SPORTS

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Volleyball

Volleyball Schedule

Oct. 5

Eastland at West Carroll

Oct. 6

AFC at Milledgeville

Erie at Morrison

Oct. 11

Pearl City at Eastland

West Carroll at Le-Win

Bureau Valley at Morrison

Volleyball Scores

Sept. 26

(S) Eastland 2 Scales Mound 1 (12-25,25-23,25-21)

(V) Eastland 2 Scales Mound 0 (25-15,25-15)

(F/S) Milledgeville 2 Durand 0 (25-18,26-24)

(V) Milledgeville 2 Durand 0 (25-22,25-22)

(V) East Dubuque 2 Pearl City 1 (23-25,25-20,25-20)

(F) River Ridge 2 West Carroll 0 (25-13,25-20)

(S) River Ridge 2 West Carroll 0 (25-15,25-20)

(V) West Carroll 2 River Ridge 0 (25-15,25-18)

Sept. 27

(F) Forreston 2 South Beloit 0 (25-14,25-8)

(S) Forreston 2 South Beloit 0 (25-5,25-7)

(V) Forreston 2 South Beloit 0 (25-6,25-9)

(F/S) Dakota 2 Milledgeville 1 (23-25,25-12,25-18)

(V) Dakota 2 Milledgeville 1 (25-12,22-25,25-16)

(V) Warren 2 Pearl City 1 (25-23,13-25,25-21)

(F) Galena 2 West Carroll 0 (25-16,25-14)

(S) Galena 2 West Carroll 0 (25-15,26-24)

(V) Galena 2 West Carroll 0 (25-22,25-11)

Sept. 29

(F) Galena 2 Eastland 0 (25-22,25-11)

(S) Galena 2 Eastland 1 (23-25,25-21,25-13

(V) Galena 2 Eastland 1 (25-17,19-25,25-21)

(F) East Dubuque 2 West Carroll 0 (25-19,25-11)

(S) East Dubuque 2 West Carroll 1 (23-25,25-16,25-18)

(V) West Carroll 2 East Dubuque 1 (25-18,16-25,25-20)

(F/S) Milledgeville 2 South Beloit 0 (25-7,25-7)

(V) Milledgeville 2 South Beloit 0 (25-9,25-10)

Oct. 1

Sterling Tourney

Milledgeville 2 Kewanee Wethersfield 0 (22-21,20-14)

Sterling Newman 2 Milledgeville 1 (16-20,20-14,15-13)

Sycamore 2 Milledgeville 0 (21-19,20-17)

Milledgeville 2 Rockford Jefferson 0 (20-12,20-14)

Milledgeville 2 Hall 0 (20-17,20-13)

Varsity Football Schedule

Oct. 7

South Beloit vs. EPC @ Lanark

Milledgeville at Stockton

River Ridge at East Dubuque

Le-Win at Polo

Morrison at Amboy

Bureau Valley at Fulton

Pecatonica at Dakota

Warren at Galena

Orangeville at AFC

Freeport Aquin at Durand

Peru St. Bede at Erie/Prophetstown

Sterling Newman at Kewanee

Port Byron/Riverdale at Ottawa Marquette

Byron at Oregon

Ottawa at Dixon

Stillman Valley at Rockford Lutheran

Rockford Auburn at Freeport

Sterling at Geneseo

Rock Falls at Winnebago

Oct. 8

Forreston at West Carroll

Area Football Scores

Sept. 30

EPC 28 East Dubuque 27

Durand 48 Milledgeville 12

River Ridge 35 Warren 26

Morrison 54 Kewanee 33

Pecatonica 31 Polo 8

Galena 17 South Beloit 14

Freeport Aquin 50 AFC 12

Stockton 48 Orangeville 0

Sterling Newman 34 Port Byron/Riverdale 28

Amboy 21 Fulton 6

Bureau Valley 41 Erie/Prophetstown 26

Peru St. Bede 40 Ottawa Marquette 14

Stillman Valley 54 Byron 19

Belvidere 49 Freeport 0

LaSalle-Peru 34 Dixon 31

Sterling 49 Streator 6

Oregon 52 Rock Falls 0

Varsity Football Standings

NUIC-Northwest

1-Le-Win 6-0,6-0 PF 302 PA 41; 2-EPC 4-1,5-1 PF 176 PA 97; 3-Forreston 4-1,5-1 PF 206 PA 74; 4-Dakota 4-1,4-2 PF 203 PA 108; 5-Pecatonica 2-3,2-4 PF 106 PA 158; 6-Galena 2-4,2-4 PF 85 PA 169; 7-South Beloit 2-4,2-4 PF 119 PA 197; 8-West Carroll 0-5,1-5 PF 125 PA 260 9-Polo 0-5,1-5 PF 58 PA 210

HUIC-Upstate

1-Stockton 6-0,6-0 PF 239 PA 26; 2-Freeport Aquin 5-0,6-0 PF 260 PA 50; 3-East Dubuque 4-1,4-2 PF 115 PA 89; 4-Durnd 3-2,4-2 PF 154 PA 101; 5-Orangeville 3-2,3-3 PF 114 PA 189; 6-AFC 1-4,1-5 PF 103 PA 182; 7-River Ridge 1-5,1-5 PF 75 PA 235; 8-Warren 1-5,1-5 PF 78 PA 190; 9-Milledgeville 0-5,0-6 PF 62 PA 204

Big Rivers

1-Morrison 5-1,5-1 PF 208 PA 92; 2-Peru St. Bede 5-1,5-1 PF 171 PA 98; 3-Sterling Newman 5-1,5-1 PF 222 PA 48; 4- Kewanee 4-2,4-2 PF 167 PA 114; 5-Port Byron/Riverdale 4-2,4-2 PF 205 PA 127; 6-Amboy 3-3,3-3 PF 79 PA 100; 7-Bureau Valley 2-4,2-4 PF 111 PA 158; 8-Erie/Prophetstown 1-5,1-5 PF 46 PA 184; 9-Ottawa Marquette 1-5,1-5 PF 75 PA 188; 10-Fulton 0-6,0-6 PF 86 PA 261

Mustangs Cruise Past Kewanee

A little trickery awaited the Kewanee Boilermakers on Friday night in Morrison as the Mustangs cruised past Kewanee to take the 54-33 victory on Homecoming Night for Morrison. Kewanee kicked off the open the game and a double reverse by Morrison resulted in a Brandon Belt touchdown to open the scoring. Kewanee returned the favor as the following kickoff was returned by the Boilermaker’s Ryan Matuszyk eighty nine yards for the score. The extra point kick was good and Kewanee led seven to six to open the game. The Mustang’s Mark McDonnel scored from two yards out on the next drive to put the Mustang’s back on top. Kewanee’s Dontae Pryor took the football sixty three yards on their nest possession to make the score Kewanee thirteen and Morrison twelve. The Boilermaker’s went up by seven as QB Jake Scott found Alfaye Taylor for a twenty four yard TD. Kewanee would again find the end zone to start quarter number two as Mutuszyk hauled in a Scott pass for a fifty five yard score and the Boilermaker’s were up twenty five to twelve. Morrison QB Danny Dennehey found Belt in the end zone for a thirty seven yard score. The half ended with another Kewanee score to make the margin thirty three to nineteen at the intermission.

Morrison exploded in the second half as they would put thirty five more points on the score board to take control of the game and march to the homecoming victory. The Mustangs travel to Amboy on Friday night to face the Clippers while Kewanee will host the Sterling Newman Comets.

Dakota Rolls Over Thunder

The Dakota Indians used a punishing ground game to pull away from West Carroll on Friday night in Savanna and went home with the fifty eight to twenty three victory. Dakota found the end zone first as running back Jake Apple would power in from three and sixteen yards out to put the Indians up sixteen to nothing to end quarter number one. A sixty three yard scoring run by the Thunder’s Marcus Klein closed the gap but the Indians would counter with four more scores to take control.

Apple would finish the game with two hundred and ten yards on just eight carries and teammate Lance McCauley added three scores himself, gaining forty eight yards on seven rushes. For West Carroll, Klein led the Thunder with one hundred thirteen yards on fifteen carries and receiver Brady Edwards hauled in seven Nick Hughes passes for fifty two yards. Tyler Westerman, Peyton Nevills and Michael Hartman led the Thunder defense with ten tackles apiece.

West Carroll hosts the Forreston Cardinals on Saturday while Dakota hosts the Pecatonica Indians on Friday night.

Panthers Rout Cardinals

Le-Win used a twelve point first quarter advantage and held Forreston scoreless as they cruised to the thirty nine to seen win in Forreston on Friday night. The Panthers added another fourteen second quarter points to take control of the game. They added another thirteen second half point while holding the Cardinals to a single second quarter score.

Panther running backs Quinn Haas and Tevin Sellers led the Le-Win offense. Haas ran the football twenty two time for two hundred eleven yards and four scores while Sellers carried the football eight time for seventy one yards and a score.

The Panthers travel to Polo to take on the Marcos Friday night wile Forreston travels to Savanna on Saturday to face the Thunder.

Golf Results

Sept. 26

Pearl City Varsity – 206

Connor Thompson-45

Ryan Peifer-50

Tim Lott-55

Justin Lott-56

East Dubuque Varsity – 208

Michael Berning-48

Tyler Monahan-52

Dylan Lange-553

Chance Runde-55

Medalist: Connor Thompson (45)

Sept. 27

West Carroll Varsity – 174

East Dubuque Varsity – 212

Stockton Varsity – 166

Eastland Varsity - 169

Sept. 29

NUIC Meet (at East Dubuque)

Freeport Aquin-343

Eastland/Milledgeville-344

Le-Win-346

Dakota-354

West Carroll-368

Warren-369

Forreston-372

Stockton-377

Galena-381

Pecatonica-385

Pearl City-408

East Dubuque-415

Polo-423

Orangeville-430

River Ridge-498

Freeport Aquin - 343

Cullen Barkau-82

Blake Fontana-85

Josh Furlong-88

Keaton Korosec-88

Eastland/Milledgeville - 344

Ty Hartman-83

Seth Blair-84

Casey Fritz-87

Devin Hartman-90

Le-Win - 346

Tanner Magee-83

Kyle Seuring-84

Quinn Sowle-89

Logan Moothart-91

West Carroll - 368

Garrett Badtke-83

Nick Dickau-93

Marcus Fitzpatrick-95

Pat Fritz-97

Forreston - 372

Jacob Kerkhoff-87

Nick Ludwig-93

Jordan Ludwig-93

Tyler Newcomer-99

Pearl City - 408

Connor Thompson-79

Justin Lott-107

Aaron Eaton-110

Ryan Peifer-112

Polo - 423

Dylan Bushman-99

Matt Sullivan-105

Travis Vandrew-109

Owen Bailey-110

River Ridge - 498

Reece Weenan-106

Alec D’Amico-112

Erin Sigauafus-127

Brian Honerbaun-153

Girls

Alina Llanas (Polo) - 85

Kayla Harn (Aquin) - 93

Morgan Reining (Aquin) - 95

Rachel Cassens (Stockton) - 98

Lexi Graf (Le-Win) - 102

Kori Freidag (Eastland/MV) - 103

Chloe Bainbridge (Galena) - 103

Loryn Cox (Polo) - 103

West Carroll Sports News

Friday, October 14th’s game with Galena will be played as a varsity game only with a start time of 7 p.m. The fresh/soph game with Galena will be played on Monday, October 17th at 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, October 13th is senior night for both the golf and volleyball teams. Both seniors and their parents will be recognized. The Lady Thunder volleyball team hosts Stockton. The fresh/soph game starts at 6 p.m. At the conclusion of this game the introductions will be made.

Friday, October 14th is senior night for both the Flag Corp & Band. The West Carroll football team is hosting Galena. Introductions of both parents and seniors will take place at 6 p.m., followed by the start of the varsity game at 7 p.m.

WCMS Volleyball Play In Weekend Tourneys

The Green team of the WCMS 7th grade volleyball program played in the River Ridge Jamboree on Saturday, September 25th. Members of the team who played were Josi Anderson, Hayley Ballard, Olivia Burton, Keara Hayden, Makenzie Klein, Alissa Miner and Alyssa Smith. Also playing with the Green team were Olivia Brinkmeier and Hayley Guilinger of the Black team. The Thunder played three matches on the day, defeating Fulton 14-21, 21-17 and 21-14, but losing to Scales Mound in two and Galena in three.

Top servers for the tournament were Keara Hayden, Alissa Miner, Olivia Burton, Hayley Guilinger and Makenzie Klein.

The Black team played in a tournament in Galena on Saturday, October 1. They played three matches in pool play. They were defeated by Durand in the first match 21-7 and 21-17. The Thunder then won two matches, defeating Benton, WI 21-14 and 23-21 and River Ridge 21-19 and 21-11 which gave them 2nd place in their pool. West Carroll defeated the Pirates 21-13 and 23-21 to take 3rd place overall in the 7th grade tournament.

Team members participating at Galena were April Bumphrey, Olivia Brinkmeier, Emily Suiter, Grace Fehlhafer, Hayley Guilinger and Taylor Sipe. The WCMS volleyball season will wind up this week with games at Le-Win on Oct. 4 and River Ridge on Oct. 6.

WCMS 7th Grade Split With Challand

The West Carroll Green team of the 7th grade fought hard but lost to Challand (Sterling) Gold team on Tuesday, September 27th. “The Gold team from Challand is very good,” commented Coach Kari Baisden. “They hit the ball and making those digs is something we are still working on.” The scores in the match were 7-25 and 10-25. Baisden added, “There were times that we played very well and those times are not reflected in the score. I was proud of the girls for not giving up, they kept working hard right to the end.”

The second match of the night pitted the Black team against the Challand Blue team. “This match was just the opposite of the first,” said Coach Baisden. With great serving from Emily Suiter, Grace Fehlhafer, Natalie O’Connor and Raelyn Rekenthaler leading the way, the Thunder defeated Challand 25-8 and 25-18. “With our teams, we have equal talent on each team, but there is a definite difference in teams like Challand’s,” said Baisden. “Both of our teams worked hard and played well, it’s just the outcome that was different.”