Savanna - The NUIC Northwest Game of the Week featured the #1 ranked team in Class 1A, the Lena-Winslow Panthers against the West Carroll Thunder. Le-Win has the targets on their back this year as the defending the state champs, and were ready to show everyone they are ready for the season to begin. The Thunder came into 2018 losing a large portion of last year's team, but with some returners mixed with new players, they too were ready to see where they stack up this year, an

When the lights turn on Friday night, it will be the start of the best 14 weeks in all of high school sports. And the biggest game to start the season will be in Savanna, where the West Carroll Thunder will host the pre-season #1 team in Class 1A, the defending state champion Lena-Winslow Panthers. Last year Le-Win came away from this game with a 34-20 win. Enter in 2018, Le-Win returns quite a bit of players from last year's team, while West Carroll brings up a lot of new fa

The Thunder found their way back into the playoffs in 2017 for the 2nd time in 3 seasons under Coach Matt Leitzen. In 2018, the Thunder look to fall off a bit with key losses on both offense and defense, but don't think they won't be competitive. Coach Leitzen has this year's Thunder squad going hard in the off-season, visiting several camps and travelling the state for 7 on 7 games. And if you think the Thunder will fall off at a competitive level, you will be highly mistake

Interview with Dakota HC Joe Free | 2:48 Galena Pirates | 11:37 Du-Pec Rivermen | 15:50 East Dubuque Warriors | 20:12 Amboy Clippers | 23:25 EPC Wildcatz | 26:55 West Carroll Thunder | 32:41 Dakota Indians | 38:20 Forreston Cardinals | 45:16 Le-Win Panthers | 51:28 Northwest Predictions | 1:00:36 Final Thoughts | 1:02:31 --- Special thank you to Coach's Golf and Grill for hosting our first public show! #NUICNORTHWEST #HeadCoachInterview #GalenaPirates #DuPecRivermen #EastDubu

Savanna - In a 2nd round game that looked to heavily favor the 2 seed GCMS Falcons, the Thunder of West Carroll did everything they could to keep it close. GCMS would get on the board late in the 1st quarter to take a 7-0 lead, and followed that up with a safety in the 2nd quarter to take a 9-0 lead at the half. In the 2nd half, West Carroll would get on the board as Kody Plattenberger would score on a 1 yard dive on the Thunder's first possession to cut the lead to 9-6, wher