SPORTS

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

EPC Rolls Over Thunder

Despite West Carroll striking first on offense Friday night in Pearl City, the EPC Wildcatz stormed back to take the lopsided 38-14 win in the season’s opening contest.

Three and a half minutes into the opening quarter, the Thunder’s Joey Sullivan dashed 46-yards to put West Carroll up six to nothing. From there EPC’s ground game and defense took over and held the Thunder at bay.

EPC’s Nathan Falk (#31) makes some moves to elude a Thunder tackler during Friday evening’s opening football contest in Pearl City. West Carroll struck first but it was all ‘Catz after that as EPC rolled to the 38-14 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

A host of West Carroll defenders converge on EPC quarterback Drake Walker (#8) during Friday night’s football action. EPC took control of the contest early and went on for the twenty-four point win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

On the ‘Catz first drive, Mikki Stichter dove into the end zone from a yard out to knot the score at six. A 23 yard scoring strike from quarterback Drake Walker to Ramsay Paulson and a 10 yard TD run by Cody Polizzi made the score 30-6 at the halftime intermission.

Stichter added another two yard scoring run on EPC’s first drive of the second half to make the score 38-6. The Thunder added another score and two-point conversion late in the contest to make the final margin of victory.

Stichter paced the EPC ground attack with one hundred yards on fifteen carries and three scores.

Missiles Fall To Marcos

Both squad’s had their ground games in high gear, but it was Polo who was able to convert those rushes into points on the score board, taking the 34-8 win Friday evening at Floyd Daub Field in Milledgeville.

The Marcos Zach Hagemann and Austin Reeder each scored a pair of touchdowns and the Marco’s rushed for two hundred ninety eight yards. The Missiles countered with two hundred thirteen yards on the ground. Milledgeville was led by Daniel Walker’s one hundred forty three yards rushing and scored the Missiles only touchdown. Reeder carried the football twenty times for one hundred fifty one yards while teammate Hagemann added seventy-seven yards on twelve carries. Milledgeville was led on defense by Kyle Imel who accounted for fourteen tackles and teammate Kaneron DawTyne added a dozen tackles. Hagemann paced Polo’s defense with ten tackles.

Mustangs Ground Fulton

Morrison scored early and often while keeping their Big Rivers rivals at bay to come away with the opening week 45-0 shut out win in Fulton on Friday night. The Mustangs took a twelve to nothing lead into the second quarter as Andy Schaver scored on first quarter scoring runs of six and one yards. Schaver again scored and kicked the extra point in the second quarter to make the score nineteen to zero at the half.

The Mustangs controlled the third quarter with three more scores with quarterback Danny Dennehey finding Mark McDonnell on a sixty seven yard scoring strike and Rowdy Lathrop scoring a pair of touchdowns. Morrison’s Zach Lyerla scored on a three-yard run in the final quarter to make the final margin of victory for the Mustang’s who returned to Morrison with the famed Wooden Shoe trophy.

HS Varsity Football Schedule

Sept. 2

EPC at Pecatonica

AFC at West Carroll

Milledgeville at Warren

Dakota at Forreston

Le-Win at South Beloit

Galena at Polo

Durand at East Dubuque

Orangeville at Freeport Aquin

River Ridge at Stockton

Peru St. Bede at Morrison

Fulton at Sterling Newman

Amboy at Kewanee

Ottawa Marquette at Erie/Prophetstown

Port Byron/Riverdale at Bureau Valley

Stillman Valley at Wauconda

Oregon at Clifton Central

Dixon vs. Rock Island Alleman @ Augustana College

Rockford Jefferson at Freeport

Byron vs. West Chicago (Wheaton Academy) @ Elmhurst College

Rock Falls at North Boone

Sept. 3

Sterling vs. Chicago Curie @ Lane Stadium

Area Football Scores

Aug. 26

Freeport Aquin 43 River Ridge 0

Forreston 19 Galena 6

Dakota 41 South Beloit 8

Le-Win 55 Pecatonica 21

East Dubuque 26 AFC 25

Sterling Newman 53 Erie/Prophetstown 0

Orangeville 19 Warren 8

Stockton 45 Durand 14

Aurora Christian 38 Stillman Valley 20

Port Byron/Riverdale 27 Amboy 6

Bureau Valley 20 Ottawa Marquette 6

Peru St. Bede 26 Kewanee 6

Dixon 26 United Township 0

Oregon 7 Richmond-Burton 0

Rockford Guilford 38 Freeport 22

Moline 21 Sterling 6

Harvard 52 Rock Falls 6

Aug. 27

Byron 63 Walther Lutheran 32

Football Standings

NUIC-Northwest

1-EPC 1-0,1-0, PF 38 PA 14; 2-Le-Win 1-0,1-0, PF 55 PA 21; 3-Dakota 1-0,1-0, PF 41 PA 8; 4- Forreston 1-0,1-0, PF 19 PA 6; 5-Polo 1-0, 0-0 PF 34 PA 8; 6-West Carroll 0-1,0-1, PF 14 PA 38; 7-Pecatonica 0-1,0-1, PF 21 PA 55; 8-Galena 0-1,0-1, PF 6 PA 19; 9-South Beloit 0-1,0-1, PF 8 PA 41

NUIC-Upstate

1-East Dubuque 1-0,1-0, PF 26 PA 25; 2-Freeport Aquin 1-0,1-0, PF 43 PA 0; 3-Orangeville 1-0,1-0, PF 19 PA 8; 4-Stockton 1-0,1-0, PF 45 PA 14; 5-Milledgeville 0-1,0-0, PF 8 PA 34; 6-River Ridge 0-1,0-1, PF 0 PA 43; 7-Warren 0-1,0-1, PF 8 PA 19; 8-AFC 0-1,0-1, PF 25 PA 26; 9-Durand 0-1,0-1, PF 14 PA 45

Big Rivers

1-Morrison 1-0,1-0, PF 45 PA 0; 2-Sterling Newman 1-0,1-0, PF 53 PA 0; 3-Bureau Valley 1-0,1-0, PF 20 PA 7; 4-Port Byron/Riverdale 1-0,1-0, PF 27 PA 6; 5-Peru St. Bede 1-0,1-0, PF 26 PA 6; 6-Fulton 0-1,0-1, PF 0 PA 45; 7-Amboy 0-1,0-1, PF 6 PA 27; 8-Erie-Prophetstown 0-1,0-1, PF 0 PA 53; 9-Kewanee 0-1,0-1, PF 6 PA 26; 10-Ottawa Marquette 0-1,0-1, PF 7 PA 20

HS Volleyball Schedule

Aug. 30

Dakota at Eastland

Aug. 31

Stockton at River Ridge

Sept. 1

Dakota at Pearl City

Morrison at Riverdale

Sept. 2

Forreston at Oregon Tourney

Sept. 3

Morrison at Rock Falls Tourney

Forreston at Oregon Tourney

Sept. 6

West Carroll at Eastland

Morrison at Prophetstown

Lady Missiles Win Opener

The Milledgeville Lady Missiles varsity volleyball team opened their season with a two-match win over the Fulton Lady Steamers on Thursday evening in Milledgeville. Milledgeville took the first game, edging out Fulton by a score of 27-25. Behind Jolee Park seven ace serves and Brooke Kappes three aces, the Lady Missiles took control in both matches and won game two by a final score of 25-19. Becka Whitmarsh added eight kills for the Lady Missiles with teammate Brandie Gelwicks adding a dozen digs. Haley McAuliffe added eight assists in the matches for Milledgeville. The Lady Missile fresh/soph squad was defeated in two by Fulton, 25-17 and 25-15.

Lady Thunder Fall To Byron

Despite the fact that both the West Carroll freshman and sophomore teams were able to gain victories in their opening matches against Byron, the varsity squad didn’t have the same outcome as West Carroll fell to the Lady Tigers on Thursday evening. The freshman squad gained a two-match victory, winning by final scores of 25-23 and 25-16. The sophomore team also gained a two-match victory by scores of 25-12 and 25-19.

The Lady Tigers took control of the first varsity match, winning by a score of 25-22. Match two also went Byron’s way as they took the 25-19 win. Audreana Francke led the Lady Thunder with three service aces and six digs, while teammates Ashlyn Miller added four kills and Carrie Christensen added four kills, four digs and two blocks. “We need to pass better and our senior captains need to take charge of our team,” said Lady Thunder head coach Paula Jones.

HS Golf Results

Aug. 22
at Woodbine Bend GC

Pearl City JV – 231

Demetrio Valazco-53

Peyton Brudi-57

Nick Pilson-60

Evan Bull-61

Warren JV – 241

Kody Kaiser-58

Mitch Eveland-58

James Fenn-61

Nick Mackall-64

Warren Varsity – 175

Cody Runkle-41

Brett Vondra-44

Chris Arnold-44

Tyler Runkle-46

Pearl City Varsity – 201

Connor Thompson-42

Justin Lott-52

Timothy Lott-53

Ryan Peifer-54

Medalist: Cody Runkle (41)

Runner-up: Connor Thompson (42)

Aug. 23

Pecatonica JV – 209

Garret Owens-48

Nikki Dzurisin-53

Bailey Elliot-53

Andre Sandoval-57

Pearl City JV – 237

Nick Pilson-55

Peyton Brudi-56

Evan Bull-58

Demetrio Valazco-68

Pecatonica Varsity – 189

Collin Jennings-45

Mitchell Dzurisin-47

Dan King-48

Brandon Shere-49

Pearl City Varsity – 207

Connor Thompson-43

Aaron Eaton-52

Ryan Peifer-56

Justin Lott-56

Medalist: Connor Thompson (43)

Runner-up: Collin Jennings (45)

Eastland Varsity - 174

Casey Fritz-42

Ty Hartman-42

Alex Moutrey-44

Seth Blair-46

Polo Varsity - 208

Matt Sullivan-50

Owen Bailey-50

Dylon Bushman-53

Aliva Llanas-55

River Ridge/Scales Mound Varsity - 230

Reece Wienen-50

Alec D’Amico-53

Kevin Dieschbourgh-63

Erin Sigauafus-64

Aug. 24

River Ridge/Scales Mound Varsity - 191

Reece Wienen-54

Alec D’Amico-55

Garrett Hillary-64

Erin Sigauafus-73

Forreston Varsity - 246

Nick Ludwig-44

Tyler Newcomer-48

Jordan Ludwig-48

Brock Wolf-51

Medalist: Nick Ludwig (44)

West Carroll Senior Night

The West Carroll Thunder football team will be hosting AFC on Sept. 2, this is a varsity game only at 7 p.m., and this is also senior night for both football players and cheerleaders. The fresh/soph game with AFC will be played on Sept. 6 at 5:30 p.m. at West Carroll.

West Carroll Athletic News

The West Carroll girl’s softball team achieved a 3.27 total cumulative grade point average and the West Carroll girl’s track & field team achieved a 3.23 total cumulative grade point average during the 2010-2011 season. These GPA’s qualified both teams for the IHSA Team Achievement Award. This award is given to varsity teams that achieve a 3.0 grade point average or higher for the entire season. Achievement in both the classroom and on the playing field is a great accomplishment.