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The bottom lineSterling 18Sycamore 21

Geneseo 21DeKalb 7

Dixon 42Byron 28

Oregon 14Stillman Valley 7

Lutheran 63Rock Falls 14

Amboy 0Newman 44

Bureau Valley 27Fulton 35

Erie-P’town 41Orion 21

Riverdale 7Morrison 21

Forreston 21Eastland-P.C. 54

Durand 41West Carroll 20

Stockton 26Dakota 42

AFC 16Milledgeville 22

Polo 40Warren 0

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Abingdon 52, Knoxville 0Addison Trail 27, Willowbrook 17Anna-Jonesboro 27, Benton 12Annawan/Wethersfield (FB Coop) 21, Oneida (ROWVA) 14Antioch 33, Wauconda 21Arcola 33, Tri-County 14Arthur-Lovington 28, Cumberland 26Auburn 47, Pittsfield-Griggsville-Perry 3Ballard Memorial, Ky. 36, Massac County 7Barrington 33, Fremd 28Batavia 40, Streamwood 7Belleville West 45, Alton 24Belvidere 55, Rockford Boylan 41Belvidere North 42, Rockford Jefferson 0Benet 66, Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 7Bishop McNamara 48, De La Salle 34Bismarck-Henning 58, Villa Grove 7Bloomington Central Catholic 49, Macomb 19Bolingbrook 41, Sandburg 0Bradley-Bourbonnais 28, Andrew 3Brother Rice 28, St. Rita 21Brown County 30, Pleasant Hill 1/8P.H.-Western Coop3/8 12Buffalo Grove 14, Wheeling 10Burlington Central 55, Rockford Chris-tian 12Bushnell-Prairie City Avon 54, South Fulton 0Cambridge-AlWood 57, Biggsville West Central 14Camp Point Central 49, Winchester-West Central 0Canton 35, Dunlap 21Carbondale 35, Harrisburg 20Carlinville 64, Litchfield 20Carlyle 42, Trenton Wesclin 0Carmel 31, Niles Notre Dame 17Carmi White County 42, Christopher-Ziegler-Royalton 6Carrollton 56, Jacksonville Routt 0Cary-Grove 47, Crystal Lake South 7Casey-Westfield 54, Olney East Rich-land 13Centralia 52, Mascoutah 48Champaign Central 35, Bloomington 20Chester 33, Fairfield 28Chicago ( SSICP) 41, Kelly 0Chicago (Solorio Academy) 21, Bowen 14Chicago Christian 34, Guerin 12Chicago Mt. Carmel 10, Loyola 7Chicago Uplift 58, Douglass 0Clifton Central 28, Momence 22Coal City 48, Seneca 0Columbia 45, Nashville 22Conant 24, Hoffman Estates 16Corliss 28, Chicago (TEAM Englewood) 22Crete-Monee 7, Prairie Ridge 0Crystal Lake Central 56, Grayslake Cen-tral 7Danville 28, Urbana 24Decatur St. Teresa 42, Warrensburg-Latham 14Deer Creek-Mackinaw 58, Lexington 13DePaul College Prep (Gordon) 14, St. Ignatius 7Dwight 29, Argenta-Oreana 8East St. Louis 57, Collinsville 17Edwardsville 22, Belleville East 8Eisenhower 38, Springfield 27

El Paso-Gridley 55, Heyworth 28Eldorado 54, Vienna 26Elmwood-Brimfield 61, Peoria Heights 0Evergreen Park 31, Bremen 27Farmington 46, Rushville-Industry 22Fieldcrest 34, Eureka-Roanoke-Benson 14Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland (FCW) 28, Tremont 27Freeburg 35, Salem 23Geneva 42, Larkin 6Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman 43, Westville 18Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 21, Fisher 6Glenbard North 45, Naperville North 14Glenbard West 48, York 7Grayslake North 49, Woodstock North 29Greenfield-Northwestern 24, Concord (Triopia) 20Greenville 42, Vandalia 13Gurnee Warren 42, Zion Benton 0Hall 62, Princeton 28Hamilton 58, Calhoun 18Hampshire 15, Woodstock 12Havana 29, North Fulton 28Herrin 49, Breese Central 0Herscher 28, Streator 8Hersey 48, Rolling Meadows 6Highland 62, Charleston 14Highland Park 34, Glenbrook North 33Hillsboro 29, Pana 15Hinsdale Central 34, Downers North 18Hinsdale South 7, Downers South 0Homewood-Flossmoor 48, Stagg 0Hononegah 49, Freeport 6Hope Academy 68, Kirkland Hiawatha 14Huntley 59, Dundee-Crown 14IC Catholic 24, Fenton 7Iroquois West-Crescent-Iroquois 52, Watseka 27Jacksonville 49, Chatham Glenwood 35Jacobs 50, McHenry 25Johnsburg 62, Harvard 14Johnston City 47, Hamilton County 6Joliet Catholic 32, Marist 7Juarez 21, Bronzeville Scholastic 12Kankakee 66, Pontiac 20Kenwood 12, Chicago (Noble Charter/C. Bulls) 6Lake Forest 28, Mundelein 0Lake Zurich 38, Vernon Hills 21Lakes Community 52, North Chicago 0Lawrenceville 28, Marshall 14Lemont 59, Hillcrest 6Leo 20, Aurora Christian 16LeRoy 46, Colfax Ridgeview 6Lewistown 55, Beardstown 12Leyden 49, Proviso East 9Lincoln Way North 49, Thornwood 12Lincoln Way West 38, Lincoln Way Cen-tral 19Lincoln-Way East 56, Joliet Central 0Lockport 46, Joliet West 28Lyons 28, Proviso West 7Machesney Park Harlem 36, Rockford Guilford 0Mahomet-Seymour 31, Effingham 24Maine South def. Waukegan, forfeitMaine West 43, Maine East 6Maroa-Forsyth 60, Cerro Gordo (Coop) 13Mattoon 42, Jerseyville Jersey 14

Mercer County 21, Monmouth United 14Metamora 21, East Peoria 7Milford High School 68, Hoopeston 7Moline 24, Peoria Manual 14Monticello 62, Monmouth-Roseville 34Montini 21, Marmion 7Morton 35, Washington 14Mt. Carmel 40, Mount Vernon 30Mt. Zion 50, Bethalto Civic Memorial 34Murphysboro 38, DuQuoin 20Naperville Neuqua Valley 28, Metea Val-ley 14New Berlin-Franklin 1, River Valley 0New Trier 44, Evanston Township 30Newton 35, Paris 0Niles North 56, Deerfield 49Nokomis 42, East Alton-Wood River 8Normal Community 49, Rich Central 21Normal University 24, Cahokia 6Normal West 49, Champaign Centen-nial 21North Boone 29, Marengo 28North Greene 42, Unity-Payson 0North-Mac 59, Petersburg PORTA 16O’Fallon 48, Granite City 21Oak Forest 30, Tinley Park 23Oak Lawn Community 28, Shepard 3Oak Lawn Richards 49, Argo 0Oak Park River Forest 58, Berwyn-Cice-ro Morton 7Oblong 30, Decatur Lutheran (LSA) 25Oswego 35, Plainfield South 14Ottawa Marquette 35, Alden-Hebron 22Palatine 45, Schaumburg 35Pawnee 1, Metro-East Lutheran 0Paxton-Buckley-Loda 28, Champaign St. Thomas More 0Pekin 42, Limestone 28Peoria (H.S.) 61, Galesburg 35Peotone 19, Reed-Custer 18Pinckneyville 56, Dupo 12Plainfield East 44, Plainfield Central 14Plainfield North 47, Minooka 20Plano 34, Lisle 7Pleasant Plains 27, Athens 21Prospect 31, Elk Grove 13Prosser 46, Kelvyn Park 13Quincy 48, Rock Island 25Reavis 46, Blue Island Eisenhower 14Red Hill 43, Flora 14Richmond-Burton 35, Genoa (Genoa-Kingston) 15Richwoods 27, Quincy 21Riverside-Brookfield 14, Glenbard South 6Robinson 42, Edwards County 14Rock Island Alleman 41, East Moline United 0Rockford Auburn 48, Rockford East 0Rockridge 55, Kewanee 30Roxana 45, Piasa Southwestern 32Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 56, Rochester 13Sandwich 41, Westmont 26Sangamon Valley 41, Martinsville 14Shelbyville 46, Moweaqua Central A&M 12Sidell (Jamaica)-Salt Fork 25, Oakwood 22South Fork 35, Bunker Hill 8Sparta 28, Red Bud 19Springfield Lanphier 47, Lincoln 14Springfield Southeast 42, Decatur MacArthur 41

How they stand Around the stateNIB-12 West

Conf. AllGeneseo 4-0 9-0Sterling 3-1 6-3Ottawa 2-2 2-7Rochelle 1-3 3-6LaSalle-Peru 0-4 0-9

Friday’s results• Morris 49, LaSalle-Peru 7• Yorkville 27, Ottawa 14• Kaneland 33, Rochelle 6• Sycamore 21, Sterling 18• Geneseo 21, DeKalb 7

End of regular season

NIB-12 East Conf. AllDeKalb 4-0 8-1Yorkville 3-1 7-2Morris 2-2 5-4Sycamore 1-3 5-4Kaneland 0-4 4-5

Friday’s results• Morris 49, LaSalle-Peru 7• Yorkville 27, Ottawa 14• Kaneland 33, Rochelle 6• Sycamore 21, Sterling 18• Geneseo 21, DeKalb 7


Big Northern West Conf. AllRkfd. Lutheran 7-0 9-0Dixon 5-2 7-2Mendota 5-2 6-3Byron 4-3 5-4Oregon 4-3 5-4Stillman Valley 2-5 2-7Winnebago 1-6 2-7Rock Falls 0-7 0-9

Friday’s results• Dixon 42, Byron 28• Mendota 49, Winnebago 23• Oregon 14, Stillman Valley 7• Lutheran 63, Rock Falls 14


Three Rivers North Conf. AllNewman 6-0 9-0Erie-P’town 4-2 6-3Fulton 4-2 6-3Amboy 3-3 5-4Bureau Valley 3-3 4-5Morrison 1-5 1-8Riverdale 0-6 0-9

Friday’s results• Newman 44, Amboy 0• Fulton 35, Bureau Valley 27• Erie-Prophetstown 41, Orion 21• Morrison 21, Riverdale 7


NUIC Northwest Conf. AllEastland-P.C. 8-0 9-0Forreston 7-1 8-1Galena 6-2 7-2Lena-Winslow 5-3 6-3Dakota 4-4 5-4Durand 3-5 4-5South Beloit 1-7 2-7Pecatonica 1-7 1-8West Carroll 1-7 1-8

Friday’s results• Dakota 42, Stockton 26• Durand 41, West Carroll 20• Eastland-P.C. 54, Forreston 21• Galena 64, Pecatonica 14• Lena-Winslow 50, South Beloit 13


NUIC Upstate Conf. AllAquin 7-1 7-2Polo 7-1 7-2Stockton 7-1 7-2Warren 5-3 5-4East Dubuque 4-4 5-4Milledgeville 3-5 3-6AFC 2-6 3-6River Ridge 1-7 1-8Orangeville 0-8 0-9

Friday’s results• Milledgeville 22, AFC 16• Aquin 41, River Ridge 20• East Dubuque 50, Orangeville 0• Polo 40, Warren 0• Dakota 42, Stockton 26


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ing quarterback Deven Heeren

under center and running back Donny Groezinger in the backfield, every-thing was right for the Eastland-Pearl City foot-ball team on Friday night.

Heeren showed off his quick-trigger arm, and Forreston – Class 1A’s top-ranked team – had no answer for the Wildcatz’s quarterback in a 54-21 win.

It wasn’t that way for nearly 4 weeks, as the team shifted players around on offense to deal with an injury to Heeren. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound quar-terback injured his throw-ing shoulder in Week 5 against Lena-Winslow.

Heeren had an MRI at the hospital, which revealed a torn labrum in his throwing shoulder. It was the first time he has been injured since he began playing football in the sixth grade.

“That wasn’t fun,” Heeren said. “I was down, but I knew I had to keep my confidence up and work through it.”

Heeren played sparingly in the next week’s game against Polo, simply

acting as a figure-head at quarterback and just handing the ball off.

But his shoulder was useless when he tried to throw, and he sat out the next two games to rest and ice his shoulder. The Wildcatz, in the middle of an undefeated season, were in a bind. So EPC coach Randy Asche took out his phone.

“I got a text from Coach

saying that he needed me to play quarterback,” Groezinger said. “When I saw that, I knew I had to step up and do anything to help out. I was ner-vous, man. I never played quarterback in my life.”

When the Wildcatz’s defensive unit was on the field Friday night, Heeren was pacing the sidelines talking to his teammates, giving encouraging

words. He went over routes with his receivers, pointed out mismatches he saw on previous drives. It was that helping nature that Asche count-ed on when he sent the text to Groezinger.

“I knew they were really good friends off the field,” Asche said. “That’s what I love about Deven. When kids say they don’t care about stats, most of the

time they really do. But Deven, that guy honestly doesn’t even look. He just wants to win.”

Heeren and Groezinger spent the weekend before Groezinger’s first start – a Week 7 conference road game against Durand – at each other’s houses. The two sat down and opened up the playbook.

Heeren went over how to make checks at the line, what to look for in a defense, and the types of things Groezinger would encounter at the quarter-back position. Groezing-er, the Wildcatz’s leading rusher, did well in his lim-ited role at quarterback, passing for 280 yards and four touchdowns, picking up two wins in his two games as the starter.

“Deven really helped

me out,” Groezinger said. “The most I ever played was taking wildcat snaps and then running. We went over the offense and made sure I knew all the ins and outs.”

But on Friday, Groezing-er was back to slicing up defenses on the ground, and Heeren followed suit through the air.

Heeren led EPC, the No. 2 team in 2A behind New-man, to an electric offen-sive performance, zipping balls to receivers. Heeren beat the Cardinals’ defense all game, finding soft spots in Forreston’s zone coverage.

“With him back, every-thing was just clicking,” senior Walter Ollie said. “If someone is open, even for a second, he is going to get the ball to him. That just helps us everywhere.”

Heeren was 10-for-17 through the air for 154 yards with three touch-downs. He absorbed several big hits on option plays, but hopped right back up.

With his powerful arm healthy again, Heeren will lead the Wildcatz into the playoffs as a team no team will want to play.

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SYCAMORE 21, STERLING 18

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SYCAMORE – Entering its final game of the season against Sterling, the Sycamore football team’s streak of five straight playoff appearances was on the line. The Spartans had to treat Senior Night like a playoff game.

With a 2-point lead and 10 minutes left on the clock in the fourth quarter, Brett Bemis and the Spartan offense took over. Bemis led Sycamore on a 14-play, 65-yard touchdown drive, which was capped by a Bemis 7-yard touchdown pass to Colan Treml. The Spartans held on for a 21-18 win over the Golden Warriors.

“It’s awesome. I don’t even know how to put it into words,” Bemis said. “Everyone was making plays. We were all on board, and we were not going to end our season tonight.”

Sycamore recorded its fifth win of the season to become playoff eligible. Spartan head coach Joe Ryan was pleased with how the team won in a must-win game.

“We played well enough to win to get us into the playoffs,” Ryan said. “There is always some things that we didn’t do

well, but we hung on and got a victory when we needed a vic-tory to get into the playoffs.”

After a Dion Hooker touch-down run on the Spartans’ opening possession, Sycamore never lost its lead. Entering the fourth quarter, Sycamore had

an eight-point lead.Sterling scored on a Sterling

Thornton 7-yard touchdown run to close the gap to 14-12. After the ensuing kickoff went out of bounds, the Spartans took over on the 35-yard line.

“In the first half, we were

getting drives together, but we just weren’t finishing them,” Bemis said. “In the second half, we came out a little slow, but in the fourth quarter, we got in a little groove.”

Bemis only completed three passes before the fourth

quarter. On that long 14-play drive, Bemis completed four passes for 21 yards to keep the drive alive.

The Spartans converted twice on fourth down, thanks in large part to two pounding runs by Brett Weaver. The drive lasted over 6! minutes.

“It was huge. We wanted to come out of halftime and do something like that,” Ryan said. “But, this group never does any-thing easy, and they just wanted to give me a heart attack.”

Sterling, who had already clinched a playoff spot, didn’t lie down. Thornton did what he could to get the team back in the game. The junior quar-terback completed a 10-yard touchdown pass to Turner Morse to close the gap to 3.

The Golden Warriors forced a Spartan turnover late, but couldn’t get close to the end zone before time expired.

“You only get nine guaranteed, so they were going to come out here and battle until the clock ticks to zero, and I think we did that tonight,” said Sterling head coach Jon Schlemmer. “Two good football teams playing tonight, and great effort by both of the teams.”

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FULTON 35, BUREAU VALLEY 27

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FULTON – With 32.1 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the seasons for the Fulton and Bureau Valley football teams hung in the balance.

The Storm were hoping a measurement on the Steamer 29 would produce a fresh set of downs, and with it, a chance to prolong what had been a wild game.

The Steamers, meanwhile, were hoping at least one link of a chain would extend beyond the football, resulting in a change of possession.

After a few agonizing seconds, the measurement was complet-ed, and each team learned their fate. Bureau Valley was short of the first down, and Fulton was able to run out the clock on a 35-27 victory.

The Steamers (6-3, 4-2 Three Rivers North) now advance to the playoffs for the first time since the 2007 season – a fact that the players were reminded of each time they took the field, courtesy of a sign in the north end zone.

“This feels amazing,” junior running back Trey Simmons

said. “One of our goals from the beginning of the season was to make the playoffs. We wanted to make that board, and I’m glad we got it.”

The Steamers didn’t take their first lead until midway through

the third quarter, when a 1-yard run by sophomore quarter-back Tyler Sweenie, coupled with a 2-point conversion run by Sweenie, put Fulton ahead 28-21.

Fulton padded its lead with

9:07 remaining in the fourth quarter, after Jason Osborn caught a 7-yard TD pass from Sweenie to up the margin to 35-27.

Bureau Valley (4-5, 3-3) had three possessions the rest of

the game, but were unable to push across the potential tying score. The Storm twice stuffed the Steamers on fourth-and-short opportunities in the final 4 minutes to keep their hopes alive.

“We absolutely played our hearts out,” BV coach Spencer Davis said. “I absolutely love these kids. They’re great kids, and I’m just so proud of them.”

Freshman quarterback Drake Davis tossed TD passes of 64 and 35 yards to Parker Neuhal-fen to pace the BV offense. The Storm’s other scores came on runs of 11 yards by Will Kon-neck and 8 yards by Tommy Johnston.

Michael Pidde, Simmons, and Sweenie scored on short runs for Fulton. Simmons first got the Steamers on the board with a 75-yard kickoff return midway through the first quarter.

Bureau Valley (4-5) likely would have been a playoff qual-ifier if it could have reached five wins. Instead, the program’s playoff drought is now at four seasons.

“They’re a good team,” Sim-mons said. “I’ve got to give it to them, but we just wanted it more tonight.”

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STERLING – There was very little the Amboy Clippers could do to slow down the Newman Comets on Friday night at Ros-coe Eades Stadium.

A new, unexpected formation on Amboy’s first few posses-sions? Nope. The Clippers stack-ing the box more than usual? Not at all. Amboy averaging 43.3 yards per punt to help flip field position all four times? Hardly.

The Comets finished off their third perfect regular season in the last 5 years, downing their Three Rivers North rivals 44-0 by scoring on each of their six possessions.

“We threw something at them that they hadn’t seen before, hoping to catch them off guard,” Amboy coach Gary Jones said. “But they adjusted well, basically by dominat-ing the line of scrimmage and controlling the ball … and then playing great defense when our offense did get on the field.”

The Clippers (5-4, 3-3) came out on their first three posses-sions in a spread formation, with four wide receivers and a lone back next to QB Drake

Barlow in the shotgun. But after the second drive ended in a Nolan McGinn interception and the third was a three-and-out, Amboy went back to its tra-dition I-formation attack.

But by then, it was too late. Logan Whitman had thrown TD passes of 19 and 60 yards on Newman’s first two posses-

sions, then Brady Rude broke off a 71-yard scoring scamper on its third drive to take a 24-0 lead less than 3 minutes into the second quarter.

Whitman finished the first half 5-for-5 passing for 129 yards and the two scores, one to Shayne Allen and the other to Dillan Heffelfinger. He didn’t

attempt a pass after halftime, but the early damage set the tone and was too much for Amboy to overcome.

“Actually, all that throwing surprised even us,” Whitman said, “but they were stacking the box heavily, and we had those passes available. After that, we were able to run the

ball effectively, and really con-trol the clock and the field posi-tion the rest of the way.”

The Comets made it 32-0 with a 10-play drive that ended in a 12-yard TD run by Heffelfinger with 1:31 left before halftime, then forced another punt as the first half ended. That set up an eight-play, 80-yard drive to open the second half, capped by a Rude 12-yard TD run.

Amboy had its best drive of the night, marching 47 yards in nine plays, but a 37-yard field goal attempt was wide right.

N e w m a n t h e n f i n i s h e d things off with a 20-play drive, with mostly backups in the game, that covered 80 yards and spanned 11 minutes, 9 seconds to close out the third period and take up two-thirds of the fourth. Eli Monier crashed in from 2 yards out to close the scoring.

“We’ve got a lot of big-time players who can break big plays at any moment,” Heffelfinger said, “but we’re just as happy getting 3 or 4 yards a play and marching the ball all the way down the field.”

Newman outgained Amboy 452-102 in total yardage, includ-ing 323-57 on the ground.

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LANARK – The Eastland-Pearl City football team took the field as a thick cloud of smoke hov-ered over the painted grass, trapped inside the high hills that surround the field in Lanark.

When the smoke cleared, the Wildcatz – No. 2 in class 2A – emerged with the NUIC North-west conference title after a 54-21 victory over rival Forres-ton, the top-ranked team in 1A.

“This was the best atmosphere I’ve every played in,” EPC senior Walter Ollie said. “Coming out in this smoke-filled bowl to all of these fans screaming and cheer-ing, there wasn’t a better feeling.”

The Wildcatz were ready for the much anticipated game between the two unbeaten NUIC Northwest powers. Cody Kluck said he has never seen his team so quiet. No one talk-ed in the locker room before the game, and there was even silence during the team’s pre-game meal of turkey sandwich-es, granola bars, and bananas.

“It was all about focus for us,” said Kluck, who had one of the best games of his career. “The whole week, we were serious. We

knew what kind of opponent was going to line up against us.”

The Wildcatz’s preparation was on display as the offense picked apart a stingy Forreston team that had only allowed 41 points coming into Friday’s game.

With starting quarterback Deven Heeren back under cen-ter for the first time since Week

5 after injuring his shoulder against Lena-Winslow, EPC controlled the ball and drove down the field at will.

After a turnover on downs on its first possession, EPC (9-0, 8-0 NUIC Northwest) scored touch-downs on its next six drives and took a 26-7 lead into halftime. Ollie and Kluck intercepted Cardi-

nals quarterback Robert DeVries twice in the first half and turned them into touchdowns. EPC scored 21 points off turnovers.

“It was just all about funda-mentals and being prepared for everything,” Kluck said.

The Wildcatz used a balanced offensive attack to keep the Car-dinals (8-1, 7-1) defense guess-

ing. EPC ran 14 pass plays in the first half against 24 run plays, before moving to a run heavy game plan in the second half.

“Being balanced, that’s our way to success,” said EPC coach Randy Asche, who had a cooler of ice water dumped on him after the win. “We know we can’t be run-heavy like last year or two seasons ago. We have a lot of talented kids, and if we can get the ball to them, we will be in good shape.”

Heeren passed for three touchdowns in the game, all of which came in the first half. Heeren connected with speedy receiver Kluck for scores of 12 and 37 yards, and found run-ning back Donny Groezinger for a 15-yard strike.

Ollie gained 182 rushing yards on 14 carries and added three touchdown runs of 22, 33, and 23 yards. Groezinger added a 20-yard rushing touchdown to cap the scoring.

“All of us know that when we get the ball, our teammates will be blocking,” Ollie said. “We like to throw blocks, and it’s almost more of a pride thing for us than gaining actual yards. It’s fun to play with these guys when you know you’re getting a good effort from everyone.”


EASTLAND-PEARL CITY 54, FORRESTON 21

Alex T. Paschal/[email protected] City’s Walter Ollie makes a Forreston tackler miss during Friday’s game for the NUIC Northwest crown in Lanark. Eastland-Pearl City won 54-21.

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STILLMAN VALLEY – Oregon lineman Frank Lung couldn’t hold back the tears after the Hawks’ 14-7 win over Stillman Valley, a win that qualified his team for the IHSA 3A playoffs.

“When you put in so many hours, hours that turn into days, days that turn into months,” Lung said, “this makes it all worthwhile.”

Lung and teammates Bryce Noon, Josh Cook, Bailey Bright, Matt Stevens, David Labash, Tyler Burke, and Lucas Carr paved the way for Oregon (5-4, 4-3) to take control of the game on a 23-play, 12-minute drive that lasted from the first to sec-ond quarter. A John Ghibellini touchdown capped the drive off and the Hawks led 7-0.

“That drive was the name of the game,” Stillman Valley coach Mike Lalor said. “We had a chance to pin them back, but we couldn’t.”

“Our backs have been against the wall for the last three games,” Oregon coach John Bothe said. “These guys knew what they had to do.”

The Cardinals (2-7) came back to tie the score 7-7 on a

13-play, 73-yard drive of their own, converting two fourth downs and employing the hurry-up offense.

In the second half, Oregon’s defense set the tone for the rest

of the game, forcing an early Stillman punt. The Cardinals struggled the rest of the game to gain traction on offense.

“We did a tremendous job shut-ting down their offense,” Bothe

said. “We had two fourth-down stops that were humungous.”

In a nearly error-free exhibit of football, as far as penalties, turnovers, and miscues, Oregon caught the one break in the

1 hour, 40-minute game.Stillman’s Connor Lewin fum-

bled near his own sideline, and Lung came up with the recovery at the Cardinals’ 24-yard line.

Four plays later, Garrett Rude, who played with a sore shoul-der and freshly retrieved cleats, blasted over from 2 yards out for the clinching score on the first play of the fourth quarter. Assistant coach Mark Gale had to drive back to Oregon when it was discovered Rude forgot his playing shoes before the game.

“I think I was going 100 miles per hour,” Gale said.

For the juniors and seniors on Oregon’s team, this was the first time they had defeated a Stillman Valley team while in high school.

“I’m ecstatic,” said Carr, one of those seniors accustomed to beatdowns at the hands of the stellar Cardinal program. “We had our doubts when we first got here, but after that [first] drive, we knew we could do it.”

“Oh, there is definitely an intimidation factor. This is Still-man Valley,” Bothe added.

Bothe has always been an advocate of Friday night playoff games, and will lobby for that again as the Hawks go on the road.


OREGON 14, STILLMAN VALLEY 7

Earleen Hinton/Shaw MediaOregon’s Garrett Rude fights for yards during the fourth quarter Friday against Stillman Valley. The Hawks beat the Cardinals 14-7.

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DIXON 42, BYRON 28LUTHERAN 63, ROCK FALLS 14

BY ROB LAIRDSpecial to SVM

BYRON – The Dixon football team wanted to make a state-ment prior to entering the state playoffs for the first time in 8 years.

If Friday’s 42-28 victory said anything, it was “Just try and stop us.”

Kyle LeBlanc had a school record 308 receiving yards, and quarterback JD Gieson threw for 401 to send the Dukes thun-dering into the playoffs on per-haps the most prolific offensive night in school history against a resilient host Byron squad.

“They put their best corner on [receiver Matthew Coffey], so we took advantage of that,” Gieson said. “Kyle would’ve tore them up even against their [best corner], but he’s a freak. If you get him the ball, he’s going to run like crazy.”

LeBlanc’s astounding unoffi-cial total would be good for sev-enth all-time in the IHSA record books for receiving yards in a single game. The six-foot junior had receiving scores of 78, 5, and 51 yards yards, with the lat-ter coming on a bubble screen in which he all but clinched vic-tory for his team by streaking

past several Byron defenders late in the fourth quarter.

“I felt really pre-pared because of the week of prepa-ration we had,” LeBlanc said. “We practiced against man coverage all week.”

The huge pass-ing yardage totals for the Dukes (7-2, 5-2 Big Northern) came mostly in the second half, as Dixon running back Cody Mighell spent most of the first half grabbing yards by the chunks on the ground. He had 106 yards in the first half on just 12 carries, finishing the game with 173 yards rushing. As a team, Dixon finished with more than 600 yards of total offense.

But more important than the yardage totals Friday for Dixon is the momentum the victory gives them. The score was tied 21-21 late in the third quar-ter, and Byon was still within one score midway through the fourth quarter after Tigers’ playmaker Jacob Elsbury turned a short reception into a 90-yard score. A win seemed anything but assured, and a

loss would’ve been devastat-ing to the team’s morale, Gie-son said. The Dukes responded flawlessly to the pressure, with three touchdowns in the final 14 minutes, and they now are facing a possible home game to start the postseason.

“You don’t want to go into the playoffs 6-3 and have to face a top seed, as well as having a bad taste in your mouth coming off a bad game,” Gieson said.

Gieson didn’t just make plays with his arm; he also ran for 70 yards and gave his team a 35-21 lead on a 7-yard TD run in which he elevated and spun, John Elway-like, into the end zone before falling hard to the grass. Because of his propensity to run, Byron defenders often smacked Gieson hard follow-ing simple handoffs to Mighell, resulting in multiple personal foul penalties on the Tigers.

“You’re going to get that some-times on an option play,” Gieson said. “The only difference is I was just standing there, so there was no fake. The official even told me, if you’re running, they’re going to be allowed to hit you, but if you’re just standing there and they hit you, I’m going to call [a penalty].”

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ROCK FALLS – Rockford Lutheran did its thing in a 63-14 win against Rock Falls at Hinders Field.

Lutheran star running back James Robinson did his thing too, as he rushed for 283 yards on 19 carries, with five rushing touchdowns and throwing a halfback pass for a score.

Rock Falls did its thing, also. It had fun.

“If things are going rough, like losing a game 63 to whatever, everything hap-pens in fun,” Mammosser said. “That’s what it’s really all about. People may say that we suck, or aren’t good enough to beat anybody. We never gave up, even when we were losing. We don’t give up. Ever.”

The Rockets (0-9, 0-7 BNC West) had two rushing plays go for scores. The first came f r o m B r a e d o n W e s t f a l l , scoring from 5 yards out with 53 seconds left in the first quarter.

Down by 55 points in the fourth quarter with the game out of reach, Bailee Rosalez punched in the second score from 1 yard out with 5:06 left after two rushing plays of 20 and 21 yards.

“I saw the open middle and told coach that I was going to shoot for it,” Rosalez said. “It’s just what happened, I got right through them and ran like hell.”

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sidelines, with score after s c o r e b y t h e C r u s a d e r s (9-0, 7-0), went away after the Rockets realized that there was only one half of football remaining on the season. Toward the end of the game, the Rockets were having fun trying to work out trick plays such as half-back passes and reverses.

Rock Falls’ final game turned out to be one of experiments, as the Rockets tried to counter the potent Crusader offense with seven linebackers and three linemen.

“I’ve learned that life throws you curveballs, and you can’t give up,” senior lineman Brady Lenox said. “You got to keep working. I’ve learned a lot more about myself, about my friends, and about my team-mates. We’ve been together forever. We’ve had a blast. It sucks that it’s over, but in life you got to move on.”

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Dylan Binion ran for three touch-downs, Phillip Coers threw for two more scores, and the Erie-Prophetstown Panthers secured a playoff berth with a 41-21 victory over the Orion Chargers on Friday night in Erie.

Binion’s 65-yard scoring run late in the first quarter started the Panthers’ comeback from a 14-0 deficit, then his 68-yard and 25-yard scoring scampers in the fourth quarter closed out a run of 41 straight points by Erie-Prophetstown (6-3, 4-2 Three Rivers North).

Coers tied the score at 14 early in the second quarter on a 67-yard TD run, then connected from 18 yards out with Chris Schempf to close the scoring in the first half. He opened the scoring after the break with an 8-yard strike to Dvaree Thompson.

Morrison 21, Riverdale 7: The Mus-tangs closed out the season with their first victory of the year, outgaining the Rams 313-161 in total yardage in a TRAC North victory at Bud Cole Field.

Andy Bird ran 19 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns, and Triston Houz-enga had four interceptions to go with two catches for 56 yards.

Bird’s scoring runs both came in the final 2:04 of the game, the first from 14 yards and the second from 31 yards. Joey Brackemy-er’s 54-yard TD run gave Morrison (1-8, 1-5) a 6-0 lead less than 3 minutes into the second quarter.

Polo 40, Warren 0: The Marcos (7-2, 7-1) clinched a share of the NUIC Upstate crown for the first time since 1997 with a dominant performance on the road.

Polo, Aquin, and Stockton all fin-ished the conference slate 7-1, with the Marcos beating Stockton, the Black-hawks beating Aquin, and the Bulldogs downing Polo. Aquin and Stockton also finished 7-2 overall.

Milledgeville 22, AFC 16: The Missiles rallied from a second-quarter deficit to beat the Raiders in an NUIC Upstate clash at Floyd Daub Field.

AFC (3-6, 2-6) took a 16-8 lead on Jacob Hilliker’s 1-yard TD plunge with 7:13 left before halftime. That followed up a 5-yard scoring pass from David Zinke to Trevor Ramsey that tied the score at 8 with 4:02 left in the first quarter.

But Milledgeville (3-6, 3-5), which

scored first on Jordan Harris’ 47-yard pass to Joe Gennaro less than 4 minutes into the game, had the answer. Har-ris ran in from 31 yards out in the final minute of the first half to tie the score at 16 heading into the locker room, then scored from 2 yards away in the first 4 minutes of the second half.

Harris finished with 194 yards passing and 47 yards rushing.

Hilliker completed six passes for 107 yards, with five of those passes going to Zinke for 106 yards. Zinke also ran for 50 yards, while Hilliker added 46 yards on the ground.

Durand 41, West Carroll 20: Aaron Rit-enour ran for 111 yards and two touch-downs, but it wasn’t enough to send the Thunder past the Bulldogs in an NUIC Northwest game in Savanna.

Durand (4-5, 3-5) took a 14-0 lead 7 minutes into the game, then answered Ritenour’s 48-yard scoring scamper with another TD less than 2 minutes into the second quarter. Ritenour’s 2-yard plunge in the final minute of the third period was answered with 2 seconds left in the quarter, then a Bulldog intercep-tion return TD iced the game with 5:02 to play.

Cody Plattenberger was 7-for-17 pass-ing for 64 yards and a touchdown, a 15-yard pass to Kaleb Hartman. Mason VanHook led the defense with 13 tack-els, and Anthony Barr added nine stops for West Carroll (1-8, 1-7).


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at Lanark

EASTLAND-PEARL CITY 54, FORRESTON 21

F EPCFirst downs 16 9Total yards 440 286Rushes-yards 43-286 36-179Passing yards 154 107Passing (C-A-I) 10-17-0 9-16-2Fumbles-lost 0-0 6-1Penalties-yards 2-19 2-15Punts 0 2Forreston 0 7 0 14 — 21EPC 7 19 14 14 — 54

First quarterEPC – Cody Kluck 12 pass from Deven Heeren (Silas Jacobs kick), 2:12

Second quarterEPC – Kluck 37 pass from Heeren (Jacobs kick), 8:54EPC – Donny Groezinger 15 pass from Heeren (kick failed), 7:41EPC – Groezinger 20 run (pass failed), 5:12

Third quarterEPC – Walter Ollie 22 run (Brighton Haver-land pass from Heeren), 10:55EPC – Ollie 33 run (run failed), 3:10

Fourth quarterF – Kaleb Reining 49 run (Shelton kick), 11:00EPC – Kluck 78 kickoff return (Jacobs kick), 10:48EPC – Ollie 23 run (Jacobs kick), 7:23F – Logan Bagley 33 run (Shelton kick), 3:34

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – EPC: Walter Ollie 14-182, Donny Groezinger 8-60, Eric Schaney 12-40, Deven Heeren 4-14, Keegan Schubert 1-0, Tim Harrington 2-(minus 4), Sam Ferguson 1-(minus 6). Forreston: Kaleb Reining 3-49, Logan Bagley 3-40, Robert DeVries 15-30, Payton Cuthrell 3-21, Max Barkalow 3-12, Logan Rogers 1-10, Aaron Shelton 4-9, Spencer Cruthis 4-8.PASSING – EPC: Heeren 10-17-0, 154 yards. Forreston: DeVries 9-16-2, 107 yards.RECEIVING – Kluck 4-70, Groezinger 3-42, Ollie 1-25, Brighton Haverland 1-12, Eric Schaney 1-5. Forreston: Wyatt Kerch-ner 6-79, Keegan Akins 1-20, Logan Rog-ers 1-4, Dylan Hensley 1-4.Records: Forreston 8-1 (7-1 NUIC North-west), EPC 9-0 (8-0).

at Fulton

FULTON 35, BUREAU VALLEY 27

BV FFirst downs 14 16Total yards 215 262Rushes-yards 29-87 53-225Passing yards 128 37Passing (C-A-I) 7-19-1 3-4-0Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-1Penalties-yards 10-75 6-75Punts-average 1-38 2-28.5

BV 14 7 6 0 — 27Fulton 12 8 8 7 — 35

First quarterBV – Will Konneck 11 run (Parker Neuhal-fen run) 5:42F – Trey Simmons 75 kick return (run failed) 5:36BV – Tommy Johnston 8 run (pass failed) 2:52F – Michael Pidde 3 run (run failed) :15.9

Second quarterBV – Neuhalfen 64 pass from Drake Davis (Bryan Herr kick) 11:39F – Simmons 7 run (Jason Osborn run) 1:26

Third quarterF – Tyler Sweenie 1 run (Sweenie run) 5:40BV – Neuhalfen 35 pass from Davis (kick failed) 3:26

Fourth quarterF – Osborn 7 pass from Sweenie (Jack Lemke kick) 9:07Records: Bureau Valley 4-5 (3-3 TRAC North), Fulton 6-3 (4-2).

at Byron

DIXON 42, BYRON 28 D BFirst downs 31 17Total yards 644 434Rushes-yards 37-243 37-177Passing yards 401 257Passing (C-A-I) 19-30-2 8-18-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-yards 5-38 4-33Dixon 7 7 14 14 — 42Byron 7 7 7 7 — 28

First quarterB – Cogswell 3 run (Falconer kick), 4:18D – Matt Coffey 10 pass from JD Gieson (Hicks kick), 1:48

Second quarterD – Kyle LeBlanc 78 pass from Gieson (Hicks kick), 9:23B – Cogswell 90 pass from Janssen (Fal-coner kick), 3:20

Third quarterD – Cody Mighell 3 run (Hicks kick), 9:19B – Elsbury 19 run (Falconer kick), 7:03D – LeBlanc 5 pass from Gieson, 1:17

Fourth quarterD – Gieson 7 run (Hicks kick), 7:07B – Elsbury 68 pass from Janssen, 6:47D – LeBlanc 51 pass from Gieson (Hicks kick), 5:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Dixon: Mighell 26-173, Gle-son 11-70. Byron: Elsbury 6-115, Cogswell 8-33, Carlson 9-23, Spickler 8-20, Thatch-er 1-2, Janssen 4-(minus 6).PASSING – Dixon: Gleson 19-30-2, 401 yards. Byron -- Janssen 8-18-0, 257 yards.RECEIVING – Dixon: LeBlanc 11-308, Coffey 6-51, Mighell 1-12, Webb 1-10. Byron: Cogswell 3-122, Elsbury 2-106, Jancek 1-15, Sealby 2-14.Records: Dixon 7-2 (5-2 BNC West), Byron 5-4 (4-3).

at Stillman Valley

OREGON 14, STILLMAN VALLEY 7

O SVFirst downs 20 5Total yards 278 130Rushing yards 264 125Passing yards 14 5Passing (C-A-I) 2-4-0 1-5-0Fumbles-lost 1-0 3-1Penalties-yards 2-10 0-0Punts-average 1-39.0 2-24.5Oregon 0 7 0 7 — 14Stillman Valley 0 7 0 0 — 7

Second quarterO – John Ghibellini 2 run (Skylar Short kick), 9:29SV – Peyton Ludens 3 run (Chase Wood kick), 5:18

Fourth quarterO – Garrett Rude 2 run (Short kick), 11:56

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Oregon: Rude 24-117, Ghi-bellini 18-55, Brayton Finch 11-39. Still-man: Seth VanBriesen 5-46, Mark Stokes 9-41.PASSING – Oregon: Jerrick Orsted 2-4-0-14 yards. Stillman: Ethan Roberts 1-5-0-5 yards.RECEIVING – Oregon: Finch 1-7, Chris Jordan 1-7. Stillman: Matthew Lewis 1-5.Records: Oregon 5-4 (4-3 BNC West), Stillman Valley 2-7 (2-5)

at Sterling Chevrolet FieldRoscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling

NEWMAN 44, AMBOY 0 A NFirst downs 8 21Total yards 102 452Rushes-yards 27-57 44-323Passing yards 45 129Passing (C-A-I) 4-13-1 5-5-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 2-0Penalties-yards 3-20 3-20Punts-average 4-43.3 0-0.0Amboy 0 0 0 0 — 0Newman 16 16 6 6 — 44

First quarterN – Shayne Allen 19 pass from Logan Whit-man (Dillan Heffelfinger run), 4:47N – Heffelfinger 60 pass from Whitman (Nolan McGinn run), :03.2

Second quarterN – Brady Rude 71 run (McGinn run), 9:28N – Heffelfinger 12 run (James Nelson pass from Whitman), 1:31

Third quarterN – Rude 12 run (pass failed), 7:56

Fourth quarterN – Eli Monier 2 run (run failed), 4:32

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Amboy: Chris Jones 10-30, Ryon Richardson 3-13, Dallas Appleman 5-8, Drake Barlow 7-5, Liam Ohlendorf 2-1. Newman: Rude 11-117, Heffelfinger 12-89, McGinn 4-67, Regan Todhunter 6-23, Monier 5-17, Garrett Stringer 2-8,

Trevor Bolin 2-3, Kyle Decker 1-2, Whitman 1-(minus-3).PASSING – Amboy: Barlow 3-10-1-22 yards, Ohlendorf 1-3-0-23 yards. Newman: Whitman 5-5-0-129 yards.RECEIVING – Amboy: Cole Olson 2-31, Ryan Leffelman 2-14. Newman: Heffelfin-ger 2-79, Allen 2-41, Rude 1-9.Records: Newman 9-0 (6-0 TRAC North), Amboy 5-4 (3-3)

at Hinders Field, Rock Falls

ROCKFORD LUTHERAN 63, ROCK FALLS 14

RL RFFirst downs 22 15Total yards 487 348Rushes-yards 31-316 28-86Passing yards 171 262Passing (C-A-I) 5-7-0 18-40-3Fumbles-lost 6-2 2-1Penalties-yards 7-85 5-55Punts-average 2-45.5 5-37.8Lutheran 35 21 7 0 — 63RF 8 0 0 6 — 14

First quarterRL – Tim Koehler 41 pass from Jailen Hor-ton (conversion failed), 9:39RL – James Robinson 3 run (Adam Pear-son kick), 7:49RL – Robinson 6 run (Pearson kick), 4:43RL – Robinson 1 run (Pearson kick), 2:09RF – Braedon Westfall 5 run (Mammosser to Junis conversion), 0:53RL – Nate Wieting 54 halfback pass from Robinson (Robinson run), 0:31

Second quarterRL – Robinson 4 run (Pearson kick), 7:42RL – Marcus Hayes 43 pass from Horton (Pearson kick), 4:51RL – Robinson 19 run (Pearson kick), 2:07

Third quarterRL – Johnathan Sandersfeld 26 pass from Payton Womack (Pearson kick), 7:13

Fourth quarterRF – Bailee Rosalez 1 run (conversion failed), 5:06

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Lutheran: Robinson 19-283, Logan Davis 3-17, Zach Harris 3-15, Horton 4-14, Womack 4-(minus 10). RF: Rosalez 8-56, Westfall 11-22, Mammosser 8-13, Cain 2-(minus 5).PASSING – Lutheran: Horton 3-5-0, 91 yards; Robinson 1-1-0, 54 yards; Womack 1-1-0, 26 yards. RF: Mammosser 18-38-3, 262 yards; Noah Junis 0-2-0, 0 yards.RECEIVING – Lutheran: Wieting 2-61, Hayes 1-43, Koehler 1-41, Sandersfeld 1-26. RF: Cain 7-116, Junis 4-43, Tanner Dean 3-27, Daniel Gordon 2-20, Cayden Roberts 1-3.Records: Lutheran 9-0 (7-0 BNC West), Rock Falls 0-9 (0-7).

at Floyd Daub Field, Milledgeville

MILLEDGEVILLE 22, ASHTON-FRANKLIN CENTER 19

A MFirst downs x xTotal yards 282 300Rushes-yards 43-170 31-106Passing yards 112 194Passing (C-A-I) 7-17-0 16-20-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1Penalties-yards 11-105 9-90Punts-average 7-30.7 4-34.5AFC 8 8 0 0 — 19Milledgeville 8 8 6 0 — 22

First quarterM – Joe Lennaro 47 pass from Jordan Har-ris (Harris run), 8:17AFC – Trevor Ramsey 5 pass from David Zinke (Jacob Hilliker run), 4:02

Second quarterAFC – Hilliker 1 run (Hilliker to Zinke pass), 7:132M – Harris 31 run (Harris pass), 0:57

Third quarterM – Harris 2 run (pass failed), 8:17

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – AFC: Zinke 8-50, Hilliker 13-46, James Talley 11-32, Jake Hage-man 6-31, Luke Hageman 4-8, Tyler Sta-cey 1-3. Milledgeville: Harris 15-47, Nick DeVito 10-44, Blake Kappes 3-11, Harri-son Jakobs 1-2, Jeremy Bibler 1-1, Brex-ton Flynn 1-1.PASSING – AFC: Hilliker 6-14-0, 107 yards; Zinke 1-3-0, 5 yards. Milledgeville: Harris 16-20-0, 194 yards.RECEIVING – AFC: Zinke 5-1406, RAmsey 1-5, L. Hageman 1-1. Milled-geville: Joe Gennaro 4-88, Kappes 4-72, DeVito 4-20, Zack Schmidt 3-13, Bibler 1-1.

at Ennis “Bud” Cole Field, Morrison

MORRISON 21, RIVERDALE 7 R MFirst downs 8 14Total yards 161 313Rushing yards 108 232Passing yards 53 81Passing (C-A-I) 3-12-4 5-15-0Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2Penalties-yards 8-55 8-60Punts-average 4-31 4-37Riverdale 0 7 0 0 — 7Morrison 0 6 0 15 — 21

Second quarterM – Joey Brackemeyer 54 run (run failed), 9:10R – Colin Dixon 3 run (Cole Abenroth kick), 5:08

Fourth quarterM – Andy Bird 14 run (Mason Sizemore to Bird pass), 2:04M – Bird 31 run (Triston Houzenga kick), 1:23Records: Riverdale 0-9 (0-6 TRAC North), Morrison 1-8 (1-5).

at Savanna

DURAND 41, WEST CARROLL 20

D WCTotal yards 320 255Rushes-yards 29-263 36-181Passing yards 57 74Passing (C-A-I) 3-5-0 8-22-2Durand 14 7 12 8 — 41WC 8 0 6 6 — 20

First quarterD – Chance Manning 17 run (Aldair Alvarez kick), 6:28D – Alvarez 1 run (Alvarez kick), 4:58WC – Aaron Ritenour 48 run (Ritenour run), 2:56

Second quarterD – Manning 3 run (Alvarez kick), 10:45

Third quarterD – Ian Aberstett 4 run (run failed), 5:22WC – Ritenour 2 run (run failed), 0:54D – Shane Vellender 52 run (run failed), 0:02

Fourth quarterWC – Kaleb Hartman 15 pass from Cody Plattenberger (run failed), 9:29D – Vellender 25 interception return (Neblock run), 5:02

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Durand: Vellender 9-127, Chance Manning 14-99, Jake Keller 6-37. WC: Ritenour 21-111, Jake Miller 10-68, Ethan Mangler 5-2.PASSING – Durand: Logan Adams 2-4-0, 22 yards; Manning 1-1-0, 35 yards. WC: Plattenberger 7-17-1, 64 yards; Mangler 1-5-1, 10 yards.RECEIVING – Durand: Vallender 4-70. WC: Luke Jones 3-24, Miller 2-15, Hart-man 1-15.Records: Durand 4-5 (4-4 NUIC North-west), West Carroll 1-8 (1-7).

at Orion

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 41, ORION 21

EP 6 15 6 14 — 41Orion 14 0 0 7 — 21

First quarterO – Edmunds 1 run (kick good), 7:25O – Edmunds 3 run (kick good), 3:37EP – Dylan Binion 65 run (kick failed), 3:18

Second quarterEP – Phillip Coers 67 run (Binion run), 11:37EP – Schempf 18 pass from Coers (Malo-ney kick), 6:25

Third quarterEP – Thompson 8 pass from Coers (run failed), 6:55

Fourth quarterEP – Binion 68 run (run failed), 4:58EP – Binion 35 run (Coers run), 4:18O – Nick Walker 4 run (kick good), 2:16

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