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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Missiles Squeeze Orangeville

ORANGEVILLE ­ Milledgeville jumped out in front 8-0 in the opening quarter Friday night and never looked back en route to a convincing 37-7 win over host Orangeville. The Missiles held Orangeville to a second quarter touchdown. After leading 8-0 at the end of the first quarter, Milledgeville outscored Orangeville 22-7 in the second quarter on its way to a comfortable 30-7 halftime advantage.

Milledgeville improved to 8-0 overall and 7-0 in NUIC Upstate play with the win.

Orangeville dropped to 4-4 overall and 4-3 in the conference following the setback.

Milledgeville running back Greg Fredericks rushed for a game-high 143 yards. Fredericks got the Milledgeville offense going with an 86-yard scoring run in the opening quarter.

Quarterback Kirk Engelkens did his part on the ground and through the air for the Missiles. Engelkens rushed eight times for 92 yards. The Milledgeville quarterback completed four-of-six passes for 106 yards. Engelkens also completed a pair of two-point conversion passes.

Carrigan Hunter and Jake Workman each had one touchdown run apiece for the Missiles. Milledgeville now has just one game standing in the way of a perfect regular-season.

For Orangeville, Riley Kubatzke rushed 11 times for 64 yards and one touchdown.

Through the air, Orangeville quarterback Trace Hanson completed 10-of-18 passes for 105 yards.

Austin Cramer was the leading pass-catcher for the Broncos, hauling in five catches for 75 yards.

Strong Second Half Pushes Forreston Past Thunder

FORRESTON ­Forreston running back Luke Myers rushed 14 times for 204 yards and four touchdowns Friday night as the host Cardinals defeated West Carroll 37-7. In a strong second half effort, Forreston outscored West Carroll 29-0.

The Cardinals scored first and last on their way to the win.

Myers, who didn't own a first half touchdown, scored on runs of 47. 24, 32 and 69 yards.

West Carroll owned a 7-6 advantage at the break.

Myers scored all four of his touchdowns in the second half.

Kyle Janicke put Forreston on the scoreboard in the opening quarter on a three-yard scoring run. Janicke finished with 35 yards rushing via 13 carries.

Andrew Ballard aided the Forreston rushing effort with 91 yards via 11 carries. Ballard also rushed for one touchdown.

David Walter rushed eight times for 39 yards for the Thunder. West Carroll running back John Allen rushed 12 times for 29 yards in the setback.

Thunder quarterback Ethan Baisden completed nine-of-19 passes for 117 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Baisden hooked up with teammate Justin Ferguson on a 20-yard scoring pass for West Carroll.

Forreston got stronger as the game progressed, scoring 19 points in the final quarter.

West Carroll will host Eastland-Pearl City this Friday night in a regular-season finale.

Wildcats Claw SoBo's

LANARK ­ Host Eastland Pearl City scored early and often Friday night in a late regular-season game versus familiar foe South Beloit. The Wildcats scored four first quarter touchdowns and coasted past South Beloit, defeating the SoBos 55-14.

Eastland-Pearl City quarterback Carson Walker completed five-of-seven passes for 109 yards and four touchdowns. The Wildcat signal-caller tossed one interception. Walker also rushed four times for 26 yards.

Jerime Coombes was the leading rusher for the homestanding Wildcats, rushing 20 times for 142 yards.

Charlie Johnson rushed three times for 43 yards and one touchdown in Eastland-Pearl City's winning effort. Tyler Zumdahl rushed once for a 10-yard touchdown in the Wildcat triumph.

E-PC scored for the first time less than two minutes into the game when Zumdahl hauled in the scoring pass from Walker.

E-PC cruised into halftime out in front 35-8. The Wildcats put together a strong finish, outscoring South Beloit 13-0 in the final quarter.

SoBo quarterback Matt Peterson completed three of-10 passes for 66 yards and a touchdown. The Wildcat defense picked off the SoBo signal-caller three times.

Brad Pagano led South Beloit in receiving with two catches for 61 yards. Steven Counts had South Beloit's lone touchdown with a five-yard scoring catch.

L to R) Zeke Hartman (So.) and Drew Carroll (Sr.), Eastland HS, qualified for the Sectional Golf Tournament in Aledo on Tuesday, October 14. Drew shot a 78 and advanced to the State Meet in Bloomington-Normal. At the State Finals, Drew placed 60th out of 102 State qualifiers. Congratulations! (Photo courtesy of Annette Hartman)

High School Football

Scoreboard

Friday, Oct. 17

Guilford 35, Freeport 28

Oregon 41, Rockford Lutheran 0

Byron 34, Winnebago 32

Sterling 28, Ottawa 14

Geneseo 7, Dixon 6

Milledgeville 37, Orangeville 7

Galena 49, Stockton 14

Polo 21, A-FC 7

Forreston 37, West Carroll 7

Dakota 13, Pecatonica 12

Eastland-Pearl City 55, South Beloit 14

Lena-Winslow 44, Warren 13

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Cardinals Rush Past Red Men

NAPERVILLE - After sitting out last week's game due to a knee injury, North Central College quarterback Aaron Fanthorpe (Jr., Naperville/Naperville North) made his bid for a clean bill of health on Saturday, running for the game-winning touchdown in a 31-24 Homecoming victory over Carthage College at Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium.

Though the Cardinals never trailed in the game, the contest was touch-and-go right down to the wire, as eighth-ranked North Central (6-0, 3-0 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin) attempted to rein in the top-rated passing attack among all NCAA Division III teams.

North Central pulled ahead early in the contest, as Dominic Sulo (Jr., Oak Forest/Mt. Carmel) personally financed a four-play, 65-yard drive, running for all the yards himself. He scored his fifth rushing touchdown of the season on a 32-yard run with 12:33 left in the first period, putting the hosts ahead, 7-0. Kyle Kniss (Sr., Lanark/Eastland-Pearl City), who started at quarterback before yielding to Fanthorpe, engineered a second scoring drive that ended with a 20-yard field goal by Andrew Barciszewski (Fr., Troy/Triad) with 8:13 left in the opening quarter.

Carthage (3-3, 1-2 CCIW), which came into the contest averaging nearly 400 passing yards per game, got on the board late in the first period, embarking on a 17-play, 74-yard possession which chewed up more than six minutes of the game clock. Kicker Tim Merchut booted a 28-yard field goal, the first of the season for the Red Men, to leave the score at 10-3 in North Central's favor.

Fanthorpe finished the day 15 of 30 passing for 235 yards. Dominic Sulo ran 17 times for 127 yards, while Hlavac led the Cardinals' receiving corps with seven catches for 106 yards.

Matt Wenger (Jr., Davis/Dakota) posted a career-high 18 tackles, along with two tackles for loss and a quarterback sack, to lead the North Central defense, which held the Carthage passing game to 228 yards, nearly 170 yards below its season average.

North Central travels to face fourth-ranked Wheaton College (Ill.) on Saturday. Kickoff at McCully Field is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Eastland October-November Art Gallery

The following students have art pieces in the October-November Art Show in the Eastland Art Gallery in Mr. Hanson's office:

K-Talena Rogers, Lori Strong

1st Grade-Jada Cox, Jennifer Cox

2nd Grade-Hannah Woessner, Brad and Valerie Woessner

3rd Grade-Shianne Mitchell, Jennifer Mitchell

4th Grade-Levi Ebersole, Sue Luebke

5th Grade- Bailey Heckman, Larry and Robin Heckman

6th Grade- Caitlin Stephenson, Todd and Luann Stephenson

7th Grade- Shawn Larak, Bryan and Wendy Larak

8th Grade- Carl Sundquist, Gayle Hall

HS- Tom Leballarte, Michael Lebellarte

HS- Alyssa Kuhlemeyer, Darla Gordon

HS- Jenna Mathew, Jeffrey and Victoria Mathew

HS- Brittney Lemieux, Deb Lemieux

NFL Schedule

Oct. 26

Tampa Bay at Dallas-noon

Washington at Detroit-noon

Buffalo at Miami-noon

St. Louis at New England-noon

San Diego at New Orleans-noon

Kansas City at N.Y. Jets-noon

Atlanta at Philadelphia-noon

Oakland at Baltimore-noon

Arizona at Carolina-noon

Cleveland at Jacksonville-3:05pm

Cincinnati at Houston-3:05pm

N.Y. Giants at Pittsburgh-3:15pm

Seattle at San Francisco-3:15pm

Oct. 27

Indianapolis at Tennessee-7:30pm

Bye: Chicago, Denver, Green Bay, Minnesota

H.S. Football Schedule

Oct. 24

EPC v.s. West Carroll @ Savanna

East Dubuque at Milledgeville

Forreston at Dakota

Le-Win at Mendota

Pecatonica at Warren/River Ridge

Stockton at South Beloit

Orangeville at AFC

Freeport Aquin at Durand

Polo at Galena

H.S. Football Results

Oct. 17

S. Beloit-0-8-6-0-14

EPC-28-7-7-13-55

Scoring

1st Quarter

EPC-10 yd. pass from Walker to Zumdahl (kick failed)

EPC-18 yd. pass from Walker to Dunlap (2 pt. conv. good)

EPC-30 yd. pass from Walker to Miller (kick good)

EPC-63 yd. punt return by Myers (kick good)

2nd Quarter

EPC-29 yd. pass from Walker to Myers (kick good)

SB-1 yd. run by Peterson (2 pt. conv. good)

3rd Quarter

EPC-8 yd. run by Swalve (kick good)

SB-5 yd. pass from Peterson to Counts (2 pt. conv. failed)

4th Quarter

EPC-10 yd. run by Walker (kick failed)

EPC-28 yd. run by Johnson (kick good)

West Carroll-0-7-0-0-7

Forreston-6-0-12-19-37

Scoring

1st Quarter

F-3 yd. run by Janicke (kick failed)

2nd Quarter

WC-20 yd. pass from Baisden to Ferguson (kick good)

3rd Quarter

F-47 yd. run by Myers (2 pt. conv. failed)

F-60 yd. run by Ballard (2 pt. conv. failed)

4th Quarter

F-24 yd. run by Myers (kick failed)

F-32 yd. run by Myers (kick good)

F-69 yd. run by Myers (kick failed)

Area H.S. Football Scores

Milledgeville 27 Orangeville 7

Dakota 13 Pecatonica 12

Le-Win 44 Warren/River Ridge 13

Galena 49 Stockton 14

Byron 34 Winnebago 32

Oregon 41 Rockford Lutheran 0

Stillman Valley 36 Genoa-Kingston 28

Sterling 38 Ottawa 14

Bureau Valley 29 Sterling Newman 14

Spring Valley Hall 47 Rock Falls 30

Amboy 28 Ottawa Marquette 6

Morrison 49 Erie-P'town 10

Riverdale 63 River Valley 20

Fulton 14 Peru St. Bede 6

East Dubuque 47 Durand 13

Polo 21 AFC 7

Freeport Aquin 48 Arlington Heights Christian Liberty 8

NUIC Northwest Football Standings

1. Dakota-Conf. 5-0 Overall 8-0 PF- 265 PA- 99 2. EPC- Conf. 5-1 Overall 5-3 PF- 249 PA- 203 3. Le-Win-Conf. 5-2 Overall 6-2 PF- 288 PA- 270 4. Forreston-Conf. 3-3 Overall 5-3 PF- 216 PA- 153 5. Pecatonica-Conf. 3-3 Overall 3-5 PF- 163 PA- 180 6. West Carroll-Conf. 2-4 Overall 3-5 PF- 95 PA- 228 7. South Beloit-Conf. 1-6 Overall 1-7 8. Warren/River Ridge-Conf. 0-6 Overall 0-8 PF- 140 PA- 288

NUIC Upstate Football Standings

1. Milledgeville-Conf. 7-0 Overall 8-0 PF- 297 PA- 95 2. Galena-Conf. 6-1 Overall 7-1 PF- 292 PA- 99 3. Polo-Conf. 5-2 Overall 6-2 PF- 231 PA- 108 4. Freeport Aquin-Conf. 4-3 Overall 5-3 PF- 205 PA- 165 5. Orangeville-Conf. 4-3 Overall 4-4 PF- 137 PA- 138 6. East Dubuque-Conf. 3-4 Overall 4-4 PF- 175 PA- 158 7. AFC-Conf. 2-5 Overall 2-6 PF- 82 PA- 194 8. Stockton-Conf. 1-7 Overall 1-8 PF- 75 PA- 276 9. Durand-Conf. 0-7 Overall 0-8 PF- 79 PA- 300

H.S. Volleyball Results

Oct. 14

(F/S) Eastland 2 Pearl City 0 (25-17, 25-15)

(V) Eastland 2 Pearl City 0 (25-13, 25-14)

Oct. 1

(V) Eastland 2 Dakota 1 (25-19, 12-25, 25-21)

(V) Pearl City 2 Polo 0 (25-18, 26-24)

Oct. 16

(F) Milledgeville 2 Polo 0 (25-9, 25-12)

(F/S) Milledgeville 2 Polo 0 (25-7,25-10)

(V) Milledgeville 2 Polo 0 (25-14,25-12)

(F) Stockton 2 West Carroll 0 (25-8, 25-18)

(F/S) West Carroll 2 Stockton 0 (25-15, 25-17)

(V) West Carroll 2 Stockton 1 (16-25, 25-19, 25-20)

H.S. Volleyball Schedule

Oct. 22

Eastland at Stockton

Oct. 23

Freeport Aquin at Milledgeville

Galena at West Carroll

Oct. 24

Eastland & Milledgeville at Stillman Valley Tourney

Oct. 25

Eastland & Milledgeville at Stillman Valley Tourney

(F/S) Milledgeville & West Carroll at West Carroll Tourney

Class 1A Volleyball Regional

(Scales Mound Regional)

Oct. 29

(1) East Dubuque v.s. Scales Mound-6pm

(2) Stockton v.s. game #1 winner-7pm

Oct. 30

(3) Le-Win v.s. Warren-5:30pm

(4) Galena v.s. River Ridge-6:30pm

(5) Game #3 winner v.s. game #4 winner-7:30pm

Nov. 1

(6) Game #2 winner v.s. game #5 winner-7pm

Eastland Regional

Oct. 30

(1) Pearl City v.s. Polo-6pm

(2) Eastland v.s. game #1 winner-7pm

Oct. 29

(3) Milledgeville v.s. Kirkland-Hiawatha-6pm

(4) Freeport Aquin v.s. game #3 winner-7pm

Nov. 1

Game #2 winner v.s. game #4 winner-7pm

Class 2A Volleyball Regional

Oct. 30

(1) West Carroll v.s. Stillman Valley-6pm

(2) Byron v.s. Forreston-7pm

Nov. 1

(3) Game #1 winner v.s. game #2 winner-5pm

Senior Night for West Carroll Volleyball

Wednesday October 22nd is senior night for the West Carroll volleyball team. The Lady Thunder will be competing against Galena starting with the freshman game at 5 p.m. The following seniors will be recognized: Brittany Mackey, Jenessa Miller, McKenzie Miller, Paige Schneider and Ellen Schreiner. Immediately following the frosh/soph game, we ask that the parents of seniors gather in front of the scoreboard by the stage. Then, introductions of seniors and their parents will take place.

Football Cheerleaders, Flag Corps and Marching Band Senior Night

Friday October 24th is senior night for the West Carroll football cheerleaders, flag corp and marching band. The Thunder football team will be competing against EPC starting with the frosh/soph game at 5:30p.m. The following senior cheerleaders will be recognized: Sara Chwistek, Hope French, Samantha Mitchell and Ashley Murray. That night, the Thunder cheerleaders will perform a halftime routine. Rachel Bork and Elizabeth Sweitzer will be recognized as the senior Flag Corps members as well as the following senior marching band members: Brittany Mackey, Alex Pacas, William Piper, Kris Teske and Cara Wright. The Thunder Flag Corps will be performing with the band. With 2 minutes remaining in the frosh/soph game, we ask the parents of seniors gather in front of the stadium on the track. Then, introductions of seniors and their parents will take place.

West Carroll Fresh/Soph Volleyball Tournament

Where: West Carroll Middle School in Mt. Carroll

When: Saturday October 25

Doors open at 8:00 a.m.

Pool A: Eastland, Freeport Aquin, Galena and Milledgeville

Pool B: Pearl City, River Ridge, Stockton and West Carroll

IMPORTANT: Times are approximate-the actual schedule may be earlier or later based on the speed of play.

9:00 a.m.-Eastland v.s. Galena and Pearl City v.s. West Carroll

10:00 a.m.-Freeport Aquin v.s. Milledgeville and Stockton v.s. River Ridge

11:00 a.m. Eastland v.s. Milledgeville and Pearl City v.s. Stockton

12:00 p.m.-Freeport Aquin v.s. Galena and River Ridge v.s. West Carroll

1:00 p.m.- Eastland v.s. Freeport aquin and Pearl City v.s. River Ridge

2:00 p.m. Milledgeville v.s. Galena and Stockton v.s. West Carroll

3:00 p.m. 4th Place Pool A v.s. 4th Place Pool B and 3rd Place Pool A v.s. 3rd Place Pool B

4:00 p.m. 2nd Place Pool A v.s. 2nd Place Pool B and 1st Place Pool A v.s. 1st Place Pool B

The Thunder Boosters will be selling food throughout the event.

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