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Eastland High School Baseball Coaches Receive High Honors
During the Illinois High School Baseball Coaches Association Clinic and Hall of Fame Dinner on Saturday, January 21, 2012, Eastland High School Baseball Coaches each received high honors. Head Coach, Weston Burkholder, (right) received the Class 1A Area Coach of the Year Award in recognition of the team’s Class 1A State Runner-Up finish in 2012. Dale Hartman, Eastland Varsity Assistant Coach, (left) was inducted into the IHSBCA Hall of Fame in recognition of his coaching at Byron High School from 1992 to 2007. He took over a struggling program, and he had just one losing season in 1992 before his teams put together 15 straight winning campaigns. In his 16 seasons, his teams compiled a 314-147-1 record, good for a .680 winning percentage. Coach Hartman’s teams won two sectional championships, reaching the Elite 8 in both 1995 and 2001. His 1997 team reached the Sweet 16. In 1995, the Tigers finished 2nd in the state, losing to undefeated Roanoke-Benson in the Championship Game. See the story of Dale’s Induction into the IHSBCA Hall of Fame online at www.pacc-news.com. (Courtesy of Dale Hartman) SPORTSBy Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate SportsBoys Basketball ScheduleFebruary 1 East Dubuque at West Carroll February 2 Le-Win at West Carroll Pearl City at Stockton Forreston at Milledgeville Riverdale at Morrison River Ridge at Scales Mound February 3 Morrison at Erie February 4 West Carroll at Eastland Pecatonica at Milledgeville Galena at River Ridge February 7 Forreston at West Carroll Polo at Eastland Milledgeville at Pearl City Morrison at LaMoille Boys BasketballJanuary 24 Eastland 63 Scales Mound 54 (OT)The Cougars traveled to Scales Mound on Tuesday night and came home after taking the nine point overtime victory. The Hornets led by two points (13-11) at the end of the first quarter and took a five point second quarter scoring advantage to lead by three points (25-22) at the half. Scales Mound cut into that lead to trail by just two points (35-33) going into the final period. The contest was knotted at forty eight each at the end of regulation and Eastland outscored Scales Mound fifteen to six in the overtime period to take the victory. Austin Hansen and Chase Wilhelms each scored fifteen points to lead the Cougars with teammate Ty Hartman adding thirteen points. The Hornets were led by Derian Phillips who scored twenty points with Stephen Korte adding thirteen points. Le-Win 59 River Ridge 34The Panthers jumped out to a fifteen to eight first quarter lead and cruised to the twenty five point win in Hanover on Tuesday evening. Le-Win increased their lead to ten points (30-20) at the half and outscored the Wildcats seventeen to four in the third quarter to put the contest out of reach. A twelve to ten fourth quarter scoring advantage made the final margin of the win for the Panthers. Le-Win’s Tevin Sellers topped all scorers in the game, dropping in twenty eight points with teammate Adam Werhane adding nineteen. Matt Steele led River Ridge with nine points. Riverdale 81 Morrison 39The Mustangs traveled to Port Byron on Tuesday evening and found the host Rams less than gracious with Riverdale taking the lopsided forty two point win. The Rams took a big lead right out of the gate, outscoring Morrison twenty six to six to open the contest. Riverdale increased that lead to twenty six points (45-19) at the half and led by twenty nine points (59-30) going into quarter number four. A twenty two to nine fourth quarter made the final margin of victory for Riverdale. Wes DeClercq led Riverdale with seventeen points and teammates Jared Richmond and Zach Mikles added thirteen and twelve points respectively. Matt Wilkens led Morrison with nine points and Jacob Tegeler added eight. Riverdale also took the preliminary contest 52-37. West Carroll 70 Warren 32The Thunder kept their momentum going after scoring a big win over Rock Island Alleman in last weekend’s West Carroll Shootout by taking the thirty eight point win over the Warriors on Tuesday night. West Carroll took a fourteen to four first quarter lead and led by twenty two points (38-16) at the halftime intermission. They then held Warren to just sixteen second half points while putting up thirty two more themselves to make the final margin of the win. Eric Naples led West Carroll in scoring with twenty points and teammates Brady Edwards and Jacob Ritchie added ten points each. Brice Cox scored eight points to lead the Warriors. Thunder head coach Josh Knuth said of his teams performance, “We played a solid overall game tonight. Everyone played hard which was nice to see. We have to continue to work on our execution on both offense and defense. We are not as sharp as we need to be.” South Beloit 63 Milledgeville 53The Missiles traveled to South Beloit on Tuesday and the Sobos came away with the ten point victory. South Beloit took a sixteen to seven first quarter lead and held a thirty one to twenty three lead at the half. They extended that lead to ten points (45-35) going into the final quarter and held that lead in the fourth to take the win. The Sobos were led by Matt Saari who scored fourteen points with teammate Tyler Walmer adding a dozen. Kaleb Ebersole who scored fourteen points led the Missiles. January 25 Sterling Newman 49 M’ville 36Milledgeville hosted the Comets on Wednesday evening and Milledgeville and Sterling Newman escaped with the thirteen point win. The Comets held an eleven to seven first quarter lead and led by eight points (23-15) at the half. Milledgeville cut into that lead and trailed by just four points (32-28) going into the final quarter. Newman managed to outscore the Missiles seventeen to eight in the fourth to take the victory. Eight players put points on the scoreboard for the Comets, led by Tim Wilson’s eleven points. The Missiles were led in the scoring column by Mitchel Rahn’s eleven points with teammate Jordan Harris adding ten points. Prophetstown 73 Morrison 42Morrison traveled to Prophetstown on Wednesday night and the host Prophets wasted no time in taking the thirty one point victory. The Mustangs trailed by thirteen points (15-2) going into quarter two and the Prophets led thirty five to fifteen at the half. Prophetstown increased their lead to twenty five points (55-30) going into quarter four and outscored the Mustangs eighteen to twelve to make the final margin for the win. The Prophets Matt Juhola led all scorers in the contest, dumping in twenty seven points. Luke Brands led the Morrison squad with eight points. Prophetstown also won the fresh/soph contest 47-40. January 27 Eastland 68 River Ridge 47
The Host Cougars jumped out to a twenty two to sixteen first quarter lead and cruised to the twenty one point victory. The Cougars led forty two to twenty three at the half and led by sixteen points (52-36) going into quarter number four. Eastland outscored the Wildcats sixteen to eleven in the final period. The Cougars Ty Hartman led all scorers in the game with twenty three points and teammate Dalton Shaner added a dozen. Matt Steele led River Ridge with fourteen points. Morrison 63 Amboy 49The Mustangs took a seventeen to eleven first quarter lead and held off the Clippers to take the fourteen point win. Morrison led thirty four to twenty nine at the half and held their fourteen point lead (49-35) going into quarter four. Eleven different players put points on the board for the Mustangs, led by Kyle Heusinkveld’s thirteen points. Teammate Brock Deter added eleven points. The Clippers were led by Damon Quest who scored fifteen points. Morrison also took the preliminary contest 50-19. Dakota 48 Milledgeville 30An eighteen to five second quarter led the Indians to the eighteen point win in Milledgeville on Friday night. Dakota led twenty six to ten at the intermission and extended their lead to twenty two points (42-20) going into the final quarter. Adam Lawson led Dakota scoring twelve points with Ethan Fiene adding eleven. The Missiles were led by Kaleb Ebersole’s eleven points. W. Carroll 56 Scales Mound 45A tight contest was finally broken open in the final quarter as the Thunder took the narrow win from the Hornets. Both teams were tied at eleven going into the second quarter and Scales Mound held a two point (29-27) lead at the half. The score was knotted at forty apiece after three and the Thunder went to work offensively, outscoring the Hornets sixteen to five in the final period. Brady Edawrds led West Carroll with twenty points and teammate Jason Bacero added thirteen. The Hornets were led by Greg Cox’s fourteen points with Josh Korte adding a dozen. Thunder head coach Josh Knuth said, “I was disappointed with our defensive intensity in the first half, we weren’t closing out the shooters with high hands and we were trailing cutters. We corrected a few things at halftime and played much better offense in the second half which is why we were able to get the victory tonight. We have to improve at the defensive end and on the glass down the stretch of the season.” Boys Basketball ScoresJanuary 24 Freeport Aquin 52 Dakota 51 (OT) Polo 50 Orangeville 47 Stockton 52 East Dubuque 36 Forreston 59 Durand 39 January 27 Polo 65 Pecatonica 54 Le-Win 59 Galena 47 Stockton 48 Warren 32 Freeport Aquin 65 Durand 48 South Beloit 66 AFC 63 Geneseo 64 Sterling 49 Freeport 56 Rockford Guilford 53 Winnebago 44 Rock Falls 40 January 28 Rockford Auburn 82 Freeport 44 Rockford Christian 53 Dakota 27 Galena 77 Potosi 63 DeKalb 68 Sterling 59 Erie 55 Stockton 31 East Dubuque 54 Bellevue 51 Eastland 51 Clinton, IA 49 Preston, IA 41 Le-Win 32 Prophetstown 66 River Ridge 42 Girls Basketball ScheduleFebruary 1 Le-Win at Eastland February 2 Morrison at Wethersfield February 3 Pearl City at West Carroll Milledgeville at Polo River Ridge/Scales Mound at Stockton Galena at Eastland February 4 Kewanee at Morrison River Ridge/Scales Mound at Freeport Aquin Girls Basketball Regional Schedules Number after team name is regional seed Class 1A Eastland Regional February 6 (1) Eastland (4) vs. Pearl City (5) - 7:30 p.m. February 7 (2) Freeport Aquin (1) vs. game #1 winner - 6 p.m. (3) Dakota (2) vs. Forreston (3) - 8:10 p.m. February 10 (4) Game #2 winner vs. game #3 winner - 7:30 p.m. Erie Regional February 6 (1) Fulton (4) vs. Milledgeville (5) - 6 p.m. (2) Polo (3) vs. AFC (6) - 8:10 p.m. February 7 (3) Prophetstown (1) vs. game #1 winner - 6 p.m. (4) Erie (2) vs. game #2 winner - 8:10 p.m. February 9 (5) Game #3 winner vs. game #4 winner - 7:30 p.m. Stockton Regional February 6 (1) Le-Win (4) vs. Warren (5) - 6 p.m. (2) Stockton (3) vs. Galena (6) - 8:10 p.m. February 7 (3) River Ridge/Scales Mound (1) vs. game #1 winner - 7:30 p.m. February 8 (4) East Dubuque (2) vs. game #2 winner - 7:30 p.m. February 10 (5) Game #3 winner vs. game #4 winner - 7:30 p.m. Class 2A Port Byron/Riverdale Regional February 6 (1) Sterling Newman (4) vs. Morrison (5) - 6 p.m. (2) Port Byron/Riverdale (3) vs. West Carroll (6) - 8:10 p.m. February 8 (3) Rock Falls (1) vs. game #1 winner - 6 p.m. (4) Rock Island Alleman (2) vs. game #2 winner - 8:10 p.m. February 10 (5) Game #3 winner vs. game #4 winner - 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball January 23 Pecatonica 57 Milledgeville 39 The hot shooting hands of Pecatonica’s Erin Seipts and Lauren Owens combined with the Lady Missiles inability to convert free throws led the Lady Indians to the eighteen point victory in Milledgeville on Monday night. Pecatonica (9-10) jumped out to a fourteen to eight first quarter lead and held a thirty two to sixteen lead at the half. The Lady Indians lead was fifteen points (45-30) going into the fourth quarter. The Lady Missiles were outscored twelve to nine in the final period to make the final margin of the win. The Lady Missiles (3-18) attempted twenty six free throws and were only able to convert on nine of those attempts. Pecatonica had three players score in double figures, led by Seipt’s eighteen points with teammates Owens scoring sixteen and Morgan Dewall adding a dozen points. The Lady Missiles were led by Rebecca Whitmarsh’s fifteen points. January 24 Eastland 50 Galena 42 The visiting Lady Cougars took a fourteen to eight first quarter lead and held off the host Galena squad to come home with the eight point victory. Eastland extended their lead to eight points (26-18) at the intermission and led by a dozen points (41-29) going into the fourth quarter. The Lady Pirates outscored Eastland thirteen to nine in the final quarter. Kayla Barnes topped all scorers in the game with eighteen points and teammate Lexis Macomber added fifteen points. Brianna Bautsch led Galena with twelve points. Stockton 41 Le-Win 22 The visiting Lady Blackhawks used a huge second half scoring advantage to break open a close game and take the win in Lena on Tuesday night. Stockton held a four to two first quarter lead and led thirteen to eight at the half. A fourteen to three third quarter put Stockton up twenty seven to eleven going into the fourth and the Lady Blackhawks again put up fourteen points to Le-Win’s eleven to take the easy win. Krista Zueger led Stockton with ten points and teammate Jaci Lawfer added nine points. Ashley Block led the Lady Panthers with six points. January 25 River Ridge/Scales Mound 46 East Dubuque 40 The Lady Wildcats used a huge fourth quarter scoring advantage to take the narrow six point win over the Lady Warriors on Wednesday evening. The contest was knotted at nine apiece after the first quarter and East Dubuque held a four point lead (2016) at the halftime intermission, The Lady Warriors lead grew to nine points (33-24) going into the final quarter. The River Ridge/Scales Mound squad then exploded for twenty two fourth quarter points and held East Dubuque to just seven points in the period to take the victory. Kaitlyn Pleau led the Lady Wildcats with eleven points and teammate Megan Altfillisch and Nikki Dubord both contributed ten points apiece. East Dubuque’s Emily Herbst led all scorers in the game, dumping in twenty one points. January 26 Eastland 35 Stockton 29 The visiting Lady Cougars took a thirteen to ten halftime lead and had just enough in the second half to hold of the Lady Blackhawks to take the six point victory. Eastland extended their lead to five points (25-20) going into quarter four and outscored Stockton ten to nine in the final quarter to take the win. Eastland’s Kayla Barnes topped the Lady Cougars in the scoring column with fourteen points and teammate Lexis Macomber added eleven points. Jaci Lawfer led the Lady Blackhawks with ten points. Galena 48 Le-Win 41 The Lady Panthers led nine to four after one quarter and held a slim two point lead (24-22) at the half. A fourteen to eight Galena scoring advantage in the third quarter put the Lady Pirates up by four points (36-32) going into the fourth quarter and Galena had just enough in the final period to hold off Le-Win and take the victory. Brianna Bautsch led Galena with fourteen points and teammate Lindsey Decker added eleven. Ashley Block and Heidi Gahm led the Lady Panthers with each scoring fourteen points. Freeport Aquin 46 Forreston 39 Aquin held a slim nine to eight first quarter lead and built on that lead over the final three quarters to take the seven point victory. The Lady Bulldogs led twenty one to seventeen at the half and thirty one to twenty eight going into quarter number four. A fifteen to eleven fourth quarter scoring advantage made the final margin of the win for Aquin. Sophie Brunner led Freeport Aquin and all scorers in the game with eighteen points while Ellen Brunner added fifteen points. The Lady Cardinals were led by Ketarah DeVries who scored sixteen points and pulled down eight rebounds. Aquin also won the fresh/soph contest 29-18. River Ridge/Scales Mound 73 West Carroll 40 The Lady Wildcats took control of the game early on and cruised to the thirty three point win. RR/SM led twenty three to thirteen at the end of the first quarter and extended that lead to nineteen points (44-25) at the intermission. A sixteen to four third quarter put the Lady Wildcats up sixty to twenty nine going into the fourth quarter and a thirteen to eleven final quarter scoring advantage made the final margin of the victory. River Ridge/Scales Mound’s Kaitlyn Pleau led all scorers in the game with twenty seven points with teammates Tori Soat adding fifteen and Megan Altfillisch adding fourteen points. West Carroll was led by Aliesha Handel and Ieshia Larson who both scored eleven points. Lady Thunder head coach Ron Sietz, commenting on his squad’s performance said, “We played a really heartbreaking game against the top team in our conference, but the score didn’t reflect the intensity and closeness of the game. The Lady Thunder were within fifteen points (40-25) just before the half and I believe we had River Ridge a little worried. Their coach did not call off his press for three quarters, so I knew we had them a little rattled. Once again, we were led by junior Ieshia Larson with eleven points and eight rebounds. Also, I am getting really comfortable with my bench players and feel confident playing them at any time. The reserves played almost half of the game and kept us in it. Freshman Abby Maike was especially impressive, scoring four points and playing a position she has never played before. Sophomore Tre Baisden added two points, three rebounds and two assists. Senior Salina Baltierra ran the offense well, as usual. A really good game.” River Ridge/Scales Mound also won the preliminary contest 57-18. Erie 49 Morrison 36
The visiting Erie squad jumped out to an eleven to five first quarter lead and led the entire game to take the thirteen point win. The Lady cardinals led twenty five to thirteen at the half and increased their lead to sixteen points (38-22) going into quarter four. The Fillies managed to take fourth quarter scoring honors, outscoring Erie fourteen to eleven, but it was too little, too late for Morrison as the Lady Cardinals withstood the run to take the victory. Kali Unruh led Erie on the scoreboard, dropping in fourteen points with teammate Taylor Stewart adding thirteen points, The Fillies were led by Lakin Goodman and Chelsea Eads who both scored eight points. January 28 Eastland 71 West Carroll 36The visiting Lady Cougars jumped out to a seventeen to eleven first quarter lead and cruised to the thirty five point win in Savanna on Saturday evening. Eastland extended their lead to twenty one points (38-17) at the half and led by twenty five points (54-29) going into the final quarter. They then outscored West Carroll seventeen to seven to make the final margin of victory. Kayla Barnes topped all scorers in the contest with eighteen points with teammates Abby Grisham and Lexis Macomber both contributing ten. Aliesha Handel led the Lady Thunder with eleven points. Eastland also took the fresh/soph game 41-19. Milledgeville 51 AFC 37The Lady Missiles held the AFC Lady Raiders to single digit scoring in each of the first three quarters and rolled to the easy fourteen point victory.Milledgeville led nineteen to six after the first quarter and extended that lead to twenty two points (34-12) at the half. The lead was twenty one points (40-19) going into the final period. Rebecca Whitmarsh led the Lady Missiles with nineteen points while Sarah Matson led the Lady Raiders with sixteen points. Forreston 60 Polo 36Forreston and Polo were knotted a nine points apiece after the first quarter but the Lady Cardinals outscored the Lady Marcos in period two seventeen to seven to take control. Forreston led forty five to twenty nine going into the final period and outscored Polo fifteen to seven in quarter four. Emily Korf topped Forrston with eighteen points while Brecken Albrecht led Polo with twelve points. Girls Basketball ScoresJanuary 24 Belvidere 41 Freeport 34 Sterling 51 Rockford Christian 45 (OT) Rock Falls 45 Mendota 15 January 25 Dakota 53 AFC 27 Pecatonica 57 Orangeville 46 January 26 Pearl City 42 Milledgeville 32 Polo 47 AFC 37 East Dubuque 53 Warren 33 Dakota 72 South Beloit 31 Orangeville 47 Durand 40 Ottawa 47 Sterling 29 Rock Falls 54 Marengo 47 January 28 Stockton 49 Galena 42 Dakota 50 Pecatonica 38 DeKalb 48 Sterling 47 River Ridge/Scales Mound 46 Pearl City 30 Wrestling ResultsJanuary 24 West Carroll 41 Morrison 28 Stillman Valley 46 West Carroll 30 January 26 West Carroll 59 Durand/Pecatonica 12 West Carroll 54 Polo/Forreston 18 Durand/Pecatonica 46 Polo/Forreston 24 January 27 West Carroll 42 AFC 9 Erie/Prophetstown 45 West Carroll 33 Morrison Bowling League ResultsWomen’s Wednesday Night LeagueJanuary 25 1-Smith & Associates 19-5 2-Goldstar FS 14.5-9.5 3-FAT Boy’s 13-11 4-Ken Kophamer Realty 12-12 5-Hilltop 10-14 6-KJ’s Bar & Grill 10-14 7-Green & Clean 9-15 8-Pruis Upholstery 8.5-15/5 High Individual Game Dana Nelson 217, Brenda Nye 210, Paulette Strating 203, Jaini Ammon 202, Dawn Beswick 198 High Individual Series Dana Nelson 569, Paulette Strating 553, Brenda Nye 552, Carol Folkerts 528, Liz Hamilton 511, Brenda Workman 511 Hilltop LeagueJanuary 27 1-FAT Boy’s 14-6 2-Roger’s Roughriders 14-6 3-Hilltop 13-7 4- AG Express 12-8 5-Nelson Electric 10-10 6-CAR Quest 9-11 7-Hero’s 6-14 8-BLIND 2-18 High Individual Game Eddie Ruiz 279-247, Brian Drehmer 265-247, Steve Tegeler 263-228, Rob Miller 248, Bob Onken 238 High Individual Series Eddie Ruiz 759, Brian Drehmer 755, Steve Tegeler 670, Shawn Swaim 661, Bob Onken 628
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