register Star Athlete of the Week for the week of Jan. 15-20. Almost every week we nominate a group of stars and you get to go and vote in our poll. The voting at rrstar.com ends at noon on Friday. You can email Jay Taft at jtaft@rrstar.com by 9 a.m. each Monday to submit a potential nominee who can be placed on the ballot.
Vote now: Who is the Rockford Register Star's Athlete of the Week for Dec. 11-17? Original
The winter sports seasons are in full swing, and it's time once again to give you a chance to vote on who you believe deserves the Rockford Register Star's high school sports Athlete of the Week for the week from 11-17. Almost every week we nominate a group of stars and you get to go and vote in our poll. The voting at rrstar.com ends at noon on Friday.
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