Sports Highlights

Boys Class 1A Basketball Regional Schedule

At Fulton

Monday February 22

1-Polo vs. Fulton-7:30 pm

Tuesday February 23

2-Forreston vs. Milledgeville-6 pm

3-Prophetstown vs. Erie-8 pm

Wednesday February 24

4-Eastland vs. game #1 winner-6 pm

5-Game #2 winner vs. game #3 winner-8 pm

Friday February 26

6- Game #4 winner vs. game #5 winner-7:30 pm

At East Dubuque

Monday February 22

1-East Dubuque vs. Galena-6 pm

2-Pearl City vs. River Ridge-8 pm

Tuesday February 23

3-Le-Win vs. Warren-6 pm

4-Scales Mound vs. Stockton-8 pm

Wednesday February 24

5-Game #1 winner vs. game #2 winner-6 pm

6-Game #3 winner vs. game #4 winner-8 pm

Friday February 26

7-Game #5 winner vs. game #6 winner-7:30 pm

Boys Class 2A Basketball Regional Schedule

At West Carroll (Mt. Carroll)

Monday February 22

1-Sterling Newman vs. Oregon-7:30 pm

Wednesday February 24

2-Rock Falls vs. game #1 winner-6 pm

3-Morrison vs. West Carroll-8 pm

Friday February 26

4-Game #2 winner vs. game #3 winner-7:30 pm

HS Boys Basketball Schedule

Feb. 18

West Carroll at Eastland

Morrison at Sterling Newman Tourney (F)

Feb. 19

Forreston at Milledgeville

Morrison at Prophetstown

Feb. 20

West Carroll Tourney (F/S)

Morrison at Sterling Newman Tourney (F)

Feb. 22

Regionals begin

HS girls Basketball

Girls Class 1A Basketball Regional Results

At Pearl City

Feb. 8

Dakota 42 Forreston 40

Pearl City 48 Orangeville 22

Feb 10

Freeport Aquin 48 Dakota 47

Eastland 42 Pearl City 39

Feb 12

Freeport Aquin 43 Eastland 36

At Erie

Feb 8

Prophetstown 51 Polo 43

Fulton 48 AFC 36

Feb. 10

Prophetstown 47 Milledgeville 42

Fulton 40 Erie 38

Feb 12

Prophetstown 33 Fulton 31

at River Ridge

Feb. 8

Galena 41 Warren 31

Stockton 54 East Dubuque 21

Feb. 10

River Ridge 63 Galena 27

Stockton 54 Le-Win 40

Feb 12

Stockton 53 River Ridge 49

Girls Class 2A Basketball Regional

At Riverdale

Feb. 8

Morrison 49 West Carroll 39

Feb. 10

Port Byron/Riverdale 47 Morrison 40

Sterling Newman 69 Rock Falls 53

Feb 12

Port Byron/Riverdale 59 Sterling Newman 42

Riverdale Regional . . .

West Carroll Falls To Morrison

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The West Carroll girls battled the Morrison Fillies to the finish, falling to Morrison 49-39 on Monday evening at the Riverdale Regional. Despite being down seventeen to eight after the first quarter, the Thunder didn’t give up and keep battling.

They trailed by double digits at the half, down twenty-nine to eighteen. They fought back in the third quarter, outscoring Morrison fourteen to two to take a one point lead into the final frame. The Fillies (6-23) proved to be too much down the stretch outscoring West Carroll eighteen to seven in the last quarter to come away with the victory and end the Thunder’s season (2-20).

Shelby McBride led the Fillies scorers, netting eighteen points with teammate Erin Carney adding ten. West Carroll’s Kara Durward led the Thunder with seventeen points and Becca Fritz adding a dozen.

West Carroll head coach Travis Findlay commented, “I was so proud of our seniors tonight. Our juniors came out nervous and Becca and Kara carried us. Kara was exceptional tonight. Becca did everything from score to distribute the ball.”

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West Carroll: Baltierra 1 0-0 2; Cook 2 0-1 4; Ka. Durward 8 1-4 17; Fritz 6 0-0 12; Lucas 1 0-0 2; Morhardt 1 0-0 2

Morrison: Bush 1 0-0 2; Carney 3 4-7 10; Deter 1 1-2 4; Fuller 1 0-0 2; McBride 7 4-5 18; Stralow 2 0-0 5; Sumption 2 0-0 4; C. Wiersema 2 0-0 4

3 Point Field Goals: Morrison: 2 (Deter 1, Stralow 1)

Fouled Out: West Carroll: 1 (Morhardt)

Morrison: 1 (Carney)

Pearl City Regional . . .

Freeport Aquin Advances With Win Over Eastland

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

Eastland’s Annabelle Borota launches a shot over a Bulldog defender during Saturday night action at the Pearl City Regional. Annabelle scored eleven points to lead the Cougars. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Freeport Aquin managed to hold off the Eastland Cougars down the stretch to win the championship game of the Pearl City Regional 43-36 on Friday evening. Neither team started the game particularly well as the first quarter score was a mere five to four in favor of the Cougars.

Eastland extended their lead to seven points 18-11 at the halftime buzzer. The third quarter was the turning point for the Bulldogs as Aquin’s Emily Mohr hit two big three pointers and Robin Hauser made a couple shots to put Aquin in the lead 24-23.

Eastland was held to a pair of Annabelle Borota three pointers and a basket by Brittny Olson while Aquin added fifteen points on the scoreboard to knot the score at twenty six at the beginning of the final quarter. The Bulldogs outscored Eastland seventeen to ten in the fourth to make the final margin of victory.

Borota led Eastland with eleven points and Emily Mohr led Freeport Aquin with thirteen.

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Eastland: Bissell 2 0-0 4; Blair 3 3-4 9; Borota 4 0-0 11; Kniss 1 1-2 3; Olson 2 0-2 4; Ruter 1 2-3 5

Aquin: E. Brunner 2 1-4 5; S. Brunner 4 4-7 12; Gaulrapp 1 2-4 5; Hauser 2 3-5 7; Mohr 5 0-1 13; Thompson 0 1-2 1

3 Point Field Goals: Eastland: 4 (Borota 3, Ruter 1)

Freeport Aquin: 4 (Mohr 3, Gaulrapp 1)

Fouled Out: None

Taylor Ruter eyes the bucket as she launches a shot during action in Pearl City on Saturday evening at the Pearl City Regional. Taylor scored five points in the Eastland seven point loss. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Eastland head coach Colleen Finn-Henze and the Eastland Cougars react at the end of their hard fought loss to Freport Aquin at the Pearl City Regional. The Cougars battled the Bulldogs all game but couldn’t come out on top at the final buzzer. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

HS Boys Basketball

Feb. 9

Sterling Newman Falls To Mustangs

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

In a close game on Tuesday night, Morrison edged the Comets 59-52. The Mustangs held a slight two point lead after one quarter and extended that lead to three by the halftime intermission, They were able to up their lead to five points going into the final period and outscored Newman fifteen to thirteen in the last quarter to make the difference.

Newman also got themselves in some foul trouble as Morrison went to the line thirty seven times making twenty four from the charity stripe. Travis McBride led Morrison, dropping in twenty two points and Kyle Janssen added ten.

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Sterling Newman: Blessman 4 3-5 11; DeWitt 3 0-0 6; Farringer 2 0-0 4; Hanlon 1 1-1 3; Manis 4 0-1 8; Quick 0 1-2 1; S. Wilson 5 0-0 12; T. Wilson 3 1-2 7

Morrison: Burn 0 4-7 4; Cook 3 2-3 9; Janssen 4 2-6 10; McBride 8 6-9 22; Volckmann 1 3-4 5; Wagenecht 1 7-8 9

3 Point Field Goals: Sterling Newman: 2 (S. Wilson 2)

Morrison: 1 (Cook)

Fouled Out: Sterling Newman: 3 (Farringer, Manis, S. Wilson)

Morrison: 1 (Burn)

F/S Score: Sterling Newman 50 Morrison 48

Feb 11

Milledgeville Falls To Mustangs

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Mustangs got off to a fast start and a good first half propelled them to the 62-45 victory over the Missiles at MHS on Thursday evening. Morrison outscored Milledgeville sixteen to six to open the game and widened their margin to fourteen points by halftime.

Milledgeville managed to keep the second half scoring close but couldn’t make up the ground from the first half lead that Morrison had built. Trevan Burn led the Mustangs (17-10) with twenty three points and teammate Travis McBride added fifteen. Keegan Neubauer paced the Missiles (7-17) scoring sixteen points.

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Morrison: Burn 5 11-15 23; Cook 3 0-0 7; Gruel 1 1-2 3; Janssen 4 1-2 9; McBride 7 1-1 15; Volckmann 0 1-2 1; Wagenecht 2 0-0 4

Milledgeville: Eich 2 0-0 5; Hollowell 0 1-2 1; Hunter 4 0-0 8; Kness 1 0-0 3; Landis 2 4-6 8; Neubauer 7 2-2 16; Silvius 2 0-0 4

3 Point Field Goals: Morrison: 3 (Burn 2, Cook 1)

Milledgeville: 2 (Eich 1, Kness 1)

Fouled Out: None

Thunder Edge Hornets

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

In a game that was relatively close throughout, West Carroll was able to hold off Scales Mound and take the 53-44 victory in Mt. Carroll on Thursday night. Scales Mound held a one point lead after the first quarter 10-9. They were able to extend that lead to two points by the half and went into the locker room leading West Carroll 19-17. The third quarter belonged to the Thunder as they were able to open up a 35-31 lead going into the final period. The Thunder took a eighteen to thirteen advantage in the fourth to make the final margin of victory.

Nate Law led the Thunder scoring fifteen while teammate Tyler Brashaw added fourteen points. Thunder head coach Josh Knuth said, “We battled some poor shooting in the first half but came out in the second half and let our defense fuel our offense which allowed us to get into a rhythm. We executed our offense very well in the second half. We still are working on limiting our turnovers and out team defense both are very important for us to be the caliber of team we want to be come regional time.”

The Thunder will face Morrison in the opening round of regional play.

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Scales Mound: Cox 2 1-2 5; Homb 7 0-0 16; Kelly 6 3-4 19; Stadel 1 0-2 2; B. Stoewer 1 0-0 2

West Carroll: Brashaw 4 4-4 14; Edawards 5 0-0 10; Law 7 1-5 15; Naples 3 2-2 9; Prowant 2 1-2 5

3 Point Field Goals: Scales Mound: 6 (Kelly 4, Homb 2)

West Carroll: 3 (Brashaw 2, Naples 1)

Fouled Out: None

Wolves Handled By Cougars

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Cougars Reid Lessman puts up a jumper over the Wolves Greg Tessendorf during action at EHS. Reid led Eastland with fourteen points in the Cougars 78-46 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Eastland Cougars took control of Thursday night’s game right from the opening tip off at EHS and didn’t let up coasting to the 78-46 victory. Hot shooting and a tenacious defense stifled the Wolves who seemed to be handled in every facet of the game.

Eastland came out on fire scoring the games first twenty points. The second quarter began with an Eastland twenty four to seven first quarter lead. They extended their lead to twenty seven points by the intermission,

Pearl City managed to cut into that huge lead in the second half but the damage had already been done and the hill was just to large to overcome. The Cougars who used full court pressure right from the start of the contest which forced the Wolves either into turnovers or off balance forced shots which just wouldn’t fall.

Reid Lessman was the scoring leader for the Cougars pouring in fourteen points with teammates Tony and Brad Dunlap adding a dozen each. Pierson Hull of Pearl City led all scorers in the game with fifteen points.

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Pearl City: Harrington 0 3-4 3; Hull 6 3-4 15; Maurer 1 2-4 4; Mulanix 0 2-4 2; Schiess 3 2-3 8; Slick 2 1-2 5; Strohecker 1 2-4 5; Talbert 1 0-0 3; Tessendorf 0 1-2 1

Eastland: Byers 3 0-0 6; Casens 1 1-2 3; B. Dunlap 3 4-4 12; T. Dunlap 4 2-3 12; Glastetter 2 2-3 6; Z. Hartman 1 0-0 2; Lessman 5 3-4 14; Macomber 4 2-5 10; Seferi 1 0-0 2; Stichter 3 0-0 9; Wilhelms 1 0-0 2

3 Point Field Goals: Pearl City: 2 (Talbert 1, Strohecker 1)

Eastland: 8 (Stichter 3, B. Dunlap 2, T. Dunlap 2, Lessman 1)

Fouled Out: None

Feb 13

Mustangs Handle Clippers With Ease

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

A big third quarter propelled the Morrison Mustangs to a Saturday evening win over Amboy 58-33. The Clippers started the game with a six point advantage after one quarter fourteen to eight. Morrison came storming back to take the second period fourteen to nine and take a three point lead into the locker room at the half. The third quarter was all Mustangs as they outscored Amboy twenty five to five to take the forty seven to twenty four lead into the fourth period.

Morrison outscored the Clippers eleven to nine in the fourth. Travis McBride led the Mustangs with twenty points.

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Amboy: Apple 5 0-0 12; Behrends 3 0-0 7; Henkel 2 0-0 4; Montavon 1 0-0 2; Powers 1 0-0 3; Stephenitch 1 2-2 5

Morrison: Bos 1 0-0 2; Burn 2 0-1 6; Cook 4 0-0 9; Gruel 1 0-0 2; Janssen 4 3-3 11; McBride 8 4-7 20; Volckmann 1 0-0 2; Wagenecht 2 2-3 6

3 Point Field Goals: Amboy: 5 (Apple 2, Behrends 1, Powers 1, Stephenitch 1)

Morrison: 3 (Burn 2, Cook 1)

Fouled Out: None

West Carroll Outlasts Panthers

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Thunder were hitting on all cylinders n Saturday night in Mt. Carroll, handing Le-Win the loss 62-53. West Carroll started the game by taking a fourteen to seven first quarter lead. West Carroll held that lead at the half, going into the locker room with a twenty seven to twenty lead. They extended their lead to eleven at the end of three periods and coasted to the victory.

Eric Naples led the Thunder pouring in sixteen points while teammate Brady Edwards chipped in with thirteen, A.J. Emford led the Panthers with sixteen and Fritz Werhane added twelve.

Thunder head coach Josh Knuth said, “It was a hard fought victory tonight. I was happy with our effort and energy. We shared the ball very well offensively which allowed us to get many of our shots. We showed more toughness than we have so far this season which is a good sign because that is what you need come tourney time.”

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Le-Win: Emford 5 2-2 16; Haas 3 1-3 7; Rothschadl 2 1-4 5; Stouffer 0 1-2 1; A. Werhane 3 3-6 9; F. Werhane 6 0-0 12

West Carroll: Baisden 1 0-0 2; Brashaw 5 0-0 10; Edwards 6 1-1 13; Getz 3 0-0 6; Law 4 0-8 8; Naples 7 0-1 16; Prowant 2 0-0 4; Sullivan 1 0-0 3

3 Point Field Goals: Le-Win: 4 (Emford 4)

West Carroll: 3 (Naples 2, Sullivan 1)

Fouled Out: None

West Carroll Tourney

The West Carroll Fresh/Soph Boy’s Basketball tournament will be held Wednesday, February 17th and Saturday, February 20th. Games will be held on Wednesday at 6:00 and 7:30 at both the Primary School in Savanna and the Middle School in Mt. Carroll. Games will run all day Saturday at the Middle School starting at 8:30 a.m. and ending with the championship game at 7:00 p.m.

Teams competing will be Eastland, Fulton, Milledgeville, Oregon, Pearl City, Scales Mound, Stockton and West Carroll. Admission on Wednesday will be $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Saturday’s all day admission will be $5.00 for adults and $3.00 for students. Concessions will be available.