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The bottom lineRich South 12Sterling 32

Rochelle 24Yorkville 38

Dixon 0Lutheran 47

Mendota 23Byron 13

Rock Falls 0Oregon 40

Amboy 14Hall 35

Erie-P’town 49Riverdale 22

Morrison 0Fulton 42

Newman 50Bureau Valley 6

AFC 30River Ridge 6

Galena 41Milledgeville 20

Polo 59Stockton 36

Eastland-P.C. 44Dakota 7

Forreston 66West Carroll 0

ALWAYS IN A RUSHOregon’s running game makes quick work of

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ABOVE: Oregon’s Garrett Rude breaks a Rock Falls tackle during Friday’s 40-0 home win. – Alex T. Paschal/[email protected]

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Abingdon 62, North Fulton 20Addison Trail 21, Downers South 0Althoff Catholic 22, Breese Mater Dei 12Alton Marquette 27, South Fork 21Anna-Jonesboro 48, Massac County 32Annawan/Wethersfield (FB Coop) 43, Biggsville West Central 0Antioch 58, Round Lake 0Arcola 42, Palestine-Hutsonville 6Argo 8, Evergreen Park 7Arthur-Lovington 33, Oblong 13Auburn 34, Athens 21Aurora Central Catholic 21, Chicago Christian 7Barrington 32, Hersey 15Bartlett 14, Metea Valley 3Batavia 49, Larkin 6Belleville East 35, Collinsville 7Belleville West 41, Granite City 0Benet 23, Niles Notre Dame 0Bishop McNamara 40, Leo 12Bloomington 53, LaSalle-Peru 8Bloomington Central Catholic 27, Eure-ka-Roanoke-Benson 7Brother Rice 16, Loyola 13Brown County 58, Unity-Payson 6Bushnell-Prairie City Avon 40, Havana 21Cahokia 46, St. Louis Northwest Acad-emy, Mo. 0Camp Point Central 25, Illini West (Car-thage) 22, OTCarlyle 47, Red Bud 12Carmi White County 21, Johnston City 13Carterville 21, Murphysboro 14Cary-Grove 42, Grayslake North 7Casey-Westfield 66, Flora 6Cerro Gordo 38, Cumberland 12Champaign Centennial 47, Danville 27Champaign Central 44, Urbana 26Champaign St. Thomas More 19, Argenta-Oreana 0Chatham Glenwood 28, Springfield Southeast 14Chester 54, Sesser-Valier-Waltonville-Woodlawn 36Chicago (Lane Tech) 41, Bogan 6Chicago (Solorio Academy) 42, Chicago (Carver Military) 0Chicago (STEM Academy) High School def. CICS Hawkins, forfeitChicago CICS-Ellison 14, Chicago (Noble Street Charter/Johnson) 12Chicago Mt. Carmel 33, Providence 14Clemente 32, Amundsen 0Clifton Central 21, Monticello 14Coal City 13, Peotone 0Columbia 47, Dupo 14Conant 35, Buffalo Grove 31Decatur St. Teresa 47, Moweaqua Cen-tral A&M 12Deer Creek-Mackinaw 47, Tremont 3DeKalb 42, McHenry 21Downs Tri-Valley 40, Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland (FCW) 6Dunlap 17, Pekin 14East Peoria 20, Limestone 7Effingham 41, Bethalto Civic Memorial 22Eldorado 50, Christopher-Ziegler-Roy-alton 32

Elmwood-Brimfield 39, Knoxville 7Farmington 22, Beardstown 0Fieldcrest 55, Fisher 0Freeburg 26, Breese Central 20Freeport 42, Rockford Jefferson 17Fremd 16, Elk Grove 0Galesburg 41, East Moline United 0Geneva 46, Streamwood 12Genoa (Genoa-Kingston) 22, Marengo 14Georgetown-Ridge Farm 47, Martins-ville 0Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 43, Tolono Unity 6Glenbard South 47, Elmwood Park 7Glenbrook South 43, Deerfield 6Greenville 38, Carlinville 24Hamilton County 22, Vienna 20Hampshire 31, Grayslake Central 14Herrin 56, DuQuoin 8Herscher 36, Westmont 20Highland Park 24, Evanston Township 7Hinsdale Central 41, York 21Hoffman Estates 22, Prospect 0Hononegah 35, Belvidere North 28Hope 18, Chicago (TEAM Englewood) 12Huntley 65, Gary West, Ind. 14Jacobs 42, Whitney Young 0Jerseyville Jersey 41, Salem 7Johnsburg 47, Rockford Christian 6Joliet Catholic 34, Carmel 14Lake Forest 37, Wauconda 14Lemont 35, Thornton Fractional South 0LeRoy 36, Lexington 6Libertyville 20, Lake Zurich 10Lincoln Way Central 28, Bradley-Bour-bonnais 21Lincoln Way North 49, Andrew 12Lincoln Way West 42, Thornridge 0Lincoln-Way East 44, Stagg 0Lyons 45, Leyden 0Machesney Park Harlem 54, Rockford Boylan 13Macomb 21, Hamilton (West Hancock) 20Mahomet-Seymour 27, Stanford Olym-pia 12Maine South 40, Glenbrook North 0Marion 42, Harrisburg 0Marmion 17, St. Francis 13Maroa-Forsyth 65, Heyworth 8Mascoutah 27, Mt. Zion 26Mather 14, Steinmetz 8Mattoon def. Highland, forfeitMercer County 8, Princeville 6Metamora 45, Morton 6Milford High School 42, Sidell (Jamaica)-Salt Fork 0Minooka 33, Romeoville 30Momence 27, Sangamon Valley 0Monmouth United 50, Cambridge-AlWood 16Mount Olive 52, East Alton-Wood River 24Mt. Carmel 28, Princeton, Ind. 7Naperville Neuqua Valley 26, Glenbard East 6Nashville 52, Trenton Wesclin 26New Berlin-Franklin 47, Pittsfield-Griggsville-Perry 12New Trier 34, Niles North 6

Niles West 53, Maine East 7Normal Community 32, Normal West 0Normal University 42, Illinois Valley Cen-tral 6O’Fallon 27, Alton 0Oak Lawn Richards 33, Shepard 0Oak Park River Forest 35, Proviso West 13Oakwood 40, Hoopeston 6Orr 22, Manley 14Oswego 23, Plainfield Central 7Pana 41, Gillespie 28Pawnee 16, Nokomis 13Paxton-Buckley-Loda 27, Iroquois West-Crescent-Iroquois 0Peoria (H.S.) 60, Peoria Manual 22Peoria Notre Dame 47, Rock Island 14Peoria Notre Dame 47, Rock Island Alleman 7Piasa Southwestern 28, Litchfield 14Plainfield East 19, Plainfield South 0Plainfield North 16, Oswego East 7Pontiac 13, Fairbury Prairie Central 3Prairie Ridge 31, Crystal Lake Central 21Princeton 21, Sherrard 6Prosser 36, Chicago Little Village 8Quincy Notre Dame 49, Vashon, Mo. 6Reavis 42, Oak Lawn Community 19Rich Central 14, Kaneland 13Richmond-Burton 34, Harvard 21Richwoods 14, Moline 7Riverton 38, Petersburg PORTA 0Robinson 21, Marshall 7Rochester 49, Springfield Lanphier 13Rockridge 43, Orion 21Rolling Meadows 18, Schaumburg 13Roxana 47, Hillsboro 25Sacred Heart-Griffin (Springfield) 49, Jacksonville 10Sandburg 21, Lockport 0Sandwich 45, Streator 26Seneca 14, Reed-Custer 12Shelbyville 50, Clinton 19South Fulton 21, Lewistown 14Sparta 21, West Frankfort 14Springfield 24, Lincoln 14St. Bede 46, Kewanee 6St. Charles East 40, Elgin 0St. Charles North 27, West Chicago 6St. Edward 33, Riverside-Brookfield 7St. Laurence 15, St. Ignatius 14St. Rita 21, Montini 0St. Viator 35, Marist 28Stevenson 33, Gurnee Warren 20Sullivan -(S.-Okaw Valley) 28, Tuscola 22Taft 24, Chicago Roosevelt 7Taylorville 62, Rantoul 14Tinley Park 35, Bremen 7Triad 42, Mount Vernon 24Vandalia 21, Staunton 6Vernon Hills 64, North Chicago 28Warrensburg-Latham 63, Macon Merid-ian 19Washington 41, Canton 28Waterloo 35, Carbondale 14Watseka 14, Dwight 7Waubonsie Valley 49, East Aurora 6Westville 48, Bismarck-Henning 0Wheeling 31, Palatine 21Williamsville 43, North-Mac 0

How they stand Around the stateNIB-12 West

Conf. AllGeneseo 0-0 3-0Rochelle 0-0 2-1Sterling 0-0 2-1Ottawa 0-0 0-3LaSalle-Peru 0-0 0-3

Friday’s results

Friday, Sept. 19

NIB-12 East Conf. AllDeKalb 0-0 3-0Yorkville 0-0 3-0Kaneland 0-0 2-1Morris 0-0 2-1Sycamore 0-0 2-1

Friday’s results

Friday, Sept. 19

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

Friday’s results

Friday, Sept. 19

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

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Friday, Sept. 19

NUIC Northwest Conf. AllEastland-P.C. 3-0 3-0Forreston 3-0 3-0Lena-Winslow 3-0 3-0Galena 1-1 2-1Dakota 1-2 1-2Pecatonica 1-2 1-2Durand 0-2 1-2West Carroll 0-2 0-3South Beloit 0-3 0-3

Friday’s results

Friday, Sept. 19

NUIC Upstate Conf. AllPolo 3-0 3-0Warren 3-0 3-0Stockton 2-1 2-1Aquin 2-1 2-1Milledgeville 1-1 1-2AFC 1-2 1-2East Dubuque 0-2 1-2Orangeville 0-2 0-3River Ridge 0-3 0-3

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Friday night, and they were about as polar oppo-site as you could get.

On one sideline, you had Rock Falls. The Rockets live up to their name, fir-ing missiles (OK, actually footballs) through the air with regularity. Running the ball is option No. 2 on a good night, No. 3 if they are in a stubborn mood.

I would guess some Oregon fans wish their team would adopt some of the Rock Falls offensive ways. After all, who doesn’t like to see receivers streaking down the field, hauling in a perfect spiral once in a while.

On the other sideline, you had Oregon. Hawks coach John Bothe was part of a run-first offense as a high school player at Amboy, as a college player at Augusta-na, and he has instilled that in his Oregon program.

The Hawks run the Wing-T, and they run it well behind linemen who execute their assignments and a bevy of backs who are on the small side, but run hard. Quarterback Jer-rick Orsted has thrown 12 passes in three games – a

total which the Rockets accumulate in a quarter, if they’re clicking.

I would guess some Rock Falls fans would like to see their wide-open, pass-happy offense reined in a bit, with more of an emphasis on grinding out yardage, instead of gam-bling on big plays.

There was no doubt which philosophy was more effective on Friday night. Oregon moved the ball at will on the ground, gaining chunks of yardage in small and medium increments.

When the Rockets put 11 men at the line to stop the run, Oregon then put the ball in the air. Two of Orsted’s three passes went for scores, and a third could have, but was bobbled at the goalline before being caught out

of bounds.It was an offensive clinic

by the Hawks.Rock Falls, meanwhile,

was simply offensive, but not in a good way. The run-ning game (10 carries for 9 yards) was non-existant.

Quarterback Noah Junis, making his first varsity start, completed 19 of 41 passes for 152 yards, but was also picked off three times. He was victimized by numerous drops.

The Rockets have been a point-scoring machine in recent seasons, but now have just 14 in three games, and have been shut out twice.

And then there’s the spe-cial teams. Please punt the ball when it is obviously called for.

Oregon’s second, third and fourth TD drives started at the Rock Falls 29, 42 and 29 after failed fourth-down conversion attempts. The Rockets’ D has a tough enough task, and giving opponents short fields only adds to the problems.

It added up to a continual running clock for the sec-ond half. No one in the press box was disappointed to cut that game short.

Alex T. Paschal/[email protected]’s Chris Jordan scrambles for yards against Rock Falls on Friday at Landers-Loomis Field. The Hawks’ ability to run the ball proved to be mightier than the Rockets’ passing attack. Oregon won 40-0.

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STERLING – In some respects, the play of the Sterling football team against visiting Rich South on Friday night mirrored the way its playing field has han-dled weather similar to Friday’s rainy conditions.

The first half was pre-turf – a little sloppy, and not real pretty to look at in certain spots.

The second half, however, was all post-turf – as clean and pret-ty as can be.

In the end, the Golden War-riors were virtually mistake-free down the stretch, allowing them to pull away for a 32-12 victory over the Stars in non-conference play, setting up a Week 4 showdown against Morris next Friday.

“We’ve got to get things fig-ured out a little bit sooner,” said Sterling coach Jon Schlemmer. “But I thought we did some really good things tonight. Our front four got after the quarter-back, and I think when you’re able to do that, good things are going to follow.”

Quarterback Sterling Thorn-ton led the way offensively with 147 rushing yards, highlighted by a 69-yard first-quarter run to

the Rich South 2-yard line that set up a touchdown plunge by Brian Folsom for the game’s first score. The run came after Thornton threw an interception on his team’s second play from scrimmage; it was the Warriors’ first turnover on the season.

After throwing his second pick of the game to close the first half, Thornton again used his legs to make up for it, capping an eight-play, 59-yard drive

to open the third quarter with a 4-yard TD run that gave his team an 18-6 lead.

“He’s a great player. I know he was upset that he made some mistakes early on, but he didn’t get down,” Schlemmer said. “I don’t know what it is, but he’s got it.”

Rich South (1-2) opened the season with a shellack-ing at the hands of Men-dota, and last week it barely

defeated a Joliet Central team that hasn’t won a game since 2010, but the Stars hung with Sterling (2-1) for the first half, knotting the score at 6-6 on a second-quarter touchdown run that was set up by a half-back pass play down to the Sterling 2-yard line.

Though Sterling’s first half was pockmarked by penalties, turnovers, and the occasional lapse in execution, the Golden

Warriors tightened things up and played virtually mistake-free football after the break.

“The third quarter, we came out and our kids responded,” Schlemmer said. “We’re getting close. I can’t say we’re where we want to be, but we’re getting better.”

Sterling’s defense certain-ly did its part as the offense worked itself into a groove, holding the Stars to 38 first-half yards. That number included a total of minus-26 rushing yards, thanks in part to a pair of sacks by senior defensive end Brett Gould. In the first two games of the season, the Golden War-riors had allowed an average of 164 rushing yards per game. Friday’s performance was an encouraging sign.

“We knew they were going to try to go outside and run outside of us,” said senior cor-nerback Rafael Escalante. “We made some big plays. We’ve got very athletic guys on our defense.”

Escalante, who also plays run-ning back, racked up 96 yards on 17 carries, including a 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave his team the lead for good.

STERLING 32, RICH SOUTH 12

Alex T. Paschal/[email protected]’s Rafael Escalante picks up yards against the Rich South defense during Friday’s game at Roscoe Eades Stadium. The Warriors played cleanly after half to earn a 32-12 win.


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MANLIUS – Newman senior Trevor Bolin knew what was coming, had prepared for it all week long at practice. But he still found himself looking to make amends after an early mistake cost the Comets 6 points.

He needn’t have worried. Newman rallied from an early deficit to roll past the Bureau Valley Storm 50-6 on Friday night in Manlius, and Bolin had plenty of opportunities to make up for the early miscue.

After Parker Neuhalfen streaked right past him for a 79-yard touchdown catch on the Storm’s second posses-sion, Bolin locked things down the rest of the way. He picked off three Drake Davis passes, including one in the end zone that turned the tide for good in the second quarter, and ran for the final first down on fourth-and-2 to run out the clock.

“It felt great to make some plays and help the team,” Bolin said. “The coaches worked with us all week about taking away the deep ball, and I just didn’t flop soon enough … plus, Parker’s really fast. That play was on me, and

I wanted to make sure I made good for my guys after that.”

The first BV touchdown came after a Brady Rude fumble one play after a 47-yard run by Nolan McGinn, but that was the only drive of the Comets’ first seven that didn’t result in a touchdown. McGinn, Rude, and Dillan Hef-felfinger all hit the 100-yard mark by halftime, and Newman (3-0, 1-0 Three Rivers North) was up 36-6 by that point.

The back-breaker came late in the second quarter. After a nine-play touchdown drive put the Comets up 28-6, the Storm (0-3, 0-1) got to the Newman 12-yard line thanks to a 61-yard pass from Davis to Tommy Johnston.

But instead of cashing in and cut-ting into the deficit, Davis’ fourth-down pass to Johnston on a fade pattern in the corner of the end zone was intercepted by Bolin, the first of four Comet picks of Davis in

a five-possession span.The dagger really hit home on

Newman’s first play from scrim-mage following the INT, Brady Rude busted through the middle of the line and outran everybody for an 80-yard touchdown, turn-ing what could have been a 28-12 lead into a 36-6 margin 2! min-utes before halftime.

“That was a huge momentum swing, and it really got us hyped up,” said McGinn, who ran for

205 yards and three TDs, and also intercepted a pass. “The line was blocking perfect on a lot of plays, and we kind of wore them down on that drive … and then hit them quick after Trevor’s interception.”

Rude finished with 147 yards and that lone touchdown, while Heffelfinger added 120 yards and two TDs on the ground, and also caught a touchdown pass from Logan Whitman. Newman ran for 504 yards, and Whit-man completed 2 of 4 passes for another 45 yards.

Rude led the defense with 12 tackles, one of six different Comets with at least six tack-les on the night. The Storm ran for 112 yards, and Davis was 12-for-29 passing for 263 yards. Neuhalfen caught five passes for 156 yards, and Johnston caught five balls for 104 yards.

“I liked our fight; against a team like Newman, you have to keep pushing and try to hit those big plays,” BV coach Spencer Davis said. “But when you make mistakes, it gives them way too many posses-sions, and they’re going to capitalize when you give that line and those backs so many opportunities.”


NEWMAN 50, BUREAU VALLEY 6

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OREGON – Running was the optimum word Friday night at Landers-Loomis Field.

The Hawks used a powerful running game, among other things, and rolled to a 40-0 vic-tory against Rock Falls. There was a running clock the entire second half, as Oregon had built that lead by halftime.

“I thought we prepared really well during the week,” Oregon coach John Bothe said, “and we had a good mental approach to the game. We probably weren’t so hot with that last week, but tonight, it was one of those games where I thought the kids were going to play really well, and they did.

“I give them a lot of credit for working, and hopefully we can maintain this standard.”

The Hawks embarked on a 12-play, 75-yard drive the first time they had the ball, and went on to score on five of six first-half possessions. Three of those came on short fields, as the Rockets refused to punt, even when deep in their own territory.

Rockets coach Scott Berge put that on his players.

“We wanted to punt tonight, and the kids said no,” Berge said. “It’s something they believe in. I know a lot of people don’t understand it, but they believe in what they do. When they’re telling me there’s not a chance we’re punting, then I’m going, well, we’re not punting. It’s their game. They play it how they play it, and hopefully we can work out a happy medium.”

Brayton Finch scored on runs

of 3 and 15 yards for Oregon (2-1, 1-0 Big Northern West), while Garrett Rude added a 1-yard plunge. Eight differ-ent ball carriers racked up 212 yards.

The Hawks passed the ball just three times, but two of them went for touchdowns against a Rocket defense designed to stop the run. Quarterback Jer-rick Orsted tossed a 42-yarder to Josh Cook early in the second

quarter, while Maverik Good hauled in a 46-yarder with 3:59 to go before halftime.

“The play-action off the Wish-bone is always there,” Orsted said. “You can’t really stop that.”

Oregon was also 5-for-5 on 2-point conversions.

Leading the Oregon defensive effort was senior cornerback Chris Jordan, who intercepted three passes. The Hawks’ only true defensive stand was right

before halftime, when Rock Falls reached the Oregon 16 before being turned away.

“I think this is really going to help us,” Jordan said. “We all did our jobs tonight, and it gives us confidence heading into a big game next week.”

Rock Falls went with a new quar-terback this week in Jake Junis, a junior who replaced 3-year starter Jake Mammosser. Junis complet-ed 19 of 41 passes for 152 yards, with three interceptions.

“The first thing we’ve got to do is catch the darn ball,” Berge said. “We had probably seven, eight, nine drops tonight, and when you’re doing that, that’s difficult. Number 77 [Oregon lineman Matt Crandall] , we just couldn’t get away from him to get a run-ning game going, and when you can’t get a running game, it’s easy to sit back and defend us.”


OREGON 40, ROCK FALLS 0

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Alex T. Paschal/[email protected] Falls’ Jacob Mammosser takes a hit from Oregon’s Jordan Rogers during Friday’s game at Landers-Loomis Field. The Hawks won 40-0.

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FULTON – There are very few times when kissing a shoe is acceptable.

One of which is when a 17-year-old shoe is attached to a plaque.

The Fulton football team pounced on this opportunity Friday, as the players took turns puckering up to lay a big one the Wooden Shoe trophy that goes to the winner of the Fulton-Morrison rivalry.

The Steamers (2-1, 1-0 TRAC North) galloped onto the field after their 42-0 blowout win over the Mustangs in the open-er of Three Rivers North play.

“I can’t even describe the feel-ing we’re all going through right now,” Fulton running back Michael Pidde said. “[Morrison] had the thing for 10 years, and we thought that was long enough.”

Fulton’s last win in the rivalry came in 2003, before the Mus-tangs won back the trophy in 2004 and held on to it ever since.

Pidde finished with 48 yards on 13 touches, along with two third-quarter touchdown runs of 2 and 5 yards, the last of which made the score 42-0 and

started a running clock with 2:38 to play in the third.

The sophomore was just one piece of a dominant Fulton rushing attack that produced 414 yards and five touchdowns on the ground. The Steamers threw the ball once – an incom-pletion – but the passing game wasn’t needed, as the offensive

line opened up large holes and the backs hit nearly all of them.

Four different Steamers ran the ball on the opening drive, which produced a 3-yard touchdown run by quarterback Tyler Sweenie. That number moved to seven rushers by the end of the game, which made it tough for the Mustangs to key in

defensively on one ball carrier.“When you can have each guy

lead a balanced attack, it keeps the defense off-balance,” Ful-ton coach Patrick Lower said. “It sounds odd to be balanced because we didn’t pass often, but I think we did a good job of keeping them guessing a bit, and that worked in our favor.”

Trey Simmons shared the bulk of the carries with Pidde, and burst through holes with explosiveness that the Morrison defense couldn’t handle. Sim-mons totaled 133 yards on 12 carries, including a 65-yard TD run on the first play coming out of halftime.

“I tried to get our guys to play more aggressively,” Morrison coach Cory Bielema said. “I tried to get them to play with more enthusiasm, but we couldn’t get it going. It just wasn’t there.”

Fulton spent the past five practices in preparation for Fri-day night’s rivalry game work-ing on its rushing attack. Most of the work was spent on hitting the holes as soon as the offen-sive line opened them.

In previous weeks, Lower said that the running backs were dancing around too much in the backfield, and the holes

closed. This week, the rule was to make one cut and go.

Jason Osborn, a Fulton wide receiver and defensive back, was set in motion for several plays, and got five touches which he turned into 145 yards and scores of 56 and 76 yards in the second quarter.

Osborn skirted to the outside and cut inside on both runs and went into a dead sprint, leaving everyone behind.

Morrison quarterback and cor-ner Joey Brackemyer came back to the sideline after Osborn’s 76-yarder shaking his head.

“That kid is so fast,” Brack-emyer said. “He’s probably the fastest kid on the field, there’s nothing else I could do.”

Morrison (0-3, 0-1) started Brackemyer at quarterback for the first time this season, and the Steamers defense didn’t make it easy on the left-handed junior. Brackemyer was 1-for-11 through the air, including an interception.

It was the Mustangs’ second drive of the game when Osborn jumped a route and snagged a lofty Brackemyer pass near the Steamers sideline, which set up his touchdown run of 56 yards seven plays later.


FULTON 42, MORRISON 0

Philip Marruffo/[email protected]’s Andy Bird (right) brings down Futlon’s Michael Pidde during Friday’s Wooden Shoe Bowl in Fulton. The Steamers won 42-0 to end Morrison’s 10-game winning streak in the series.

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SPRING VALLEY – Drew Pullam said he got a little scared when Hall coach Randy Tieman told him they’d come out throwing the ball in the second half Friday against Amboy. Pullam never showed it.

The Red Devil junior quarterback threw for two second-half touchdowns, com-pleting 9 of 10 pass attempts for 142 yards to break open a 6-0 halftime lead. He con-nected for a 33-yard pass to Jake Merkel, and a 28-yard pass to Tyler Taber early in the fourth quarter to send the Red Devils on the way to a 35-14 victory.

“I was kind of scared at first. I trusted [coach Tieman], he trusted me and it worked,” Pullam said. “I knew I had to step up for my teammates and win the game. It was fun. I loved it. Loved being involved.”

As for the game billed about matching two running teams, Tieman joked that, “You can’t always tell what you’re going to do.”

He said they originally planned to run, but at halftime made the adjustments to pass.

“The guys up in the box told me the short pass is there, they’re playing way off, we can run hitches with A.J. [Gaeta] and Merkel and let our playmakers make plays out there,” he said. “We didn’t get the ball to [Chris] Hammonds as much we’d like, but his time comes.

“We went to short routes instead of just trying to go deep, and it worked,” Pullam said. “My receivers can make plays, I know if I dump off a 1-yard pass,

I know they can go for 10 or 20, maybe even a touchdown.

Tieman said Pullam will be a secret weapon no more.

“It was a good night for Drew to come out. Maybe he got a little confidence in the second half throwing the ball. We thought we were going to be able to throw it even-tually this year, just worked out we got an opportunity this week to do it,” he said.

Amboy coach Gary Jones said Hall sur-prised them.

“We were going out with a safety the first half, we had seven men in the box, and they exploited that,” Jones said. “They threw the ball well. He did, [but] we didn’t get much pressure on the quarterback. We got matched man to man on the corners there, a little mis-matches here and there.”

Jones said the Clippers never got any-thing going offensively, because the Red Devils front five “kicked our [butts].”

Tieman’s defensive coach Meyer has the Red Devils in the right spot on defense and “our kids are listening right now because they believe in it.”

Those defenders included Jared Puente (11 tackles), Christian Heiden, Matt Krolak and Josh Nelson with nine tackles each.

It was another Hall pass that got them on the board first. This one, however, was a halfback option from Jake Merkel to Julian Barroso for an 81-yard strike on the second-play of the second quarter.

Hammonds scored on a 5-yard run to give Hall a 12-0 lead with Dallas Apple-man getting the Clippers on the board with under one minute left in the third on a 5-yard score of his own.

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ROCKFORD – Going against a team with a star that is well-known in the high school foot-ball circles, the Dixon Dukes had a good por-tion of their minds on one James Robinson.

The 5-foot-9, 205-pound junior running back has been a chal-lenge for opposing teams this season, and the Dukes’ try at con-taining him had some hits and misses. Howev-er, the efforts at contain-ing the flashing purple blur were a few too less in a 47-0 road loss on Friday in Rockford.

R o b i n s o n ’ s n i g h t against the Dukes (2-1, 0-1 BNC West) saw 302 yards gained on his accord on 23 carries. Four of the Crusaders’ seven touchdowns were in his name, further complicating the Dukes’ try at getting its first Big Northern West win in program history.

The Dukes emphasized blocking around the ends of the line of scrim-

mage to hold the all-state junior. However, most of Robinson’s big runs came on the end-around to the left side.

Robinson had a 34-yard score in the first quar-ter on a double-fake jet sweep, and added runs of 30, 5, and 16 yards in the second quarter before sitting out the entire second half.

“Robinson did a nice job tonight,” Dixon coach Dave Smith said. “They had good balance, but it was mostly Rob-inson. We knew that, and it’s a good time of the year to start learn-ing again. We just got to keep going to the drawing board and keep working. There’s not much to say other than Robinson did what he needed to do. We knew it was going to happen and we couldn’t stop it.”

The Crusaders (3-0, 1-0) also scored on a 1-yard scamper by senior quarterback Jailen Horton in the first quarter, and fellow senior Dario Ingardona caught a pass and ran one in for his two scores.

Lutheran amassed 398 yards, a far cry against what the Dukes could muster.

Dixon could only post one first down on offense, coming with 4:07 left in the second quarter on a 28-yard breakaway by Quinton Douglas. The 5-8, 174-pound senior was the only one able to stop Robinson on defense at times. Douglas sent Robinson back five yards with 5 minutes left in the first quarter on a second-and-16 to help create an Adam Pear-son field goal try, which missed wide left.

Another Douglas stop came on first down, this time sending Robinson 7 yards back on a drive that ended with his sec-ond tackle of the series against Nick Brigham on fourth down.

However, those stops stood out amongst the rest of the Dixon defen-sive efforts, as most big Crusader runs came on second- and third-chance efforts.

“We got a few stops, but the main thing is that our

offense really needs to pick it up more,” Douglas said. “Our defense had our faults, too. We need to do our assignments and make sure we do it right. We just got to make tackles, too.”

Douglas led the Dukes’ rushing corps with 31 yards on seven carries. Senior quarterback JD Gieson went 2-for-9 in passing for 21 yards.

Nathan Gascoigne took over the play-calling for the Dukes in the second half, went 1-for-5 in pass-ing for 9 yards, and hand-ed off to a dirty-shirted Douglas for most of the second half running plays.

Being the first West Division team in the conference to get a stab at Robinson, the Dukes look to use that to their advantage in strength-ening their defense the rest of the season.

“I believe in our kids,” Smith said. “We just got to regroup and work back on fundamentals – it’s not an X’s and O’s thing – it’s a fundamental issue. I take 100 percent of the blame tonight. I’ve got to get our kids better pre-pared.”

Robinson roughs up Dukes

By SVM Sports Staff

The Polo Marcos picked up a big win on the road Friday night, traveling to Stockton and taking down the Blackhawks 59-36 in an NUIC Upstate showdown.

Brody Grobe ran for 130 yards, threw for 102 more, and accounted for six of Polo’s eight touchdowns. He ran in from 63, 9, and 4 yards, and connected on scoring strikes with Brad Cavanaugh (twice) and Richie Bartnick.

Polo scored four times in the final 9 minutes of the first half, including twice in the final 31 seconds. After Grobe’s 9-yard scoring run with 31 seconds left in the second quarter, the Marcos (3-0, 3-0) recovered their

own squib kickoff. Grobe hooked up with Cavana-ugh from 34 yards out with 8 ticks left on the clock for a 36-14 halftime lead.

Cavanaugh’s 11-yard TD catch from Grobe 2 min-utes into the second half put Polo up 44-14, and Grobe and Kevin Cheese-man ran in for scores in the fourth quarter to salt away the win.

Jesse Ditzler scored Polo’s other touchdown, a 44-yard run early in the first quarter for a 6-0 Marco lead.

Polo totaled 392 yards, while Stockton (2-1, 2-1) piled up 325.

The loss snapped the Blackhawks’ streak of 25 straight Upstate victories, dating back to 2010.

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The Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders scored three touch-downs in the second quarter Friday, leading to a 30-6 NUIC Upstate win over River Ridge in Hanover.

Quarterback Jacob Hilliker got things started with a 13-yard touchdown run with 11:22 left in the second quarter. That score was followed by touch-down runs by David Zinke and Jake Hageman. AFC (1-2, 1-2) led 24-0 at half.

Hageman tacked on another touchdown with a 4-yard run with 4:34 left in the third quar-ter. Hageman led the Raiders with 113 rushing yards. Zinke had 82 rushing yards.

Dalton Ibarra had 7.5 tackles, and Kevin Kurz added seven tackles, including 2.5 for loss.

River Ridge (0-3, 0-3) scored with 29 seconds left in the game.

Erie-Prophetstown 49, River-dale 22: Dylan Binion had four touchdowns – on runs of 13, 32, 1 and 24 yards – in a Three Riv-ers North road win.

The Panthers (2-1, 1-0) scored all 49 points of their points by halftime, as Binion led the rush-ing attack that accounted for six

touchdowns.Jared Forward scooped up a

fumble and took it 35 yards for a score early in the second quar-ter, just 16 seconds after Binion ran in his third touchdown of the game. Quarterback Jordan

Chandler had a score of his own, on a 34-yard run.

Riverdale scored all of its 22 points in the second half.

Galena 41, Milledgeville 20: Jordan Harris had 34 yards on the ground and two rushing

touchdowns to pace the Mis-siles (1-2) in a home loss.

Harris added another score via his arm in the third quarter, connecting with receiver Buddy Bibler to cap the scoring for Milledgeville. Harris finished

with 185 yards through the air on 13 of 28 passing.

Galena jumped out to a 14-point lead in the first quarter and never trailed in the game. The Missiles scored all of their 20 points in the second and third quarters.

Forreston 66, West Carroll 0: Kaleb Hartman took four car-ries for a team-high 42 yards for West Carroll in a home loss.

Aaron Ritenour gained 27 yards on 18 carries. Jake Miller led the Thunder on defense with seven tackles, while Ste-phen Santeramo and Salvador Magana added five.

Mason VanHook was inter-cepted six times in the loss, completing one of his six passes, while fellow quarterback Kody Plattenberger was 2-for-4 with an interception for the Thun-der (0-3, 0-2 NUIC Northwest).

Friday’s starsDylan Binion, E-P, 4 rushing TDs in first half

Jordan Harris, Milledgeville, 2 rushing TDs, 1 passing

Jake Hageman, AFC, 2 rushing TDs

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STERLING 32, RICH SOUTH 12 RS SFirst downs 10 17Total yards 139 302Rushes-yards 35-63 43-265Passing yards 76 37Passing (C-A-I) 6-14-0 3-10-2Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0Penalties-yards 8-56 5-56Rich South 0 6 0 6 — 12Sterling 6 6 6 14 — 32

First quarterS – Folsom, 2 run (kick failed) 5:12

Second quarterR – Brooks Jr., 2 run (pass failed) 10:12S – Escalante, 5 run (run failed) 2:42

Third quarterS – Thornton, 4 run (run failed) 9:33

Fourth quarterS – Thornton, 22 run (Diaz kick) 10:50S – Escalante, 1 run (Diaz kick) 8:26R – Waltower, 20 run (kick failed) 3:41

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Rich South: Brooks Jr. 13-72, Johnson 1-30, Waltower 6-2, Garrett 1-(-1), Arriaga 1-(-11), Cooks 13-(-29). Sterling: Thornton 15-147, Escalante 17-96, Folsom 4-17, Morse 2-4, Jacoby 4-5, Bruce 2-(-4).PASSING – Rich South: Cooks 5-13-0 50, Brooks Jr. 1-1-0 26; Sterling: Thornton 3-10-2 37.RECEIVING – Rich South: Shaw 1-26, Sudduth 2-26, Brooks Jr. 1-11, Waltower 1-2, Wade 1-1. Sterling: Morse 2-29, Escalante 1-8Records: Sterling 2-1, Rich South 1-2

at Lutheran H.S., Rockford

LUTHERAN 47, DIXON 0 D RLFirst downs 1 21Total yards 43 460rushes-yards 19-18 42-398passing yards 25 62Passing (C-A-I) 14-3-1 2-10-20Fumbles lost 4-0 0-0Penalties-yards 5-37.5 3-35Punts - avg. 6-37.5 1-43Dixon 0 0 0 0 — 0Lutheran 14 26 0 7 — 47

First quarterRL – James Robinson 34 run (kick good), 10:48RL – Horton 1 run (kick good), 1:33

Second quarterRL – Robinson 30 run (kick blocked), 11:13RL – Robinson 5 run (2-point run failed), 7:11RL – Robinson 16 run (2-point run failed), 4:59RL – Dario Ingardona 5 pass from Horton (2-point run good), :13

Fourth quarterRL – Ingardona 1 run (kick good), 9:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Dixon: Quinton Douglas 7-31, Cody Mighell 5-9, Kyle LeBlanc 1-0, JD Gieson 6-(minus 22). Lutheran: Robinson 23-302, Zach Harris 4-65, Nick Brigham 6-34, Equavion Dismuke 1-4, Josh Davis 1-(minus 5), Horton 6-(minus 2).PASSING – Dixon: Gieson 2-9-1-21 yards, Gascoigne 1-5-0-9 yards. Lutheran: Horton 1-8-0-54 yards, Brigham 1-2-0-8 yards.RECEIVING – Dixon: Ryan Webb 1-11, LeBlanc 2-14. Lutheran: Ingardona 2-54, Harris 1-8.MISSED FIELD GOAL – Adam Pearson 31 yards, 5:25 first quarter.Records: Dixon 2-1 (0-1 BNC West), Lutheran 3-0 (1-0)

at Landers-Loomis Field, Oregon

OREGON 40, ROCK FALLS 0 RF OFirst downs 10 17Total yards 161 300Rushes-yards 10-9 50-212Passing yards 152 88Passing (C-A-I) 19-41-3 2-3-0Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0Penalties-yards 2-20 5-60Punts-avg. 0-0 0-0Rock Falls 0 0 0 0 — 0Oregon 8 32 0 0 — 40

First quarterO – Brayton Finch 3 run (Finch pass from Jerrick Orsted), 4:46

Second quarterO – Garrett Rude 1 run (John Ghibellini run), 11:57O – Josh Cook 42 pass from Orsted (Rude run), 11:07O – Finch 15 run (Maverik Good pass from Orsted), 4:48O – Good 46 pass from Orsted (Finch run), 3:59

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Rock Falls: Braeden Westfall 7-18, Noah Junis 3-(minus-9). Oregon: Skylar Short 13-49, Ghibellini 11-47, Finch 6-38, Good 6-30, Rude 7-26, Chris Jordan 4-16, Orsted 2-4, Will Rice 1-2.PASSING – Rock Falls: Junis 19-41-3, 152 yards. Oregon: Orsted 2-3-0, 88 yards.RECEIVING – Rock Falls: Tanner Dean 7-51, Connor Cain 7-47, Jake Mammosser 3-14, Cayden Roberts 2-31, Brondon Rus-sell 1-9. Oregon: Good 1-46, Cook 1-42.Records: Oregon 2-1 (1-0 BNC West), Rock Falls 0-3 (0-1)

at Manlius

NEWMAN 50, BUREAU VALLEY 6

N BVFirst downs 19 12Total yards 549 396Rushes-yards 49-504 24-112Passing yards 45 284Passing (C-A-I) 2-4-1 13-30-4Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-1Penalties-yards 3-25 13-73Punts-average 1-45.0 5-22.8

Newman 14 22 8 6 — 50BV 6 0 0 0 — 6

First quarterBV – Parker Neuhalfen 79 pass from Drake Davis (pass failed), 8:05N – Dillan Heffelfinger 2 run (run failed), 5:48N – Nolan McGinn 7 run (Logan Whitman run), 3:12

Second quarterN – Heffelfinger 3 run (Heffelfinger run), 11:17N – Heffelfinger 15 pass from Whitman (run failed), 5:18N – Brady Rude 80 run (Heffelfinger run), 2:38

Third quarterN – McGinn 79 run (Rude run), 8:17

Fourth quarterN – McGinn 1 run (run failed), 10:44

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Newman: McGinn 14-205, Rude 11-147, Heffelfinger 15-120, Eli Monier 3-18, Regan Todhunter 2-15, Trevor Bolin 2-3, Kyle Decker 1-(minus-2), Whitman 1-(minus-2). BV: Josh Mead 7-39, Neuhalfen 5-29, Davis 3-20, Tommy Johnston 5-15, Will Konneck 2-4, Errold Humphries 1-4, Caje Peterson 1-1.PASSING – Newman: Whitman 2-4-1-45 yards. BV: Davis 12-29-4-263 yards, Neu-halfen 1-1-0-21 yards.RECEIVING – Newman: Rude 1-30, Hef-felfinger 1-15. BV: Neuhalfen 5-156, John-ston 5-104, Davis 1-21, Alex Johnson 1-6, Konneck 1-(minus-3).Records: Newman 3-0 (1-0 TRAC North), BV 0-3 (0-1)

at Fulton

FULTON 42, MORRISON 0 M FFirst downs 6 9Total yards 81 414Rushes-yards 31-77 50-414Passing yards 4 0Passing (C-A-I) 1-11-1 0-1-0Fumbles-lost 7-3 1-1Penalties-yards 1-5 8-71Punts 6 3Morrison 0 0 0 0 – 0Fulton 7 14 21 0 – 42

First quarterF– Tyler Sweenie 3 run (Jack Lemke kick), 6:55

Second quarterF–Jason Osborn 56 run (Jack Lemke kick), 11:47F– Jason Osborn 76 run (Jack Lemke kick), 3:09

Third quarterF– Trey Simmons 65 run (Jack Lemke kick), 11:49F– Michael Pidde 2 run (Jack Lemke kick), 7:27F– Michael Pidde 5 run (Jack Lemke kick), 2:38

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Fulton: Michael Pidde 13-48, Trey Simmons 12-133, Tyler Sweenie 12-65, Jason Osborn 4-145, Jack Lemke 3-9, Cole McClary 2-8, Devon Ballard 4-6. Morrison: Mason Sitzmore 5-(minus 3), Joey Brackemyer 12-35, Merik Ken-nedy 2-7, Andy Bird 10-40, Justin Jensen 1-(minus 2).

PASSING – Fulton: Tyler Sweenie 0-1-0, 0 yards. Morrison: Joey Brackemyer 1-11-1, 4 yards.RECEIVING – Morrison: Justin Jensen 1-4.Records: Fulton 2-1 (1-0 TRAC North), Morrison 0-3 (0-1)

at Nesti Stadium, Spring Valley

HALL 35, AMBOY 14 A HFirst Downs 12 14Total Yards 214 323Rushes-yards 38-214 100Passing yards 0 223Passing (C-A-I) 0-2-1 10-13-0Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0Penalties-yards 4-25 6-46Punts-average 6-38.1 4-28.8Amboy 0 0 7 7 — 14 Hall 6 0 6 23 — 35

Second quarterH – Barroso 81 pass from Merkel (kick failed), 11:28

Third quarterH – Hammonds 5 run (pass failed), 8:32A – Appleman 5 run (Guetirez kick), :57.5

Fourth quarterH – Merkel 33 pass from Pullam (Taber pass from Pullam), 9:14H – Taber 28 pass from Pullam (Ham-monds run), 7:54H – Hammonds 3 run (Krolak kick, 3:45A – Barlow 1 run (Guetirez kick), :01.6

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Amboy: Jones 24-99, Apple-man 25, Richardson 3-38, Barlow 10-47. Hall: Hammonds 12-48 (TD), Merkel (4-5), Kerr (2-30), Taber (5-15), Pullam (1-1), Ber-tand (1-1).PASSING – Amboy: Barlow 0-2-1, 0 yards. Hall: Pullam 9-12, 142 yards (2 TDs), Merkel 1-1-0, 81 yards (1 TD)RECEIVING – Hall: Barroso 1-81 (TD), Taber 1-28 (TD), Merkel 4-60 (TD), Gaeta 3-46.Records: Amboy 2-1, Hall 3-0

at Stockton

POLO 59, STOCKTON 36 P SFirst downs 18 16Total yards 392 325Rushes-yards 39-290 40-237Passing yards 102 98Passing (C-A-I) 5-10-1 8-16-0Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0Penalties-yards 3-25 3-15Polo 6 30 8 15 — 59Stockton 0 14 16 6 — 36

First quarterP – Jesse Ditzler 44 run (2-point fail), 9:11

Second quarterS – Vanderheyden 12 pass from T.Fox (2-point good), 8:53P – Brody Grobe 63 run (2-point failed), 8:37P – Richie Bartnick 21 pass from Grobe (2-point good), 4:53S – Heiderich 3 run (2-point failed), 2:08P – Grobe 9 run (2-point good), :31P – Brad Cavanaugh 34 pass from Grobe (2-point good), :08

Third quarterP – Cavanaugh 11 pass from Grobe (2-point good), 10:00S – Heiderich 28 run (2-point good), 5:39S – Vanderheyden 2 pass from T.Fox (2-point good), 1:06

Fourth quarterP – Grobe 4 run (2-point good), 4:30S – H.Fox 10 run (2-point failed), 4:01P – Kevin Cheeseman 5 run (Cavanaugh kick), 1:22

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – Polo: Grobe 13-130, Ditzler 4-65, Cheeseman 8-42, Cavanaugh 5-29, Dylan Beers 9-24. PASSING – Polo: Grobe 5-9-1-102 yards, Bartnick 0-1-0-0 yardsRECEIVING – Polo: Cavanaugh 3-48, Bartnick 2-54Records: Polo 3-0 (3-0 NUIC Upstate), Stockton 2-1 (2-1)

at Hanover

AFC 30, RIVER RIDGE 6 AFC RRFirst downs 19 7Total yards 346 128Rushes-yards 57-345 32-72Passing (C-A-I) 1-2-0 4-13-0Passing yards 1 56Fumbles-lost 3-1 6-1Penalties-yards 13-95 4-45Punts-average 1-18 4-16.8AFC 0 24 6 0 — 30River Ridge 0 0 0 6 — 6

Second quarterAFC – Jacob Hilliker 13 run (Hilliker pass to Dylan Pitzer), 11:22AFC – David Zinke 4 run (Hilliker pass to Pitzer), 7:07AFC – Jake Hageman 3 run (Luke Hage-man run), 1:47

Third quarterAFC – Jake Hageman 4 run (pass failed), 4:34

Fourth quarterRR – Klippert 9 pass to Klepack (pass failed), 0:29.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICSRUSHING – AFC: Jake Hageman 17-113, Zinke 7-82, James Talley 12-69, Hilliker 44, Luke Hageman 8-30, Michael Thompson 1-4, Keywan Palmer 3-3; RR: Diaz 10-44, Klepack 11-39, Kiley 4-4, Sadle 1-(minus 3), Klipper 5-(minus-14).PASSING – AFC: Hilliker 1-2-0 1 yard; RR: Klippert 4-13-0 56. RECEIVING – AFC: Talley 1-1; RR: Kle-pack 3-33, Kiley 1-25Records: AFC 1-2 (1-2 NUIC Upstate); River Ridge 0-3 (0-3)

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