SPORTS

By Craig Lang, Prairie Advocate Sports

Thunder Hold Off Raiders

West Carroll’s Joey Sullivan is wrapped up by an AFC tackler during Friday night action in Savanna. Sullivan carried the football eleven times for ninety four yards. The Thunder had a big night offensively as they held off the Raiders to take the 34-26 victory. (PA photo/Craig Lang)

Despite a slow and scoreless first quarter, the West Carroll Thunder and AFC Raiders battled it out Friday night in Savanna with the Thunder taking the eight-point 34-26 victory. The second and third quarters were a different story as both teams cracked the scoreboard. West Carroll put fourteen points on the board with Tyler Kingery scoring on runs of six and four yards and the Raiders reaching pay dirt on an eighty-eight yard kickoff return by Nathan Fahs.

Both teams found the end zone twice in the third quarter with the Thunder’s Tyler Kingery scoring on a thirty-one yard run and Marcus Klein finding the end zone from fifty yards out. A Raider fumble recovery in the end zone and a four-yard run by Fahs accounted for AFC’s points.

The fourth quarter saw Klein find pay dirt again on a twenty-yard scamper and the Raider’s Byron Howlett countered with a one yard run. Klein was the game’s leading rusher, carrying the football twenty times for one hundred ninety-seven yards and two scores. QB Nick Hughes completed five of nine passes for seventy-six yards. Fahs led the Raider’s ground game, carrying the ball sixteen times for one hundred thirty-one yards and a score. West Carroll travels to Pecatonica on Friday night to face the Indians.

(0-2,0-2) AFC-0-6-14-6-26

(0-1,1-1) West Carroll-0-14-14-6-34

Scoring

2nd Quarter

WC: 6 yd. run by Kingery (kick failed)

AFC: 88 yd. kickoff return by Fahs (2 pt. conv. failed)

WC: 4 yd. run by Kingery (2 pt. conv. good)

3rd Quarter

AFC: fumble recovery by Mairs (2 pt. conv. good)

WC: 31 yd. run by Kingery (2 pt. conv. failed)

AFC: 4 yd. run by Fahs (2 pt. conv. failed)

WC: 50 yd. run by Klein (2 pt. conv. good)

4th Quarter

WC: 20 yd. run by Klein (2 pt. conv. failed)

AFC: 1 yd. run by Howlett (2 pt. conv. failed)

EPC Rolls Over Pecatonica

The Wildcats used a potent offense and a stifling defense to shut out the Pecatonica Indians 22-0 Friday evening in Pec. After getting off to a slow start the defense sparked the ‘Catz as defensive back Pat Harrington picked off a Quinn Nichol pass to set up a ninety-nine yard drive capped off with a twenty-six yard scoring strike from QB Drake Walker to Harrington.

On Pecatonica’s first pass play of the next drive, EPC’s Brady Hazelbower picked off Nichol for the second time and returned it thirty-nine yards for the score to put EPC up 14-0 at the halftime intermission.

Walker again found Harrington for a fifty-four yard touchdown pass in the third quarter and Harrington again picked off a Nichol pass attempt on Pec’s next drive to seal the victory for the Wildcats.

Mikki Stichter led the EPC ground attack, carrying the football seventeen times for eighty-four yards. Walker completed five of thirteen pass attempts for one hundred fifteen yards and two scores. Harrington caught two passes for seventy-one yards. EPC hosts the Polo Marcos on Friday night in Pearl City.

(0-2,0-2) Pecatonica-0-0-0-0-0

(2-0,2-0) EPC-0-14-8-0-22

Scoring

2nd Quarter

EPC: 26 yd. pass from Walker to Harrington (2 pt. conv. failed)

EPC: 39 yd. interception return by Hazelbower (2 pt. conv. good)

3rd Quarter

EPC: 54 yd. pass from Walker to Harrington (2 pt. conv. good)

HS Varsity Football Schedule

Sept. 9

Polo vs. EPC @ Pearl City

West Carroll at Pecatonica

Milledgeville at East Dubuque

River Ridge at Orangeville

South Beloit at Forreston

Sterling Newman at Morrison

Dakota at Freeport Aquin

Le-Win at Galena

AFC at Durand

Warren at Stockton

Peru St. Bede at Amboy

Erie/Prophetstown at Port Byron/Riverdale

Fulton at Ottawa Marquette

Kewanee at Bureau Valley

LaSalle-Peru at Sterling

Freeport vs. Rockford East @ Guilford

Byron at Marengo

Kaneland at Dixon

Oregon at Harvard

Rock Falls at Burlington Central

Stillman Valley at Genoa-Kingston

Area Football Scores

Sept. 2

Warren 28 Milledgeville 12

Forreston 32 Dakota 7

Le-Win 58 South Beloit 0

Stockton 53 River Ridge 0

East Dubuque 20 Durand 6

Freeport Aquin 40 Orangeville 0

Morrison 35 Peru St. Bede 14

Sterling Newman 44 Fulton 0

Erie/Prophetstown 20 Ottawa Marquette 7

Port Byron/Riverdale 25 Bureau Valley 14

Kewanee 12 Amboy 6

Byron 42 Wheaton Academy 0

Stillman Valley 48 Wauconda 21

Freeport 28 Rockford Jefferson 14

North Boone 27 Rock Falls 0

Sept. 3

Sterling 21 Chicago Curie 7

HS Varsity Football Standings

NUIC Northwest

1-Le-Win 2-0, 2-0 PF 113 PA 21; 2-EPC 2-0, 2-0 PF 60 PA 14; 3-Forreston 2-0, 2-0 PF 51 PA 13; 4-Dakota 1-1, 1-1 PF 48 PA 40; 5-Galena 1-1, 1-1 PF 48 PA 19; 6-West Carroll 0-1, 1-1 PF 48 PA 64; 7-Polo 0-1, 1-1 PF 34 PA 50; 8-Pecatonica 0-2, 0-2 PF 21 PA 77; 9-South Beloit 0-2, 0-2 PF 8 PA 99

NUIC Upstate

1-Stockton 2-0, 2-0 PF 98 PA 14; 2-Freeport Aquin 2-0, 2-0 PF 93 PA 0; 3-East Dubuque 2-0, 2-0 PF 46 PA 31; 4-Orangeville 1-1, 1-1 PF 19 PA 48; 5-Warren 1-1, 1-1 PF 36 PA 31; 6-Milledgeville 0-1, 0-2 PF 20 PA 62; 7-AFC 0-1, 0-2 PF 51 PA 60; 8-River Ridge 0-2, 0-2 PF 0 PA 96; 9-Durand 0-2, 0-2 PF 20 PA 65

Big Rivers

1-Morrison 2-0. 2-0 PF 80 PA 14; 2-Sterling Newman 2-0, 2-0 PF 97 PA 0; 3-Port Byron/Riverdale 2-0, 2-0 PF 52 PA 20; 4-Erie/Prophetstown 1-1, 1-1 PF 20 PA 60; 5-Bureau Valley 1-1, 1-1 PF 34 PA 32; 6-Peru St. Bede 1-1, 1-1 PF 40 PA 41; 7-Kewanee 1-1, 1-1 PF 18 PA 32; 8-Fulton 0-2, 0-2 PF 0 PA 89; 9-Amboy 0-2, 0-2 PF 12 PA 39; 10-Ottawa Marquette 0-2, 0-2 PF 14 PA 40

WCMS Volleyball Starts Season

By Kari Baisden, Coach

The West Carroll volleyball season has begun. Numbers in the middle school continue to be high. The middle school teams began practice on August 8 with their season opener scheduled against Riverdale on August 22. They will have matches against Chadwick, Polo, Fulton Unity, Galena, Challand Middle School (Sterling), Pearl City, Riverbend (Fulton Jr. High), Stillman Valley, Lena, and River Ridge. The teams will also compete in three tournaments this year. It will be a fast and furious season ending on October 6 with games played at River Ridge.

WCMS 7th Grade VB Defeats Riverdale & Chadwick

The West Carroll Black and Green teams both defeated Riverdale in their match on August 22. Scores in the four game match were 21-14, 21-11, 21-19, and 21-8. Top servers in the games were Taylor Sipe, Emily Suiter, Olivia Burton, Makenzie Klein, and Shelby Skiles. Each team played two games in the match which was played at Riverdale. The West Carroll Black team also defeated Chadwick at home on August 23. Scores in the best of three match were 25-19,10-25, and 25-19. Top servers were Taylor Sipe, Olivia Brinkmeier, Emily Suiter, and Hayley Guilinger. Despite getting behind in game 2, the players stayed focused and came back to win the match in the third game.

WCMS Volleyball Keeps Rolling

The 7th grade volleyball teams at West Carroll continued their winning streak with two matches against Polo on August 25. The Green team played first winning two games (25-12, 25-8) to take the match. Leading servers on the team were Alissa Miner, Olivia Burton, Josi Anderson and Shelby Skiles. The Black team also played a match against Polo which they won in two games (25-17, 25-14). Leading servers in that match were Hayley Guilinger, Raelyn Rekenthaler, Olivia Brinkmeier, and Elise Walls. Both teams showed good movement on the court to continue their undefeated seasons. They will be challenged in the coming weeks with matches against Chadwick, Fulton Unity, and Galena. The 7th grade tournament team will also travel to Oregon on September 10 to compete in the Oregon tournament, which will be played at the Blackhawk Sports Complex.

WCMS 8th Volleyball Starts 2011 Season

The 8th grade Thunder volleyball girls traveled to Riverdale on the 23rd of August and split the four games played, 6-21,10-21,21-19 and 21-19. Alex Coats and Allison Brunner made the leading serving scores.

The girls played at home against Chadwick on the 24th and lost the match in two games, 18-25 and 13-25. All 12 girls on the team evened out the serving scores.

On Thursday the 26th the 8th graders traveled to Polo. They won both matches in three games each: 25-21, 21-25, 25-17 and 25-21, 25-19 and 7-15. This year, the squad is trying to play a 6-2 offense and is finally feeling comfortable with it. The setters used in this type of offense this year are Kacee French, Alex Coats and Kaylee Plattenburger. The Thunder team is also using a libero this year. Breanna Kampmeier plays this position.

WCMS 7th Grade Suffers Loss

The 7th grade “Green” team from West Carroll lost to Chadwick in match play on Tuesday, August 30. Scores in the match were 14-25 and 24-26. “Although we had good serving from Olivia Burton and Josi Anderson in game two, we just couldn’t get past the Streaks,” commented Coach Kari Baisden. “We need to be more consistent in our passing and more confident when we are in serve receive.” The Green team will have a chance to do better on September 8 when they will face the Streaks again at WCMS. “Hopefully, we will have a better night all the way around when we face Chadwick again,” said Coach Baisden.

HS Volleyball Results

Aug. 30

F/S

Dakota 2 Eastland 0 (25-22,25-13)

Varsity

Dakota 2 Eastland 0 (25-20,25-21)

Aug. 31

Stockton 2 River Ridge 0 (25-15,25-19)

Volleyball Schedule

Sept. 8

Eastland at Pearl City

Le-Win at West Carroll

Morrison at Erie

Sept. 10

Eastland at Byron Tourney

West Carroll at DeKalb Tourney

Pearl City at Rockford Jefferson Tourney

Sept. 12

Morrison at Amboy

Sept. 13

West Carroll at Stockton

Pearl City at Le-Win

Morrison at Bureau Valley

HS Golf Results

Aug. 29

Forreston JV - 199

Nathan Schneiderman-47

Robert Cornelius-49

Dalton Vinnedge-51

Cameron Groom-52

Pearl City JV - 228

Peyton Brudi-48

Dylan Holland-53

Nick Pilson-63

Grant Curry-64

Forreston Varsity - 189

Nick Ludwig-46

Jake Kerkhoff-47

Jordan Ludwig-47

Jonah Drake-49

Pearl City Varsity - 202

Connor Thompson-45

Aaron Eaton-46

Ryan Peifer-55

Tim Lott-56

Medalist: Connor Thompson (45)

Aug. 31

Stockton Varsity - 181

Trey Timpe-37

Cameron Upmann-45

Austin Bauer-48

Garrett Heidenreich-51

East Dubuque Varsity - 216

Connor Kickbush-50

Mike Berning-52

Tyler Monahan-52

Cory Gaulke-62

River Ridge/Scales Mound - 225

Alec D’Amico-49

Reece Wienen-50

Kevin Dieschbourg-63

Erin Sigauafus-63

Medalist: Trey Timpe (37)

Pecatonica - 188

Dan King-40

Bryan Durand-44

Mitchell Dzurisin-50

Brandon Shere-54

Polo - 198

Matt Sullivan-47

Alina Llanas-49

Dylan Bushman-50

Owen Bailey-52

Medalist: Dan King (40)