Eastland’s Courtney Blair goes for the block against the Milledgeville Missiles on Thursday evening at EHS in Lanark. The Cougars took two games from Milledgeville to begin the defense of their second consecutive Class 1A state title 25-16 and 25-12. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Milledgeville Missile quarterback Keegan Neubauer moves upfield on the carry as Orangeville Broncos Nick Jensen (#77) and Brady Pickett (#23) pursue. Keegan accounted for both Missile touchdowns in the game on scoring runs of seventy and forty-seven yards in the Bronco 39-14 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Front Row: Michael Dinderman, Jordan Blair, Jameson Hazelbower, Dakota Kaufman, Cody Polizzi, Pat Harrington

2nd Row: Heather Lott, Coach Dunlap, Coach Asche, Coach Miller, Coach Talbert, Coach Bull, Hailie Milne

3rd Row: Brady Hazelbower, Austin Steen, Aaron, Reed, Keagan Blasing, Kevin Glastetter, Austin Young, Mikki Stichter

4th Row: Drake Walker, Colton Bastian, Jon Derrer, Nathan Falk, Austin Baumgartner, Calvin Cassens, Joey Harrington

Back Row: Fishnik Seferi, Dylan Vidinich, Riley Asche, Todd Wells, Chase Wilhelms, Cory Snetcher, Mack Byers, Adam Young

SPORTS . . .

Widcatz Edge Cardinals

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

EPC got off to a quick start in Forreston on Friday night and then had to hold off a furious Cardinal comeback to escape with the 23-22 NUIC victory.

The Catz managed two scores in the opening quarter, one a ten yard TD toss from QB Drake Walker to Mack Byers and the other a five yard run by Byers to take a quick thirteen to nothing lead. A second quarter one yard run by Cardinal Adam Akin cut the lead to thirteen to seven at the half.

Forreston made some adjustments at half time and after a thirty four yard field goal by EPC’s Zack Moyer, the Cardinals punched the football into the end zone twice to take a twenty two to sixteen lead. A fourth quarter ten yard touchdown by EPC fullback Aaron Reed and the extra point made the final margin of victory for the ‘Catz.

Reed led the EPC ground attack, rushing twenty times for one hundred twenty two yards and the winning score. Teammate Mach Byers added seventy four yards on eight carries. QB Drake Walker completed four of eight passes for thirty six yards. For Forreston, QB Kyle Janicke completed five of ten tosses for fifty three yards. The Cardinals ground game was led by Adam Akins ninety yards on seventeen carries with Hunter Hake adding fifty yards on the same amount of touches. Forreston won the frosh/soph contest 36-13.

EPC-13-3-0-7-23

Forreston-0-7-7-8-22

Scoring: 1st Quarter

EPC-10 yd. pass from Walker to Byers (kick good)

EPC-5 yd. run by Byers (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

Forreston-1 yd. run by Akins (kick good)

EPC-34 yd. FG by Moyer

3rd Quarter

Forreston-2 yd. run by Hake (kick good)

4th Quarter

Forreston-23 yd. run by Hake (2 pt. conv. failed)

EPC-10 yd. run by Reed (kick good)

Panthers Dominate Thunder

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

Le-Win took a commanding twenty to nothing first quarter lead and held West Carroll scoreless in the opening half, to cruise to the easy 41-14 win.

The Panthers Trey Griffin ran around and over the Thunder defense, scoring on runs of forty nine, twenty three, eighty and forty two yards. West Carroll got points on the scoreboard in the third quarter as Matt LaShelle found the end zone from a yard out. LaShelle also scored in the fourth on a one yard run to make the final score.

Marcus Klein led the Thunder ground game with sixty one yards on twelve carries. LaShelle completed ten of twenty six passes for one hundred eighty nine yards. Jordan Speer had four catches for one hundred twelve yards with a catch of forty two yards for the Thunder’s longest pass completion. On defense, the Thunder were led by Taylor Brunner and Andrew Ritchie with eleven tackles apiece.

The Panthers Griffin rushed for two hundred and ninety one yards on sixteen carries. Next up for the Thunder is EPC as they host the Wildcatz on Friday evening in Savanna.

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Le-Win-20-14-7-0-41

Scoring: 1st Quarter

LW-49 yd. run by Griffin (kick failed)

LW-16 yd. run by Haas (2 pt. conv. failed)

LW-23 yd. run by Griffin (2 pt. conv. good)

2nd Quarter

LW-1 yd. run by Heer (kick good)

LW-80 yd. run by Griffin (kick good)

3rd Quarter

LW-42 yd. run by Griffin (kick good)

WC-1yd. run by LaShelle (kick good)

4th Quarter

WC-1 yd. run by LaShelle (kick good)

Broncos Run Over Missiles

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Orangeville Broncos visited Milledgeville on Friday night and came away with the 39-14 win. The Broncos got off to the quick start, taking a seven to nothing lead on a fifty yard scamper by Brandon Zimmerman. Orangeville put up twenty six first half points while holding the Missiles to a second quarter seventy yard run by Milledgeville quarterback Keegan Neubauer.

Neubauer found the end zone again in the third frame, going in from forty seven yards away. But, the Bronco ground game was too much for the Missile defense to contain as Orangeville out rushed Milledgeville by a sizeable margin in the contest. The Broncos amassed two hundred seventy eight yards on the ground to the Missiles one hundred thirty. Neubauer led the Missile ground attack with one hundred twenty seven yards on twelve carries.

Orangeville was led by Zimmerman who had one hundred three yards on fifteen carries. Next up for Milledgeville is a trip to visit the Stockton Blackhawks while the Broncos travel to Freeport Aquin to take on the Bulldogs.

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Milledgeville-0-6-8-0-14

Scoring: 1st Quarter

OV-50 yd. run by Zimmerman (kick good)

OV- 18 yd. run by Pickett (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

OV-27 yd. pass to Zimmerman (kick failed)

MV-70 yd. run by Neubauer (2 pt. conv. failed)

OV-26 yd. run by Pickett (kick good)

3rd Quarter

OV-40 yd. int. return by Kleckler (kick failed)

MV-47 yd. run by Neubauer (2 pt. conv. good)

4th Quarter

OV-40 yd. run by Pickett (kick good)

Morrison Improves To 2-0

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Mustangs improved their overall record to 2-0 with a 33-27 victory over a pesky Peru-St. Bede squad on Friday night in Morrison. Morrison got on the scoreboard first as a Bruin safety made the score two to nothing in the first quarter. The second quarter began with an eighty seven yard drive by the Mustangs capped off with a three yard score by Andy Schaver.

The Bruins came back to score with just seconds left on the clock to go in at the half down by just two points at eight to six. Morrison’s passing attack came to life in the third quarter as the Mustangs put three scores up to take the twenty seven to thirteen lead. Peru St. Bede came right back to put points up as they closed the gap to just six points with seconds over three minutes remaining in the contest.

A Morrison interception closed out the threat and the game ensuring a Morrison win. Quarterback Danny Dennehey completed ten of seventeen passes for three hundred thirty three yards in the game. Jason Caruso hauled in three of those tosses for one hundred eighteen yards while teammate Nick Volckmann caught four for one hundred eleven yards. Andy Schaver led the Mustang ground attack with seventeen carries for eighty nine yards with Dennehey carrying the pigskin five times for thirty nine yards. The Mustangs host Ottawa Marquette on Friday evening, going for win number three.

Area Football Scores

Sept. 3

Polo 19 Durand 6

Dakota 36 Pecatonica 20

Warren 7 South Beloit 6

Stockton 34 AFC 26

Freeport Aquin 25 Benton, WI 6

Amboy 42 Kewanee 18

Erie-P’town 41 Ottawa Marquette 15

East Dubuque 26 Galena 20

Bureau Valley 14 Port Byron/R’dale 7

Sterling Newman 51 Fulton 0

Sterling 21 Chicago Curie 19

Winnebago 27 Rock Falls 26

Stillman Valley 46 Wauconda 20

Freeport 28 Rockford East 0

Byron 36 North Boone 27

Rock Island Alleman 49 Dixon 14

Rochelle 41 Streator 0

Varsity Football Schedule

Sept. 10

EPC at Galena

West Carroll at Warren

Freeport Aquin at Milledgeville

Le-Win at Forreston

Stockton at Polo

Pecatonica at South Beloit

AFC at Orangeville

East Dubuque at Durand

Morrison at Sterling Newman

Amboy at Peru St. Bede

Bureau Valley at Kewanee

Ottawa Marquette at Fulton

Port Byron/R’dale at Erie/P’town

River Ridge at Dakota

Freeport at Rockford Boylan

Sterling at LaSalle Peru

Rock Falls at Peoria Manual

Dixon at Maple Park (Kaneland)

Harvard at Oregon

Hampshire at Stillman Valley

Marengo at Byron

Richmond-Burton at Winnebago

Rochelle at Geneseo

West Carroll Sports News

West Carroll High School will host “A Night For Kim” on Tuesday, September 21st at the volleyball game with Eastland. The conference schools are designating one volleyball game per school in mid September to raise funds for Melanoma Awareness to the memory of Kim Manus Alexander who passed away last year after a long battle with cancer, leaving her husband and two small children.

Kim was an outstanding student athlete at Forreston High School and was a key player at both the high school and college level. A “Night For Kim” T-shirt, which is light blue in color, can be ordered for $10. Proceeds from the sale of this shirt will be used to help with Melanoma Awareness. The West Carroll FCCLA Club will sell 50/50 tickets at the door with proceeds going towards Relay For Life.

Both volleyball teams and squads will be wearing the t-shirts over their uniforms during warm-ups prior to the game. The West Carroll High School Pep band will perform and WCCI will be broadcasting the varsity game. The freshman game will start at 5:00. The sophomore game will start at 6:00 with the varsity game following. You can order t-shirts by contacting any West Carroll volleyball player or at West Carroll High School. Shirts must be paid for at the time of ordering. If you have any questions please call West Carroll High School at .

WCMS Starts Volleyball Season

The 2010 volleyball season is off and running as the 7th grade Thunder “Black” team played three matches last week. The “Black” team, consisting of Alex Coats, Bailey Durward, Cassie Johnson, Elle Jones, Kaylee Plattenberger, Shannon Sleeman and Allison Whitehead played their first match of the season against Riverdale on August 23rd. The team split in the two games they played, winning one and losing one.

“We had a few first game nerves,” said Coach Kari Baisden, “but they really showed great potential in both games. We have not had a lot of practice so I thought we did really well for the first time out.” The Black team was back in action on Tuesday, August 24 against Chadwick. Leading the Thunder in serving were Elle Jones, Kaylee Plattenberger, Alex Coats, Shannon Sleeman and Bailey Durward. The Thunder lost the match but did persevere to win one of the games.

“Chadwick showed much better serving than the previous night and we just weren’t quite where we needed to be on the floor. These are things we will continue to work on in practice,” said Baisden.

The final game of the week for the Thunder was Thursday, August 26 against Polo. The Black team was joined for this game by Gitselle Rodriguez. They lost the match in three games with scores of 26-24,21-25 and 19-25. Leading the team in serves were Elle Jones, Kaylee Plattenberger and Gitselle Rodriguez. Next on the schedule for the Black team is Chadwick. The games will be played in Chadwick on Thursday, September 9 at 4:00 p.m.

West Carroll Football Schedule Changes

Due to low player numbers, Warren is not able to play a fresh/soph and varsity football game on the same night. Therefore, the football game at Warren on Friday, September 10th will be a varsity game only starting at 7:00 p.m. The fresh/soph game has been moved to Monday, September 13th at Warren with a 5:30 start time.

The freshman football game at home against Dakota on Monday, September 13th has been cancelled and will not be rescheduled.

The Pecatonica vs. West Carroll football game at Savanna on October 15th (Homecoming) will consist of only a varsity game at 7:00 p.m. The fresh/soph contest will be played at 5:30 p.m. at Savanna on Monday, October 18th. Pecatonica does not have enough players to play both contests on the same evening. There is no admission charge for the fresh/soph game.

Eastland Wins Against Missiles

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

The Eastland volleyball team began their defense of their two consecutive class 1A state titles on Thursday night at EHS. Despite getting off to a shaky start in both matches, they were able to make sizeable runs in both games to take the 25-16 and 25-12 victories against Milledgeville.

Eastland led in game one by a score of 17-13 before going on a 6-0 run to put away the Missiles. Game two was much the same as the Cougars led 15-10 before going on a 10-2 run to close out game two and the match.

Courtney Blair led Eastland with eight kills and teammate Katelyn Hasken added four. Sam DeGraff who had three kills and four blocks led the Milledgeville squad. Eastland also took the fresh/soph contest by 25-14 and 25-11 scores.

HS Volleyball Scores

Aug. 31

(V) Byron 2 West Carroll 0 (25-23,26-24)

Sept. 2

(F/S) Eastland 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-14, 25-11)

(V) Eastland 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-16, 25-12)

(F) East Dubuque 2 West Carroll 0

(S) East Dubuque 2 West Carroll 0 (25-21, 25-7)

(V) East Dubuque 2 West Carroll 1 (25-20, 16-25, 25-20)

Volleyball Schedule

Sept. 9

Eastland at Pearl City

AFC at Milledgeville

Le-Win at West Carroll

Polo at Forreston

Erie at Morrison

Sept. 11

Eastland, Milledgeville & Forreston at Byron Tourney

West Carroll at DeKalb Tourney

Pearl City at Rockford Jefferson Tourney

Sept. 13

Amboy at Morrison

Sept. 14

Stockton at Eastland

Forreston at Milledgeville

Pearl City at West Carroll

Bureau Valley at Morrison

Golf Results

Aug. 30

Pearl City JV 132

O’ville JV NA

O’ville Varsity 173

Pearl City Varsity 224

Aug. 31

Forreston JV 196

Pearl City JV 302

Forreston Varsity 166

Pearl City Varsity 212

Sept. 1

Eastland/M’ville 169 Stockton 185

Sept. 2

East Dubuque JV 264

Pearl City JV NA

East Dubuque V 189

Pearl City V 221

Golf Schedule

Sept. 8

West Carroll vs. Le-Win at Wolf Hollow

Forreston vs. Stockton at Blackhawk Run

Morrison vs. Erie & Sterling Newman at Cross Creek

Sept. 9

Eastland/M’ville vs. Polo

West Carroll vs. Warren

Pearl City vs. Freeport Aquin at Park Hills

Sept. 13

West Carroll vs. Pearl City at Buck’s Barn

Forreston vs. Galena & E. Dubuque at Galena Public

Morrison vs. Amboy & Riverdale at Shady Oaks

Sept. 14

Eastland/M’ville vs. E. Dubuque & Dakota at Lake Carroll

Forreston vs. O’ville & Durand at Sunset

Northwest Illinois Sports Hall Of Fame

The 2010 Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet is set for Saturday, October 16th at Buck’s Barn, north of Thomson. Cocktails will be served at 5:45 p.m. with dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the program to follow. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children. Reservations are a must and may be made by calling Buck’s Barn at .

Members of the Class of 2010 include: Brian Scheidegger of Chadwick, East Dubuque’s John Vesley, Jack Graves of Elizabeth, Galena’s John Dotzel, Tom Sheridan of Hanover, Lanark’s Tom Kocal, Rick Leverton of Lena-Winslow, Milledgeville’s Kali Landis-Livengood, Casey Hahn of Morrison, Pearl City’s Jeff Johnson, Taylor Foltz of Mt. Carroll along with Chuck Haas from Savanna, Scales Mound’s Chad Korte, Mike Yackle of Shannon, Stockton’s Jeff Eastlick, Terry Elliot of Thomson and Warren’s Keith Menzemer. Honor teams will be the ‘56/’57/’58 Forreston boy’s basketball teams and the 1991 IHSA Class 2A Fulton Steamer State Champion football team.

Bowling League Results and Standings

Women’s Wednesday Night League

1-Hilltop 4-0

2-Ken Kophamer Realty 4-0

3-Green & Clean 4-0

4-Fat Boy’s 3-1

5-Smith & Associates 1-3

6-Pruis Upholstery 0-4

7-KJ’s Bar & Grill 0-4

8-Goldstar FS 0-4

High Individual Game

Jodi Beswick 234-220, Paula Wiersema 214, Dawn Beswick 206, Deb Workman 199, Mary Covell 193

High Individual Series

Jodi Beswick 622, Dawn Beswick 536, Leanne Geerts 529, Deb Workman 524, Floy Travis 516

NFL Schedule

Thurs. Sept. 9

Minnesota at New Orleans-7:30-NBC

Sun. Sept. 12

Miami at Buffalo-noon

Detroit at Chicago-noon FOX

Oakland at Tennessee-noon

Cincinnati at New England-noon

Atlanta at Pittsburgh-noon

Cleveland at Tampa Bay-noon

Denver at Jacksonville-noon

Indianapolis at Houston-noon

San Francisco at Seattle-3:15

Green Bay at Philadelphia-3:15-FOX

Arizona at St. Louis-3:15

Dallas at Washington-7:20

Mon. Sept. 13

Baltimore at NY Jets-7:00-ESPN

San Diego at Kansas City-9:15-ESPN

MLB Schedule

Sept. 8

NY Mets at Washington

Baltimore at NY Yankees

Cleveland at LA Angels

Chicago White Sox at Detroit

Florida at Philadelphia

Atlanta at Pittsburgh

Texas at Toronto

Tampa Bay at Boston

Houston at Chicago Cubs

St. Louis at Milwaukee

Kansas City at Minnesota

Cincinnati at Colorado

San Francisco at Arizona

Seattle at Oakland

LA Dodgers at San Diego

Sept. 9

Chicago White Sox at Detroit

Cincinnati at Colorado

Texas at Toronto

St. Louis at Atlanta

LA Dodgers at Houston

San Francisco at San Diego

Sept. 10

Minnesota at Cleveland

Baltimore at Detroit

Florida at Washington

Tampa Bay at Toronto

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

Philadelphia at NY Mets

St. Louis at Atlanta

NY Yankees at Texas

LA Dodgers at Houston

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox

Chicago Cubs

Arizona at Colorado

Seattle at LA Angels

Boston at Oakland

San Francisco at San Diego

Sept. 11

Seattle at LA Angels

Florida at Washington

Tampa Bay at Toronto

St. Louis at Atlanta

Philadelphia at NY Mets

San Francisco at San Diego

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox

Minnesota at Cleveland

Baltimore at Detroit

LA Dodgers at Houston

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

NY Yankees at Texas

Arizona at Colorado

Boston at Oakland

Sept. 12

Minnesota at Cleveland

Baltimore at Detroit

Tampa Bay at Toronto

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati

Philadelphia at NY Mets

Florida at Washington

Kansas City at Chicago White Sox

LA Dodgers at Houston

Chicago Cubs at Milwaukee

NY Yankees at Texas

Arizona at Colorado

Seattle at LA Angels

Boston at Oakland

San Francisco at San Diego

St. Louis at Atlanta

Sept. 13

Oakland at Kansas City

Toronto at Baltimore

Washington at Atlanta

Arizona at Cincinnati

Pittsburgh at NY Mets

Philadelphia at Florida

NY Yankees at Tampa Bay

Milwaukee at Houston

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis

San Diego at Colorado

Boston at Seattle

Sept. 14

Toronto at Baltimore

LA Angels at Cleveland

Washington at Atlanta

Arizona at Cincinnati

Pittsburgh at NY Mets

Philadelphia at Florida

NY Yankees at Tampa Bay

Detroit at Texas

Milwaukee at Houston

Minnesota at Chicago White Sox

Oakland at Kansas City

Chicago Cubs at St. Louis

San Diego at Colorado

Boston at Seattle

LA Dodgers at San Francisco

GEAR News

GEAR (Greater Elizabeth Arts and Recreation) is hosting a “Big Cup” golf tournament on September 25, 2010 at Woodbine Bend Golf Course. The event is a four person scramble with a 1:00 p.m. shotgun start. Half the proceeds will go to the GEAR, which organizes youth sports in the Elizabeth area. The other half will go to the Elizabeth Parks Initiative, which is currently trying to raise $20,000 for a new basketball court, volleyball court and green space at Westside Park. If you would like to register to play, donate prizes or have questions, email Jeremy Knauer () or call . The cost to play is $55 per person, which includes golf, cart and a chance for some great prizes. If you register before September 20th, the cost is only $50.