Sports

Wildcats Destroy Vikings

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

On a sunny, windy Saturday afternoon in Downs, the EPC Wildcat defense and offense turned seven Tri Valley turnovers into a 41-6 victory.

The Vikings woes started early in the contest, after taking the opening kickoff the Wildcats went three and out. However, the Vikings fumbled the ensuing EPC punt and two plays later Drake Walker found Tony Dunlap with a 24 yard TD pass. The Wildcats turned five fumbles and two interceptions into fifteen points.

Tri Valleys lone score came on QB Gabriel Cripe's 38 yard run in the second half. EPC scored four unanswered touchdowns in the second half, a 5 yard run by Walker, a 14 yard run by Alex Maurer, a 35 yard run by Carson Swalve and a 67 yard run by Aaron Reed.

The Wildcats amassed 303 yards of total offense, 267 on the ground. Alex Maurer led the EPC ground game with 135 yards, while Reed added 69 and Swalve 42. The Wildcats now host the undefeated Morrison Mustangs in Lanark.

Mustangs Blow Out DCM Chiefs

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

Morrison used a punishing running game to defeat the Deer Creek Mackinaw Chiefs Saturday afternoon in Morrison 55-20. Mustang running back Josh Vos ran for 212 yards and four touchdowns on 22 carries.

Number one-ranked Morrison (10-0) scored on four of five of their first possessions to put the game out of reach for the Chiefs. Senior Kyle Janssen scored the first touchdown of the game for the Mustangs with a 1 yard run. Vos then scored on a 1 yard run and took the 2 point conversion pass to make it 14-0. Janssen then went into the endzone from 11 yards out and Vos scored again from 4 yards out. Janssen carried the ball 9 times for 83 yards and 2 touchdowns.

The Mustangs travel to Lanark on Saturday to take on the 8-2 EPC Wildcats in the second round.

Playoff Football Scores

Oct. 30

Sterling 23 LaSalle-Peru 6

Woodstock Marian 42 Belvidere 6

Oregon 44 Rockford Christian 14

Geneseo 33 Plano 16

Oct. 31

Dakota 42 Mooseheart 6

East Dubuque 14 Polo 10

Galena 14 Freeport Aquin 13

Le-Win 24 Alden-Hebron 14

Aledo 22 Bureau Valley 19

Amboy 42 Oneida ROWVA 0

EPC 41 Tri Valley6

Morrison 55 Deer Creek Mackinaw

Stillman Valley 42 Rockford Christian Life 20

Sterling Newman 9 Sherrard 6

Winnebago 28 Aurora Christian 14

Mendota 27 Elgin St. Edward 13

Glenbard South 35 Rochelle 14

2nd Round Football Playoff Pairings

1A - Saturday, November 7th

(9-1) Le-Win at (10-0) Dakota - 1 pm

(9-1) East Dubuque at (7-3) Galena - 1 pm

2A - Saturday, November 7

(10-0) Morrison at (8-2) EPC - 1 pm

(9-1) Kewanee Wethersfield at (9-1) Amboy

3A - Saturday, November 7

(8-2) Winnebago at (10-0) Stillman Valley - 1 pm

(6-4) Oregon at (7-3) Sterling Newman - 2 pm

4A - Saturday, November 7

(8-2) Geneseo at (6-4) Kankakee McNamara - 1 pm

(8-2) Mendota at (6-4) Morris - 1 pm

5A - Saturday, November 7

(8-2) Sterling at (10-0) Washington - 1 pm

WCCI In Lanark

WCCI 100.3 FM in Savanna will be broadcasting the Morrison at EPC Class 2A 2nd round football playoff game on Saturday November 7th from EHS. Air time will be 12:30 pm with the kickoff at 1 pm. The game will also be broadcast on the internet at www.wcciradio.com

EPC-Morrison Playoff Info

The EPC Wildcats take on the Morrison Mustangs on Saturday, November 7 at 1 pm at EHS in Lanark. The admission price is $5.00 and gates will open at 11:30 am. There will be restricted parking areas due to the muddy conditions caused by the wet fall. Areas that have been used for parking in the past may be posted as NO Parking Zones. We ask that you honor our parking restriction requests.

VOLLEYBALL . . .

Eastland Takes Regional Title

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

It appeared early in the first game that the defending state champion Eastland Lady Cougars might have their hands full with the Milledgeville Lady Missiles. But, after six ties in the first game which Eastland won 25-17, the Lady Cougars cruised to the 25-13 second game win to take the Polo regional title and advance to host the Eastland sectional that begins Tuesday evening in Lanark.

After holding a slim 12-10 first game lead, the Eastland squad went on an 11-2 run to take game 1. It was all Eastland in the second game as the cruised to the 25-13 victory. With the win, Eastland earned their third straight regional plaque and travel home to host the Eastland sectional where they take on the Le-Win Lady Panthers on Tuesday night at 7 pm at EHS.

West Carroll Takes Byron Regional Title

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The West Carroll Lady Thunder took two straight from the host Byron Lady Tigers on Saturday night, 25-22 and 25-23. Despite being down in both games, the Lady Thunder battled back in both to pull out the victory. In Game one, the Lady Thunder were down 14-7 before scoring six of the next eight points to pull to within 16-14. They took their first lead at 21-20 and then scored four of the next five to win game one. Game 2 looked much the same as Byron took a 16-11 lead before the Lady Thunder fought back to tie the score at 20. The Lady Tigers went up 23-21 before West Carroll reeled off the next four points to take game two and the title. The Lady Thunder travel to Oregon to take on Mendota in the semifinals on Tuesday night at 6 pm.

Apologies, Girls

It was one of those weekends. With the E-PC football game being nearly 3 hours away, Craig Lang, PA Sports writer, could not get back to Byron or Polo in time to cover the Regional Volleyball Championships. But it wasn't for the lack of trying.

Three other photographers that the Prairie Advocate works with were out of town as well. So was the PA publisher. And the fine folks at Sauk Valley Newspapers had a similar dilemma.

Our profuse apologies go out to the Eastland Lady Cougars and the Milledgeville Lady Missiles, who played for the Polo Regional crown Saturday night. Congratulations to Eastland, who won the Class 1A Regional. We also apologize to the West Carroll Lady Thunder as well, who beat Byron to claim the Byron Regional in Class 2A. Congratulations to both.

This week looks much better for us. We will be covering Sectional action for both Eastland and West Carroll, and the 2nd round Class 2A football playoff game between #1 Morrison and #9 E-PC in Lanark Saturday afternoon.

On to victory! Good luck to everyone in your quest for the State Championship.

Volleyball Regionals

October 28

At Polo

Forreston 2 Amboy 1 (26-24,19-25,25-17)

Eastland 2 Forreston 0 (25-5,25-10)

At Fulton

Erie 2 Annawan 0 (25-18,25-15)

Orion 2 Erie 0 (25-15,25-13)

At Galena

Stockton 2 Warren 0 (25-15,25-22)

Le-Win 2 Stockton 0 (25-15,25-20)

At Pecatonica

Dakota 2 Freeport Aquin 0 (25-21,25-21)

Durand 2 Dakota 1 (12-25,26-24,25-23)

October 29

At Polo

AFC 2 Pearl City 0 (25-18,25-19)

Milledgeville 2 Polo 0 (25-13,25-9)

Milledgeville 2 AFC 0 (25-12,25-21)

At Fulton

Fulton 2 Prophetstown 0 (25-9, 25-16)

Fulton 2 Cambridge 0 (25-18,25-16)

At Galena

Scales Mound 2 River Ridge 0 (25-13,25-23)

Galena 2 East Dubuque 0 (25-5,25-12)

Galena 2 Scales Mound 1 (25-14, 17-25,25-22)

At Pecatonica

Orangeville 2 South Beloit 0 (25-9,25-5)

Pecatonica 2 Rockford Keith 0 (25-19,25-21)

Orangeville 2 Pecatonica 0 (25-23,25-18)

Oct. 31

At Polo

Eastland 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-17,25-23)

At Fulton

Orion 2 Fulton 1 (25-15,22-25,25-15)

At Galena

Le-Win 2 Galena 0 (25-16,25-23)

At Pecatonica

Orangeville 2 Durand 0 (25-23,28-26)

1A Volleyball Sectional

At Lanark

Nov. 3

Orion vs. Orangeville - 6 pm

Eastland vs. Le-Win - 7 pm

Nov. 5

#1 winner vs. #2 winner - 7 pm

1A Volleyball Supersectional

At South Beloit

Nov. 7

Eastland sect. winner vs. Serena sectional winner - 7 pm

2A Volleyball Sectional

At Oregon

Nov. 3

West Carroll vs. Mendota - 6 pm

Sterling Newman vs. Harvard - 7 pm

Nov. 5

#1 winner vs. #2 winner - 7 pm

2A Volleyball Supersectional

At Spring Valley Hall

Nov. 7

Oregon sect. winner vs. IVC sect. winner - 7 pm

NFL Schedule

Nov. 8

Washington at Atlanta

Arizona at Chicago

Baltimore at Cincinnati

Houston at Indianapolis

Miami at New England

Green Bay at Tampa Bay

Kansas City at Jacksonville

Detroit at Seattle

Carolina at New Orleans

San Diego at NY Giants

Tennessee at San Francisco

Dallas at Philadelphia

Nov. 9

Pittsburgh at Denver

Bye: Buffalo, Cleveland, Oakland, St. Louis, Minnesota, NY Jets