Sports

Milledgeville Missile David Williams (#50) goes up for a shot as Winnebago's Joe Bronkema (#23) attempts to make the block. Missile Mike Allspaugh (#23) watches. The Winnebago squad took the win 65-39. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

The Missiles Kurt Landis (#32) looks to get out of trouble against the defensive pressure of Winnebago's Alex Johannson (#14) during Saturday's EHS Shootout action. The Indians won by a comfortable twenty six point margin. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Eastland Lady Cougar Karie Raab drives around a Milledgeville Lady Missile defender during first game action in Lanark. The Lady Cougars took the victory 56-49. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Milledgeville's Melissa Schleuning (#4) goes up for a shot as Eastland's Karie Raab (#24) goes for the block. Melissa scored nine of the Lady Missiles forty nine points in the Eastland seven point victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Eastland Cougar Tony Dunlap drives by a Forreston defender during action in Lanark during the EHS Sootout held on Saturday. Tony was second leading scorer for the Cougars with eighteen points. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Milledgeville falls to River Ridge/Scales Mound

ELIZABETH ­ Host River Ridge/Sales Mound set the tone early on and defeated visiting Milledgeville 58-40 Friday night. River Ridge/Scales Mound sprinted out to a 12-4 lead, grabbing the early momentum.

Whitney Kieffer attacked Milledgeville shortly after the opening tip. Kieffer finished with a double-double of 28 points and 10 rebounds. The game's leading scorer and rebounder also recorded six assists and six steals.

Kieffer accounted for nearly half of the River Ridge/Scales Mound scoring. The talented floorleader convert a trio of three-point plays after driving to the basket, scoring and getting to the free throw line and converting.

Brooke Wheelwright followed Kieffer in the RR/SM scoring column with seven points. Courtney Busch, Darcy Steffes, Carlene Decoster and Erin Bradshaw scored four points apiece for the winning team.

Andrea Herin led Milledgeville with a team-high 14 points. Keali Engelkens followed with 11 points for the Missiles. Brianna Herin scored six points and Taylor Kent tossed in four in Milledgeville's short effort.

Eastland Shootout

Eastland Edges Forreston

Eastland slipped past Forreston 63-62 Saturday in an early regular-season boys' high school basketball matchup between two longtime rivals. The Cougars had a pair of scorers combine for over half of their points. Veteran Tyler Zumdahl paced Eastland with a team-high 20 points. Tony Dunlap ­ another veteran ­ was the second-leading scorer for the Cougars. Zumdahl tossed in 18 points for the Eastland boys' basketball team.

The game was tight throughout, featuring several lead changes between the two teams.

Michael Schneiderman hit five three-point field goals and paced Forreston with a game-high 29 points.

Winnebago over Milledgeville

Milledgeville didn't fare as well Saturday. Chase Cross scored a game-high 20 points and Russ Fiori tossed in 16 to lead Winnebao to the 65-39 victory.

Kirk Engelkens, still making the transition from the gridiron over onto the hardwood, led Milledgeville with 15 points.

Thunder rolls over Stockton

In another area game, West Carroll also prevailed. The Thunder rolled past Stockton, winning 66-45. Jason Ferguson scored a game-high 24 points for the Thunder, draining four three-pointers as his team prevailed. Brock Hawley led Stockton with 15 points. Hawley hit three three-pointers of his own.

LeWin 59 PC 39

Lena-Winslow defeated Pearl City 59-39. Adam Blair netted a game-high 18 points for victorious Lena-Winslow. For Pearl City, Cole Miller led the way with 17 points.

Spring

Turkey Lottery Nears

Applications are being accepted for the second lottery for 2009 Illinois Spring Wild Turkey Hunting permits. The deadline to apply for the second lottery is January 12.For more information, go to the Hunting link on the IDNR web site home page.The 2009 spring turkey hunting dates are:

North Zone

1st Season: April 13-April 17

2nd Season: April 18- April 23

3rd Season: April 24-April 29

4th Season: April 30-May 6

5th Season: May 7-May 14

South Zone

1st Season: April 6-April 10

2nd Season: April 11-April 16

3rd Season: April 17-April 22

4th Season: April 23-April 29

5th Season: April 30-May 7

2009 IDNR Calendar

The IDNR 2009 wall calendar, produced in conjunction with OutdoorIllinois magazine, is available as part of the December issue of OI. The traditional favorite among readers measures 17 by 11 inches and includes seasonal photography from Illinois' great outdoors by OI photographer Adele Hodde. The calendar grids feature information on fishing and hunting seasons, activities in state parks, reminders about license/permit/grant application deadlines and much more. Each month features a text-free image you'll be tempted to save even after the calendar becomes history. Single copies of the December issue are available at the License and Permit counter at the IDNR Springfield headquarters, at various Illinois booksellers and selected IDNR sites. Call 217/785-0975 or send a check or money order payable to OutdoorIllinois to IDNR, P.O. Box 19225 Dept. NL, One Natural Resources Way, Springfield, IL 62702-1271.

Entering his third year as cheerleader at Illinois State University, Normal, is John Prowant, Eastland graduate where he was involved in athletics, music and speech. The ISU squad cheers for football, volleyball and basketball games and other events. his partner for three years has been Katie Lammell, Orland Park. John is the son of Cara and Lonnie Prowant, Lanark

NFL Schedule

Thurs. Dec. 11

New Orleans at Chicago-7:15pm

Sun. Dec. 14

Tampa Bay at Atlanta-noon

Washington at Cincinnati-noon

Detroit at Indianapolis-noon

San Diego at Kansas City-noon

Denver at Carolina-noon

Green Bay at Jacksonville-noon

Pittsburgh at Baltimore-noon

Tennessee at Houston-noon

Seattle at St. Louis-noon

San Francisco at Miami-noon

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets-noon

Minnesota at Arizona-3:05pm

New England at Oakland-3:15pm

N.Y. Giants at Dallas-7:15pm

Mon. Dec. 15

Cleveland at Philadelphia-7:30pm

H.S. Varsity Basketball Scores

Tues. Dec 2

(B) Eastland 69 Warren 49

(G) Polo 43 Forreston 40

Tues. Dec 2

(G) at Hanover

West Carroll-6-8-8-5-27

Scales Mound/River Ridge-13-14-6-12-45

Scoring

West Carroll: Durward 2 3-6 7; Fritz 2 2-2 6; Lucas 3 0-0 6; Wiersema 2 2-2 7

SM/RR: Bradshaw 1 0-0 2; Brant 1 0-0 2; Busch 4 0-0 8; Decoster 1 0-0 2; Kieffer 9 3-3 21; Oellerich 1 0-0 2; Wheelwright 3 2-2 8

3 Point FGs: West Carroll: 1 (Wiersema)

Thurs. Dec. 4

(B) at Lanark

Rockford Christian Life-5-15-8-10-38

Eastland-21-12-19-11-63

Rockford Christian Life: Bach 3 5-8 11; Hill 2 0-0 5; Moody 2 0-0 4; Nied 0 2-2 2; Schorr 0 1-2 1; Trotter 5 2-2 15

Eastland: Carroll 3 0-1 6; Delp 7 2-3 16; B. Dunlap 2 0-2 5; T. Dunlap 4 2-2 11; Lessman 2 3-4 8; Lynch 1 0-0 2; Walker 1 1-2 3; Zumdahl 4 2-2 12

3 Point FGs: RCL: 4 (Trotter 3, Hill 1); Eastland: 5 (Zumdahl 2, B. Dunlap 1, T. Dunlap 1, Lessman 1)

Fouled Out: RCL: 1 (Hill)

F/S Score: Rockford Christan Life 40 Eastland 27

(B) at Pecatonica

(3-2, 1-0) Milledgeville-7-10-15-16-48

(2-33, 0-1) Pecatonica-12-9-17-6-44

Milledgeville: Eich 0 3-4 3; Engelkens 5 7-15 17; Gelwicks 2 2-2 6; Harris 1 0-0 2; Hunter 1 0-0 2; Neubauer 0 1-2 1; Workman 5 5-8 17

Pecatonica: Beaters 4 3-6 11; Holeton 2 0-0 4; Lepak 1 0-2 2; Morgenen 2 2-2 8; Peyton 2 1-1 5; Reddy 2 0-0 6; Wortman 4 0-0 8

3 Point FGs: Milledgeville: 2 (Workman 2); Pecatonica: 4 (Morgenen 2, Reddy 2)

Fouled Out: Pecatonica: 1 (Beaters)

Fri. Dec 5

(G) at AFC

Eastland-18-19-16-8-61

AFC-2-9-10-19-40

Eastland: Bissell 1 0-0 2; Borota 6 0-0 12; Blair 6 2-2 14; Endress 1 0-0 2; Judd 1 2-2 4; Ka. Kniss 0 2-2 2; Ke. Kniss 1 0-0 2; Koser 1 0-0 2; Landherr 3 0-0 8; Nepean 4 1-2 9; Katie Raab 0 2-2 2; Truckenmiller 1 0-0 2

AFC: Henert 4 1-3 9; Kaecker 0 2-4 2; Kennay 4 6-9 14; Larson 1 3-4 5; Lundquist 4 2-4 10

3 Point FGs: Eastland: 2 (Landherr 2)

Sat. Dec 6

(G) at EHS Shootout

Eastland-22-7-11-16-56

Milledgeville-11-9-14-15-49

Eastland: Borota 5 0-0 10; Blair 6 8-10 20; Cassens 4 4-6 12; Endress 3 0-1 6; Ke. Kniss 1 2-2 5; Landherr 1 0-0 3

Milledgeville: Carroll 1 4-6 6; Engelkens 4 2-4 10; A. Herin 2 3-6 8; B. Herin 5 0-0 11; Kent 1 0-0 2; Neubauer 1 1-2 3; Schleuning 4 1-3 9

3 Point FGs: Eastland: 2 (Ke. Kniss 1, Landherr 1); Milledgeville: 2 (A. Herin 1, B. Herin 1)

(B) at EHS Shootout

Milledgeville-13-7-7-12-39

Winnebago-15-12-21-14-65

Milledgeville: Allspaugh 1 0-0 2; Ebersole 0 1-2 1; Eich 1 0-1 2; Engelkens 6 3-5 15; Gelwicks 2 0-0 4; Harris 1 4-6 6; Neubauer 1 0-0 2; Williams 1 0-0 2; Workman 1 3-4 5

Winnebago: Cross 9 0-0 20; Doty 1 0-0 2; Fiori 6 0-0 16; Mann 2 1-2 5; Misuraca 3 2-4 9; Reunke 4 1-1 9; Thomas 2 0-0 4

3 Point FGs: Winnebago: 7 (Fiori 4, Cross 2, Misuraca 1)

(B) at EHS Shootout

Eastland-20-8-17-18-63

Forreston-15-15-15-17-62

Eastland: Carroll 3 0-0 6; Delp 3 2-5 8; B. Dunlap 2 0-0 6; T. Dunlap 7 2-2 18; Lessman 2 0-1 4; Walker 0 1-2 1; Zumdahl 7 6-7 20

Forreston: Hefner 5 0-1 12; Johnson 0 2-4 2; McCoy 2 2-3 6; Michael 0 2-2 2; Scott 4 2-5 11; Schneiderman 9 6-7 29

3 Point FGs: Eastland: 4 (B. Dunlap 2, T. Dunlap 2)

Forreston: 8 (Schneiderman 5, Hefner 2, Scott 1)

Fouled Out: Eastland: 1 (B. Dunlap)

(B) at Mt. Carroll

Stockton-14-10-8-13-45

West Carroll-14-15-16-21-66

Stockton: Bauer 2 2-2 6; Hawley 5 2-2 15; Hess 2 3-5 7; Kriebs 3 2-2 9; Wampfler 1 4-4 6; Yaeger 1 0-0 2

West Carroll: Edwards 1 2-4 4; Ja. Ferguson 9 2-3 24; Ju. Ferguson 4 5-7 13; Ingersoll 1 0-1 2; Law 3 2-4 8; Prowant 1 1-1 3; Shepard 1 0-0 3; Zickefoose 3 1-1 9

3 Point FGs: Stockton: 4 (Hawley 3, Kriebs 1); West Carroll: 7 (Ja. Ferguson 4, Zickefoose 2, Shepard 1)

H.S. Varsity Basketball Schedule

Wed. Dec 10

(G) Freeport Aquin at Milledgeville

(G) Galena at West Carroll

(G) Warren at Pearl City

Fri. Dec 12

(G) East Dubuque at Eastland

Sat. Dec. 13

(G) Eastland & Pearl City & West Carroll at Pearl City Tourney

(B) Eastland & West Carroll & Pearl City at West Carroll Tourney

(G) Milledgeville at AFC

(B) Milledgeville at Forreston Tourney

Mon. Dec. 15

(G) Milledgeville at Polo Tourney

(B) Milledgeville at Forreston Tourney

(B) Eastland & West Carroll & Pearl City at West Carroll Tourney

(G) Eastland & Pearl City & West Carroll at Pearl City Tourney

Tues. Dec 16

(B) Eastland & West Carroll & Pearl City at West Carroll Tourney

(B) Milledgeville at Forreston Tourney

(G) Eastland & Pearl City & West Carroll at Pearl City Tourney

H.S. Wrestling Results

Sat. Dec 6

Rock Island Alleman 50 West Carroll 23

Aledo 53 West Carroll 13

Riverdale 75 West Carroll 6

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