In Sports
The Rock Island Swim Team won its first Sectional Championship in more than 20 years this March. The Rocks won the IHSA 3A Boy's Basketball championship on March 19, 2011. They defeated the Centralia Orphans by a score of 50-40 in double overtime. The Rock Island Girls Track team also grooms multiple state qualifiers and has won numerous contests.
The Rocks have also won the IHSA Speech sectional for 11 years in a row, which has qualified them for the Illinois State Championship in speech, a contest that has no class divisions. The Speech Team has been recognized as one of the key players in the State Tournament for more than 20 years.
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“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
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Thy sports are fled and all thy charms withdrawn;
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One only master grasps the whole domain,
And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain;”
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