SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS

Boys HS Basketball Scoreboard

Nov. 30

Dakota-8-17-17-15-57

Pearl City-13-9-12-20-54

Dakota: Benning 6 3-4 19; Dornink 0 2-2 2; Jansen 1 0-0 2; Ketchum 2 4-7 10; Lawson 1 0-0 2; Meinert 4 1-2 9; Oberbruner 4 2-6 13

Pearl City: Block 4 0-2 8; Grebener 4 2-2 10; Hull 4 0-0 8; Schiess 1 1-1 3; Slick 4 0-0 9; Talbert 6 0-0 16

3 Point Field Goals: Dakota: 9 (Benning 4, Oberbruner 3, Ketchum 2)

Pearl City: 5 (Talbert 4, Slick 1)

Fouled Out: None

Dec 1

Eastland-12-9-17-20-58

E. Dubuque-10-16-17-12-55

Eastland: Byers 2 0-0 4; B. Dunlap 2 2-2 8; T. Dunlap 9 6-10 31; Glastetter 2 1-3 5; Macomber 4 2-6 10

E. Dubuque: Butts 1 0-0 2; Huseman 3 7-10 13; McDermott 4 0-0 8; McLane 7 9-9 25; Oster 0 2-2 2; Puls 2 0-0 4; Theill 0 1-2 1

3 Point Field Goals: Eastland: 9 (T. Dunlap 7, B. Dunlap 2)

E. Dubuque: 2 (McLane 2)

Fouled Out: Eastland: 2 (B. Dunlap, Lessman)

E. Dubuque: 2 (Oster, Puls)

Dec 3

Warren-11-9-9-3-32

Pearl City-22-9-18-12-61

Warren: Calow 3 0-2 8; Cox 1 2-2 4; Dawson 1 1-4 3; Newingham 0 1-2 1; Nichols 1 3-6 5; Schubert 1 0-0 2; Williams 3 3-4 9

Pearl City: Block 3 0-0 6; Grebener 1 0-0 2; Hull 5 1-4 11; Keltner 0 3-4 3; Maurer 1 0-0 2; Schiess 8 1-2 17; Slick 4 4-6 13; Strohecker 0 3-4 3; Talbert 1 0-0 2; Tessendorf 1 0-0 2

3 Point Field Goals: Warren: 2 (Calow 2); Pearl City: 1 (Slick 1)

River Ridge-13-11-15-12-51

West Carroll-9-15-25-12-61

River Ridge: Deneen 7 4-7 20; Graves 0 2-2 2; Merkle 1 0-0 2; Offenheiser 1 0-0 2; Schnitzler 1 1-2 3; Weede 3 0-0 6; Williams 4 2-4 11; Wiltshire 2 0-0 5

West Carroll: Baisden 2 0-0 4; Brashaw 3 0-0 8; Edwards 5 1-2 11; Getz 1 0-0 2; Law 9 6-9 24; Naples 1 2-2 4; Prowant 4 0-1 8

3 Point Field Goals: River Ridge: 4 (Deneen 2, Williams 1, Wiltshire 1)

West Carroll: 2 (Brashaw 2)

Girls HS Basketball Scoreboard

Dec 1

Warren-9-8-11-3-31

Pearl City-10-13-10-8-41

Warren: Da. Balbach 2 0-0 4; De. Balbach 2 0-0 4; Cleary 0 0-2 0; Kent 2 0-0 4; Stiefel 5 3-5 13; Wybourn 3 0-0 6

Pearl City: Cropper 2 1-4 5; Kluck 7 4-9 19; Kurth 4 0-1 9; Koning 2 2-3 6; Scott 1 0-0 2

3 Point Field Goals: Pearl City: 2 (Kluck 1, Kurth 1)

Fouled Out: Warren: 1 (Cleary)

Dec. 4

East Dubuque-7-8-3-4-22

Pearl City-12-16-10-5-43

East Dubuque: Hayes 0 2-2 2; Leibold 2 0-0 4; Marty 2 0-0 6; Selle 2 1-2 5; Sherman 1 0-0 2; Voss 1 1-2 3

Pearl City: Cropper 1 0-0 2; Doubler 1 0-0 2; Finkenbinder 3 1-2 7; Koning 4 1-2 9; Kluck 3 0-0 6; Kurth 3 0-0 6; Scace 5 1-2 11

3 Point Field Goals: East Dubuque: 2 (Marty 2)

Warren-2-7-10-11-30

Eastland-14-15-10-14-53

Warren: Da. Balbach 2 2-2 7; De. Balbach 4 0-2 9; Gallager 1 0-0 2; Hicks 0 2-5 2; Stiefel 2 2-4 6; Wybourn 2 0-0 4

Eastland: Blair 5 6-6 16; Borota 3 0-0 7; Feltmeyer 1 1-2 3; Kniss 4 0-0 9; Nepean 0 1-2 1; Ruter 4 0-0 9; Weber 4 0-0 8

3 Point Field Goals: Warren: 2 (Da. Balbach 1, De. Balbach 1)

Eastland: 3 (Borota 1, Kniss 1, Ruter 1)

F/S Score: Eastland 52 Warren 13

River Rudge-14-27-12-17-70

West Carroll-11-10-12-4-37

River Ridge: Altfillisch 1 0-0 3; Bauer 3 0-0 7; Brashaw 2 0-0 4; Busch 1 2-2 4; Decoster 5 1-2 11; Kelzer 0 2-2 2; Kieffer 9 3-4 21; Pleau 2 1-2 5; Steffes 3 0-0 6; Wheelwright 3 0-0 7

West Carroll: Cook 2 1-4 5; Durward 2 1-1 5; Fritz 3 3-4 9; Handel 3 0-0 6; Morhardt 3 2-3 8; Titus 2 0-0 4

3 Point Field Goals: River Ridge: 3 (Altfillisch 1, Bauer 1, Wheelwright 1)

with photos

THIRD ANNUAL EASTLAND SHOOT-OUT

Lady Cougars Escape With Win Over Milledgeville

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Eastland’s Courtney Blair gets a hand on the shot by Milledgeville’s Keali Engelkens during first game action at the Eastland Shootout. Keali scored eight of the Missiles points in the Eastland 39-36 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Despite a woeful shooting performance, Eastland managed to hold off Milledgeville and come away with a 39-36 victory in the opening game of the 3rd annual Eastland Shootout held in Lanark on Saturday. The Cougars hit only twelve of fifty four shots in the game, including a two for twenty two half.

One bright spot for the Cougars was the play of Courtney Blair, who hit six of eleven shots and finished the game with eighteen points and seventeen rebounds before fouling out in the fourth quarter. Andrea Herin led Milledgeville with eleven points.

Milledgeville-10-9-8-9-36

Eastland-14-11-3-11-39

Milledgeville: Dawtyne 1 0-0 2; Engelkens 1 6-10 8; A. Herin 5 2-5 13; B. Herin 0 4-6 4; Kent 3 0-2 6; Wagenknecht 0 3-4 3

Eastland: Bissell 1 1-2 3; Blair 6 6-10 18; Borota 2 4-9 8; Kniss 1 2-2 5; Ruter 2 0-0 5

3 Point Field Goals: Milledgeville: 1 (A. Herin)

Eastland: 2 (Kniss 1, Ruter 1)

Fouled Out: Eastland: 2 (Blair, Ruter)

Warren Edges Missiles

By Craig Lang

Prairie Advocate Sports

Milledgeville Missile Kurt Landis (#32) attempts to get by a Warren defender during second game action at The Eastland Shootout Saturday in Lanark. Kurt scored eleven points in the Warren 53-50 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Behind the play of Warren’s Garrett Cox, the Warriors eked out a slim three point win over the Missiles. Cox, who scored a game high twenty eight, also went nine for nine from the free throw line to seal the 53-50 win.

Warren has also equaled last years win total for the season. Warren shot extremely well from the field and from the line, going fourteen of sixteen from the charity stripe. Warrior Brady Calow chipped in with eleven for the Warriors. Carrigan Hunter and Keegan Neubauer led the Missiles with sixteen points each while Kurt Landis added eleven.

Warren: Calow 3 3-3 11; Cox 8 9-9 28; Heller 0 0-1 0; Newingham 0 0-1 0; Nichols 2 0-0 5; Williams 3 2-2 9

Milledgeville: Eich 3 0-0 7; Hunter 6 2-3 16; Landis 5 1-10 11; Neubauer 7 2-4 16; Peters 0 0-2 0

3 Point Field Goals: Warren: 7 (Cox 3, Calow 2, Williams 1)

Milledgeville: 3 (Hunter 2, Eich 1)

Fouled Out: Milledgeville: 1 (Eich)

Annawan Beats Wolves

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Pearl City’s Jared Slick takes the ball to the hoop during action at the 3rd Annual Eastland Shootout. Jared scored seven points in the Annawan 59-52 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Despite being down by fifteen going into quarter number four, Annawan came roaring back to take the 59-52 win over Pearl City. The Braves led 14-8 after one but were outscored by the Wolves thirty seven to sixteen over the next two quarters.

A 29-7 fourth quarter sealed the game for Annawan. Sean Walker led Annawan with sixteen points while Ross Addis added fourteen and Bryant Lybarger chipped in with twelve. Pierson Hull led Pearl City with eighteen while teammate Collin Talbert added twelve and Travis Schiess scored eleven.

Annawan-14-11-5-29-59

Pearl City-8-16-21-7-52

Annawan: Abney 1 0-0 2; Addis 6 1-1 14; Chapman 1 0-2 2; Foes 0 2-2 2; Hogeboom 2 3-7 7; Lybarger 5 2-5 12; Peterson 2 0-0 4; Spivey 0 0-2 0; Walker 5 5-7 16

Pearl City: Block 0 1-2 1; Grebener 0 1-3 1; Harrington 1 0-0 2; Hull 9 0-3 18; Schiess 5 1-4 11; Slick 3 0-1 7; Talbert 4 0-0 12

3 Point Field Goals: Annawan: 2 (Addis 1, Walker 1)

Pearl City: 5 (Talbert 4, Slick 1)

Fouled Out: Annawan: 1 (Chapman)

Cougars Outbattle Forreston

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Eastland Cougar Tony Dunlap puts up a jumper over Forreston’s Kody Michael in the finale at EHS Saturday. Tony led all Eastland scorers with twenty one points in the Eastland 61-44 win. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

In a game that was about as physical as it can get, the Cougars used a third quarter surge to down the Forreston Cardinals 61-44 in the finale of the Eastland Shootout. With the referees warning the players many times about the bumping and holding, there were bodies on the floor much of the game.

The Cougars held a slim 28-22 half time lead, but broke the game open with a sixteen to four third quarter advantage. The big blows came with Tony Dunlap and brother Brad along with team mate Reid Lessman knocking down big three pointers to open things up.

The fourth quarter proved to be pretty even but the Cardinals could not overcome that third quarter barrage. Tony Dunlap led the Cougars with twenty one points, while Collin Macomber added fourteen. Kody Michael was the scoring leader for Forreston with twelve.

Forreston-10-12-4-18-44

Eastland-14-14-16-17-61

Forreston: Bagley 1 0-0 2; Johnson 0 1-2 1; Kubly 2 0-0 4; Michael 6 0-1 12; Nelson 2 2-2 7; Scott 2 3-5 8; Stukenberg 0 2-2 2; Watkins 3 0-2 8

Eastland: Byers 3 1-1 7; B. Dunlap 2 2-2 8; T. Dunlap 7 5-6 21; Glastetter 1 2-4 4; Lessman 2 1-2 7; Macomber 4 6-12 14

3 Point Field Goals: Forreston: 4 (Watkins 2, Nelson 1, Scott 1)

Eastland: 6 (B. Dunlap 2, T. Dunlap 2, Lessman 2)

Fouled Out: Forreston: 1 (Bagley)

Eastland: 1 (Byers)

HS Basketball Schedule

Dec 10

(G) Eastland at River Ridge

(G) Pearl City at Galena

(G) Sterling Newman at Morrison

Dec 11

(B) Eastland at Pearl City

(B) West Carroll at Stockton

Dec 12

(G) Pearl City Varsity Tourney

(B) West Carroll Varsity Tourney

(B) River Ridge F/S Tourney

(G) Eastland Jamboree (F)

Dec 14

(G) Eastland at East Dubuque

(B) West Carroll Varsity Tourney

(G) West Carroll at Galena

(B) River Ridge F/S Tourney

(G) Pearl City Varsity Tourney

(B) Freeport Aquin Tourney (F/S)

(G) Polo Christmas Tourney

Dec 15

(B) West Carroll Varsity Tourney

(G) Polo Christmas Tourney

(B) River Ridge F/S Tourney

(G) Pearl City Varsity Tourney

(B) Freeport Aquin Tourney (F/S)

HS Wrestling Results

Dec. 5

Riverdale 39 West Carroll 36

Mercer County 61 West Carroll 12

Rock Island Alleman 46 West Carroll 36

West Carroll F/S Basketball

The West Carroll F/S boy’s basketball team will compete in the River Ridge Holiday Tournament Saturday, December 12th and Wednesday, December 16th. Also entered in the tournament are River Ridge, Scales Mound, East Dubuque, Warren, Galena and Eastland.

Brackets will be determined on December 9th. The Thunder will either play in the 9:00 and noon time slot or the 10:30 and 1:30 slot. Admission will be $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students.

West Carroll Varsity Boys Basketball Holiday Tournament

West Carroll High School will host the annual Varsity Boys’ Basketball Holiday Tournament. The tournament runs from December 12-December 19, 2009.

Admission prices are $4.00 for adults and $3.00 for students, passes are not accepted. Most games are at West Carroll Middle School in Mt. Carroll, but six games will be played at West Carroll High School in Savanna. The teams participating are: East Dubuque, Eastland, Fulton, Fulton Unity, Galena, Pearl City, Galena, Pearl City, Scales Mound, Sherrard, Stockton, Warren, West Carroll and Winnebago JV.

West Carroll Lady Thunder

The West Carroll Lady Thunder basketball teams will travel to Polo December 15th-19th to compete in their tournament. West Carroll is in Pool A with Polo, Byron and Morrison. Pool B teams are Forreston, Milledgeville, Oregon and Prophetstown.

Both teams play Morrison December 15th at 5:00, Byron December 16th at 5:00 and Polo December 18th at 7:30. Championship games will be held on December 19th. F/S games will be played at Centennial Elementary School, 308 S. Pleasant. Varsity games will be played at Polo High School, 100 Union Avenue.

West Carroll Wrestling

The West Carroll Thunder wrestlers will compete in the Riverdale Invitational Wrestling Tournament Saturday, December 12th. Round 1 pigtales start at 9:00. Other teams entered are Alleman, Galesburg, Muscatine, IA, Rock Falls, Davenport North, IA, Erie-Prophetstown, Sherrard, Rockridge, Columbus Junction, IA, Burlington, IA, Polo, Riverdale, Dixon and Mercer County.

A concession stand will be available. All day admission price for everyone will be $5.00.

IHSA Legislative Commission Votes To Place 8 of 15 Proposals On Annual Referendum Ballot

Eight of the fifteen proposals submitted to change the IHSA Constitution and By-laws were placed on the annual referendum ballot by the Legislative Commission at it’s meeting on Nov. 23. The ballot containing the proposals will be available online to IHSA member schools in the IHSA Schools Center. The deadline to submit the online ballot is midnight, Dec. 23. The ballots will be tabulated and the results posted on Jan. 7. A simple majority of votes cast on each proposal will determine whether it passes.

A summary of a few proposals follows. Proposal 1 - provides that a non-boundaried public school’s actual enrollment, rather than the school’s multiplied enrollment, be used to determine eligibility for a coop. The multiplier would still be used to determine the classification of the coop.

Proposal 3 - allows multiple-school activities sponsored by organizations such as the Illinois Coordinating Council for Career and Technical Student Organizations or the Illinois Association of Student Councils to begin as early as 8:00 am on a school day.

Proposal 5 - provides that, for a student in a multiple high school district to be eligible with regard to residence at a boundaried public school where his or her parent teaches, the student shall be eligible with regard to residence.

Proposal 8 - provides for a process by which a non-boundaried school may apply to have the 1.65 enrolment multiplier waived. Such a process would be established by the IHSA Board of Directors with input from a subcommittee comprised of members of IHSA staff and the IHSA Legislative Commission.

Proposal 9 - removes the prohibition on participation in boys and girls basketball tournaments held during the week of IHSA boys or girls basketball regional tournaments.

NFL Schedule

Dec 10

Pittsburgh at Cleveland

Dec 13

New Orleans at Atlanta

Green Bay at Chicago

St. Louis at Tennessee

Denver at Indianapolis

Buffalo at Kansas City

NY Jets at Tampa Bay

Miami at Jacksonville

Detroit at Baltimore

Seattle at Houston

Cincinnati at Minnesota

Carolina at New England

Washington at Oakland

San Diego at Dallas

Philadelphia at NY Giants

Dec 14

Arizona at San Francisco