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SPORTSBy Craig Lang | Prairie Advocate SportsNorthwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame BanquetThe 2012 Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet is set for Saturday, October 13, 2012 at Manny’s Pizza in Savanna. The evening will begin with cocktails at 5:45, dinner will be served at 6:30 with the program to follow. Tickets are $20 per person, and new this year, tickets must be purchased in advance. Thirteen individuals will be inducted that evening, while the 1967-1968 Lanark football teams and the 1962 Savanna wrestling team will also be honored. Tickets are available from any committee member or by contacting Brian Reusch at 815-273-7757 or Kraig Kniss at 815-541-6597. Brian may also be contacted at brian@wcciradio.com. The 2012 induction class includes: Ben Adolph of Chadwick, Greg DeVries of Milledgeville, Lindsay Peterson of Mt. Carroll, Mark Macomber of Pearl City, Tom Zuidema of Morrison, Jacob Coffman of Forreston, Jennifer (Countryman) Trujillo of Fulton, Pat Monahan of East Dubuque, Devin Patterson of Elizabeth, Jessica Cox of Galena, Todd Crow of Scales Mound, Stephanie Heid of Stockton and Jody (Rendon) Gabel of Warren. Hanover, Le-Win, Shannon and Thomson had no candidates this year. Biographies for each inducteee will be published in the next issue of the PA on 9/26. The Northwest Illinois Sports Hall of Fame was established in 1987 to honor those who have made a long lasting contribution to sports in the area.
Congratulations to the Milledgeville High School Freshman Volleyball Team. They won 2nd place in the Oregon Tournament on Saturday, September 15th! Varsity Football ScheduleSeptember 21 Le-Win vs. EPC @ Pearl City (Homecoming) Milledgeville at Orangeville West Carroll at South Beloit Morrison at Erie/Prophetstown AFC at River Ridge Polo at Forreston Spring Valley Hall at Fulton Belvidere North at Freeport Sterling at LaSalle Peru Rock Falls at Winnebago Port Byron/Riverdale at Sterling Newman Kewanee at Amboy Peru St. Bede at Bureau Valley Byron at Stillman Valley Rockford Lutheran at Oregon Dixon at Geneseo EPC Edges GalenaThe Wildcatz managed to escape Galena with a narrow eight point (21-13) victory on Friday evening in Galena. EPC opened the scoring in the first quarter on a forty yard run. The extra point kick by Skylar Paulson was good and the ‘Catz led 7-0. The Pirates responded with a fifty nine yard TD run by Austin Long. Paulson added a twenty eight yard field goal to put EPC up 10-6 at the half. A second field goal in the third quarter by Paulson and a fifteen yard TD toss from QB Tim Vandenburgh to Paulson with the two point conversion put the ‘Catz up 21-6 in the third. The Pirates QB Long connected with Tyler Long for an eight yard touchdown to finished the scoring. Junior running back Eric Schaney led the EPC ground game, rushing the football seventeen times for one hundred seventy three yards. EPC out rushed Galena 279-148 and 302-198 in overall offensive yardage in the contest. Austin Long led Galena with one hundred nine yards on sixteen carries. Missiles Fall To BulldogsDespite a strong first quarter start, the Milledgeville Missiles couldn’t keep the momentum going and fell to the Freeport Aquin Bulldogs 44-12 Friday night in Freeport. A sixty seven yard TD run by Daniel Walker in the opening quarter put Milledgeville ahead and a forty two yard TD pass from Missile QB Kameron DawTye to Jordan Harris in the closing seconds of the first quarter put the Missiles up 12-0. Freeport Aquin regrouped after the intermission and found the end zone on the first play of the third quarter as Aquin QB Nolan Brannick found Anthony Townsend on a thirty three yard strike. Two more Brannick TD passes put the Bulldogs up for good. Brannick found receiver Zach Moyer for two TD passes in the second half and a twenty yard run by Sawyer Shaw combined with a twenty eight yard field goal by Josh Furlong completed the scoring. Milledgeville travels to Orangeville to face the Broncos on Friday night while the Bulldogs host the Warren Warriors. Panthers Cruise Past Thunder
West Carroll hosted the Le-Win Panthers on Friday night in Savanna and the visiting Panthers scored early and often to roll to the forty five point (59-14) victory. Le-Win scored a pair of TD’s on runs by Austin Mancosky and Tevin Sellers racked up eighty one yards on just four carries to add another score for the Panthers. Le-Win also scored through the air as QB Evan Heer found Tyler Oakley on a scoring strike. The Thunder’s scores came on TD runs by Jeff Casey and Tristan Fox. Mason Vanhook led the West Carroll ground game with fifty two yards. West Carroll travels to South Beloit to battle the Sobos while Le-Win faces EPC in Pearl City for the ‘Catz homecoming game. Varsity Football ScoresSeptember 14 Durand 26 River Ridge 0 Forreston 47 Orangeville 0 Stockton 55 AFC 6 Dakota 26 Polo 24 East Dubuque 26 Warren 21 Sterling Newman 28 Fulton 0 Bureau Valley 28 Erie/Prophetstown 12 South Beloit 44 Pecatonica 8 Kewanee 48 Port Byron/Riverdale 20 Rockford Boylan 42 Freeport 0 Amboy 46 Spring Valley Hall 6 Rochelle 47 Sterling 21 Rockford Lutheran 37 Winnebago 34 Byron 57 Rock Falls 43 Stillman Valley 40 Mendota 10 North Boone 35 Oregon 32 Morris 56 Dixon 6 Sycamore 34 Geneseo 31 Volleyball ScheduleSeptember 19 Eastland at Warren Pearl City at Polo Forreston at Durand Freeport Aquin at Dakota September 20 West Carroll at Scales Mound Milledgeville at Orangeville Morrison at Kewanee Le-Win at East Dubuque Freeport at Rockford Harlem Streator at Sterling September 22 West Carroll, Milledgeville, River Ridge, Polo at Polo Varsity Tournament Freeport at Belvidere North September 24 Scales Mound at Eastland River Ridge at West Carroll Durand at Milledgeville Morrison at Sterling Newman Orangeville at Polo Forreston at Dakota Warren at Le-Win South Beloit at Freeport Aquin September 25 Eastland at River Ridge West Carroll at Galena Milledgeville at Dakota Morrison at Riverdale Polo at Durand Forreston at South Beloit Freeport Aquin at Pecatonica Freeport at Rockford East Geneseo at Sterling Sterling Newman at Amboy Varsity Volleyball Scores
September 10 Forreston 2 AFC 0 (25-19, 25-17) September 11 Milledgeville 2 Polo 0 (25-17, 25-14) Stockton 2 West Carroll 0 (25-15, 25-13) Galena 2 River Ridge 0 (25-20, 25-16) Le-Win 2 Pearl City 0 (25-13, 25-23) Fulton 2 Morrison 0 (25-12, 25-20) Dakota 2 AFC 0 (25-12, 25-7) Scales Mound 2 Warren 1 (25-17, 19-25, 25-23) Pecatonica 2 Orangeville 0 (25-13, 25-13) September 13 Forreston 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-9, 25-18)
September 15 Pearl City Invitational Tourney Galena(2) 2 Stockton 1 (17-25, 25-22, 15-10) Riverdale 2 Galena(2) 0 (25-15, 25-21) Riverdale 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-17, 25-14) Riverdale 2 Stockton 1 (25-11, 18-25, 15-7) Pearl City 2 Warren 1 (12-25, 25-16, 15-12) Pearl City 2 Galena(1) 1 (25-21, 16-25, 15-6) Warren 2 Galena(1) 0 (25-23, 25-14) Warren 2 Orangeville 0 (25-17, 25-7) Consolation Semifinals Stockton 2 Orangeville 0 (25-13, 25-10) Milledgeville 2 Galena(1) 0 (25-23, 25-16) Consolation Championship Stockton 2 Milledgeville 0 (25-18, 25-18) Semifinals Warren 2 Riverdale 0 (25-19, 25-21) Galena(2) 2 Pearl City 1 (25-13, 24-26, 25-15) Championship Galena(2) 2 Riverdale 1 (19-25, 25-19, 25-14) All Tournament Team Brianna Bautsch & Lindsey Decker – Galena 2 Olivia Middendorf – Galena 1 Payton Mink & Hannah Nimrick – Riverdale Madelyn Dower & Kristin Wright – Stockton Jenna Canon – Pearl City Varsity Golf ResultsSeptember 10 At West Lake Village Golf Course Pecatonica – 175 West Carroll – 181 Individual Scores West Carroll Cameron Ehlers – 41 Sean Keckler – 44 Matt Ritchie – 47 Paawan Dandona – 49 Mike Strauch – 63 Medalist: Cameron Ehlers (41) At Timber Creek Golf Course Dixon – 176 Polo – 212 At Coach’s Golf Course Dakota – 169 Pearl City – 194 Individual Scores Dakota Tayler Burns – 39 Brandon Lizer – 39 J.T. Price – 45 Brett Benning – 46 Alec Heinz – 49 Seth Pattat – 59 Pearl City Evan Bull – 45 Justin Lott – 48 Peyton Brudi – 50 Aaron Eaton – 51 Tim Lott – 55 Ryn Piefer – 63 Medalist: Tayler Burns & Brandon Lizer (39) September 11 At Woodbine Bend Golf Course Eastland/Milledgeville 192 Warren 196 At Byron Hills Golf Course Morrison – 178 Riverdale – 178 Amboy – 181 Medalist: Greg Magana (38) Polo – 180 River Ridge – 228 Darlington, WI – 184 Le-Win – 219 Orangeville – 186 East Dubuque – 189 September 12 At Wolf Hollow Golf Course Eastland/Milledgeville – 186 Le-Win – 194 Medalist: Alex Moutrey (42) At Sinnissippi Golf Course Freeport – 165 Rockford Guilford – 194 Medalist: Adam Werntz (39) September 13 At Brush Creek Golf Course Pearl City – 194 Orangeville – 199 Individual Scores Pearl City Evan Bull – 48 Aaron Eaton – 48 Justin Lott – 49 Peyton Brudi – 49 Ryan Piefer – 53 Tim Lott – 55 Orangeville Trevor Getz – 42 Adam Koester – 50 Nick Barnes – 53 Daniel Obert – 54 Cameron O’Haver – 61 Medalist: Trevor Getz (42) Records: Pearl City 4-8 (conference), 4-9 (overall) Orangeville 2-7 (conference), 3-8 (overall) Loading
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