Sports Photos

 

EPC’s Mack Byers (#21) looks for running room with teammate Calvin Cassens in front. Byers rushes the ball seven times for eighteen yards in the Wildcatz five point win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

EPC Wilcatz running back Aaron Reed cuts to the outside and finds some running room during Friday night’s football action in Pearl City. Aaron had a big game scoring three times in the EPC 25-20 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Mustangs Mark McDonnell(15) and Logan Kuehl (51) pursue Riverdales’s Decker Lyon (31) in Friday’s hard fought game won by Morriosn 12-0. (PA photo/Jerry Lindsey)

Volleyball Results

The Missiles Brianna Herin (#33) spikes one over the net as River Ridge’s Kaitlyn Pleau (#8) and Lauren Bohnsack (#12) attempt to make the block. Milledgeville took the match in two games. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Milledgeville’s Alexis DawTyne (#10) and Sam DeGraff (#5) go for the block during Saturday’s volleyball tourney held at Polo High School. Teammate Ashley Wagenknecht (#20) watches, ready to back up the play. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Sept. 20

(F) Forreston 2 Dakota 0 (25-23,25-17)

(S) Forreston 2 Dakota 1 (25-22,11-25,25-11)

(V) Forreston 2 Dakota 0 (25-17,25-21)

Sept. 21

(F) Eastland 1 West Carroll 1 (25-17,18-25)

(S) Eastland 2 West Carroll 0 (25-21,25-14)

(V) Eastland 2 West Carroll 0 (25-17,25-12)

(V) Milledgeville 2 Polo 1 (25-10,19-25.25-16)

(V) Forreston 2 South Beloit 0 (25-11,25-11)

(V) River Ridge 2 Pearl City 0 (25-7,25-15)

Sept. 22

(V) Orangeville 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-19,25-23)

Volleyball Schedule

Sept. 30

Milledgeville at Durand

Eastland at Galena

Pearl City at Scales Mound

Oct. 2

Milledgeville, Forreston & Morrison at Sterling Tourney

Pearl City at River Ridge Tourney

Oct. 4

Milledgeville at AFC

Morrison at Rockridge

Oct. 5

West Carroll at Le-Win

Pearl City at Eastland

Forreston at Polo

West Carroll Volleyball

The fresh/soph Lady Thunder volleyball team will compete in the sixteen team Sterling Invitational Volleyball Tournament Saturday, October 2nd. The tournament is hosted by Sterling High School and will be held at the Westwood Sports Complex Building 1 and Building 3. Teams competing are: Bureau Valley,Dixon, Fulton, Kewanee, Kewanee Wethersfield, Peoria Christian, Prophetstown, Rock Island Alleman, Rock Falls, Rockford Christian, Rockford Harlem, Rockford Lutheran, Sterling, Sycamore and West Carroll. The Lady Thunder’s first game will be at 8:30 a.m. against Prophetstown. The Sterling Park District will provide concession stands throughout the tournament. All day admission is $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.

Catz End Dakota’s Winning Streak

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

The Dakota Indians traveled to Pearl City on Friday night riding a thirty-five game regular season and twenty-nine game conference winning streak. They traveled back to Dakota with that streak behind them as the EPC Wildcatz dealt them a 25-20 defeat.

On homecoming night for EPC, they play almost flawlessly on both sides of the football. Visiting Dakota got on the scoreboard first though, scoring on a Jacob Apple forty four yard run early. But, the Catz answered right back with back Aaron Reed finding the end zone from ten yards out to knot the score in the first quarter.

The Indians would find paydirt again in period two but again EPC had an answer as quarterback Drake Walker found Kevin Glastetter for a thirty two yard score. Zack Moyer’s extra point gave the Catz a thirteen to twelve half time advantage. The Catz would extend their lead as back Reed would find the end zone two more times on runs of seventy two and one yards.

Dakota did manage one more score with a little over a minute left to play but it was too little, too late as EPC’s defense held the Indians in check. Reed led the EPC ground game, carrying the ball twenty one times for one hundred ninety four yards and three scores. EPC also took the preliminary game, shutting out Dakota fifty five to nothing. The Catz host Chicago St. Francis de Sales Saturday in Lanark.

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EPC-6-7-6-6-25

Scoring-1st Quarter

D: 43 yd. run by Apple (2 pt. conv. failed)

E: 10 yd. run by Reed (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

D: 2 yd. run by Fleming (2 pt. conv. failed)

E: 32 yd pass from Walker to Glastetter (kick good)

3rd Quarter

E: 72 yd. run by Reed (kick failed)

4th Quarter

1 yd. run by Reed (kick failed)

D: 19 yd. pass from Geiseman to Lawson ( 2 pt. conv. good)

Mustangs Slip By Rams

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

The Morrison Mustang’s Brandon Belt returned a first quarter kickoff ninety yards for a score and that would be all the scoring they would need as they slipped by the Port Byron/Riverdale Rams on Friday night 12-0.

Morrison would add a second quarter nine yard scoring strike from quarterback Danny Dennehey to Will Bird to make the final margin of victory. After the halftime intermission, both offenses and defenses fell silent as no more scoring would occur.

The Morrison squad hosts the Ottawa Crusaders in their week six match up.

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Scoring-1st Quarter

M: 90 yd. kick return by Bely (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

M: 9 yd. pass from Dennehey to Bird (2 pt. conv. failed)

West Carroll Pounds Polo

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

The Thunder racked up three hundred eleven yards of total offense as they ran past the Polo Marcos 47-7 on Friday night in Polo. Despite the score being knotted at seven in the second quarter, West Carroll reeled off forty straight points to put the game out of reach.

Thunder quarterback Matt LaShelle had a huge night for West Carroll as he racked up two hundred ninety three yards through the air. The Marcos were able to gain their only edge in the game on the ground as they out rushed West Carroll one hundred fourteen yards to the Thunder’s eighteen. But, the aerial attack was too much for the Polo squad to overcome.

West Carroll travels to South Beloit to take on the Sobos on Frdiay night and the Marcos will host the AFC Raiders.

Pirates Dominate the Missiles

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

With injuries decimating their team, the Milledgeville Missiles gave a valiant effort against the Galena Pirates on Friday night in Galena, falling to the Pirates 55-0. Galena’s Tyler DePlessis scored three times for the Pirates as they dominated Milledgeville on both sides of the football.

The next opponent for Milledgeville will be the East Dubuque Warriors as Milledgeville still looks for capture their first victory of the season. Galena will host the Freeport Aquin Bulldogs.

Cardinals Crush South Beloit

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Running back Hunter Hake ran the football for two touchdowns as the Forreston Cardinals shut out the South Beloit Sobos 37-0 on Friday night in South Beloit. The Cardinals took control of the game and controlled the game on both sides of the ball. Forreston will host the Dakota Indians in a week six matchup as South Beloit will play hosts to the West Carroll Thunder. The victory gave Forreston three wins on the season.

HS Football Schedule

Fri. Oct. 1

Milledgeville at East Dubuque

West Carroll at South Beloit

Dakota at Forreston

Pecatonica at Le-Win

AFC at Polo

Durand at Orangeville

Freeport Aquin at Galena

Warren at Stockton

Kewanee at Morrison

Amboy at Fulton

Bureau Valley at Erie/P’town

Peru St. Bede at Ottawa Marquette

Oregon at Genoa-Kingston

Stillman Valley at Byron

Streator at Sterling

Mendota at Rock Falls

Freeport at Rockford Auburn

Rochelle at Yorkville

Geneseo at Ottawa

Sat. Oct. 2

Chicago St. Francis de Sales vs EPC at Lanark

Port Byron/R’dale vs Sterling Newman at Sterling HS

Area Football Scores

Forreston 37 South Beloit 0

Le-Win 49 Princeton 14

Freeport Aquin 8 Durand 0

Orangeville 34 Stockton 20

Pecatonica 43 Warren 0

East Dubuque 63 AFC 7

Fulton 34 Kewanee 24

Amboy 34 Erie/P’town 14

Sterling Newman 54 Ottawa Marquette 0

Byron 33 Winnebago 14

Bureau Valley 35 Peru St. Bede 13

Stillman Valley 38 Oregon 13

Geneseo 41 Dixon 8

Freeport 34 Belvidere 28

Sycamore 30 Sterling 5

IVC 28 Rock Falls 14

Maple Park (Kaneland) 35 Rochelle 8

Golf Scores

Sept. 20

Polo JV 229

Pearl City JV NA

Pearl City Varsity 191

Polo Varsity 197

Morrison Varsity 170

Sterling Newman Varsity 176

Rock Falls Varsity 182

Sept. 22

Freeport Aquin Varsity 177

Eastland/M’ville Varsity 179

River Ridge Varsity 195

2010 IHSA Class 1A Boys & Girls Golf Regionals

The 2010 Class 1A golf regionals will be held on October 5th and 6th and will be hosted by Riverdale High School. It will be held at Maple Bluff Golf Course in Geneseo, IL.

Tee off time is 9:00 a.m. Schools participating in the Riverdale Regional include: East Dubuque, Eastland/Milledgeville, Erie, Fulton, Galena, Lena-Winslow, Morrison, Pearl City, Port Byron (Riverdale), Prophetstown, River Ridge, Rock Falls, Sterling Newman, Stockton, Warren and West Carroll.

NFL Schedule

Sun. Oct. 3

San Francisco at Atlanta-noon

NY Jets at Buffalo-noon

Cincinnati at Cleveland-noon

Detroit at Green Bay-noon

Denver at Tennessee-noon

Seattle at St. Louis-noon

Carolina at New Orleans-noon

Baltimore at Pittsburgh-noon

Houston at Oakland-3:05

Indianapolis at Jacksonville-3:05

Arizona at San Diego-3:15

Washington at Philadelphia-3:15

Chicago at NY Giants-7:20

Mon. Oct. 4

New England at Miami-7:30

Bye: Dallas,Kansas City,Minnesota,Tampa Bay

College Football

Sat. Oct. 2

Ohio State at Illinois

Wisconsin at Michigan State

Penn State at Iowa

Michigan at Indiana