HS Boys Basketball
West Carroll Holiday Tourney
Dec 14
Fulton 63 Fulton Unity 38
Scales Mound 57 Galena 35
Winnebago JV 65 Stockton 47
Pearl City 49 Warren 47
Warren-9-14-15-9-47
Pearl City-12-10-14-13-49
Warren: Cox 2 2-4 7; Dawson 0 1-2 1; Heller 1 0-0 2; Nichols 4 1-4 13; Williams 10 3-3 24
Pearl City: Block 1 0-0 2; Grebener 4 0-3 8; Hull 5 4-4 14; Keltner 1 0-2 2; Maurer 2 0-0 4; Schiess 7 1-2 15; Talbert 2 0-1 4
3 Point Field Goals: Warren: 6 (Nichols 4, Cox 1, Williams 1)
Dec 15
Sherrard 53 Fulton 38
West Carroll 57 SM 44
Scales Mound-11-9-10-14-44
West Carroll-11-14-17-15-57
Scales Mound: Homb 5 3-4 14; Kelly 6 4-8 17; Stauer 2 0-0 5; Stoewer 1 2-2 4; Stadel 2 0-1 4
West Carroll: Brashaw 2 2-2 7; Edwards 5 2-3 12; Ferguson 2 0-0 4; Getz 1 0-0 3; Law 8 0-0 16; Naples 3 0-0 8; Prowant 3 0-1 7
3 Point Field Goals: Scales Mound: 3 (Homb 1, Kelly 1, Stauer 1)
West Carroll: 5 (Naples 2, Brashaw 1, Getz 1, Prowant 1)
East Dubuque-16-23-18-22-79
Pearl City-18-14-22-16-70
East Dubuque: Huseman 6 2-3 14; McDermott 2 3-6 7; McLane 14 5-5 35; Oster 7 6-6 23
Pearl City: Block 3 1-1 7; Grebener 3 5-6 11; Harrington 0 1-1 1; Hull 4 1-2 9; Schiess 4 2-3 10; Slick 5 2-4 13 Talbert 6 3-3 19
3 Point Field Goals: East Dubuque: 5 (Oster 3, McLane 2)
Pearl City: 5 (Talbert 4, Slick 1)
Fouled Out: East Dubuque: 1 (McDermott)
Pearl City: 1 (Talbert)
Stockton-6-16-12-15-49
Eastland-17-11-16-16-60
Stockton: Hess 7 3-3 19; Huschitt 2 0-2 4; Kriebs 1 0-0 2; Offenheiser 1 0-0 2; Zueger 6 2-4 22
Eastland: Byers 2 4-6 8; B. Dunlap 4 0-0 9; T. Dunlap 3 2-2 9; Giedd 1 1-2 3; Glastetter 2 3-3 8; Hansen 0 1-1 1; Lessman 4 0-2 11; Macomber 5 0-0 10; Seferi 0 1-2 1
3 Point Field Goals: Stockton: 6 (Zueger 4, Hess 2)
Eastland: 6 (Lessman 3, B. Dunlap 1, T. Dunlap 1, Glastetter 1)
Fouled Out: Stockton: 2 (Kriebs, Offenheiser)
Dec 16
Galena 53 Fulton Unity 46
Warren 66 Stockton 55
with photo
Dec 17
West Carroll and Eastland Face In Championship
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
 West Carroll Thunder’s Eric Naples (#22) eyes the basket for a shot during Wednesday night’s action in Mt. Carroll. Eric scored twelve points in the Thunder’s 70-61 victory over the Sherrard Tigers. The Thunder beat the Eastland Cougars to win the West Carroll Holiday Tournament. (PA photo/Craig Lang) |
The Cougars and Thunder will meet in the finals of the West Carroll Holiday tourney after both posting wins on Thursday night in Mt. Carroll. West Carroll took on an undefeated Sherrard team who had their three point game in high gear, bombing from long range. The Tigers also played excellent defense, not giving up any easy buckets in the paint.
West Carroll had enough to take two point leads at the end of the first quarter and at the half (32-30). By the end of three quarters, the Thunder had extended the lead to six points at 48-42 and iced the game for West Carroll at the charity stripe. West Carroll hit 10 of 15 free throws in the fourth to take the 70-61 victory. The Thunder were led by Nate Law and Brady Edwards who each dropped in 14. Tyler Brashaw and Eric Naples added 12 each.
Sherrard-17-13-12-19-61
West Carroll-15-17-16-22-70
Sherrard: Anderson 4 1-2 10; Bjustrom 1 0-1 2; Frye 4 0-1 11; Fricktenight 3 0-0 9; Hamerliner 5 1-2 12; Heiar 3 3-4 9; Sedlock 3 2-2 8
West Carroll: Brashaw 4 3-4 12; Edwards 6 2-4 14; Ferguson 3 0-0 6; Getz 2 0-1 4; Law 5 4-5 14; Naples 5 2-3 12; Prowant 2 4-6 8
3 Point Field Goals: Sherrard: 8 (Fricktenight 3, Frye 3, Anderson 1, Hamerliner 1)
West Carroll: 1 (Brashaw)
Fouled Out: Sherrard: 1 (Frye)
Cougars Edge East Dubuque
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
 Eastland Cougar Mack Byers (#21) goes to the basket for a shot during Wednesday night action at the West Carroll Holiday Tourney. Mack didn’t score in the game but Eastland clawed out the 53-51 win over East Dubuque. The Cougars took second, falling to West Carroll in the championship game Saturday night. (PA photo/Craig Lang) |
The Cougars managed to escape with a win against an East Dubuque team that came ready to play on Thursday night. The Warriors looked like they were going to put Eastland away early as they jumped out to a big lead 11-2. East Dubuque was hitting from outside and inside appearing to be able to score on the Cougars at will. Their defense was also giving Eastland trouble as they forced several turnovers and were able to capitalize on Cougar miscues.
Eastland kept battling and were finally able to take a lead in the fourth as Tony Dunlap dropped in a twenty five footer to give Eastland it’s first lead of the game. Collin Macomber then took over in the paint, his rebounding and scoring giving Eastland a four point lead with 2 minutes to go. The Cougars then froze the basketball, forcing the Warriors to foul. The strategy almost worked as Eastland missed four of five free throws and the Warriors hit two to tie the game.
Tony Dunlap then took the ball to the bucket and was fouled; hitting both charity tosses to give Eastland the lead with a little under eight seconds to go. East Dubuque’s last shot attempt bounced off the iron to give the Cougars the 53-51 win and advance them to Saturday evening’s championship game against West Carroll.
Collin Macomber led the Cougars with fifteen points with Brad and Tony Dunlap each contributing thirteen apiece. Chance Oster led the Warriors with eighteen points while Tyler McLane added fifteen.
East Dubuque-22-13-9-7-51
Eastland-14-16-11-12-53
East Dubuque: Huseman 5 2-4 12; McDermott 2 0-3 4; McLane 5 1-2 15; C. Oster 6 4-4 18; Jacob Puls 1 0-1 2
Eastland: B. Dunlap 4 3-4 13; T. Dunlap 4 2-4 13; Giedd 1 0-0 2; Glastetter 1 0-0 3; Lessman 3 0-2 7; Macomber 7 1-3 15
3 Point Field Goals: East Dubuque: 6 (McLane 4, C. Oster 2)
Eastland: 7 (T. Dunlap 3, B. Dunlap 2, Glastetter 1, Lessman 1)
Wolves Beat Winnebago JV
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
Pearl City trailed Winnebago by three points going into the fourth quarter but finished the game strong, defeating Winnebago 60-53. The Wolves trailed by one at the half but outscored Winnebago thirty two to twenty four in the second half to take the victory. Pearl City was led by Jacob Grebener’s twenty two points while Jared Slick added sixteen. The win advances Pearl City to Saturday’s fifth place game where they face the Fulton Steamers.
Winnebago JV-18-11-16-8-53
Pearl City-15-13-14-18-60
Winnebago JV: Daub 3 0-0 6; M. Jack 3 0-0 6; Kuczynski 6 6-13 19; Langholf 2 0-0 4; Misuraca 3 2-3 9; Posley 2 0-0 4; Reinke 1 0-0 3; Wallin 0 2-2 2
Pearl City: Block 1 0-0 2; Grebener 8 6-6 22; Hull 2 2-2 6; Schiess 4 0-0 8; Slick 5 5-6 16; Talbert 2 2-4 6
3 Point Field Goals: Winnebago JV: 3 (Kuczynski 1, Misuraca 1, Reinke 1)
Pearl City: 1 (Slick)
Fouled Out: Pearl City: 1 (Schiess)
Fulton 62 Scales Mound 53
Dec 18
Stockton 44 Fulton Unity 29
Galena 41 Warren 38
Dec 19
Scales Mound 51 Winnebago JV 40
Fulton-8-15-19-11-53
Pearl City-13-7-9-15-44
Fulton: Beiermann 0 1-2 1; Fish 4 1-2 12; Hutton 3 2-6 8; Iburg 1 0-0 2; E. Renkes 2 1-2 6; T. Renkes 9 2-2 20; Tomman 1 0-1 2; Wherry 1 0-0 2
Pearl City: Block 2 1-2 5; Grebener 2 2-4 7; Harrington 0 1-2 1; Hull 2 0-0 4; Schiess 4 2-5 10; Slick 5 3-3 15; Talbert 1 0-0 2
3 Point Field Goals: Fulton: 4 (Fish 3, E. Renkes 1)
Pearl City: 3 (Slick 2, Grebener 1)
Sherrard 66 East Dubuque 59 (3rd Place)
Thunder Upend Cougars, Win Tourney
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
West Carroll jumped out to an early lead and survived an Eastland first quarter run to hold their lead. West Carroll kept the basketball in the hands of their inside men and built up the lead through the following three quarters to take the 63-51 win in the championship game of the West Carroll Holiday Tournament.
Inside men Brady Edwards and Nate Law led the Thunder with twenty and eighteen points respectively while Dillon Prowant added eleven.
The last quarter saw the Cougars apply full court pressure on the West Carroll squad but the Thunder always managed to break the press and get the ball inside for the scores. Edwards and Law accounted for all but six of West Carroll’s thirty three second half points. Tony Dunlap led Eastland with twenty two points while Collin Macomber chipped in with ten.
Eastland-10-12-16-13-51
West Carroll-13-17-18-15-63
Eastland: Byers 3 2-2 8; B. Dunlap 1 2-3 5; T. Dunlap 6 8-10 22; Giedd 1 0-0 2; Lessman 2 0-0 4; Macomber 5 0-0 10
West Carroll: Brashaw 1 0-2 2; Edwards 8 4-4 20; Ferguson 1 0-0 2; Getz 2 1-1 5; Law 8 2-3 18; Naples 2 1-2 5; Prowant 4 2-5 11
3 Point Field Goals: Eastland: 3 (T. Dunlap 2, B. Dunlap 1)
West Carroll Holiday Tourney
Donnie Bull All Tournament Team 2009
Brady Edwards-West Carroll
Dillon Prowant-West Carroll
Nathaniel Law-West Carroll
Tony Dunlap-Eastland
Chance Oster-East Dubuque
Tyler McClain-East Dubuque
Garrett Homb-Scales Mound
Joe Kelly-Scales Mound
Tyler Renkes-Fulton
Mitch Heir-Sherrard
Forreston Tourney
Dec 15
Oregon 54 Milledgeville 45
Dec. 16
Orangeville 41 Milledgeville 28
Christian Life-7-8-8-13-36
Morrison-10-16-15-8-49
Christian Life: Bach 4 0-0 8; Box 1 0-0 3; Ellis 1 0-0 2; Huber 1 1-2 3; McGee 2 0-0 5; Nied 1 0-0 2; Payton 2 0-0 4; Rhoades 2 0-0 4; Rietmeier 0 2-2 2; Toater 1 0-0 3
Morrison: Bird 2 0-0 6; Burn 1 0-0 3; Cook 2 0-0 4; Janssen 2 0-0 4; McBride 9 4-4 22; Wagenecht 4 0-0 10
3 Point Field Goals: Christian Life: 3 (Box 1, McGee 1, Toater 1)
Morrison: 4 (Bird 2, Wagenecht 2)
Dec 17
Missiles Take 15th at Forreston Tourney
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
Milledgeville took control from the first quarter against Amboy and came away with the 42-29 win. The Missiles led 11-9 after one quarter and 22-12 at the half. The second half was closer with Milledgeville coming away with the 20-17 advantage. The Missiles were led in scoring by Kurt Landis who had twenty four.
Amboy-9-3-5-12-29
Milledgeville-11-11-9-11-42
Amboy: Apple 3 1-2 8; Bickett 1 1-2 3; Behrends 0 2-2 2; Didier 0 1-3 1; Gould 1 0-0 2; Henkel 0 2-2 2; Leffelman 1 1-2 3; Montavon 0 1-2 1; Powers 1 0-0 2; Sondgeroth 1 3-6 5
Milledgeville: Hunter 2 1-2 5; Landis 9 6-8 24; Neubauer 1 2-5 4; Peters 2 0-0 4; Silvius 0 1-2 1; Wagenknecht 2 0-0 4
3 Point Field Goals: Amboy: 1 (Apple)
Fouled Out: Amboy: 1 (Bickett)
Oregon-9-11-10-8-38
Morrison-15-8-14-16-53
Oregon: Buenovelato 4 0-1 8; Ganus 2 0-0 6; McFalls 6 2-3 16; Rhea 2 3-3 7; Shaulis 0 1-2 1
Morrison: Bird 2 2-2 6; Burn 1 1-3 4; Cook 4 0-0 10; Gruel 1 2-2 4; Janssen 4 0-1 8; McBride 4 2-2 10; Volckmann 0 2-2 2; Wagenecht 2 5-6 9
3 Point Field Goals: Oregon: 4 (Ganus 2, McFalls 2)
Morrison: 3 (Cook 2, Burn 1)
HS Girls Basketball
Polo Tourney
Dec 14
West Carroll-18-12-14-5-49
Galena-14-16-12-19-61
West Carroll: Baltierra 1 0-0 2; Cook 1 0-0 2; Durward 4 7-10 15; Fritz 5 0-6 10; Handel 2 0-0 4; Lucas 3 2-2 8; Morhardt 3 2-4 8
Galena: Busker 1 2-4 5; Heitkamp 0 3-4 3; Lewis 8 1-3 18; Middendorf 3 0-0 6; Muchow 11 3-4 28; Valdes 0 1-2 1
3 Point Field Goals: Galena: 5 (Muchow 3, Busker 1, Lewis 1)
Dec 15
Morrison-10-11-18-15-54
West Carroll-4 10-11-17-42
Morrison: Bush 2 0-0 4; Carney 9 1-1 19; Deter 2 0-0 4; Stralow 5 1-5 11; A. Wiersema 1 0-0 2; C. Wiersema 7 0-0 14
West Carroll: Baltierra 3 0-0 7; Boyer 1 4-5 6; Durward 2 1-4 5; Fritz 5 1-2 11; Handel 1 0-2 2; Lucas 4 0-0 8; Maike 1 0-0 3
3 Point Field Goals: West Carroll: 2 (Baltierra 1, Maike 1)
Fouled Out: Morrison: 1 (Sumption)
Dec 16
West Carroll-4-5-8-2-19
Byron-18-15-19-7-59
West Carroll: Boyer 0 1-2 1; Cook 1 0-0 2; Durward 2 1-6 5; Fritz 3 2-2 8; Lucas 0 2-2 2; Maile 0 1-2 1
Byron: Dill 1 0-1 2; Fitts 4 0-0 9; Knodle 2 0-0 4; Lehne 3 1-2 8; Lowe 3 1-2 7; McMullen 4 0-0 9; Olson 5 0-0 14; Reecher 3 0-0 6
3 Point Field Goals: Byron: 7 (Olson 4, Fitts 1, Lehne 1, McMullen 1)
Pearl City Tourney
Dec 15
River Ridge/Scales Mound-16-14-21-18-69
Eastland-10-15-5-15-45
RR/SM: Bauer 3 0-0 7; Brashaw 3 0-0 6; Busch 3 1-2 7; DeCoster 2 0-1 4; Kieffer 11 3-5 27; Wheelwright 7 4-5 18
Eastland: Blair 3 4-4 10; Borota 3 0-0 9; Feltmeyer 2 2-3 6; Kniss 3 1-2 8; Nepean 1 0-0 2; Ruter 3 0-0 9; Weber 0 1-2 1
3 Point Field Goals: RR/SM: 3 (Kieffer 2, Bauer 1)
Eastland: 7 (Borota 3, Ruter 3, Kniss 1)
Freeport Aquin 58 Orangeville 36
Eastland Gets Back On Winning Track
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
After dropping their first two games, the Eastland Cougars got back on track with a convincing 57-32 victory over the Warren Warriors on Wednesday night at the Pearl City Holiday tourney. Eastland was down only briefly at the start of the contest but took control with several runs to establish control and hold Warren at bay. Courtney Blair led the Cougar offense, pouring in 20 points with Taylor Ruter adding 11. Eastland improved their record to 1-2 and plays Fulton for 5th place in the consolation championship bracket
Eastland-18-14-14-11-57
Warren-11-5-7-9-32
Eastland: Bissell 3 1-2 7; Blair 8 4-5 20; Borota 3 0-0 6; Feltmeyer 2 0-0 4; Kniss 1 0-0 2; Nepean 2 0-0 4; Olson 1 0-0 2; Ruter 5 0-0 11; Weber 0 1-2 1
Warren: Danica Balbach 1 1-2 3; Danielle Balbach 5 0-0 12; Cleary 4 1-1 11; Hicks 1 0-0 2; Stiefel 2 0-0 4
3 Point Field Goals: Eastland: 1 (Ruter)
Warren: 4 (Danielle Balbach 2, Cleary 2)
Pearl City Edges Fulton
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
Pearl City held Fulton to single digit scoring in three of four quarters to come away with the 40-32 win. The Lady Wolves saw eight of their players put points on the board with Kayla Kluck leading the way with none points. Pearl City moves on to take on Le-Win on Friday evening.
Fulton-4-5-5-18-32
Pearl City-7-11-10-12-40
Fulton: Brown 1 2-6 4; Deweerdt 3 2-2 8; Renkes 2 1-1 5; Rock 2 3-5 7; Rogers 4 0-0 8
Pearl City: Buss 1 1-2 3; Cropper 1 0-0 2; Finkenbinder 1 1-3 3; Konong 3 0-0 6; Kluck 3 2-2 9; Kurth 1 4-8 6; Scott 1 2-2 4; Strohecker 2 2-4 7
3 Point Field Goals: Pearl City: 2 (Kluck 1, Strohecker 1)
Fouled Out: Fulton: 1 (Renkes)
River Ridge Holds Off Le-Win
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
The Wildcat defense was tenacious all evening as they held the Panthers to single digit scoring in the first two quarters. Le-Win came roaring back to pull within two points late in the third quarter but the Wildcats held off the charge to come away with the 45-35 victory. Whitney Kieffer led the Wildcats with 18 points, with Carlene DeCoster adding 15. The win advances River Ridge/Scales Mound to Friday night’s championship game where they face Freeport Aquin. Aquin defeated the Wildcats earlier at the Dakota tourney by ten points.
Dec 17
Cougars Take First Place Consolation Game
By Craig Lang
Prairie Advocate Sports
Despite a slow start and a one girl show in the first half, Eastland turned it up a couple notches in the second half to take the convincing 54-27 victory over Fulton. The Steamers committed eleven first half turnovers but other than Courtney Blair, the Cougars couldn’t find much other offense. Blair scored all of Eastland’s first quarter points and had fourteen of the Cougars twenty three in the first half. Eastland outscored Fulton thirty one to thirteen in the second half to put Fulton away. Eastland was led by Courtney Blair’s twenty points with Logan Feltmeyer and Taylor Ruter both adding eight points apiece.
Fulton-3-11-4-9-27
Eastland-10-13-22-9-54
Fulton: Brown 1 0-0 2; DeWeerdt 1 3-4 5; Renkes 1 2-3 4; Rock 3 4-4 10; Rogis 2 0-0 4; Wayne 1 0-0 2
Eastland: Barr 1 0-0 2; Borota 3 1-2 7; Blair 7 6-6 20; Feltmeyer 3 2-2 8; Kniss 1 0-0 3; Nepean 2 0-0 4; Ruter 3 0-0 8; Weber 1 0-0 2
3 Point Field Goals: Eastland: 3 (Ruter 2, Kniss 1)
Orangeville 32 Warren 29
Dec 18
3rd Place Game
Le-Win-5-6-10-7-28
Pearl City-11-4-12-8-35
Le-Win: Jensen 3 0-2 7; Lyvers 3 2-2 8; Parks 1 1-1 3; Shumaker 0 2-2 2; Yeager 3 0-0 8
Pearl City: Finkenbinder 0 1-2 1; Koning 2 0-0 4; Kluck 4 1-2 9; Korth 3 0-2 6; Scott 4 2-4 10; Strohecker 1 2-2 5
3 Point Field Goals: Le-Win: 3 (Yeager 2, Jensen 1)
Pearl City: 1 (Strohecker)
Championship Game
Freeport Aquin-13-8-7-14-42
River Ridge/Scales Mound-11-7-18-19-55
Aquin: Brannick 2 0-0 5; E. Brunner 0 1-2 1; S. Brunner 7 6-7 20; K. Curry 1 0-0 2; T. Curry 0 1-2 1; Gaulrapp 1 0-0 3; Hauser 0 1-4 1; Mohr 2 3-6 7; Lepka 1 0-0 2
RR/SM: Brashaw 1 1-4 3; Busch 1 0-0 2; DeCoster 5 1-2 11; Kieffer 11 7-10 29; Wheelwright 1 7-8 10
3 Point Field Goals: Aquin: 2 (Brannick 1, Gaulrapp1)
River Ridge/Scales Mound: 1 (Wheelwright)
West Carroll-2-2-19-12-35
Polo-5-8-9-15-37
West Carroll: Baltierra 1 0-0 3; Cook 3 1-1 7; Durward 7 3-9 17; Handel 3 0-2 6; Lucas 1 0-0 2
Polo: Grobe 6 0-0 14; Haye 6 3-3 15; Naylon 0 1-3 1; Powell 1 1-4 3; Wolf 2 0-0 4
3 Point Field Goals: West Carroll: 1 (Baltierra)
Polo: 2 (Grobe 2)
Fouled Out: West Carroll: 1 (Fritz)
Polo: 1 (Haye)
Prophetstown-6-10-10-8-34
West Carroll-8-6-6-8-28
P’town: Duffy 2 1-2 7; Francis 1 3-6 5; Sandrock 1 0-0 3; Sigel 5 1-2 11; Stafford 1 0-0 2; Patton 1 0-0 2; West 2 0-0 4
West Carroll: Baltierra 1 0-0 3; Cook 1 1-2 3; Durward 2 1-4 5; Fritz 5 4-7 14; Handel 1 1-2 3
3 Point Field Goals: P’town: 3 (Duffy 2, Sandrock 1)
HS Wrestling Results
Dec 16
Orion 48 West Carroll 21
Dec 17
Morrison 46 Polo 29
Sterling Newman 55 Morrison 15
HS Basketball Schedule
Dec 26
(G) Pearl City at Prophetstown Holiday Tourney
(B) Pearl City at Sterling Newman Tourney
(B) Eastland & Morrison at Erie “Warkins” Tourney
Dec 28
(G) Pearl City at Prophetstown Holiday Tourney
(B) Pearl City at Sterling Newman Tourney
(B) Eastland & Morrison at Erie “Warkins” Tourney
Dec 29
(G) Pearl City at Prophetstown Holiday Tourney
(B) Pearl City at Sterling Newman Tourney
(B) Eastland & Morrison at Erie “Warkins” Tourney
NFL Schedule
Dec 25
San Diego at Tennessee
Dec. 27
Buffalo at Atlanta
Kansas City at Cincinnati
Oakland at Cleveland
Seattle at Green Bay
Baltimore at Pittsburgh
Houston at Miami
Jacksonville at New England
Tampa Bay at New Orleans
Carolina at NY Giants
Denver at Philadelphia
St. Louis at Arizona
Detroit at San Francisco
NY Jets at Indianapolis
Dallas at Washington
Dec 28
Minnesota at Chicago
