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Pearl City’s Jacqui Purple hits one over the outstretched arms of West Carroll’s Emily Mills (#26) and Ashlyn Miller (#2) during action in Pearl City. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Thunder’s Ashlyn Miller spikes one over the net as Pearl City’s Jacqui Purple goes for the block. West Carroll won in two 25-15 and 25-19) (PA photo/Craig Lang)

SPORTS . . .

EPC Crushes Warren

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The EPC Wildcatz scored 28 unanswered first quarter points and cruised to the easy 55-8 win in Lanark on Friday evening.

EPC running back Aaron Reed found the end zone three times in the first quarter on runs of one, one and twenty five yards. QB Drake Walker also tossed a forty yard TD strike to Keven Glastetter.

The win improves EPC’s record to a perfect 7-0, 5-0 going into week eight where they will host the Le-Win Panthers.

Warren put their only points of the contest on the board in the final quarter as Dylan Riggle found Dylan Dawson for a twenty one yard scoring strike.

Running back Aaaron Reed led the EPC ground attack, carrying the football six times for 93 yards and three scores. Teammates Jordan Blair, Mikki Stichter, Cody Polizzi and Ben Thomas also found the endzone for the Catz.

Dawson led the Warren team, carrying the ball twenty times for fifty five yards. Warren hosts the Forreston Cardinals this Friday.

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Scoring-1st Quarter

EPC: 1 yd. run by Reed (kick good)

EPC: 40 yd. pass from Walker to Glastetter (kick good)

EPC: 1 yd. run by Reed (kick good)

EPC: 25 yd. run by Reed (kick good)

2nd Quarter

EPC: 9 yd. run by Blair (kick good)

EPC: 29 yd. run by Stichter (kick good)

EPC: 3 yd. run by Polizzi (kick good)

3rd Quarter

EPC: 8 yd. run by Thomas (kick failed)

4th Quarter

W: 21 yd. pass from Riggle to Dawson (2 pt. conv. good)

Sherrard Edges West Carroll

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

West Carroll’s Marcus Klein is wrapped up by a Sherrard tackler during Friday night action in Savanna. Marcus had 144 yards on 20 carries and two touchdowns. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Thunder’s Matt LaShelle tries to elude a couple Tiger tacklers on his way to a gain. Matt rushed the football eight times for 40 yards and also completed 12 of 22 passes for 103 yards in the Sherrard 27-21 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The West Carroll Thunder played neck and neck with the Sherrard Tigers in Savanna on Friday night, falling to the Tigers 27-21. The non-conference loss puts the Thunder at 3-4 and means they must run the table in weeks eight and nine by beating Pecatonica and Dakota to become playoff eligible.

The Thunder took an early 7-0 lead as Marcus Klein found the end zone from eleven yards out in the opening quarter. Sharrard came right back with QB Jacob Frichtnicht finding two different receivers to put the Tigers on top 14-7. West Carroll responded with a Tyler Kingery second quarter TD to knot the score at fourteen at the half.

A third quarter touchdown by each team made it twenty one-all going into the final quarter. Sherrard’s Frichtnicht would find Andy Anderson for a twenty yard score for the final margin of victory for the Tigers.

Thunder running back Marcus Klein amassed 144 yards on twenty carries and two scores. Quarterback Matt LaShelle completed twelve of twenty two passes for 103 yards. Frichtnicht led Sherrad completing twelve of twenty four for 168 yards and three scores.

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Scoring-1st Quarter

WC: 11 yd run by Klein (kick good)

S: 4 yd pass from Frichtnicht to Galvin (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

S: 29 yd. pass from Frichtnicht to Anderson (2 pt. conv. failed)

WC: 2 yd. run by Kingery (kick good)

3rd Quarter

S: 23 yd. run by Frichtnicht (kick good)

WC: 2 yd. run by Klein (kick good)

4th Quarter

S: 20 yd pass from Frichtnicht to Anderson (kick failed)

Cardinals Block Hopes of Pec Comeback

By Ryan Ekvall

For The Prairie Advocate News

In the fourth quarter, the Forreston Cardinals rode a blocked field goal attempt and a blocked extra point try to victory over the Pecatonica Indians Friday night as they won a thriller, 27-26 in Pecatonica.

With the back and forth battle tied at 20 in the final quarter, Pecatonica attempted a field goal to take the lead. Forreston blocked the try, and the ball was snatched out of the air by Forreston’s Adam Aikens and returned 96 yards for the go-ahead touchdown. Pecatonica fought right back, driving down the field with poise after the special teams blunder, and quarterback Quinn Nichol found Cole Salamone in the back of the end zone for a 10 yard touchdown pass with 7:29 remaining on the clock. Pecatonica set up for the extra point try to tie the game, only to have that attempt blocked.

Forreston head coach Denny Diduch explained, “The kids were pumped up...I think that was the most push we’ve ever gotten on a field goal or a PAT, and they knew the game was on the line and the kids rose to the occasion.”

The win strengthened the Cardinal’s playoff hopes, as they improved to 4-3 with games remaining at Warren and at Rock Falls, two teams with a combined three wins. “Any win is a good win, and especially when you’re right around .500 it’s that much more important,” said Diduch, noting his team may be shorthanded again going into Warren. The Cardinals were without “5 or 6 starters...for a variety of reasons” Friday night.

Sophomore Brian Kraft filled in nicely for Hake, carrying the ball 21 times for 87 yards, with two touchdowns. “In a lot of programs, he might be the starting fullback. We knew he was going to have a good game, we weren’t too worried about that,” said Diduch. The Cardinals got big production from Chris Sander as well. “Chris stepped up at tailback and just had a great game...offensively, defensively and on special teams. We had a bunch of kids step up,” told the coach.

Sander ran for 119 yards on 13 carries, and also opened the second half with an 84 yard kickoff return to the Pecatonica one yard line; setting up one of Kraft’s touchdowns. On the previous play, with time expiring in the first half, Kyle Janicke found his brother Kenyon Janicke for a 6 yard score to tie the game at 13.

Even with Forreston’s stellar special teams play, Pecatonica had chances in the fourth. Forreston drove the ball down to the 6 yard line, before turning the ball over on downs. The Cardinals got it right back as Brett Carlson intercepted a Quinn Nichol pass. Trailing by just a point with under two minutes to play, Pecatonica forced a Forreston punt to regain possession at their own 10 yard line. After finding receiver Cid Neevenhoven (8 catches, 170 yards, TD) a few times to get to the Forreston 34, with time ticking below thirty seconds, Nichol aired out a pass down the right sideline only for it to be intercepted by Forreston’s Justin Ruter to essentially end the game. “We were happy to let them catch the ball and make sure we made the tackles,” explained Diduch of his defense on the final drive.

HS Football Schedule

Oct. 15

Le-Win vs. EPC at Lanark

Pecatonica at West Carroll

Dakota at Milledgeville

Forreston at Warren

Galena vs. Durand at Legion Field

Freeport Aquin at AFC

Polo at Orangeville

Stockton at East Dubuque

Bureau Valley at Morrison

Fulton at Erie/P’town

Sterling Newman at Amboy

Ottawa Marquette at Kewanee

Port Byron/R’dale at Peru St. Bede

St. Francis de Sales at River Ridge

South Beloit vs. Flanagan at Streator Woodland

Byron at Genoa-Kingston

Rockford Lutheran at Oregon

Stillman Valley at Winnebago

Machesney Park Harlem at Freeport

Dixon at Sterling

Morris at Rochelle

Oct. 16

Rock Falls vs. Peoria HS at Peoria Stadium

HS Football Standings

(Conf. Wins-Overall Wins-Points For-Points Against)

NUIC-Northwest

1-EPC 5-0 7-0 269 88

2-Dakota 5-1 6-1 244 82

3-Le-Win 4-1 6-1 254 67

4-Forreston 3-3 4-3 143 124

5-West Carroll 2-3 3-4 168 129

6-Pecatonica 2-3 2-5 153 161

7-Warren 1-4 2-5 70 248

8-South Beloit 0-7 0-7 12 247

NUIC-Upstate

1-East Dubuque 6-0 6-1 331 103

2-Freeport Aquin 5-1 6-1 175 81

3-Galena 5-1 5-2 190 101

4-Orangeville 4-2 5-2 248 198

5-Polo 3-3 3-4 127 189

6-Durand 2-4 2-5 156 178

7-Stockton 2-4 2-5 166 153

8-AFC 1-6 1-6 137 293

9-Milledgeville 0-7 0-7 46 356

Big Rivers

1-Sterling Newman 7-0 7-0 322 73

2-Bureau Valley 6-1 6-1 205 85

3-Morrison 6-1 6-1 191 63

4-Amboy 4-3 4-3 156 142

5-Erie/P’town 3-4 3-4 148 212

6-Fulton 3-4 3-4 128 200

7-Peru St. Bede 3-4 3-4 180 188

8-Kewanee 2-5 2-5 150 234

9-Port Byron/R’dale 1-6 1-6 131 166

10-Ottawa Marquette 0-7 0-7 63 311

Area Football Scores

Oct. 8

AFC 40 Milledgeville 8

Morrison 33 Amboy 0

Dakota 48 South Beloit 0

Galena 25 Stockton 15

Le-Win 50 Durand 8

East Dubuque 68 Orangeville 16

Freeport Aquin 34 Polo 6

Stillman Valley 62 Rockford Lutheran 13

Bureau Valley 33 Fulton 0

LaSalle-Peru 46 Streator 14

Port Byron/R’dale 49 Ottawa Marquette 7

Byron 27 Oregon 8

Ottawa 57 Dixon 14

Rockton Hononegah 56 Freeport 49

Sterling 14 Geneseo 7

Spring Valley Hall 19 Rock Falls 6

Sycamore 28 Rochelle 24

Oct. 9

Sterling Newman 54 Kewanee 19

Peru St. Bede 28 Erie/P’town 21

Volleyball

Volleyball Results

Oct. 4

(V) Milledgeville 2 AFC 0 (25-16,25-22)

Oct. 5

(F/S) 16-3-1, 7-1 Eastland 2 Pearl City 0 (25-10,25-9)

(V) 19-1,8-0 Eastland 2 Pearl City 0 (25-8,25-8)

(F) Le-Win 2 West Carroll 0

(S) Le-Win 2 West Carroll 0

(V) Le-Win 2 West Caroll 0 (25-11,25-16)

Oct. 7

(F) Forreston 2 Milledgeville 0 (27-25,23-17)

(S) Forreston 2 Milledgeville 1 (25-23,21-23,25-20)

(V) Milledgeville 2 Forreston 1 (25-22,25-22)

(F) West Carroll 1 Pearl City 1

(S) Pearl City 2 West Carroll 1 (16-25,25-14,25-16)

(V) West Carroll 2 Pearl City 0 (25-15,25-19)

West Carroll F/S Volleyball Tournament

The West Carroll Annual Fresh/Soph Volleyball tournament will be held at the Middle School in Mt. Carroll on Saturday, October 23rd. This tourney is run by the West Carroll High School Athletic Booster Club. All day admission will be $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. The Thunder boosters will be selling food throughout the event. Teams entered are: Eastland, Freeport Aquin, Galena, Milledgeville, Pearl City, River Ridge, Stockton and West Carroll. The tournament will start at 9:00 a.m. 3rd and 4th place games will be at approximately 3:00 p.m. with 1st and 2nd place games following.

West Carroll Senior Night

Thursday October 21st is senior night for the West Carroll volleyball team. The Lady Thunder will be competing against River Ridge starting with the freshman game at 5:00. This will be the last home game for the following seniors: Rachel Allen, Sarah Boyer, Katy Cook, Jessica Mathers, Emily Mills and Sophi Morhardt. West Carroll will also be recognizing the golf seniors on this night. The senior golfers for the 2010 season are: Kierstin Dimmick, Hunter Hebeler and Josue Quintana.

Pecatonica Varsity Volleyball Classic

The West Carroll Lady Thunder volleyball team will compete in the Pecatonica Volleyball Varsity Classic on Saturday, October 16th starting at 9 a.m. The tournament will be held at Pecatonica High School. Admission to the tourney will be $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Other teams participating are: North Boone, Dakota, Dixon, Pecatonica and Scales Mound. Concessions will be available throughout the tourney. The Lady Thunder will play North Boone at 10:00 a.m. on Court 2.

Golf

Class 1A Riverdale Regional

At Maple Bluff, Geneseo

1-Fulton 321*

1-Port Byron/R’dale 321*

3-Eastland/M’ville 325*

4-Erie 327

5-Prophetstown 336

6-Le-Win 343

7-Galena 347

8-Sterling Newman 350

9-Warren 350

10West Carroll 352

11-Rock Falls 355

12-Stockton 388

13-Morrison 393

14-River Ridge 394

15-East Dubuque 429

16-Pearl City NA

Fulton & R’dale are co-champions-no tiebreaker

*= Advancing team

Individual Qualifiers

Taylor Graf, Le-Win 75; Scott Matthews, Prophetstown 77; Garrett Badtke, West Carroll 77; Rhett Kuhnen, Erie 79; Kole Knack-Broos, Sterling Newman 80; Connor Thompson, Pearl City 80; Caleb Miner, Erie 81; Nick Dickau, West Carroll 81; Tanner Magee, Le-Win 82; Trey Timpe, Stockton 82

Class 1A Byron Regional

At Prairie View, Byron

1-Byron 327*

2-Freeport Aquin 335*

3-Rockford Lutheran 342*

4-Rockfoord Christian 343

5-Genoa-Kingston 346

6-Forreston 351

6-Stillman Valley 351

8-Dakota 355

9-Pecatonica 359

10-Rockford Christian Life 364

11-Winnebago 365

12-Orangeville 371

13-North Boone 398

14-Rockford Keith Country Day 394

15Harvard 401

*= Advancing team

Individual Qualifiers

Eric Obert, Orangeville 75; Eric Jepsen, Pecatonica 78; Chris Davis, Rockford Christian Life 80; Brett Lucca, Genoa-Kingston 81; Mike Osterloo, Forreston 81; Brandon Negri, Rockford Christian 82; Matt Hamel, Winnebago 82; Brock Stearns, Dakota 83; Taylor Burns, Dakota 84; Justin Christianson, Rockford Christian Life 84

NFL Schedule

Sun. Oct. 17

Seattle at Chicago-noon

Baltimore at New England-noon

Detroit at NY Giants-noon

Atlanta at Philadelphia-noon

Cleveland at Pittsburgh-noon

Miami at Green Bay-noon

San Diego at St. Louis-noon

New Orleans at Tampa Bay-noon

Kansas City at Houston-noon

Oakland at San Francisco-3:05

NY Jets at Denver-3:05

Dallas at Minnesota-3:15

Indianapolis at Washington-7:20

Mon. Oct. 18

Tennessee at Jacksonville-7:30

Bye: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Arizona, Carolina

College Football Schedule

Sat. Oct. 16

Illinois at Michigan State-11 am

Ohio State at Wisconsin-6pm-

Iowa at Michigan-2:35 pm