By Craig Lang | Prairie Advocate Sports

Varsity Basketball Schedule

November 21

(G) River Ridge & Freeport Aquin at Dakota Tournament

(B) Pearl City and River Ridge at River Ridge Tournament

(B) Polo at AFC Tournament

(B) West Carroll at Oregon Tournament

(B) Freeport Aquin at Pecatonica Tournament

(B) Sterling Newman vs. Rock Falls @ Sterling

(B) Freeport at Johnsburg/Richmond Burton Tournament

November 23

(B) West Carroll at Oregon Tournament

(B) Sterling Newman vs. Princeton @ Sterling

(B) Freeport at Johnsburg/Richmond Burton Tournament

November 24

(B) West Carroll at Oregon Tournament

(B) Pearl City and River Ridge at River Ridge Tournament

(B) Polo at AFC Tournament

(G) Freeport Aquin and River Ridge at Dakota Tournament

(B) Sterling Newman vs. Morrison @ Sterling

(B) Freeport at Johnsburg/Richmond Burton Tournament

November 26

(B) Freeport Aquin at Pecatonica Tournament

(G) Sterling Newman at Peru St. Bede

November 27

(G) Milledgeville at Durand

(G) West Carroll at Forreston

(G) Pearl City at Freeport Aquin

(G) Rockford Boylan at Freeport

(B) Eastland at Galena

(B) Pearl City at Dakota

(B) River Ridge at Fulton Unity

(B) Freeport Aquin at Pecatonica Tournament

(B) Amboy at Sterling Newman

Girls Basketball Scores

November 12

Sterling Newman 51 Dixon 39

November 13

Eastland 54 River Ridge/Scales Mound 46

Forreston 74 Pecatonica 59

Stockton 52 West Carroll 26

Pearl City 34 Galena 33

Dakota 56 AFC 36

Freeport Aquin 57 Orangeville 15

Kewanee 47 Morrison 20

Dixon 37 Stillman Valley 21

Erie 57 Princeton 19

Sterling Newman 44 Rock Falls 39

Sherrard 64 Sterling 48

November 14

Mendota 51 Fulton 21

Rockford Lutheran 62 Milledgeville 21

Oregon 55 Polo 37

Prophetstown 46 Marquette 33

November 15

Amboy 38 Polo 26

Fulton 47 Hall 33

Sherrard 49 Sterling Newman 42

Prophetstown 43 Rockford Christian 34

AFC 69 South Beloit 60

Sterling 50 Dixon 32

November 16

Eastland 52 Christian Life 39

Rochelle 52 Stockton 44

Forreston 40 Winnebago 30

Sterling 47 Sterling Newman 30

Rock Falls 36 Dixon 24

November 17

Christian Life 46 Winnebago 31

Rochelle 43 Eastland 32

Rochelle 42 Christian Life 26

Eastland 51 Winnebago 33

Forreston 39 Stockton 28

Rock Falls 44 Sterling 39

Sterling Newman 51 Stillman Valley 43

Sherrard 51 Dixon 40

Erie 42 Stark County 29

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Eagles End Comets Season

Despite the game being close early, the Aurora Christian Eagles took control to run away with the 41-7 victory in Saturday’s IHSA Class 3A semifinal contest at Roscoe Eades Stadium in Sterling.

The Eagles struck first as Aurora Christian QB Ryan McQuade found Cory Windle for a sixteen yard scoring strike. The Comets fumbled the ensuing kickoff which was recover by the Eagles Trevor Hills on Newman’s thirty seven yard line. Aurora Christian found the endzone again with McQuade hooking up with Windle on a twenty six yard TD pass.

The Comets got on the scoreboard as they completed a thirteen play, sixty nine yard drive, capped off by a four yard TD run by Jake Snow.

It was all Eagles from there as AC head coach Don Beebe’s son Chad snagged a fourteen yard touchdown pass. Beebe would add a nineteen yard TD pass catch later in the quarter. A sixty four yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Aurora Christian’s MJ Zepeda extended the Eagles lead and the rout was on.

Aurora Christian piled up three hundred fifty one yards of offense to Sterling Newman’s one hundred eighty four. The Eagles ground game was led by QB McQuade who rushed for two hundred nine yards and a score. He also completed twelve of twenty one passes for one hundred fifty six yards and four scores.

The Eagles (12-1) will face the Tolono Unity Rockets (12-1) in the IHSA Class 3A state final on Saturday, November 24 at 4 p.m. at Memorial Stadium in Champaign.

IHSA Football Semifinal Scores

November 17

Class 1A

Stockton 51 Stark County 14

Maroa-Forsyth 40 Concord Triopia (Coop) 12

Class 2A

Mercer County 26 Clifton Central 7

Belleville Althoff 28 Camp Point Central 7

Class 3A

Aurora Christian 41 Sterling Newman 7

Tolono Unity 56 Greenville 21

Class 4A

Rock Island Alleman 23 Evergreen Park 7

Rochester 49 Harrisburg 22

Class 5A

Lombard Montini 40 Joliet Catholic 37

Morris 30 Springfield (Sacred Heart Griffin) 20

Class 6A

Cary Grove 42 Lake Forest 21

Crete Monee 28 Lemont 27

Class 7A

Glenbard West 19 Lake Zurich 13

Lincolnway East 37 Benet Academy 13

Class 8A

Glenbard North 27 Loyola Academy 24

Mt. Carmel 26 Neuqua Valley 21

IHSA Football State Finals

November 23

Class 1A

(13-0) Stockton vs. (12-1) Maroa-Forsyth – 10 a.m.

Class 2A

(13-0) Mercer County vs. (10-3) Belleville Althoff – 1 p.m.

Class 3A

(12-1) Aurora Christian vs. (12-1) Tolono Unity – 4 p.m.

Class 4A

(12-1) Rock Island Alleman vs, (12-1) Rochester – 7 p.m.

November 24

Class 5A

(11-2) Lombard Montini vs. (12-1) Morris – 10 a.m.

Class 6A

(13-0) Cary-Grove vs. (13-0) Crete Monee – 1 p.m.

Class 7A

(13-0) Glenbard West vs. (13-0) Lincolnway East – 4 p.m.

Class 8A

(12-1) Glenbard North vs. (12-1) Mt. Carmel – 7 p.m.

IHSA All-State Football Selections

Class 1A

Bryan Kraft – Forreston

Nolan Brannick – Freeport Aquin

Steve Hawley – Stockton

TJ Knutson – Stockton

Jonah Puls – East Dubquue

Jesse Sinagra – Galena

Class 2A

Calvin Harridge – Morrison

Taylor Kens – Amboy

Tarence Roby – Rockford Lutheran

Class 3A

Zach Pattat – Byron

Derek Polkowski – Winnebago

Class 4A

Adam Hoogerwerf – Rock Island Alleman

Sean Wetherell – Rock Island Alleman