By Craig Lang | Prairie Advocate Sports

Lanark Beaver Football Class of 1967 and 1968 to be Honored

Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame has selected the 1967 and 1968 Lanark Fighting Beaver Football Team as one of their Honor Team’s for this year’s inductee class. The Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame annually honors area individuals and teams that have made lasting contribution through their success and or service to general athletics in Northwest Illinois. The ceremony when these two teams will be inducted is October 13th, at Manny’s in Savanna IL at 6:30PM.

These two Lanark teams, under Coach Wally Isham and his staff were stellar. They won the Northwestern Illinois Conference championships these two years, and achieved a combined 17-1 Record. (9-0 1967 and 8-1, 1968). These teams, and Coach Isham, were known for their “hard nosed,” disciplined football that has been idealized in area football for years. Coach Isham was coach at Lanark High School from 1964 to 1974, and is planning to return for the event.

This ceremony is open to the public, and will be held at Manny’s banquet room with a catered meal. The cost is $20, and advanced reservations are required. Tickets can be purchased up to the time of the banquet but seating is limited. Members and families of the ’67 and 68 team are asked to submit reservations by Sept. 4th. Reservations can be made by contacting Kraig Kniss at 815-541 6597 or Brian Reusch at 815-273-7757 or via email to brian@wcciradio.com.

Varsity Football Schedule

September 14

EPC at Galena

Milledgeville at Freeport Aquin

Le-Win at West Carroll

Morrison at Peru St. Bede

River Ridge at Durand

Orangeville at Forreston

Dakota at Polo

Sterling Newman at Fulton

Freeport at Rockford Boylan

Rochelle at Sterling

Byron at Rock Falls

EPC Dominates Polo 41-7

The visiting Wildcatz cracked the scoreboard first on Friday night in Polo as Ramsay Truckenmiller scored on a seven yard run. The PAT kick sailed through the uprights and EPC led seven to nothing. The Marcos responded with a sixty nine yard pass completion and the point after knotted the score.

The ‘Catz then reeled off three more scores to take a twenty eight to seven first quarter lead. The first was a fifty yard kickoff return by Ben Thomas and the second was a seven yard run by Thomas. Truckenmiller found the end zone again from five yards out to conclude the first quarter scoring.

The second quarter was scoreless and the lead remained at twenty one points going into the third. EPC cracked the board again in quarter three as Shawn Larak scored on a nine yard run and Tim Vandenburgh found paydirt from one yard out to make the score EPC forty one and Polo seven.

Both defenses stepped up in the final quarter and held the other team scoreless. EPC travels to Galena to take on the Pirates on Friday night while Polo hosts the Dakota Indians.

Warriors Score Big On Milledgeville

The East Dubuque offense scored early and often as they rolled to the fifty four to six victory Friday night in Milledgeville. The Warriors offense was led by Alec Monahan who amassed one hundred seventy yards rushing and scored three times while teammate Cole Crenshaw rushed for one hundred three yards and two scores.

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Thunder Gain First Win

West Carroll hosted the Pecatonica Indians on Saturday afternoon at Massey Field in Savanna and came away with the huge 49-8 win.

Pec went up early as they put the football in the end zone on a score by Brice Rose. Rose converted the two point play to give the Indians an eight to nothing lead but the Thunder responded with a score by Mason Vanhook. The two point conversion failed and Pec lead eight to six after one quarter.

From there it was all West Carroll as they added thirteen second quarter points on scores by QB Nick Hughes, Brandon Sturtevant and Tom Losch. Sturtevant and Losch found the end zone again in the third quarter to put West Carroll up twenty six to eight going into quarter four.

Seth Bradley, Losch and Jared Root all put the football in the end zone in the final quarter to give the Thunder the lopsided win. Sturtevant led the Thunder ground game, rushing for one hundred eight yards and two TD’s. West Carroll hosts the Le-Win Panthers on Friday evening while Pecatonica hosts the South Beloit Sobos.

West Carroll’s Brandon Sturtevant (#25) looks for more running room as he eludes the grasp of a Pecatonica tackler on Saturday in Savanna. Brandon rushed for 108 yards and 2 TD’s in the Thunder forty-one point victory over the Indians. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Wildcats Top Broncos

River Ridge had their offense hitting on all cylinders as the cruised to the fifteen point victory (43-28) on Friday night as they hosted the Orangeville Broncos. Cody Landwer led the River Ridge ground attack, caarying the football twenty times for one hindred eight yards and a score. Quarterback Josh Crist led the Wildcat air attack as he completed twelve of nineteen passes for three hundred ten yards and four TD’s. Tony Hernandez grabbed six of those passes for one hundred eighty two yards and two scores while teammate Andrew Ertmer snared six Crist passes for forty yards and a TD. River Ridge travels to Durand on Friday evening while Orangeville heads to Forreston to face the Cardinals.

Panthers Pound Galena

Le-Win jumped out to a thirty to nothing first half lead and rolled to the lopsided thirty eight point win (44-6). The Panthers Tevin Sellers led the Le-Win ground game, running the football eleven tomes for one hundred fifty five yards and two TD’s while teammate Austin Mancosky handled the pigskin twelve time for ninety one yards and three scores. Quarterback Evan Heer also scored a rushing touchdown and passed for another score. The Panthers travel to Savanna on Friday night to battle the Thunder while the Pirates host the EPC Wildcatz.

Defense Wins For Mustangs

by Bill Popkin

A stingy defensive effort by the Morrison Mustangs football team allowed them to win another Big Rivers Conference match-up against Spring Valley-Hall at Morrison on September 7. Morrison (2-1) led 14-0 at halftime and held on to come away with their second win of the young season 20-6. The Mustangs have given up only 16 points in three contests thus far. Morrison is now ranked third in Illinois class 2A football.

The Mustangs wasted little time getting on the scoreboard to begin the ballgame as Alexander Volckmann raced 70 yards around the right end on the second play from scrimmage. The extra point try failed, but Morrison still led 6-0. With 5:05 left in the first half, Brock Deter capped of a 4-play 42 yard drive with a 27 yard TD scamper. The 2-point conversion was good, and Morrison went into the locker-room at intermission ahead 14-0.

Hall’s (0-3) only score came on the second play of the third quarter when Landon Picatto sprinted 64 yards to pay dirt. The extra point try failed, and Morrison still had a commanding 14-6 advantage. Danny Willis capped off the scoring for the evening when he went over the end zone line from 17 yards out with 3:57 left in the game. The Mustangs prevailed on the mild autumn evening 20-6.

Deter led a balanced Morrison rushing attack with 88 yards. Volckmann added 80, while Willis contributed 79 yards to the solid ground effort.

In the Frosh-Soph game, Hall won 36-8. Morrison will now travel to Peru-St. Bede on September 14 to battle the Bruins who have a 2-1 record.

Varsity Football Scores

September 7

Stockton 51 Warren 7

Freeport Aquin 30 Dakota 16

Amboy 42 Fulton 30

AFC 44 Durand 26

Erie/Prophetstown 14 Port Byron/Riverdale 7

Sterling Newman 30 Bureau Valley 14

Byron 41 Harvard 13

Peru St. Bede 21 Kewanee 7

Maple Park Kaneland 42 Sterling 0

Rockford Lutheran 48 Rock Falls 34

Freeport 47 Rockford East 21

Stillman Valley 34 Oregon 7

Winnebago 40 Mendota 0

Yorkville 42 Dixon 14

Morris 43 Geneseo 0

HS Volleyball Schedule

September 13

Eastland at Le-Win

Forreston at Milledgeville

River Ridge at Scales Mound

Bureau Valley at Morrison

AFC at Freeport Aquin

Freeport at Rockford Jefferson

Sterling at Ottawa

Fulton at Sterling Newman

September 15

Eastland & Le-Win at Mt. Pulaski Tournament

Milledgeville at Pearl City Tournament

Freeport Aquin at Mercer County Tournament

September 17

East Dubuque at Eastland

Warren at West Carroll

Stockton at River Ridge

Galena at Le-Win

Sterling Newman at Bureau Valley

September 18

Pecatonica at Milledgeville

River Ridge at Pearl City

South Beloit at Polo

Forreston at Orangeville

Durand at Freeport Aquin

Rockton Hononegah at Freeport

Erie at Sterling Newman

Varsity Volleyball Results

September 4

Eastland 2 West Carroll 0 (25-8, 25-11)

Milledgeville 2 AFC 1 (25-22, 19-25, 25-11)

Fulton 2 Prophetstown 1 (29-27, 15-25, 25-22)

Freeport Aquin 2 Polo 0 (25-9, 25-14)

Sterling Newman 2 Peru St. Bede 0 (26-24, 25-13)

Rockford Lutheran 2 Rock Falls 0 (25-23, 25-22)

Galena 2 Scales Mound 0 (25-10, 25-14)

Pecatonica 2 Durand 1 (16-25, 25-14, 25-21)

East Dubuque 2 Warren 1 (20-25, 25-22, 25-16)

September 6

Eastland 2 Pearl City 0 (25-18, 25-14)

Le-Win 2 West Carroll 1 (25-16, 24-26, 25-14)

River Ridge 2 East Dubuque 0 (25-17, 25-23)

AFC 2 Polo 0 (25-22, 25-16)

Galena 2 Warren 0 (25-5, 25-10)

Dakota 2 Orangeville 0 (25-20, 25-7)

Sterling 2 Sterling Newman 0 (25-23, 25-14)

Rock Falls 2 Mendota 0 (25-16, 25-17)

September 8

Rockford Jefferson Tourney

Wheaton Academy 2 Pearl City 0 (25-23, 25-10)

Pearl City 2 Rockford East 0 (25-9, 27-25)

Pearl City 2 Pekin 0 (25-16, 25-23)

Sterling 2 Pearl City 0 (25-16, 25-21)

Pearl City 2 Rockford Christian 0 (25-6, 25-17)

Overall: Pearl City finished in 3rd Place

Golf Results

September 4

Le-Win – 156

Pecatonica – 166

Stockton – 159

East Dubuque – 207

River Ridge – 221

Dakota – 166

Forreston – 192

Orangeville – 205

Eastland/Milledgeville – 169

Pearl City – 190

Individual Scores

Eastland/Milledgeville

Casey Fritz – 34

Seth Blair – 43

Devin Hartman – 45

Logan Lessman – 47

Matt Keppen – 50

Harrison Schmidt – 54

Pearl City

Justin Lott – 45

Aaron Eaton – 47

Peyton Brudi – 49

Ryan Piefer – 49

Evan Bull – 54

Timothy Lott – 56

Medalist: Casey Fritz (34)

September 5

At Sunset Golf Course

Forreston – 177

Pearl City – 204

Individual Scores

Forreston

Tyler Newcomer – 42

Jonah Drake – 44

Bock Wolf – 45

Nick Ludwig – 46

Markus Edler – 49

Nathan Schneiderman – 55

Pearl City

Justin Lott – 48

Timothy Lott – 50

Peyton Brudi – 52

Ryan Piefer – 54

Evan Bull – 57

Aaron Eaton – 61

Medalist: Tyler Newcomer (42)

Records: Forreston: 5-3 (conference), 5-6 (overall)

Pearl City: 3-7 (conference), 3-8 (overall)

Le-Win – 158

Stockton – 159

Freeport Aquin – 166

River Ridge – 214

Polo – 185

Warren – 200

Freeport 160

Rockford Jefferson – 191

September 6

Orangeville – 183

West Carroll 196

Individual Scores

West Carroll

Cameron Ehlers – 45

Sean Keckler – 48

Matt Ritchie – 50

Mike Strauch – 53

Paawan Dandona – 53

Medalist: Trevor Getz (38)

Photo Caption Correction

The photo that ran on the top right corner of page 10 in last week’s Prairie Advocate (9/5/12) was misidentified as Kameron DawTyne, when in fact the photo was of Milledgeville Missile Jordan Harris. The Prairie Advocate apologizes for the error and regrets any inconvenience it may have caused.

Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Wisconsin Badgers Tailgating Party

Hey, guys (and gals), grab your buddies and head on down to A Cook’s Corner at 2501 Avenue E (YMCA Way) in Sterling, IL on Saturday, October 6, 2012 for an afternoon of food, football and fun as owner Deb Lawrence hosts a tailgating party for the Illinois vs. Wisconsin college football game. The festivities begin at noon with burgers, hot dogs and more. There will be Bloody Mary samples and seasonal beer samples available also. Prescott’s TV and Appliance will be showing the big game on a big projection screen in the parking lot. The cost is $5 per ticket with half the ticket sales going to charity. For tickets or more information stop in at A Cook’s Corner or call 815-625-7040. Come down and watch Tim Beckman’s Fighting Illini battle Bret Bielema’s Wisconsin Badgers.