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Packets for March primary election now available

By Goldie Rapp

The county clerk’s office will be closed during the filing period on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27, for the Thanksgiving holiday.

If two candidates running for the same position file at the same time, a lottery drawing will be announced for a later date. The name drawn first will be placed first on the ballot.

Positions up for election in 2016 include Bureau County Circuit Clerk, which is currently held by Mary Dremann; Bureau County State’s Attorney, which is currently held by Geno Caffarini, who was appointed to the position by the county board after former state’s attorney Pat Herrmann resigned from position mid-term; and Bureau County Coroner, which is currently held by Janice Wamhoff.

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PRINCETON — Bureau County Clerk Kami Hieronymus has announced election packets are now available for candidates who wish to place their name on the March 2016 ballot.

Petitions can be circulated now in order to collect the required number of signatures on petition forms that need to be filed.

The county’s filing period for the March 15, 2016, primary election will be from Monday, Nov. 23 to Monday, Nov. 30.

Petition forms are accepted by mail or in person during the filing period.

There are also 13 Bureau County Board seats up for re-election including: District 2, held by Dale Anderson; District 5 held by Marsha Lilley; District 10 held

by Ralph Anderson, District 11, which was held by Steve Sondgeroth, however he resigned from the position earlier this week, and the county board has yet to appoint a person to the empty seat; District 12 held by Robert McCook; District 14 held by Robert Albrecht; District 15 held by Michael Maynard; District 16, held by Heather Thacker, who was appointed to the position earlier this year after Tom Ptsanik stepped down; District 19 held by Tom Dobrich; District 22 held by Paul Humpage, who was appointed to fill the position after Joe Bassetti resigned earlier this year; District 23 held by John Baracani; District

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Filling the halls at the new Hall Hall High School students, at right, took to the gymnasium during the opening day assembly at the new Hall High School in Spring Valley. Summer break was extended this year for students as the construction and inner workings of the new high school, below, was being finalized. Students enjoyed their first day of the school year Thursday, Sept. 10.

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‘Bailey Armageddon’ Residents bring concerns to city council

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

PRINCETON — Princeton City Council members met Tuesday, Sept. 8, to discuss city matters as Homestead Festival approaches, as well as how to deal with the sewer problems in the Claude Bailey Subdivision.

Council members began by stating more than $600,000 in bills were recently paid for city maintenance and utilities, and then shared the building permit report. Commissioner Jerry Neumann said 66 permits totaling about $11,000,000 were requested in 2015, compared to 78 permits totaling $3,700,000 the previous year.

Commissioner Laura Favia requested a future discussion about possibly capping the allowance of poker machines in the city based on her concern over the inadequate amount of tax revenue the machines create.

The council agreed to tackle the matter at a later date, but an ordinance increasing the maximum number of Class A and Class B liquor licenses was approved. Mayor Joel Quiram said the city ran out of liquor licenses, and the ordinance will add more.

Commissioner Ray Mabry said an agreement has been reached with Key Outdoor Signs concerning swapping two billboards on Interstate 80 — one near Peru for west-

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Farming a harmless harvest Local farmers promote safe practices on the roads and in the fields

By Eric Engel eengel@bcrnews.com

To enjoy the longevity of life, an individual should always keep an eye on their schedule, but never be in a hurry.

They should be willing to share their surroundings with those around them, and calmly signal their intentions to further collective understanding. To achieve success, they should always have a back-up plan in case their original course of action goes array.

On a farm, the same truths apply ...

Safety to a farmer is of utmost impor-

tance. They deal with equipment of enormous weight and magnitude, and their livelihood relies on a balanced routine that does not adhere well to cut corners. When it comes to planting and harvest season, their presence in the land is inevitable, so it benefits all members of agricultural communities when they work together.

Mike Ary has been a farmer his whole life, as he tells it, and has fed his family by farming a great quantity of acreage south of Tiskilwa for the last 35 years.

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Wheels 4 Zane Benefit set to help 3-year-old boy and his family

By Goldie Rapp grapp@bcrnews.com

MALDEN — Family and friends of a 3-year-old Malden boy born with Spina bifida are coming together to help his mother purchase a proper vehicle to safely transport him and his needed wheelchair.

Zane is paralyzed from the knees down, and the wheelchair gives him the independence to get around.

Fundraisers around the county have taken place in the last couple months to help raise the money for Zane and his mother, Stephanie Erwin, who can’t afford to purchase a new vehicle on her own.

The Wheels 4 Zane fundraisers have been spearheaded

by Erwin’s younger sister, Amanda Walters of Sheffield.

Walters said she saw the need when Erwin attended one of her son’s baseball games, and saw first-hand the struggle it was to transport Zane’s wheelchair in her small car.

“She was struggling so bad,” Walters said.

Not only is the wheelchair heavy to lift in and out of the car, but it is so large the wheels have to be taken off and placed in the trunk of her car and the chair part has to be flipped upside down in the backseat and placed next to Zane in his car seat.

“If they ever got in an accident with that wheelchair, it would be disastrous,” Walters said.

On top of the small vehicle, Erwin has put many miles on her car from the many trips taken back and forth to doctors appointments for Zane in Peoria and his physical therapy sessions in LaSalle. Walters said it’s coming to a point where Erwin’s car will soon be unreliable.

After witnessing her sister struggle, Walters knew she had to step up and lend a hand.

“She’s my sister, and I hate to see her struggle. I hate to see anybody in my family struggle,” Walters said. “I can’t financially help her, so I decided I had to do something because my family is my life, and Zane is amazing and deserves to have his independence.”

Walters said the goal is to raise $25,000 to purchase a new van that will last Erwin a long time.

“She is going to need something his (Zane’s) whole life.

So it’s my goal to get her something that is going to last awhile,” Walters said.

So far, the family has raised just under $4,000 from the Wheels 4 Zane fundraisers and Walters’ T-shirt she designed to help promote Spina bifida awareness, which she’s sold to help go toward Zane’s vehicle fund.

The family’s next Wheels 4 Zane fundraiser will be a day-long event held on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Psycho Silo Saloon. There will be a poker run. Registration will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the last bike in at 6 p.m. The cost is $15 per person or $25 per couple. There will also be family fun with a bouncy house, clowns and face painting from 1 to 3 p.m. A hog roast from 3 to 7 p.m. will also be part of the day. The cost is $5 for children ages 6-12; $8 per person or $12 per couple.

Sept. 12 – John Dabler and Jean Roberts, real estate and personal property, noon, 104 N. Main St., Manlius, Rick Rediger Auction Service, auctioneers.

Sept. 12 – Joe Wittmeyer estate, tractors, mowers, gen-

BCR photo/Goldie Rapp

A Wheels 4 Zane benefit will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, to help raise money for a new vehicle to accommodate Zane’s wheelchair. Zane was born with Spina bifida. He is pictured here with his grandma Bonnie Shofner (left), mother Stephanie Erwin and aunt Amanda Walters.

The story of Zane and Spina bifida

By Goldie Rapp grapp@bcrnews.com

When Erwin got pregnant with Zane, she was considered a high-risk pregnancy because of her older age. At a first ultrasound, doctors spotted the Spina bifida right away.

The diagnosis is non-genetic. About one in 10,000 children are diagnosed.

Erwin was suggested by her doctor to see a specialist at the St. Louis Fetal Care Institute in Missouri. It was there she was introduced to a new trial procedure being done on mothers with children with Spina bifida.

The surgery was an open fetal surgery, where doctors would remove the baby, repair the Spina bifida and place the baby back into the womb. At the time, the trial was still new. Erwin said only 10 women at the Fetal Care Institute had gone through with the procedure.

Erwin agreed to the surgery, which took place on April 26, 2012.

“The reason I agreed to do it was because of the outcomes,” she said. “It was better for Zane to have the open fetal surgery before he was born than to wait until after he was born … If I hadn’t gotten it done, he’d probably would be paralyzed from waist down instead of knees down.”

Musicians Canned Ham and Johnny Casino & Da Gamblers will perform from 7 p.m. to midnight. Throughout the day, there will be silent and live auctions, a 50/50 raffle and bake sale.

The family will also be selling a newly-designed T-shirt

erators, equipment, woodworking tools, oak plus other lumber, hand tools, 10 a.m., 772 1110 North Ave., Neponset, Stenzel Auction Service Inc., auctioneers.

Sept. 12 – Leslie and Tim

Auction Calendar

Smith, tractors, Yamaha, truck, lawn mower, appliances, furniture, collectibles, household, tools, 10 a.m., 1271 E. 3rd Road, Lostant, Tumbleson Auction Co., auctioneers.

Sept. 13 – Joe Wittmeyer estate

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by family friend Hugo Heredia at the benefit. Youth sizes are $18; regular sizes are $20; and XXL are $22.

For more information, check out the Wheels 4 Zane Facebook page.

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and others, china, silverware, pottery, Hummels, collectibles glassware, farm toys, modern & antique furniture, appliances, tools, fishing items, 10 a.m., 135 W. Center St. (Collectors Hall), Cambridge, Stenzel Auction Ser-

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Sept. 25 – Pauline Marchiori (Ray’s Place), real estate and contents, 1:30 p.m., 108 W. Front St., Hennepin, McConville Realty & Auctioneering, auctioneers.

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2015 Homestead Festival parade line-up 1. Princeton Police Chief and Bureau County Sheriff 2. Princeton Combined Color Guard 3. Illinois Valley Cadet Squadron 4. Freedom flag 5. Veterans 6. Veterans Memorial 7. American Legion Auxiliary Post 125 8. Blackhawk Pipes and Drums 9. Grand Marshal — Jan Milles 10. Mayor Joel Quiram, City Council and Manager 12. State Rep. Don Moffitt 13. Lovejoy Homestead float 14. PHS Pom Pons 15. PHS Marching Tigers 16. Princeton Junior Woman’s Club baby winners 17. Greenfield Retirement Home 18. Princeton Chamber of Commerce and Main Street 19. Princeton Lions Club lion 20. 1960 Nash Metropolitan 21. Just For Kix 22. Tiskilwa Historical Society 23. Apollo Theater 24. Henry County 40&8 25. Jan’s Fans 26. Princeton Jaycees 27. Jesse White Tumblers 28. Liberty Village 29. BVHS Band 30. Bureau County Fair queens

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He has handled the wheel of every kind of farm machinery known to man, and said sharing the road is the only available option.

“You have to use evasive action and try to stay on your side of the road, and get in the ditch if you can” said Ary, speaking of handling the lumbering mechanical beasts he uses daily. “I use my emergency flashers and try to wave cars by if they are hesitant to pass.”

Ty Holland, owner of Holland and Sons Inc. in Princeton, said people

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need to realize tractors and combines are often over as far as they can go and approaching at high speeds is dangerous.

“You get yourself in trouble when passing at top speeds because when approaching bridges or coverts, farmers must steer into the road to avoid hitting them,” Holland said, adding farm equipment is hard to see in between hills and usually only have a top speed of 20 to 30 miles per hour.

“Drivers need to maximize their awareness during farming season.”

Ary said farming is one of the most dangerous professions because so much manual labor is

involved, and it takes constant diligence to keep yourself and all employees safe.

“If you are jacking something up, you must have a secure backup plan in case it fails,” Ary said, adding farmers get in a hurry because it’s all about racing time and weather. “When guys cut corners, too many get injured.”

“Farmers put in long days during harvest season, so it’s important to get good sleep,” said Holland. “Long days tax on a person, so it’s good to rotate people if you can.”

Both Ary and Holland spoke about a keen eye

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Farm safety tips for motorists: • Reduce speed when encountering farm equipment on public roads or when you see orange and red reflective triangles that warn of a slow moving vehicle.

• Keep a safe distance from the farm equipment so the farmer can see you. If you can’t see the farmer’s mirrors, they can’t see you.

93. Hotsy Equipment 94. St. Margaret’s Center for Family Health 95. PHS Class of 1995 96. Covered Bridge Barbershop Chorus 97. Princeton Youth Soccer 98. Zearing 4-H Club 99. Pinning on the Gold 100. PHS Class of 2000 101. River Valley Players 102. Old Settlers Association queens 103. Farrell Chiropractic 104. WUNT Community Christian Radio 105. PHS Class of 2005 106. South Shore Drill Team 107. Towne and Country Services 108. Hit Clips Karaoke and DJ Service 109. Grant-Johnson Funeral Home 110. PHS Class of 2010 111. Northern Partners Coop 112. Joseph Kunkel Orthodontics 113. Piehl Motors 114. Illinois Valley Center for Independent Living 114a. 2015 Wyanet Festival queens 114b. Christian Motorcycle Association 114c. Casey’s General Store 114d. Michlig Energy 114e. Huntington’s Disease Awareness 115. Bureau County Mounted Search and Rescue This list is printed as it was sent to the BCR. Entries are subject to change.

• Pass farm equipment only if you know conditions are safe, looking for all turn indicators from the farmer and their equipment, and be cautious when pulling back in. Older equipment is not typically equipped with turn signals, so watch for farmer’s hand signals.

• Always wear a safety belt and follow the road’s speed limit, and be prepared to yield to wide equipment.

Farm safety tips for farmers: • Plan to avoid rush hours, high volume roads, bad weather and the time before daylight and after dark.

• Utilize slow moving vehicle signs and hazard lights, and turn off field work lights during travel.

Use reflective tape and reflectors at the extremities of equipment.

• Install effective mirrors and be aware of surrounding traffic, and always use turn signals to indicate route of travel.

• If road and shoulder conditions are safe, pull over temporarily and allow traffic to pass, and minimize the width of equipment as much as possible.

Safety tips provided by the Illinois Farm Bureau.

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March primary

Council From Page 1

From Page 1 District 23 held by John Baracani; District 24 held

by Jane Piccatto; and District 25 held by Mary Jane Marini.

Candidates filing for the office of circuit clerk or coroner must be 18 years old, be a U.S. citizen and registered voter and resident of the county for 30 days. State’s attorney candidates must be licensed attorneys in Illinois, be 21 years of age, but no residency requirements.

Petitions must be signed by at least .5 percent of votes cast per party in the 2014 general election.

Democratic candidates must have a minimum of 39 signatures to a maximum of 89. Republican candidates must have a minimum of 56 signatures to a maximum of 106.

Candidates filing for a county board seat must also be 18 years old, a U.S. citizen, a registered voter of the county board district and resident of the county for one year.

Petitions must be signed by at least .5 percent of votes cast per party per district in the last election.

For Republican and Democratic candidates, board districts must have a minimum of three signatures to a maximum of 53 — except districts 15 and 19, who must have a minimum of two signatures to a maximum of 52.

Also, precinct committeeman throughout the county will be elected per established party in the primary election. Candidates must be 18 years old, a U.S. citizen and a registered voter and resident of the precinct in which they are seeking office. Petitions must have a minimum of 10 primary electors of the party in the precinct.

More dates and information regarding the election will be available on the county clerk’s website at bureaucountyclerk.com.

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westbound traffic and the other about eight miles west of Princeton for eastbound traffic — for the billboard directly east of the old Sullivan’s Foods grocery store.

The current billboard reads “Welcome to Princeton,” and Quiram said residents are already in town when they see it.

The council approved a renewal of the land use agreement with FFA, citing it a positive relationship after entering into a 50/50 lease agreement with FFA through Princeton High School during the 2015 growing season.

Mabry said allowing residents to put everything except electronics for curb pickup has not worked as planned, citing medical issues for employees handling the garbage. He asked the council to consider going back to the original action, which consisted of a traditional can pickup and an annual spring clean-up.

Mabry discussed the bid results for the Backbone Road utility boring project, and the council agreed to award Superior Excavating the job based on its bid of $89,395.50. Quiram said the company has 60 days to begin work, which should take two or three days, but the company will be encouraged to begin as quickly as possible due to plumbing problems residents are currently experiencing at Bailey Subdivision.

Bailey Subdivision resident Bob Rupcich wrote a letter to the council dissecting the problems, and said during Tuesday’s meeting a leak has developed he’s concerned will burn out the pump supporting the homes in the subdivision, or possibly destroy infrastructure. He said Bailey residents are in good agreement as to where the leak is located, and the initial contract work likely caused the predicament, adding a wait of 30 to 60 days for a solution is “unacceptable.”

Deborah Stanbary, also a resident of the Bailey Subdivision, said unnecessary digging took place in the past at her residence, and said it sounds like “I have a monster in my walls” based off the rattling pipes in her home. She said the leak is in front of her house based off the growth patterns of her yard, and although she voiced her appreciation for the council’s efforts, she feels overwhelmed by the circumstances and living in “Bailey Armageddon.”

Quiram said all council members viewed the letter and plan on addressing the valid points during a full council open meeting. He stated he wanted to get boring started immediately and if the location of the leak can be identified, it will be fixed.

Mabry stated he planned to take a look at Bailey on Wednesday, Sept. 9, as to not leave the residents “high and dry.” Adam Wright, of Superior Excavating said he would push to start the

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project as soon as possible, although his company is dependent on the schedule of Bullseye Boring.

In other business: • Terry Madsen will fill the unexpired term of Alan Davidson on the Princeton Public Library Board of Directors through June 30, 2016, and Tom Hall will fill the unexpired term of Melissa Burrows of the Princeton Plan Commission through April 30, 2018.

• The city will flatten the mounds and remove the fountain, shelter and sidewalks from Darius Miller Park after Homestead Festival, and a nine-person committee has been established to assess the park’s future.

• Princeton’s city flower is now the zinnia. Princeton resident Kay Cushman chose the flower as a symbol of lasting affection.

• The Princeton Fire Department was awarded an $170,000 AFG grant through the Department of Homeland Security, of which the city’s share is only 5 percent. The grant will be used to replace Medic 843, the oldest truck in PFD’s fleet.

• A chief engineering firm will be named to oversee sewer and street work.

• A reception for Harold “Bud” Wedding, celebrating 50 years of service to Illinois Boy Scout Troop 1063, will be held at Hampshire Colony Congregational Church on Monday, Sept. 14, at 7 p.m.

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PRINCETON — Julie Farraher was sentenced

by Bureau County Circuit Judge Marc Bernabei on Sept. 8 for the Class 2 felony of theft. She was sentenced to three years of probation and five months in the Bureau County Jail.

She was also ordered to pay the balance of restitution of $7,000, as well as all fines, fees and court costs totaling $1,359. She was also ordered to complete 120 hours of public service.

Farraher was arrested on Feb.17, following an investigation by the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department, after the department received a report from members of the Princeton Game and Fish Club regarding discrepancies in their accounting and bank statements. Farraher was the bookkeeper for the organization.

The investigation revealed Farraher wrote several checks to herself 2012 and 2015; the aggregate amount was approximately $90,000. Farraher admitted to the thefts.

All money has been paid back to the club.

Farraher has no prior criminal record.

Bureau County State’s Attorney Geno Caffarini prosecuted the case.

Bureau County Public Defender Mick Henneberry represented Farraher.

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Kelly’s Place Ye Olde Underground Inn Psycho Silo Saloon Dave’s Lost Ant Café Storage’s Bar & Grill Peoria Chiefs Chicago Bears Sundance Gallery Anne’s Antiques Annies Little Pots Jeri Von Holten Chicago White Sox Bureau County Metro Center Chicago Cubs Da Rajun Cajun Spring Creek Golf Course Peoria Rivermen Flour House Bakery Monical’s Pizza Neighborhood Ace Hardware Los Ranchitos Mexican Restaurant Maria’s Pizza II Apollo Theater Betty Miles

TANKS Pet Supply Karen Falk Tina Eckdahl O’Reilly Auto Parts Wyaton Hills Golf Course Family Video Donna Bays Read Bros., Inc. Faith Mangler Tractor Supply Co. Prime Quarter Myrtle’s Café Lafferty Trucking Henry State Bank US Foods Ron & Jean Goldner August Hill Winery Hofer’s Pub H & L Saloon Dina Evans Ajinomoto Windsor Festival 56 Shandy’s Pub & Grub Mama Susz DJ Gallery on 34 Nick Klein Trucking & Excavating Happy Hobo’s Little Red Caboose

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Obituaries Thelma Hartz

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PRINCETON — Thelma Arzela Hartz, 96, of Princeton, formerly of Manlius, passed away Monday Sept. 7, at Liberty Village of Princeton.

She was born April 15, 1919, in Manlius Township, the daughter of Will and Mary (Fox) Hartz.

She graduated from Manlius Township High School in 1934. She worked at Kraft in Manlius until its closure and as an aide at Perry Memorial Hospital.

She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Manlius.

Surviving are three nieces and four nephews, Nancy (Sam) Popejoy of Manlius, Sharon Hartz of Kewanee, Donald (Ann) Hartz of Tebbetts, Mo., Dennis (JoLynne) Hartz of Walnut, Loren (Lorie) Hartz of Wyoming, David (Anne) Hartz of Princeton, Renee Hartz of rural Manlius and Linda Hartz of Sterling; and 23 great-nieces and great-nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one sister, Lila; three brothers, William, Lyle and Leo; and one nephew, Arthur.

Services were held Friday, Sept. 11, at the Grant-Johnson Funeral Home in Princeton with the Rev. Gene Vincent officiating. Burial was in the Manlius Cemetery, Manlius, There was no visitation.

Memorials may be directed to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society or the Manlius Cemetery.

LADD — Ryan Richard Biccochi, 37, of Ladd died unexpectedly at his home on Sunday, Sept.

6, 2015.

Ryan was born Aug. 11, 1978, in Peru to Paul and Michelle (Lurz) Biccochi. He married Kayli Huffaker on July 12, 2014, at Sanibel Island, Fla. Ryan was a graduate of Hall High School.

He worked for Fed Ex Express as a courier Ryan Biccochi and also at Verucchi’s Ristorante.

Ryan loved sports and was a huge fan of the Indiana Hoosiers, Chicago Bears and Chicago Cubs.

He enjoyed playing golf and spending time with his friends and family.

Ryan is survived by his wife, Kayli of Ladd; his parents, Paul and Michelle Biccochi of Ladd; his brother, Michael (Barb) Biccochi of Ladd; his grandmothers, Kathy Lurz and Marie Rimmele; his in-laws, Bruce and Sandy Huffaker of rural Spring Valley; a sister-in-law, Ashley (Tom) Rainey of Plainfield; three nephews, Blake Biccochi, and Dean and Luke Rainey; a niece, Faith Biccochi; and his dogs, Layla and Charlie.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Geena Biccochi; his grandfathers, Michael Lurz and Butch Rimmele; and a brother and sister in infancy.

Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, Sept. 12, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 202 N. Greenwood St. in Spring Valley, with the Rev. Robert Spilman officiating. Additional parking will be available at the funeral home. Burial will follow at the Ladd Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the church.

Memorials may be directed to the family or to the donor’s choice.

The Barto Funeral Home in Spring Valley is handling the arrangements. A guestbook may be signed and memories shared at www.bartofh.com.

Jacob Grieff CHICAGO — Jacob Jeffery Grieff, 36, of Chicago, formerly of Princeton, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, in Chicago from an overdose of heroin despite his long courageous battle with addictions.

Jacob was born May 14, 1979, in Princeton to Jeff and Mary (Falck) Grieff. He was a class of 1997 graduate of Princeton High School and he attended Illinois Valley Community College.

He had worked in the music industry in Chicago (Rock Records, Music Direct) and had his own online store Fudosideals. He played drums in a band, enjoyed great food and gardening. Jake was a magnetic force who made memories everywhere he went and with everyone he came in contact with.

He is survived by his maternal grandparents, Barbara Falck Bradford of Crystal Lake and Richard Falck of Gainsville, Fla.; his parents, Jeff and Mary Grieff of Princeton; his two brothers, Matthew Grieff of Chicago and Elijah (Emily) Grieff of Phoenix, Ariz.; two nieces, Eva and Ella Grieff; several aunts, uncles and cousins; Gina Williams to whom he was happily unmarried for 12 years; and friends too numerous to count.

He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, Helen and Warren Grieff.

Private services will be held at a later date. Cremation rites have been accorded.

Memorials will be donated to Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago and LSSI Rehab Center in Elgin.

Arrangements are through the Fiocchi-Jensen Funeral Home in Princeton.

Terry McCullough LADD — Terry McCullough, 69, of Ladd passed away Monday, Sept. 7, 2015, in his home.

Funeral arrangements are pending with the Hurst Funeral Home in Ladd.

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PRINCETON — Robert Francis Joiner, 96, of Princeton passed away Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2015, at Liberty Village in Princeton.

He was born Dec. 30, 1918, in Albia, Iowa, a son of Clayton and Iona (Strunk) Joiner. He lived in various locations in Iowa and Illinois as a child until the family settled in Tiskilwa. He served in the U.S. Air Force Signal Corps and met his wife in Nebo, Ill., while stationed at a military base near St. Louis, Mo. Robert married June (Yocum) Joiner in Centerville, Iowa, on Dec. 29, 1940, just prior to his service for our country in England during World War II. Upon his return from the war, they settled in Tiskilwa.

Robert worked his entire life for Strunk Brothers Road Construction Company and was a superintendent on several interstate highways in Illinois. In 1979, he and his wife retired to Green Valley, Ariz. After her death in January 2009, Robert moved back to Princeton.

He was preceded in death by his wife, June; his parents; two brothers, Hobart and Max; and two sisters, Maxine and Barbara.

His survivors are his sisters, Nadine Sapp of Princeton, Charlotte Morris of Yorkville and Susan Leverett of Valrico, Fla.; his brothers, William of Princeton, Tom of Utica, Ted of Tiskilwa, Jerry of Cherry and Joe of Seymour, Ind.; and numerous nieces and nephews.

There will be no visitation or funeral service, but there will be a graveside service in Nebo, Ill., where he will be buried with his wife at a later date.

Memorials may be given to the donor’s choice.

The Norberg Memorial Home in Princeton is handling the arrangements. Online condolences may be left at www.norbergfh.com.

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Film and discussion about the human toll of the “War on Drugs” PRINCETON — The documentary film, “The House I Live In,” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at Open Prairie Church, 25 E. Marion St. in Princeton. It deals with the failure of the so-called “War on Drugs,” especially the devastating impact on individuals and families, after decades of incarcerating people for non-violent drug offenses.

As the filmmaker points out, “today, there are more people behind bars for non-violent drug offenses than were incarcerated for all crimes, violent or otherwise, in the 1970s. Billions of dollars are spent annually on narcotics enforcement; treatment is still out of reach for millions of people; and drugs are more available and cheaper than ever before.”

There is a growing consensus among elected officials, law enforcement personnel and social service providers that the country’s drug policies need major reform. That consensus is held across the political spectrum, as conservatives as well as liberals reckon with the economic and social cost of having made mass incarceration, rather than treatment, the major strategy for dealing with people’s use of illegal drugs.

As William Bratton, New York City’s police chief, has said, “Let’s return to the focus on prevention of crime.

How do we prevent people from becoming drug addicts?

How do we prevent people from being incarcerated?”

A representative from the Bureau County probation office will be present for the discussion following the film showing.

This free event is co-sponsored by the Princeton Peace and Justice Roundtable and CPASA (Community Partners Against Substance Abuse). For more information, call 815875-4706.

At the courthouse Marriage licenses Andrew J. Lutman of Chicago to Chelsea V. Bergan of Chicago.

Dustin J. Foster of Spring Valley to Ashley N. Claggett of Spring Valley.

Christopher J. Berry of Princeton to Rachel L. Shackelford of Princeton.

Andrew E. Carlson of Spring Valley to Martha A. DeLao of Spring Valley.

Andrew S. Partain of Utica to Robbyn L. Travis of Utica.

Jacob T. Gerhan of Princeton to Devon M. Hedgspeth of Princeton.

Gabriel B. Bonifaci of Peru to Jessica Saephan of Princeton.

Matthew M.A. Porter of Columbia, Mo., to Erin B. McCauley of Columbia, Mo. Justin D. Gilbert of Spring Valley to Christy L. Cain of Spring Valley.

Mitchell T. Kloster of Princeton to Natalie E. Lind of Princeton.

Cody A. Williams of Sheffield to Kayla E. Vogel of Sheffield.

Divorces

Michael R. Pinter of Peru and Deanna L. (Caldwell) Pinter of LaMoille; married Dec. 2, 1989; divorced Sept.

1, 2015.

Christopher L. Scott of Wyanet and Kirsten J. Scott of Morris; married Sept. 19, 2009; divorced Sept. 1, 2015.

Joanne (Kasend) Lee of Ohio, Ill., and Brent A. Lee of Tiskilwa; married June 19, 1987; divorced Aug. 26, 2015.

Dustin P. Schaill of Wyanet and Tiffany D. (Hamilton) Schaill of Princeton; married May 3, 2014; divorced Aug. 20, 2015.

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Darius Miller Park

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Saturday, Sept. 12, 2015 • Gate Opens at 5 PM

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Republican

Serving Bureau County Since 1847

Sam R Fisher

Terri Simon

Publisher

Editor

Welcome home So ... it’s time for another Bureau County Homestead Festival.

For those of us who still live in the area, it’s a conglomeration of chaos, traffic and excitement, as the town prepares for another annual celebration. The town has been spruced up; we’ve put on our best smiles; and we’re waiting for all the hustle and bustle to begin.

But for those of you who have traveled home to participate in the hoopla, this annual festival no doubt represents much more than just another hometown festival. In fact, I have to believe your trip back to Princeton will cause you to take more than just a few minutes to Terri Simon reflect on your past and how your days in this city have affected you throughout the years.

So you probably got off the interstate — Exit 56, and depending on how long it’s been since you drove the streets of Princeton, you noticed some changes — some small, some big, some you won’t even think about until this Homestead Festival is just a memory.

If it’s been a long time since you traveled the streets of Princeton (or as we used to call it ... “cruised the gut”), you’ll see that Mr. Quick is absent, as is the Princeton Motor Lodge, the Parkway Drivein restaurant and Sarah’s Somewhere Else. Instead, you’ll see a wealth of progress before you get to the railroad tracks.

Crossing those tracks will no doubt bring back memories of all the times you traveled up and down Main Street as a teenager with a driver’s license in hand. They were days when everyone crammed into the car, chipped in a $1 bill for gas and you drove up and down Main Street — from Mr. Quick to the Courthouse Square — a bazillion times, hoping your parents hadn’t written down the mileage on the odometer.

As you head south on Main Street, you’ll probably be looking for some familiar signs — the Northern Hotel/Cafe, Nelson’s Drug Store, Larson’s Furniture, Goodrum’s Standard Station, Anderson Bros.

Grocery, the Red & White ... all of them gone — but replaced by many merchants who believe just as strongly in this city as the merchants from days gone by.

On the south end of Main Street, you’ll be missing many other favorite spots — Husser’s Flowers, the Chocolate Shoppe, Rici’s, the Swedish Cup, Nelson’s Grocery Store, Carp’s, Mode O’ Day, Landahl’s, the American House Hotel, Ben Franklin, Hornsby’s ... I could go on and on. Instead though, I encourage you to look at those stores that remain or who are new to you, and I think you’ll be impressed with what you see.

Oh sure, there will be other things you’re going to look for ... the Custard Corner, House and Garden, Montgomery Wards, the Frost Top, Burger Inn ... but don’t be too disappointed. Sure we miss some of the aforementioned businesses, but there are many, many things we still enjoy here, regardless of those memory-making merchants who tend to remain in our hearts and memories.

You see, Princeton — while its storefronts and landscapes have changed — still remains a great place to grow up, a phenomenal place to raise a family, and an easy place to retire. While some will be quick to tell you what we don’t have, there are many positive attributes here, and while I could use this whole newspaper page to tell you about them, I personally think our best assets here are our people.

This area holds a host of men, women and children who make a difference in the lives of others. They are kind, benevolent souls who go the extra mile to make your hometown a place in which to be proud.

Shake some hands this weekend. Renew friendships. Take lots of photos. Laugh. Cry. Remember all that was important here, and re-energize that hometown spirit that caused you to return.

And on behalf of your hometown newspaper — the Bureau County Republican — I am proud to be the first to say, “Welcome home, my friends.”

BCR Editor Terri Simon can be reached at tsimon@ bcrnews.com.

No free in freedom Part 3: Shootin’ frogs Story and artwork by Bartlett Lee Kassabaum Special to the BCR My dad’s cousin, Gene Bartlett, who had moved with his family to Peru when Gene was 6, had been one of Kassy’s constant companions, sort of twin cyclones from an early age on. At around 6, they had given the inside of someone’s garage a new paint job, and down the road, would cause a black cloud to hang over part of the town to the point of bringing out the fire department. Gene was on visit to Granville for a day. Gene was 9, and Kassy was 10. They were just ‘playing outside.

Lottie, my dad’s mother, was going to make breaded pork chops for supper, and she needed some things from the store, Fassino’s Market in this case, even though I always remembered she usually shopped at Bonucchis’, but they didn’t have their store until 1939, and this was 1933. She sent “Junior” (Dad hated being called Junior) and Gene to the store. Gene’s dog had made the trip to Granville with him. (Gene told me the dog’s name was Sooner because he always wanted to eat sooner as opposed to later.) They made it to the store, just over a block away, and picked up the groceries; Crackers, pork chops and lard.

They decided to take the long way home and stop by the park and see what was going on. It was just north of the grocery store and still only about three blocks from Dad’s house. When they got to the park, they put the groceries in the shade and were playing on the swings and after a while, were hungry.

“Let’s eat some of them crackers,” said Gene.

“Yeah, I’m really hungry too, I’ll get ‘em” said Kassy. He went and got the crackers and before you knew it, they had eaten them all and even let Sooner have a few.

Sooner was still hungry, and so they gave him one of the pork chops, it was neat watching him wolf them down, and so then another, and then they were gone too. Just two kids having some fun.

There was a big, double-decker slide in the park, and they decided to do some sliding. It had a big curve in it half the way down and then another one, so it was kind of like an S. The slide hadn’t been used for a while and wasn’t very slick.

“We liked to go down crouched and slide on our shoes, but the slide needed some work, and well, heck, we had all of that lard.”

They used all of the lard to grease the whole slide up and down and also the bottoms of their shoes.

“We could fly like a bat

out of hell, down that slide and shoot off into the grass; whew, that was fun.

That worked great until the sand and dirt started to mix with lard and then nothing worked.”

We better get going now; my mom’s going to kill me” said Kassy.

“I’d better just go to my aunt’s” said Gene, being no dummy, and with Sooner at his heals, gave a wave and was gone. (Nell Bartlett lived just across the street from the park.)

“When I got home with no crackers, no pork chops, and no lard, my mom was quietly mad, holding in the steam. She called the store again, ordered the same items, and sent me back for them, now on the clock.

I was up and back in no time, praying all of the way. That didn’t save me from the worst tanning I’d ever had — that year.”

Charles Kassabaum, in the 363rd Infantry Regiment and his cousin, Eugene Bartlett in the 361st Infantry Regiment, were bivouacked close to each other, just outside of Montecatini, Italy, in December of 1944. Gene had received a letter from his mother telling him that Kassy was in Italy also and part of the 91st Division. He found out that it was the 363rd, Company C, where he would find him.

Gene took a little hike, found Company C, walked in among a group of soldiers, and asked “You guys know where I can find Charley Kassabaum; I’m his cousin.” He got this reply from one of the men.

“He and those other crazy buggers are down in the creek shootin’ frogs.”

Even though it was in December and winter, the constant rains thawed the creeks and brought out a few frogs, buried in the banks. Gene heard several shots. He made his way to the creek area and found “Junior” and a few other guys there — they were shooting frogs.

The cousins saw each other, and big grins bloomed on their faces.

Without missing a beat, like they had just seen each other back in Granville a few days ago, Kassy says, pointing at one of the guys, “This hotshot was telling us what a great shot he was, so I told him, let’s see you hit that frog way down there.

We been having a heck of a contest.” (Dad was an expert shot at the time.

My sister, Sherry, has had conversations and corresponded with Edward P. Azukas from Utah who was in Company C with Dad. He told her they called him “bazooka man” sometimes, and that he remembered Kassy‘s ability to expertly handle many different weapons, and he was proficient with anything he fired. Adolph J. Jurena, my dad’s sergeant told

me the same thing.)

They were both grinning almost to laughter, two kids from Granville, standing in a creek along the Italian war front.

Gene joined in the contest. They were all shootin’ frogs and talking about it. Havin’ a good old time. Then it happened. The sound of the creek shooting lit up the whole German American front north of Montecatini. They hadn’t changed; the world had.

Even though the cousins’ meeting ended up with both armies on alert, they got to visit for about a day and a half.

Kassy and Gene corresponded after that through the first part of 1945, until one day Gene got a letter back in late April, stamped, “No longer with this unit”.

My dad had three very good buddies in the service, all from Company C. They were Edward (Eddy) W. Angel from North Carolina, Adolph J. Jurena from Victoria, Texas, and Harold A. Schultz from Flint, Mich. They had the nickname of “The Four Horseman.” They had earned it in the field in battle. Three U.S.A. “krauts” and a messenger from God. My father was the only one of the four to

fall from injury.

Squad leader Pfc. Charles H. Kassabaum was in the battle for the Po Valley when he was struck by a mortar shell on April 17, 1945, just five days after his Commander and Chief Franklin D. Roosevelt died. Kassabaum had led five of his men up the reverse slope of a hill, trying to drive off an enemy patrol. He was fired upon by the Germans as he crested the hill.

The Germans were approaching the platoon command post with the intention of capturing or killing Kassabaum and his men. After a brief fight the Germans were driven back, killing four of the enemy. Kassabaum’s quick action, initiative and combat skill prevented the enemy patrol from capturing his comrades.

In this action, near Bologna, Italy, Pfc. Kassabaum himself, received serious injuries to both arms and both legs, and was hospitalized two and onehalf months at Leghorne, Italy. (This account from a newspaper article, conversations with Adolph Jurena, and a written U.S. Army citation.)

I’ll have the last part of my story next time — Mortar Shell.

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Life&Arts Community Notes Fundraiser planned LADD — A Rip’s tropical fundraiser benefiting Project Success and the Hall Township Food Pantry, will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 14. The menu will be one quarter chicken or chicken strips and french fries for $8. A free dessert will be available with a food donation to the food pantry.

Awana Club kickoff PRINCETON — The Awana Club kickoff at the Princeton Bible Church will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 16. All community kids, ages preschool to sixth grade, and parents are invited to attend. For more information, call Awana Commander Robin Butler at 815-503-9700.

Blair reunion DEPUE — The Blair reunion will be Saturday, Sept.

19, at White City Park in DePue. Dinner will be at 1 p.m.

Family members are asked to bring a meat dish and a dish to pass.

After-school program fundraiser LADD — A fundraiser for the Malden After-School Program will be from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

22, at Rip’s in Ladd. The cost is $8 per dinner. Tickets will be available at the door. There will also be raffles, a bake sale and a 50/50.

Breastfeeding support LADD — La Leche League of the Illinois Valley, a breastfeeding support group, will meet at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, in Ladd. This monthly group helps mothers gain knowledge and support from other breastfeeding moms. Expecting moms are encouraged to attend, as well as new and experienced moms. For more information, call 815-894-3303 or email ivlllgroup@gmail.com.

Fundraiser planned HENRY — The Charles Perdew Museum Organization, which is dedicated to preserving the memory of famed decoy carver and Henry resident Charles Perdew, will have an annual fundraising dinner and auction on Saturday, Sept. 19, at River Valley Bowl in Henry. Doors open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $20. At the dinner, a raffle will take place for an American-made Henry Golden Boy .22 Magnum rifle. Tickets for the drawing are available for $5 for one or $20 for five.

Home economists to meet PRINCETON — The first meeting of Professional Home Economists of Bureau County will be Wednesday, Sept. 16. The group will meet at Soldiers and Sailors Park in Princeton to leave at 10 a.m. to go to Windmont Park in Kewanee for a program on “Therapy Dogs” at 11 a.m. The speakers, Richard and Mary Jo Rouse, from Kewanee will bring a service dog and explain how dogs are used in hospitals, nursing homes and other facilities to assist people and support them psychologically and emotionally. Lunch will follow at noon at the Red Earth Restaurant at Johnson Sauk Trail State Park north of Kewanee on Route 78. Guests are welcome to attend.

For more information, contact Rose Marie Pratt at 309594-2134.

Births announced — Meet the newest arrivals to the area on Page 8. Birth announcements run each Saturday in the Life & Arts section.

Parade line-up — The Homestead Festival parade will step off at 1:30 p.m. on North Main Street. See the parade line-up on Page 3.

Stanmar Scholarship winner announced SPRING VALLEY — The winning applicant for this year’s $1,000 Dr. Margaret Stanmar Scholarship was recently selected by St. Margaret’s Foundation Scholarship Committee. The winner, Rachel Bezely of Ladd, will attend St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa, with the ultimate goal of becoming a physician’s assistant.

Bezely is a 2014 graduate of Hall High School in Spring Valley and attended Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby. A valedictorian and Illinois State Scholar at Hall, she was an active member of the yearbook staff, honorary activities club, student council, volleyball and Devilettes dance team. During her senior year, she also held several leadership positions such as National Honor Society president, honorary activities club president, senior class president and French Club Secretary.

Outside of school, she has been involved with numerous community service organizations, such as Special Olympics, St. Jude, Teens Encounter Christ, Hall Township Food Pantry, Relay for Life and Hall Boosters Association, just to name a few. At IVCC, she was involved in chemistry and biology club, student government, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, honors program and Student Ambassador Association. She also taught third and fourth grade CCD classes.

She is the daughter of Joseph and Rhonda Bezely of Ladd and has one sibling, Collin.

Dr. Margaret Stanmar graduated as an MD from The Chicago Medical School in Chicago in 1943. She was one of four other females in her class to earn a medical degree at that time. She opened her practice in LaSalle and practiced

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Rachel Bezely (center), Stanmar Scholarship recipient, is pictured with Michele Stanmar (left), St. Margaret’s Clinic manager and daughter of the late Dr. Margaret Stanmar, and Linda Burt, St. Margaret’s vice president of quality and community services. in the field of OB/general practice. A long time physician in the Illinois Valley area, Dr. Stanmar joined the St. Margaret’s staff in

late 1975 and continued to practice in LaSalle and on staff at St. Margaret’s until her passing on Aug. 9, 1997.

For more information on the Stanmar Scholarship or St. Margaret’s Foundation, contact Linda Burt at (815) 664-1429.

Honor Those Who Wh h Served Our Country Help us recognize area veterans by submitting a photo and the following information to be included in our “Salute to Veterans” special edition November 10, 2015.

New Submissions Send or drop off a photo and information to Shannon Serpette, Bureau County Republican, 800 Ace Road, P.O. Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356

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Already y submitted a photo?

If you submitted a photo last year and would like it included in this year’s “Salute to Veterans,” call Shannon Serpette at 815-875-4461 ext. 6332 or e-mail news@bcrnews.com and give your name, phone number and the veteran’s name.

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Doors open at 6 p.m. and games begin at 7 p.m. There will be lots of good food, a 50/50, raffles and the lottery tree. Admission is $10 per person.

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Make Someone Happy • Happy birthday on Sunday, Sept. 13, to Eric May. From your friends at Princeton Rotary.

• Happy 8th birthday on Monday, Sept. 14, to Garrett Gleason. We love you! Love Momma, Travis and G. • Happy 90th birthday to “bicycle” Bill Losey on Saturday, Sept. 12.

• Happy 7th birthday Jazzlyn DePauw. Love you so much. Love Mom, RayyLee and Briinuh.

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Ron, Jessie Ross will note Stanbarys will note 70th 50th wedding anniversary wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ross of Route 2, Princeton, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house from 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Lions Club, 308 Howard St., LaMoille. The event will be hosted by their children.

Ron Ross and the former Jessie Ridley were married Sept. 26, 1965, in the First Baptist Church in LaMoille. The couple first lived at Route 1, LaMoille.

Ron is an electrician at Elmore Electric in Dover.

Jessie retired Feb. 2, 2015, from Kable Distribution in Mt. Morris, as a transportation representative. The couple enjoys road trips, reading, photography, flea markets and auctions, and are members of the First Baptist Church of LaMoille.

They are the parents of five children, Randy (Anne) Ross of Buda, Heidi (Joe) Cleaveland of Polo, Tim (Jessie) Ross of Polo, Beth (Paul Ridella) Karlovic of Latrobe, Pa., and Jenny (George) Roach of Rockford. They also

Mr. and Mrs. Ron Ross have 21 grandchildren, Scott Wobler of Carpentersville, Breanna, Noah and Rachel Ross of Buda, Jerod and Jenna Cleaveland of Polo, Ainsley (Sean) Ports of Hiawatha, Iowa, Bella Stebbins of Davenport, Iowa, Greta and Leila Stebbins of Polo, MaeLynn and Carolyn Ross of Polo, Ryse and Zoelle Karlovic of Plainfield, Aleigha and Ashton Ridella of Latrobe, Pa., Ridley McCracken of Dixon, and PattieAnne, Gerron, Cameron and Jessie Mae Roach of Rockford.

All family and friends are invited to attend.

Allison Fox receives degree

Mr. and Mrs. Brook Stanbary of Princeton will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary.

Brook Stanbary and the former Irene Peterson were married Sept. 13, 1945, in Trinity Lutheran Church in Galesburg.

They are parents of three children, Marilyn (Gail) Rothermel of Rockford, Robert (Leslie) Stanbary of Seattle and the late William (Debra) Stanbary of Princeton. They also have eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

They moved to Hennepin in 1956 when Brook accepted a position with the Hennepin Power Plant. Irene worked as a school secretary in the Hennepin School. They

Mr. and Mrs. Brook Stanbary spent retirement years in Mt. Home, Ark., returning to Princeton in 2007.

Brook is a World War II Navy veteran, serving in the Pacific.

They will be celebrating with their family.

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Celebrating Centenarian Day Kathryn Lutes, 103, a resident of Hawthorne Inn in Princeton, is being recognized as one of the oldest supportive living residents in Illinois. Tuesday, Sept. 22, is Centenarian Day and a celebration is being planned for Lutes at 9:30 a.m.

Births Announced Franklin

Gonet

Dustin Franklin and Kandi Fox of Princeton are the parents of a son, Jace Evan, born Aug. 31 at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Princeton. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 19 inches in length. He was welcomed home by one sister, Iris. Maternal grandparents are Lisa McCance of Princeton and Scott Fox of Mt. Morris. Paternal grandparents are Harlan and Tracey Franklin. Great-grandparents are Gerald and Carolyn McCance of Princeton, and Nancy Bickett of Tiskilwa.

Brian and Carina (Cook) Gonet of Princeton are the parents of a son, Gideon Stephen, born Aug. 24 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria. He weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and measured 18.5 inches in length.

He was welcomed home by a brother, Vernon. Maternal grandparents are Eldon and Kathey Cook of Walnut.

Paternal grandparents are Mike and Linda Gonet of Mark. Great-grandparents are Stephen and Sandy Bragg of Villa Grove, Gene and Paula Seibert of Hennepin, and Peg Gonet of Granville.

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PRINCETON — Allison Fox of Princeton has received her master of science in nursing — leadership and management from Western Governors University. The Matthew and Rachel (Wagner) Ross of Princeton are university had its 29th semi-annual commencement cer- the parents of a daughter born Sept. 8 at Illinois Valley emony in Salt Lake City on Aug. 15.

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It’s so much more than just a cattle show It is that time of the year when the show season must end. My last show of the season was at the Bureau County Fair two weeks ago.

It was a show season with many successes, yet one where I learned that I still need to improve.

However, the show season brings many different opportunities to the youth involved.

The past few years, I have had the opportunity to attend a few American Junior Simmental regional and national classic cattle shows. These shows are way more than just a cattle show, as they also involve several other competitions. Actually, to be able to show at these shows, you must compete in three of the four academic competitions. These competitions are public speaking, sales talk, the cattlemen’s quiz and judging contest; there is also a showmanship competition. I would like to take some time and talk about each competition.

Public speaking is one of my personal favorites.

For this competition you are given a certain time you are supposed to report to a room. When you get to the room, you are asked to draw three topics out of a pool of topics. Once you have those three topics, you are asked to chose one of the topics, and you are given an information

packet on that topic and two note cards. You then have 30 minutes to write a speech on that topic that is expected to be three to seven minutes long (you are penalized one point for each second you are under or over the time limit).

Once your 30 minutes are up, you go into a room with a panel of two to three judges and present your speech. You also have to be prepared to answer questions about your topic that the judges will ask at the end of your speech.

Sales talk is also one of my other favorites. For this competition, you must try to sell one of your animals to a panel of two judges in a mock situation involving some production aspect of the beef industry. You have five to seven minutes to make a sales presentation to the judges. Some of the information that needs to be in your presentation is some of the basic information about your animal — it’s sire, it’s dam, performance information and the breeding plan for it, if you have one. Some of the most important things to do while giving a sales talk are to make good eye contact with the judges, have a conversation with the judges and to get the judges out of their chairs and closer to the animal. The judges have the ability to ask questions about the animal and can even try to

stump you. Your placing in this contest can even come down to if you actually “sell” COMMENTARY your animal to the judges.

The cattlemen’s quiz is a multiple useful in future careers choice test used to test and are not just a cattle your knowledge of the show. beef/Simmental indusI am hoping that I will tries. The cattlemen’s quiz be able to use some of can have anything from the skills I have learned history of the Simmental in these competitions breed to identifying the to help me in FFA this different tools used by year, as I am a freshcattle breeders, and even man at Princeton High science questions like School. Not only will I be nutrition, biology and able to use these skills reproduction on it. You in FFA, but I have also have 90 minutes to take found that since I startthis test that is roughly 50 ed competing in these questions long. shows, my confidence The judging contest level has gone up in my consists of six classes of everyday activities, my cattle. Some classes will public speaking abilities have questions; some have improved, and my classes you will have to knowledge of the beef give a set of oral reasons industry has improved. to defend your placing Even though we have of that class to a judge; had to travel long and far and occasionally there is to some of these shows, a keep cull class, where it has been worth every you have to choose four second of it. out of eight head of catJessica Carlson is a tle to keep. Some classes freshman at Princeton you will also be given High School and lives on performance data on the her family’s cattle farm cattle and a scenario to in rural Malden. judge by.

In showmanship, the judge does not judge the animal, but instead judges your ability to present your animal, your presence in the show ring, and your knowledge of your animal.

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KENTLAND, Ind. — The third annual Earl H. Passwaters Scholarship was awarded to Brett Meador of Lena.

Brett, the son of Rick and Mary Meador, is a sophomore at Iowa State University, majoring in agronomy. The $1,000 scholarship is awarded annually to a college student with plans to pursue a career in agriculture working on a farm.

Full-time students with a 3.0 grade point or higher are eligible.

The scholarship recognition luncheon was held at the AgVenture, Inc. corporate offices in Kentland, Ind. Meador and his parents were welcomed by Beth Passwaters and the AgVenture staff. The Earl H. Passwaters Agricultural Scholarship was established in memory of Earl Passwaters, owner of East Coast Seed, who passed away suddenly in 2011. Throughout his career, Passwaters was passionate about working directly with young farmers.

With a strong belief in the value of education supported by experience, he remained committed to supporting their efforts. Through the scholarship, his legacy endures.

The 2015 scholarship was offered by Earl’s wife, Beth Passwaters, and their children, Brian and Mandy. At the recognition program, Passwaters said, “We are thrilled to award this scholarship to such a hard-working, dedicated young agriculture professional. Brett shows diligence in his studies, dedication to community service, and active participation in a variety of endeavors. His passion for agriculture and enthusiasm for learning make us very proud to present this scholarship to him. We are confident he’ll put this to good work to further his agriculture experience and education.”

This summer, Meador is participating as an intern with AgVenture PureLine at Princeton.

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Ag land market continues gradual decline While current land values have generally trended lower this past year in comparison to the sharp increases of recent years, results of farm and ranch income at year’s end could shift land market dynamics, according to Farmers National Co., the nation’s leading farm and ranch real estate company.

“Harvest results of 2015 will make it a pivotal year, which could impact the land market for several years,” said Randy Dickhut, AFM, vice president of real estate operations of Farmers National Co. “Farm and ranch income will drive the direction. A great deal could happen between now and November.”

Dickhut says margin compression is occurring as a result of lower grain prices and steady input costs.

He believes higher grain prices this fall would stabilize land values; however, lower prices could push values downward.

While farm and ranch profits are forecast to be lower in 2015 affecting annual cash flows, agriculture overall remains financially strong due to past profits. Operators working to shore up financial stress brought on by overextending cash flow may be looking for strategies to improve their finances.

This could lead to a boost in sales as property owners work to right balance sheets, according to Dickhut.

Location and quality of land continue to be the main drivers of pricing for individual tracts. The stability of this market is maintained by a lower supply of land for sale, contrasted with a continued demand for quality properties.

Farmers National Co. statistics show the volume of properties for sale is down 40 percent over the past six months, as compared to the past two years.

“The current level of available land is having a real impact on farm and ranch operations looking to expand,” said Dickhut. “Demand is still good for quality land. The market just isn’t as aggressive as in the past few years, so values are drifting sideways to lower.”

The market slowdown can, in some ways, be blamed on the absence of tax policy changes, which helped prompt sales this past year to some degree.

While land values are down nearly 10 percent in most areas, price softening is happening at different rates in each region. For example, sales in the Northwest have been brisk, as the California drought is driving activity north. The Southern Delta region hasn’t seen much decline, while parts of the Midwest are experiencing significant drops in value.

While current buyers are predominantly active farmers and ranchers adding land to their operations, interest from investment funds and individuals is on the rise. In addition, generational land transfers continue to play a large role in market movements, as many inheriting land choose to sell.

“With the softening of land values, some investors are looking at this as an opportune time to buy,” said Dickhut. “Land is considered a low risk longterm investment, so we will see these types of buyers jumping into the land market more and more over the next several years.”

Demand for cropland and grazing land from owner operators remains good, but buyers are being more realistic in what they will pay given lower grain prices. Land professionals are recommending that sellers be more realistic in evaluating the quality of their land and the expected selling price in order to have a successful sale.

According to Dickhut, long-term economic trends look positive in relation to land values and ag markets. Demand for feed grains and protein sources by China and other world markets will remain strong long term as the growing world population has a desire to eat better.

“Demand for our products creates a positive outlook,” said Dickhut. “Any adjustments to values and sales activity are likely to be slow and steady, so the impact won’t be overwhelming.”

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The policy was previously limited to certain states and counties.

In addition, USDA RMA made some other key changes to the policy that will help break down barriers to access for beginning farmers, integrated crop and livestock producers, and for those who direct market their farm products.

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Volleyball: Princeton def. Bureau Valley 25-11, 25-20

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Area trio all comes out on top

Princeton senior Tieg Sisler soars for the hit while every one on both sides of the net get in action to do their jobs, the Tigresses ready to dig and the Storm preparing to block. The Tigresses did it a little better on the night, defeating the Storm 25-11, 25-20 in Three Rivers Conference play at the Storm Cellar.

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PHS feels better after win Tigresses overcome illness, injuries to top Storm

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MANLIUS — It would have been much easier for Princeton coach Andy Puck to name his volleyball players who were not sick or injured than list the ones who were.

He put together a makeshift lineup, placing the pieces into the Tigresses puzzle sufficiently to defeat the host Bureau Valley Storm 25-11, 25-20 at the Storm Cellar Thursday, Sept. 10.

“The kids who aren’t injured are sick. I’m waiting to get sick,” Puck said. “It’s been a rough week. I never blame injury and sickness, but we’ve been beaten up. I had four different lineups practicing last

“It’s been a rough week. “The kids who aren’t injured are sick.”

• PHS coach Andy Puck night to prepare for tonight and fortunately we found one that worked out.”

One of those changes saw 6-foot senior middle hitter Madison Menzel handling some setting duties on a couple rotations. She had a team high seven assists, one of six players to record assists with starting setter Jenna Grimmer out sick.

“I like it. It was fun,” said

her hit as much as Menzel, who has possible, but our other played the setsetter was sick. It’s a ter position only great option to have sparsely before. “I Madison in the front just looked at it as row, to set or block.” a new opportunity Close early, the really. I knew we Tigresses broke the could do it. We had first set open with a a good back row to side out at 11-9 and back us up.” a five point string.

Puck said he Madison Menzel made a deep played around with Menzel push to the corner and having Menzel set made the assist to Hailast year and she’s ley Schultz for a kill to proving up for the cap the run at 17-9. challenge.

PHS finished outscoring BV “She’s really matured; she’s come into her own,” he said. 14-2 down the stretch.

Like Puck, BV coach Abbi “She’s just a different kid this year. She’s really stepped up Bosnich continues to make as a captain. She’s got good her own lineup changes, lookhands, she’s confident and the kids trust her. I’d like to have Volleyball Page 12

It was a banner night for Bureau County volleyball teams with LaMoille/Ohio, Hall, St. Bede and Princeton all winning.

LaMoille/Ohio 2, Earlville/Leland 0: The Lady Lions won their opening match in Little Ten Conference play, defeating the Raiders by twin 25-23 wins.

Erika Zimmerlein filled up the stat sheet with seven digs, 12 kills, one ace and five points.

Hannah Weeks added 10 digs and four points, Lexi Loftus had eight points and three kills, Rae Schultz had 10 assists and Paige Erika Conner put up Zimmerlein four points, nine digs, two kills and a block.

Hall 2, Prophetstown 0: The Prophets pushed the Lady Devils in the first set, which Hall won 28-26.

The Lady Devils had a much easier time in the second, winning 25-16.

Abby Hoscheid, Caitlyn Jablonski and Jenna Lusietto all knocked down six kills. Libero Madison Soldatti had 10 digs and Brooke Keegan dished out 21 assists.

Hall improved to 5-6 with the win.

St. Bede 2, Sherrard 1: Hanna Bima had 16 kills and Kourtney Knecht served up 19 points to lead the Lady Bruins to a 26-24, 18-25, 25-19 win Thursday at the Academy.

Other floor leaders for the Lady Bruins were Julia Pohar (16 digs) and Chase Ludford (28 assists).

“I was pleased with our net play.

We were able to utilize several hitters and it was effective,” SBA coach Karrie Damerell said. “We still have a lot of work to do, but I am happy with the improvements I am seeing.”

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Down the Fairway

Townes keep it in the family at Wyaton Hills

By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com

Apparently, Kirk and Carol Towne’s wedding vows included golf.

They became the first husband and wife team to win club championships at Wyaton Hills Golf Course and they did it the same day. It was the first club championship for either one.

Carol was the first to win, scoring a 177 (88-99). Kirk followed taking the men’s crown by a six-stroke margin over Denny Miller of 152158.

Carol has been runner-up a couple of times, but admittedly hasn’t done well under pressure.

“I would never have thought it would be possible since I do terrible under pressure. It’s a good thing I hadn’t even thought about both of us winning the same year. I was just trying to stay focused on my challenge,” Carol said.

While he said he wasn’t thinking of the husband/ wife combo, Kirk said he was confident that “Carol had it going enough to get the win.”

Kirk called it quite a coincidence, “because in the past few years we have both had a glimpse but could not finish.”

More than coincidence they both won at the same time, Carol said rather it was just pure luck being able to hold up her end of the bargain.

“As far as luck, I’m speaking for myself. I’m lucky. My husband is just plain good,” she said “I try to emulate his swing and rhythm, but have not accomplished it yet. There’s always more to learn.”

Kirk was on the course when Carol checked in and did not know she had won.

He didn’t feel any pressure regardless.

“My nerves were pretty much in check the whole day. I did string a few bad holes together on the back nine which got my attention, but it all worked out,” he said.

The husband and wife theme played out twice in this year’s Wyaton tournament. John Garvin (163) won the senior division and his

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Kirk and Carol Towne became the first husband and wife team to win the Wyaton Hills Club championship.

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From Page 11 ing for the right combination as her very young team continues to experience growing pains. They now stand 0-10 on the season, 0-5 in the Three Rivers, after winning a conference championship last year and graduating the main contributors.

Bosnich switched things up between games Thursday and the new lineup seemed to pump new life in the Storm. Twice they found themselves down by five points (1611 and 20-15) late in the game. The Storm tied the game at 20 with a side out and a string of four points by Casey Mecum.

The Storm stalled from there, however with senior libero Mady Cain serving out the PHS win after a side out.

“I knew we were going to pull through. I had faith,” Menzel said.

“We knew we didn’t play a very good first game. We were trying a new lineup and I didn’t like it and we switched it the second game and the girls took to it well,” Bosnich said. “I think we’ve had a different lineup every game we’ve played. We’re just trying to see where everyone fits. It’s a long season. They didn’t give up and I can take that.”

Two of the lineup changes the Storm have made in the early going have been sophomore Nicole Wirth at setter, and more recently, freshman Saige Barnett at hitter, who by most accounts, is their best player.

She had a team-high five kills and seven digs Thursday.

Bosnich said they fit well on the team and the girls are accepting them.

“They just need to realize they fit and will be OK,” she said.

Bosnich said getting to play a rival like Princeton always helps to bring

Tigers pour in the goals at Riverdale

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BV’s Savanah Dean (above) takes a shot at the net with Princeton’s Courtney Oeder going up for a block. PHS goes on the defensive again (below) with Madison Menzel and Tieg Sisler blocking the Storm’s Sidney Kolb. out the best in BV, even though it came too late Thursday.

“They always say we’re playing Princeton, we’re playing Princeton,” Bosnich said. “I tried to explain to them Princeton’s a 3A school, we don’t have to see them any more this whole year.

Puck’s a good coach and has them ready to play. They’re a good team, and I hope they do well in 3A.” Schultz led PHS with six kills with Courtney Oeder and Tieg Sisler adding four each. Junior Kendall Way showed the way at the service line with eight points, Oeder with seven.

“Great team win, lot of kids contributed. Lot of kids played that are getting good minutes, that I’m surprised are getting this many minutes this early in the season.”

• Notes: Juniors Sarah Murray and Jenna Grimmer, regulars in the Tigresses rotation, were out with illness, Puck said. ... BV won the sophomore match 25-13, 25-15 with the PHS freshmen remaining undefeated with a 25-22, 25-20 victory.

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When it rained, it poured for the Princeton Tiger soccer team Thursday at Port Byron.

They defeating Riverdale 10-0. They scored eight times in the first half alone, Senior captain Tanner Kuhne had four goals and assists. Brett Schenck had a hat trick of goals with an assist, and Nolan Frank, Josh Reinhardt and Colin Nelson had one goal apiece.

Jayden Pinter and Cade Harrison each had two assists.

Girls golf

At Deer Valley: Medalist Arraia Hicks (45) and Audra Reidner (46) led the Tigresses (208) to a sweep over host Prophetstown (241) and Sterling (271) Wednesday, Sept. 9. Senior Brooke Hieronymus stepped in at No. 3 with a 57 for teammate Jaimee Ciesielski, who was ill. Rachel Jensen added a 60.

At Erie: St. Bede (217) finished second between host Erie (199) and Riverdale (249) Wednesday at Lake Erie Country Club.

Aiko Mendoza led the Lady Bruins at 48 with Stephanie Boehm adding a 53, Nikki Dodda a 58, Gina Elias a 62

and Courtney Cook a 65.

Boys golf At Hidden Lake: Riverdale (150) ran three scores under 40, including medalist Tyler Bussert’s 2-under 33, to easily defeat St.Bede (176) and host Bureau Valley (191) Thursday in Sheffield.

Adam Lenkaitis and Peyton Pyszyka each had 41s for the Bruins with Rory Dirks and Matt Snyder adding 47s.

Spencer Marquez fired a 44 for the Storm with Ian Carr at 48, Allen Kerber at 49 and Garrett Pistole at 50.

Cross country

At Oregon: The Amboy/ LaMoille girls (14) placed second behind Sterling (8) in Wednesday’s Oregon 7-Person Meet at Park West.

Newman (23) was third and Rochelle (31) fourth.

Megan Grady finished second in her flight and third overall with a time of 20:35 Erin Hosto was runner in Flight 2 and sixth overall (22:04). Jen Popovich won Flight 3 and was seventh overall (22:33) and Kaitlin Boers was second in Flight 5 and 23rd overall (25:09).

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Scrap steel and metal.

Assorted Antiques: old wall phone, old pocket watches, Forge foundry, Lauson red and green hit and miss engine mdl #W3257 525 1 ½ hp, more!

Terms and conditions: Cash or check with drivers license. A (10%) buyers premium will be charged on all purchases. An additional (3%) will be charged on master card and visa purchases. All items sold "As Is Where Is". All items must be paid for day of auction. Buyers are responsible for items once auctioneers says sold. All equipment items must be picked up by Monday September 21st 3:00 pm.

For additional details & photos please visit our website at: www.advancedauction.com Advanced Auction Appraisal Service Inc. Auctioneer: Otis Holley 815-218-0705 • www.advancedauction.com • IL Lic. # 440-000648

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Roundup From Page 12 Blackburn third in Flight 1 and third overall n 17:10.

Thomas Stamberger was second in Flight 2 and seventh overall (18:40).

At Echo Bluff: Led by race winner Jenna Parente (24:22), the Lady Devils (23) defeated Rockridge (42) and

Scoreboard Wyaton Hills has crowned its 2015 club champions.

Golf From Page 11 bride, Sue (211), was first in the women’s C Flight.

Former Princeton High School girls golf and basketball coach Roger Lowe practiced what he preached, winning the A Flight crown with a score of 168. Scott Underwood took second at 177.

Scott Stoller won B Flight at 197, two strokes ahead of Bob Oaks.

Gary Patterson was as hot as his Cubbies in the Super Seniors with a low score of 157. Bob Carlson (171) took second while Tony Gonzales (167) was second for the Seniors.

Other flight winners for the women were Nita Wyatt (191) in A and Nancy Bland (193) in B. Runners-up were Nancy Pierson (184) in

the championship flight, Karen Towns (200) in B and Cindy Fundell (219) in C. Kirk Towne said it was a fun weekend and course was in great shape. He noted that even though Max Halberg Jr. does not play in the tournament, he still enjoys adding his twist to the event with the pin placement on #3.

• Charity outing: The Starved Rock Regional Center for Therapy and Child Development (SRRC), formerly Easter Seals of LaSalle and Bureau counties,will host its fourth annual Golf Scramble on Saturday, Sept. 12, at Spring Creek Golf Course in Spring Valley. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and a dinner with live entertainment will follow at MJ’s Pub & Grill, located at 139 E. Walnut Street in Oglesby. If you would like to participate or donate to

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the cause, contact Tracy Beattie at 815-434-0857 or tracyb.starvedrockcenter@gmail.com.

• Red Devil Classic: The Hall Athletic Parents Club’s Red Devil Classic is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10, at Spring Creek Golf Course. It is a four-person, best ball scramble.

Entry fee is $60 per golfer, which includes golf and a pork chop/brat dinner. Registration starts at 10 a.m. with an 11 a.m. shotgun start.

For more information, call Paul Quinn at 815-3260184 or email to pquinn@ hallhighschool502.com.

• Chip shots: Ms. Spencer Luecke of LaSalle aced the 119 yards, No. 7 hole at Spring Creek Monday, Sept. 7, using a 5 iron. It was witnessed by Glen Luecke of LaSalle.

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Golf

Rec leagues Wyaton Hills Ladies Day Play of the day (Sept. 8): Throw out No. 4 - 1. Judy Farley 27, 2. Barbara Brumbaugh 28, 3. Beth Bickerman 29 (rained shortened play).

High school girls At Lake Erie Country Club Erie 199, St. Bede 217, Riverdale 249.

Par: 37. Co-medalists: Bebon, Newton, Erie 44. SBA: Mendoza 48, Boehm 53, Dodda 58, Elias 62, Cook 65.

At Deer Valley Princeton 208, Prophetstown 241, Sterling 271. Medalist: Hicks 45. Other PHS scores: Reidner 46, Hieronymus 57, Jensen 60, Loftus 79, VanDenBussche 79.

Junior college Carl Sandburg College Classic at Lake Bracken Country Club, Galesburg.

Top two teams: Black Hawk 318, IVCC 332. IVCC: Craft 82, Dudek 82, Pflibsen 83, Lehr 85, Godfrey 89

Volleyball

Junior high girls

At Amboy 7th grade: Amboy 25-17, 17-25, 25-15.

8th grade: LaMoille 25-18, 25-20.

LaMoille: Collier 14, Billhorn 10, C. Motter 10, Walzer 6 (3 kills).

At LaMoille 7th grade: LaMoille def. Ohio 25-20, 18-25, 25-14: LaMoille (6-2, 3-1): Kylee Brown 14, Lauren Chasteen 13, Audrey Lopez 13, Leah Williams 14.

8th grade: LaMoille def. Ohio 25-9, 25-18. LaMoille (7-1, 4-0): Lopez 13, Ali Collier 11, Tobi Walzer 12, E. Lundquist 7.

SECRETS

Orion (45) Wednesday. Also in the lead pack for Hall were Kaylee Olivares (27.12), sixth Matti Heiden 27.41, 11th Amelia Moreno (28:52) and 14th Lainey Robbins 29.17 Ethan Cattani paced the Hall boys with a fifth-place finish of 21:17 and Chris Enriquez was seventh. There were no team scores kept.

Jr. high softball At Peru: Peru Parkskide

At Buda 7TH GRADE: BVS def. Annawan 25-11, 25-23: BVS: Keffer 8, Wirth 6, Black 5.

8TH GRADE: Annawan def. BVS 21-25, 25-18, 26-24. BVS: Primo 10l Maltas 10, Balenseifen 7. high SCHOOL girls At Prophetstown Hall def. Prophetstown 28-26, 25-16.

Hall (5-6): Keegan (4 kills, 21 assists, 6 digs), Hoscheid (6 kills, 3 digs), Lusietto (6 digs), Cait. Jablonski (6 kills), Coble (2 kills, 3 digs), Cas. Jablonski (1 kill), Soldatti (10 digs), Piotrowski (5 digs(, Freshmen: P’town 26-24, 26-24.

Soph: P’town 17-25, 25-10, 15-8.

At Manlius Princeton def. Bureau Valley 25-11, 25-20. BV (0-10, 0-5): Mecum 5 (2 aces), Kepner 2 (2 kills, 3 digs), Barnett 2 (1 ace, 5 kills, 7 digs), Dean 1 (3 kills), Kolb 1 (2 kills, 5 digs), Wirth (11 assists, 1 dig). PHS (6-4, 4-1): A. Murray (3 kills), M. Cain 6 (5 digs, 1 assist, 1 ace), Menzel (2 kils, 1 block, 7 assists), K. Cain (1 dig), Oeder 7 (2 aces, 4 kills, 1 block), Piper 3 (5 assists, 2 digs), Schultz 2 (6 kills, 1 assist, 3 digs), Sisler (4 kills, 1 assist), Sorenson (1 assist), Way 8 (2 digs), Weatherington 3.

Sophomore: BV 25-13, 25-15.

Freshman: PHS 25-22, 25-20.

At St. Bede St. Bede def. Sherrard 26-24, 18-25, 25-19. SBA (5-5, 2-3): Knecht 19, Pohar (2 aces, 16 digs), Bima (16 kills), Mauck (4 blocks), Ludford (28 assists).

Freshman: Sherrard 25-18, 22-25, 15-11.

Sophomore: Sherrard 25-20, 25-12.

At LaMoille LaMoille/Ohio def. Earlville/Leland 25-23, 25-23. L/O (5-1, 1-0): Schultz 3 (10 assists 2 digs), Conner 4 (3 assists, 9 digs,

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defeated Princeton Logan 13-0 in Wednesday’s opening round game of the Fieldcrest 2A Regional. Starting pitcher Brooklyn Matznick, who beat out an infield hit and relief pitcher Brynn Hieronymus accounted for the Lions’ two hits on the day.

It was Parkside’s third win over Logan in seven days.

Logan played Parkside to a 12-11 in the Puma Classic Saturday, Sept. 5.

2 kills, 1 block), Hunter (1 dig, 1 block), Deery (2 assists, 1 dig), Cherry 1 (3 digs, 2 kills), Loftus 8 (2 digs, 3 kills), Zimmerlein 5 (7 digs, 12 kills, 1 ace), Johnson 1 (5 digs, 1 ace), Weeks 4 (10 digs).

Other matches Henry def. Lowpoint 19-25, 27-25, 25-16 Alleman def. Annawan 25-12, 25-22 Sherrard def. Annawan 25-17, 25-19

Cross country

At Echo Bluff Girls: 1. Hall 23, 2. Rockridge 42, 3.

Orion 45. Race winner: Parente (H) 24:22.

Other Hall results: 5. Olivares 27:12, 6.

Heiden 27:41, 11. Moreno 28:52, 14.

Robbins 29:17, 16. Conrad 30:32, 18.

Aldana 32:29, 19. Acamovic 33:43, 20.

Ruda 33.59.

Boys: No team scores kept. Hall results: 5. Cattani 21:17, 7. Enriquez 22:14, 11.

Ripka 23:59, 15. Olivares 25:04.

Softball

Junior high girls Putnam County 1A Regional (McNabb) Wednesday: #2 Putnam County 16, #7 Midland 0 #3 Lowpoint-Washburn 18, #6 Henry 8 Saturday: Game 4 - #1 LaSalle Dimmick vs. #5 Holy Family, 10 a.m. Game5 - #2 PC vs. #3 LW, 11:15 a.m.

Monday: Title - winners 4-5, 4:3 p.m.

Fieldcrest 2A Regional (at Wenona) Wednesday: #4 Fieldcrest 5, #5 El Paso-Gridley 4; #3 Peru Parkside 13, #6 Princeton Logan 0. Logan hitting: Matznick (1 hit), Hieronymus (1 hit).

Saturday: Game 3 - #1 Ottawa Shepherd vs. #4 Fieldcrest, 10:30 a.m.

Game 4 - #2 Pontiac vs. #3 Peru, noon.

Monday: Title - winners 4-5, 4:15 p.m.

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General Terms and Policies The Bureau County Republican reserves the right to classify correctly, edit, reject or cancel any advertisement at any time in accordance with its policy. All ads must be checked for errors by the advertiser, on the first day of publication. We will be responsible for the first incorrect insertion, and its liabilities shall be limited to the price on one insertion.

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- 200 Employment 227 • Drivers AG VIEW FS, INC., A Retail Agricultural business is accepting applications for a FULL-TIME DRIVER with class A CDL HazMat qualifications.

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Send resume or apply at Ag View FS- 22069 US Hwy 34, Princeton, IL 61356. 815-875-2808

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228 • Help Wanted Experienced FLORAL DESIGNER, full/part-time.

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228 • Help Wanted ELECTRICAL APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM: Taking applications every Monday & Friday between the hours of 8:00am to 4:30pm (closed noon to 1pm) with extended hours on the second Monday until 5:30pm. Apply in person at the: NECA – IBEW – JATC Local 176 (REAR BUILDING), 1110 Northeast Frontage Road, Joliet.

Qualifications: A $25 Process Fee (Money Order only, NON-Refundable), 18 years and older, high school graduate/GED, & 2 semesters algebra I (minimum of “C” in each semester).

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To apply- stop By appropriate location LOCAL LAW FIRM has employment opening for Title Searcher/ Title Insurance Preparer.

Experience preferred but not required, fall starting date. Please send resume to: Box 362 Bureau County Republican PO Box 340, Princeton, IL 61356 NEED EXTRA MONEY? Deliver for us!

Looking for DRIVERS & WAIT STAFF. Drivers must have valid drivers license & insurance. Apply in person: Alfano's, 115 West St. Paul Street, Spring Valley, IL Full-time employee in SWINE OPERATION. No experience necessary.

45 hours per week. Insurance paid, paid vacation, paid sick days, bonus program. Work clothes provided. Call 309-238-8044

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COOK/DIETARY AIDE Heritage Health of Walnut is looking for a part time evening cook that would be working approximately 22 hours/week. This person will also train for fill-in day cook and aide. Hours range between 5:00 am and 7:30pm. Sanitation license and previous cooking experience in a restaurant or banquet setting is preferred. Applicant must be able to pass a Background check, Drug screening, Physical, and Finger Printing. Please apply online, in person, or send resume to: Heritage Health Attn: Jennifer 308 S. Second Street Walnut, IL. 61376 www.HeritageOfCare.com

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229 • Professional/ Clerical BUREAU VALLEY NORTH Has an immediate opening for a Special Education Paraprofessional. Please send a resume, copy of paraprofessional certificate and at least 2 references to: Mrs. Sandy Beitsch, Principal, Bureau Valley North, 323 S Main Street, Walnut, IL 61376 or to: sbeitsch@ bureauvalley.net.

The deadline for accepting resumes is September 25, 2015

232 • Business Opportunities ********** THE CLASSIFIED Advertising Department of the Bureau County Republican Does not have the opportunity to fully investigate the credibility of each advertiser appearing within these columns. If an offer sounds “too good to be true” it probably is.

Proceed with caution if you are asked to send money or to give a credit card number.

Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by ”900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

The Bureau County Republican Classifieds makes every effort to qualify these charges for the reader.

If you have a concern about an advertiser, please contact: Better Business Bureau 330 North Wabash Chicago, IL 60611 312-832-0500

- 400 Merchandise 434 • Miscellaneous Sales SIDE OF BEEF For Sale.

Angus, corn fed/hay fed. $2.25 per pound hang weight + butchering.

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448 • Pets & Livestock DONATE NOW! “The animals are crying” Tri-County Humane Society. LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam Counties.

Call 815-875-6145 or 815-872-9781 or send donation to: PO Box 1601, LaSalle, IL 61301 German Shepherd Pups.

Located on Starved Rock, Big Boned, Black and Reds. $800. Call 312659-9638 / 312-351-5496

450 • Under $1000 4 piece wicker set $250; 2 drawer filing cabinet $10; classical record sets $3 each.

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PRINCETON 1118 North Church, Thursday, September 10, 12pm6pm; Friday, September 11, 8am – 6pm; Saturday, September 12, 8am-?.

LARGE SALE. 2 BUILDINGS FULL Collectibles, furniture, patio, desk, chairs, table, bookshelves, books, silver, Halloween & Christmas decorations, wicker, linens, Longaberger, bicycles, tools, primitives, lots of misc. & 25¢ items

PRINCETON 1120 Linda Drive. Friday, September 11, 9am to 4pm; Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 9am to 5pm HUGE GARAGE SALE. Crafting supplies, tack, women & girl's western show apparel, large assorted hair color $2 each, collectibles, household items

PRINCETON 325 Sunset Court. Friday, September 11, 4pm-6pm; Saturday, September 12, 8am-12pm Empty Nest Sale.

Comforter sets, canning jars, lots of household items, 36" Sony TV, handthrown pottery, daybed, washer

Local artist red covered bridge picture in nice frame. $25. 815-875-3257 Snow King snow blower, 24” self propelled, electric start. $300.

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Up to 3 items with price and price totaling under $1,000. 1 ad per household per week.

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Saturday, September 12, 10am4pm.

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PRINCETON 5 North Dallas. Friday, September 11, 9am-5pm; Saturday, September 12, 9am-1pm.

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EXPERIENCED CNC OPERATORS L.W. Schneider is a proud family-owned business supporting our military, law enforcement agencies and consumer enthusiasts by supplying high-quality firearm components to major firearm companies in the United States. We might be a well-kept secret to some, but virtually every tactical rifle manufacturer in the country uses parts manufactured by L.W. Schneider, Inc. This is more than a job posting for L.W. Schneider – this is an invitation to collaborate and apply your craft in a creative, conscious and characterful culture. We seek talented, driven and experienced individuals to support our teams in Manufacturing for our Princeton, IL facility.

L.W. Schneider proudly offers a rich history, steeped in creativity and a commitment to our team members and customers. We invite you to learn more about our company at www.lwschneider.com. We are an equal opportunity employer. Machine Operators can start at $13.00/hour up to $18.00/hour depending on their knowledge, skills and experience. We provide an excellent benefits package including medical, dental & vision insurance, a matching 401k savings plan, immediate vacation accrual and the opportunity to earn additional paid time off through perfect attendance.

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A dependable car and proof of insurance is required. Must pass MVR check.

For more information, please call Tom Long, District Manager (815) 875-4461 Ext. 6350

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- 700 Real Estate For Sale 767 • Mobile Home Sales **************** PUBLISHER'S NOTICE All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call, HUD tollfree at 800 669-9777.

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NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on August 25, 2015, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Disaster Shack located at 219 E. St. Paul St., Spring Valley, IL 61362.

Dated this 25th day of August, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Aug. 29, Sept. 5 and 12, 2015.

dob: 04-01-2005 ) A Minor ) NO. 2015-JA-8 2015-JA-9 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION TO: Eric Sean Norsworthy and Unknown Fathers: and to All Whom It May Concern (if there is any respondent under that designation) And To All Whom It May Concern: TAKE NOTICE THAT on May 8, 2015, two petitions were filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by Donna J. Engels, Assistant Bureau County State’s Attorney, in the Circuit Court of Bureau County entitled “In The Interest Of Emily Norsworthy, A Minor” “In The Interest Of Ethan Norsworthy, A Minor” and that in Courtroom Number 110, at Bureau County Courthouse, 700 South Main Street, Princeton, Illinois on September 24, 2015 at 8:45 a.m., or as soon thereafter as these causes may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petitions to have the children declared to be a wards of the court under the Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND

GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINORS, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILDREN. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILDREN. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this cases, including the filing of amended petitions or a motions to terminate parental rights.

Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the petitions, the allegations of the petitions may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and orders or judgements entered. /s/ Mary C. Dremann Clerk of the Circuit Court Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 12, 2015.

nected disability, the annual exemption is $5,000.

If you are 70% or more disabled with a service connected disability, then the property you’re applying for is exempt from taxation. Anyone interested, please provide a copy of PROOF of your Service Connected Disability that dates 2015 from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affair to the Supervisor of Assessments Office, located in the Bureau County Courthouse.

Bureau County Supervisor of Assessments Office Bureau County Courthouse 700 S. Main St., Suite 12 Princeton, IL. 61356 Phone# (815) 875-6478 Thomas H. Sweeney Chief County Assessment Officer Bureau County Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept.

12, 2015.

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772 • Land for Sale ELEVATED WOODED LOT with access to Illinois River. Especially suited for Log Home, A-Frame, Lake Side Cottage, or Inground Home (Southern Exposure). $32,000. Cash or Contract. Call 815-2242943, leave message

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858 • Homes for Rent LAKE THUNDERBIRD 12 Hemlock Drive. Small 2 bedroom A Frame. 2 car detached garage. Stove & fridge. $600 a month. $1,600 moves you in.

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NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on September 9, 2015, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Bureau County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as Valley Bar & Grill located at 107 St. Paul Street, Spring Valley, IL 61362.

Dated this 9th day of September, 2015. /s/Kamala S. Hieronymus Bureau County Clerk Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept. 12, 19 and 26, 2015.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT BUREAU COUNTY, ILLINOIS In The Interest Of, ) Emily Norsworthy ) dob: 04-01-2005 ) Ethan Norsworthy )

2015 NOTICE TO BUREAU COUNTY HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION FOR VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES The Illinois Department of Revenue have recently updated the PTAX 342-R Homestead Exemption for Veterans with Disabilities. The update states that anyone with a service connected disability of 30% or more but less than 50%, is eligible to receive a $2,500 annual exemption. If you are 50% or more but less than 70% disabled with a service con-

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Rural Development credit is not available Minimum Bid: $9000.00 Rural Development has a security interest in the property For additional information contact: USDA Rural Development 312 E Backbone Rd, Suite B, Princeton, IL PH: 815-875-8732 ext 4 www.resales.usda.gov OPEN HOUSE, not anticipated.

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“USDA is an equal opportunity provider, and employer. If you wish to file a Civil Rights program Complaint Form, found on line at http://www.ascr. usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA Office, call (866) 6329992 to request the form. You may also write a letter containing all of The information requested on the form. Send your completed complaint form or letter to us by mail at U.S. Department of Agriculture, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington DC 202509410, by fax (202) 690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda.gov.”

ANNUAL TREASURER’S REPORT LADD PUBLIC LIBRARY DISTRICT FISCAL YEAR JULY 1, 2014 TO JUNE 30, 2015 REVENUES Taxes $38,105.53 Grants 3,985.00 Interest 165.02 Fines & Charges 1022.62 Book Sale 63.55 Donations 81.03 *Fundraiser 2,330.00 Miscellaneous Income 37.47 Total Revenue $45,792.03 EXPENDITURES Payroll $17,563.22 Custodial 600.00 Dues 75.00 Administrative Expenses 2,117.36 Utilities 6,048.64 Operating Supplies & Programs 1735.24 Printed Material 5,710.18 Non-Printed Material 3,014.47 Equipment 455.68 Miscellaneous 370.66 Liability Insur./Workman’s Comp.

4,258.00 Social Security 2,926.44 Building & Maintenance 1,438.59 *Designated Expenditure 2,255.00 Total Expenditures $48,568.48 *Designated for Specific Expenditures Fund Balance 7/1/2014 $65,198.17 Fund Balance 6/30/2015 $62,419.72 The foregoing is a complete list of receipts, expenditures, and final balances for the fiscal year July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015. /s/Donna Foster, Treasurer Ladd Public Library District Published in the Bureau County Republican Sept.

12, 2015.

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TODAY’S EVENTS Window Displays Take a stroll down our historic Main Street to view attractive window displays.

Underground Railroad 5K Race - Registration at 7 a.m. and race starts at 8:30 a.m., Kiddie Fun Run Starts (Free) 8 a.m. - Bureau County Metro Center, 837 Park Avenue West, Sponsored by Princeton Park District and WZOE Radio Children’s Fun Fair - 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., 606 South Main Street (Pleasant Street parking lot), Sponsored by Heartland Bank and Trust Co. Princeton High School Tours - 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., Sponsored by Princeton Public Schools Foundation Bureau County 4-H Extension - 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Pork Chop sandwiches/meals served at Soldiers and Sailors Park, Drive thru across from Fairgrounds on West Peru Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Pie Baking Contest - 9 a.m. pie entries due, auction at noon, No entry fee, Lard not required, Sponsored by Bureau County Home and Community Education Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - Free tours available 10 a.m. to noon and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Stamp Cancellation - 9 a.m. to noon, Princeton Post Office Beta Sigma Phi Arts & Crafts Show - 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Bureau County Courthouse lawn Princeton Public Library Tours - 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 698 East Peru Street Helicopter Rides noon to sunset - Sullivan’s parking lot, $30 per person, Sponsored by Nelson Enterprises Homestead Festival Parade 1:30 p.m. South Shore Drill team to perform at Pleasant Street parking lot following the parade Blues Concert - 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Featuring “Big James and the Chicago Playboys,” Alexander Park, food, beverages and spirits provided by Princeton Park District, Sponsored by Heartland Bank and Trust Co. Princeton Jaycees Bags Tournament Registration is at 5:30 p.m. and bags fly at 6 p.m., Details on website, Darius Miller Park Princeton Jaycees Beer Garden featuring “Mike and Joe” Darius Miller Park, 5 p.m. - 1 a.m. music from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.

SUNDAY EVENTS Window Displays Take a stroll down our historic Main Street to view attractive window displays.

Tri County Humane Society - Princeton Animal Care Clinic Pet Fest, 1616 North Main Street, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Princeton Lions Club/Moose Pancake Breakfast - Princeton Moose Lodge 1339, North Euclid Avenue. 7 a.m. to noon Homestead Flea Market - Bureau County Fairgrounds, 8 a.m. - 2 p.m., Admission is $1 35th Homestead Festival Car Show - 8 a.m. to noon - Judging noon to 1:30 p.m., Awards 3 p.m.

5th Annual BBQ Rib Cook-Off - Central Bank parking lot, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Beta Sigma Phi Arts & Crafts Show - Bureau County Courthouse lawn, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Jazz Worship Service - St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church - Jimmy Valentine Jazz Quintet 416 Dover Road. 10:30 a.m.

Bureau County 4-H Extension - Butterfly pork chops/dinner, Soldiers and Sailors Park, 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Children’s Tractor Pull - Soldiers and Sailors Park. Registration noon. Pulls start at 12:30 p.m. and run until approximately 2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by Diller Rod and Bureau County Farm Bureau. Ages 4-12 Miller’s Petting Zoo - Soldiers and Sailors Park. noon to 3 p.m. Sponsored by Perry Memorial Hospital and Princeton Park District Foundation Owen Lovejoy Homestead Tours - Free tours available 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Homestead Festival 50/50 Raffle Drawing Across from the Apollo Theatre. Approximately 3:30 p.m.

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ABOVE: Hall’s Patrick Einhaus runs through the tackle of a St. Bede defender during Friday’s Three Rivers Mississippi game in Spring Valley. The Red Devils won the rivalry game, 27-13. – Isaac Janssen/Shaw Media

The bottom line Sterling Alleman

28 Lutheran 21 Dixon

95 Princeton 28 Kewanee

31 Bureau Valley 0 Rockridge

14 Riverdale 50 Amboy

21 South Beloit 50 West Carroll

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0 Oregon 39 Rock Falls

13 Sherrard 6 Erie-Ptown

6 Fulton 57 Orion

16 Milledgeville 46 AFC

15 Dakota 21 Forreston

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37 Stillman Valley 0 Winnebago

34 St. Bede 12 Hall

13 Newman 27 Morrison

30 Polo 8 Stockton

38 EPC 8 Pecatonica

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WEEK 3

Hall pounds way past St. Bede in TRAC Mississippi game, Page FB9.

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How they stand NIB-12 West Geneseo Sterling Ottawa Rochelle LaSalle-Peru

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Friday’s results • Geneseo 39, Chicago Hope 0 • LaSalle-Peru 44, Bloomington 34 • Ottawa 34, Kankakee 14 • Yorkville 37, Rochelle 6 • Sterling 28, Alleman 21 Friday, Sept. 18 • Geneseo at LaSalle-Peru, 7:30 • Rochelle at Ottawa, 7:30 • Sterling at Morris, 7:30

Big Northern West Rkfd. Lutheran Byron Oregon Stillman Valley Dixon Winnebago Mendota Rock Falls

Orion Amboy Rockridge Bureau Valley Morrison Fulton Riverdale

Three Rivers Mississippi

All 3-0 2-1 2-1 1-2 2-1 1-2 0-3 0-3

Friday’s results • Rockridge 50, Bureau Valley 14 • Orion 46, Fulton 16 • Newman 30, Morrison 8 • Amboy 50, Riverdale 21 Friday, Sept. 18 • Amboy at Erie-Prophetstown, 7:30 • Bureau Valley at Orion, 7:30 • Morrison at Rockridge, 7:30 • Riverdale at Fulton, 7:30

Friday, Sept. 18 • Amboy at Erie-Prophetstown, 7:30 • Kewanee at Newman, 7:30 • Princeton at Hall, 7:30 • Sherrard at St. Bede, 7:30

NUIC Northwest Dakota Lena-Winslow Galena West Carroll East Dubuque Forreston Pecatonica Eastland-P.C. South Beloit

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NUIC Upstate

All 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 0-3 0-3

Conf.

3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-2 0-2 0-2

Polo Stockton Milledgeville Warren AFC Aquin Durand Orangeville River Ridge

All 3-0 2-1 2-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3

Friday’s results • West Carroll 56, South Beloit 13 • Lena-Winslow 53, River Ridge 12 • Dakota 34, Forreston 0 • Galena 42, East Dubuque 16 • Pecatonica 21, Eastland-Pearl City 0

Friday’s results • AFC 21, Milledgeville 15 • Lena-Winslow 52, River Ridge 12 • Durand 13, Aquin 7 • Polo 48, Stockton 8 • Warren 48, Orangeville 8

Friday, Sept. 18 • Pecatonica at West Carroll, 7 • East Dubuque at Dakota, 7:30 • Forreston at South Beloit, 7:30 • Galena at Lena-Winslow, 7:30 • Polo at Eastland-Pearl City, 7:30

Friday, Sept. 18 • Orangeville at Milledgeville, 7 • Aquin at AFC, 7:30 • Polo at Eastland-Pearl City, 7:30 • River Ridge at Warren, 7:30 • Stockton at Durand, 7:30

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Friday’s results • Newman 30, Morrison 8 • Princeton 31, Kewanee 0 • Erie-P’town 57, Sherrard 6 • Hall 27, St. Bede 13

Friday, Sept. 18 • Dixon at Oregon, 7 • Lutheran at Winnebago, 7 • Mendota at Stillman Valley, 7 • Rock Falls at Byron, 7

All 3-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-3 0-3

Conf.

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Hall Princeton Erie-P’town Newman Kewanee St. Bede Sherrard

Friday’s results • Byron 49, Mendota 13 • Lutheran 95, Dixon 28 • Oregon 13, Rock Falls 6 • Stillman Valley 34, Winnebago 12

Three Rivers Rock Conf.

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September 12, 2015

STERLING 28, ALLEMAN 21

Sterling plays spoiler Warriors take advantage of Alleman’s mistakes in Rock Island

BY STEVE TAPPA Special to SVM

ROCK ISLAND – The Alleman football team claimed a moral victory out of last weekend’s last-second loss to Metamora.

The same result against another state-rated squad Friday night was met with far less enthusiam, though.

“Like the scoreboard said, we lost,” Alleman senior Caleb Dorsey said after another Pioneers’ comeback came up short at Augustana’s Lindberg Stadium, 28-21 this time to Sterling.

“Last week we played hard and smart in the second half,’’ agreed Alleman coach Todd Depoorter. “This week? I take responsibility. We took a step back.’’

Most concerning for the Pioneers (1-2) were five turnovers, including a fumble and interception on back-to-back thirdquarter possessions to set up Sterling scores with short fields.

That allowed Class 5A’s eighth-ranked Golden Warriors (3-0) to turn a 14-14 contest into a 28-14 lead.

Alleman got back within 28-21 on Dorsey’s 1-yard dive to cap a 14-play scoring drive with 4 minutes and 53 seconds to play.

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After pushing upfield for extra yardage, Sterling quarterback Sterling Thornton is stopped by Alleman’s Corneille Logo during Friday’s 28-21 win in Rock Island.

However, despite getting the ball back on downs with 1:25 remaining and driving to the Sterling 40-yard-line, a desperation fourth-down heave by Jack Fernandez was picked off with 3.4 seconds showing.

The interception was the second of the night by Grant

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“It’s a pride thing,’’ Sterling

coach Jonathan Schlemmer said. “I’m a defensive guy. We’re a better defense than that. Our defensive [coaching] staff met a lot of hours this week to get that corrected.’’

On the flip side, Sterling’s spread offense scored just enough to edge the hosts.

Sterling Thornton rushed 31 times for 89 yards and two scores, plus hit 9 of 17 throws for 135 yards and a 38-yard TD pass to Jordan Asbury.

Dorsey had 2 other tackles for loss, plus shared a sack with Corneille Logo, who also had one of Alleman’s 5 other TFLs. “Sterling’s a very good football team,’’ Depoorter said.

“They’re very well coached.

They have a nice offensive game plan. They overloaded at times with their defense.

But we practice against those things, and we didn’t execute.

Obviously I didn’t do a very good job.”

Sterling especially did that after a Fernandez fumble was recovered by Ethan Sensor.

Two plays later, Andrew Spaulding was in the end zone after a 5-yard carry set up by Thornton’s 30-yard pass to Turner Morse.

On the following possession, Fernandez was intercepted by Jacoby, setting up Sterling 23 yards from paydirt.

Seven snaps later, on a fourthand-2 situation from the 5-yardline, Thornton pushed the Warriors ahead by two scores.

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September 12, 2015

OREGON 13, ROCK FALLS 6

Long drives at Hinders Hawks, Rockets trade lengthy possessions in BNC West battle

BY TY REYNOLDS treynolds@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5554 @STyReynolds

ROCK FALLS – Ball-control offense and the Oregon Hawks go together hand in hand. But ballcontrol offense and the Rock Falls Rockets?

The Rockets matched the Hawks’ ability to go on extended drives during Friday night’s Big Northern West game at Hinders Field. The difference was Oregon’s ability to finish off one more of its drives with a touchdown in a 13-6 victory.

Rock Falls got 250 of its 260 yards through the air, as Logan Pillars completed 28 of his 45 passes to six different receivers. His 24-yard touchdown pass to Isaiah Harris with 6:20 to play got the Rockets (0-3, 0-1) within a score.

Then the Rockets recovered the ensuing onside kick.

“Our confidence was sky high at that point,” Pillars said. “The short passes were working, and we felt once we got the ball back that this game might just be ours to win.”

“I watched that happen, then just tried to stay calm and get the defense into the right mindset,” Oregon senior Maverik Good

said. “We just had to get a stop.”

The Hawks (2-1, 1-0) did just that, stopping Rock Falls wideout Blake Wind a yard short on fourth down inside the Oregon 20. That led to the final Oregon drive of the game, which took up the final 4:16 and ended with the final horn on the Rock Falls 4-yard line.

“I was over there pacing on the sideline, just hoping my guys could get us the ball back,” Pillars said. “We still had plenty of time, but Oregon did a good job of running out the clock.”

“Once we got that stop, I knew it was over,” Oregon senior John Ghibellini said. “Our offensive line was great tonight, and they opened the holes for us to control the ball.”

Good ran for 105 yards, Ghibellini added 98 and both Hawk touchdowns, and all 280 of OreMichael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com gon’s yards came on the ground.

After Ghibellini served as the Rock Falls’ Noah Junis (right) tackles Oregon’s Maverik Good during Friday’s game at Hinders workhorse for the first half, Good Field. The Rockets battled in a 13-6 loss to the Hawks. was the go-to guy in the second half. He got four touches on the The Red Zone final drive to salt the game away.

Player of the game: John Ghibellini, Oregon, 21 rushes, 98 yards, 2 TDs “It’s definitely a good feelHe said it: “Rock Falls did a great job of crashing down inside on us, but when ing when the coaches have that we got going to the outside, my eyes widened when I saw a few of the holes amount of confidence in you,” our offensive line gave me in the second half.” – Oregon fullback John Good said. “After those first couGhibellini ple of carries, I figured they’d John Up next: Dixon at Oregon & Rock Falls at Byron, both 7 p.m. Friday keep coming to me, and I really Ghibellini wanted to finish it off.”

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September 12, 2015

LUTHERAN 95, DIXON 28

Full dose of Robinson Lutheran star rushes for 454 yards, 7 TDs against Dukes

BY BRIAN WEIDMAN bweidman@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5551 @BrianWeidman

DIXON – With 3 minutes left in the first quarter of Friday’s game against Rockford Lutheran, many Dixon fans started heading for the exits.

They didn’t miss much.

The Crusaders, up 42-0 at the time, went on to a 95-28 victory at A.C. Bowers Field. It was the Big Northern West opener for both teams.

“That’s a heck of a team we played,” Dixon coach Dave Smith said. “What can I say? That’s the No. 3-ranked team in the state, and we’re not there yet. That’s pretty clear.”

Leading the way for Lutheran (3-0) was senior running back James Robinson, a 5-foot-11, 215-pound ball of muscle and speed who shredded the Dixon defense all night. In less than two quarters of play, he had 17 carries for 454 yards and seven touchdowns.

He had a 58-yard touchdown run on the game’s first offensive play, and later added scoring runs of 96, 55, 55, 8, 5 and 5 yards. Robinson now has about 7,600 yards for his career, unofficially, and needs around 900 more to catch the alltime IHSA rushing leader, Westville’s Caleb Pratt, who is at 8,477.

His performance spoke for itself, in what had been a week filled with

computer trash talking between some Crusaders and Dukes.

“There was a lot of stuff on Twitter, and people were messing with me, just talking, but I really wasn’t worried about it,” Robinson said. “I just wanted to play.”

When asked if there was much talk during the game, Robinson said, “In the first 2 minutes. There was none after that.”

Robinson was far from a one-man gang, however. Junior quarterback Peyton Womack threw touchdown passes of 56 and 44 yards to Marcus Hayes, and Hayes added a 6-yard TD run.

Logan Davis and Joshua Davis had TD runs of 10 and 75 yards, respectively. The Crusaders’ defense even got into the act, as linebacker Matt Anderson returned an interception 20 yards for a score.

Lutheran subs played from the Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com 3-minute mark of the second quar- Rockford Lutheran’s James Robinson runs through the Dixon defense during Friday’s ter, when the score was 82-12. game at A.C. Bowers Field. Robinson rushed for 454 yards and 7 TDs in the win.

“It gets hard sometimes because you want to be a good sport,” LutherThe Red Zone an coach Bruce Baszali said, “but yet Player of the game: James Robinson, Lutheran, 17 carries, 454 yards, 7 TDs you want James to have his carries for He said it: “I think we just got ‘em early, and it took ‘em out of their game. the record. You get torn in what to do, We figured they were going to be pretty good. We saw them on film, and they and you try to find a balance in that.” looked good. We were nervous about this game.” Lutheran coach Bruce Benny Mayes and Nyrel Sullivan Bazsali. scored first-half touchdowns for Nyrel Dixon, while Arthur Cox had both of Up next: Lutheran at Winnebago; Dixon at Oregon, both 7 p.m. Friday Sullivan the Dukes’ scores after halftime.

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September 12, 2015

NEWMAN 30, MORRISON 8

Close for a while Mustangs hang tough, but Comets pull away with big plays

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5552 @CodyCutter35

MORRISON – For about 22 minutes of the first half, it looked like the recent lopsidedness of the Newman-Morrison series was about to change.

However, with a pair of quick Newman scoring strikes to end the half, it became another year, another big Comets win against Mustangs, this one 30-8 at E. M. “Bud” Cole Field.

The Mustangs, while low on numbers, hung tough with the top-ranked team in 3A for most of the second half. With Andy Bird having more time at fullback, the Mustangs (0-3) ground out key yards and first downs to hang with the Comets.

Bird had 48 yards on nine carries in the first half, but was held to two carries for 17 yards in the second half.

“Morrison played with a lot of heart tonight,” Newman coach Mike

Papoccia said. “We knew that coming in. They weren’t just going to lay down.

“Moving Bird to fullback, we didn’t know that was coming. We should have expected it, because that’s their big position in their offense. He did a nice job for them.”

However, Brady Rude’s 4-yard touchdown run with 1:57 left in the second quarter, and a Logan Whitman-to-John Wilson 33-yard scoring strike with 3.9 seconds left, put the Comets (3-0) up 24-0 at half to set the tone.

Morrison’s 131-point drought against Newman Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com finally ended with 4:11 left in the game when Newman’s Logan Whitman throws a pass during Friday night’s game in Morrison. Whitman’s touchdown Nathan Bush found the pass just before halftime helped the Comets pull away from the Mustangs for a 30-8 victory. end zone after breaking a few Comets’ tackles at the The Red Zone line.

Player of the game: Brady Rude, Newman, 16 carries, 162 yards, 3 TDs “I liked how we played,” He said it: “Morrison was going to give us their best shot. Two years ago, it was zero-zero at halfMorrison coach Cory time. We just had to keep powering it, keep pushing.” – Newman’s Brady Rude Bielema said. “Our practices this week were horRecords: Newman 3-0, Morrison 0-3 rible, there’s no denying Up next: Morrison at Rockridge, 7:30 p.m. Friday; Kewanee at Newman, 7:30 p.m. Friday Brady it. There was a lack of Rude focus.”

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COMMENTARY | DEALING WITH INJURIES

Mending broken dream Rock Falls’ Doering coping with losing senior year to injury

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ike Berentes found himself in a familiar situation during Rock Falls’ Week 1 football game against Sterling.

It was similar to a year ago, when Berentes, then the Rock Falls principal, was kneeling on Hinders Field attempting to calm an injured Rockford Lutheran player in Week 9.

Berentes tried to take the player’s mind off his injury and talked with him.

Two weeks ago, Berentes was gripping Rockets senior Keegan Doering’s hand on the field just a few yards away from the near sideline soon after the senior went down in a heap.

“In both situations, you just want to give comfort,” Berentes said.

“Keegan wanted to look at his leg, but you don’t want him to worry any more than he already is so I just held his hand.”

The play was 38 sweep, an outside run that by design gets the offensive

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He can be to spend an afternoon. reached at Doering likely has pmason@ taken his final snap of his saukvalley. career, but isn’t done with com or 800798-4085, football. He was watching ext. 5550. the Rockets’ Week 2 game on the sidelines last week, and attended the past two team dinners on Thursture as the bones never days before the game. burst through his skin.

Being around the team Doering gets around has helped him cope mostly with the help of with his senior season crutches, but needed a being wiped out in the wheelchair soon after the first week. Having Doersurgery. He hasn’t yet ing around also helped returned to school, but his teammates ease their Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com has an appointment Mon- minds, knowing he is all Rock Falls senior Keegan Doering is taken off the field on a stretcher during Week day to check the progress right after most saw the 1’s game against Sterling. Doering needed surgery to repair a broken tibia and of the healing and hopes stomach-churning injury. fibula in his left leg, which he suffered while blocking on a sweep play. to be back Tuesday.

“It’s really encourag“Sleeping has been ing having him around,” line moving toward the “The play was almost over, a broken tibia and fibula awful,” Doering said. said junior Roger Carlson, sideline to block. As a tight and I got hit and just went in his left leg. The proce“You can’t roll over or who took over Doering’s end on the play, it was down. I saw my leg on the dure was scheduled for anything, and when you linebacker position. “We Doering’s job to hold his way to the ground and I the next day at OSF Saint get up, the blood rushes all want to play for him. block and create space for saw my ankle just dangling Anthony Medical Center to your foot, and it hurts It makes you appreciate the running back that was there. I was in shock.” in Rockford. so bad. But it’s getting being able to play, and trying to get to the edge.

Doering was taken via Two rods, a plate and better each day.” then you look over, and “I heard the play behind ambulance from the field several screws were put Meanwhile, Doering has he’s out there pulling for me, the people gruntto CGH Medical Center, in his leg to repair the been nursing the throbyou. ing,” said Doering, a solid where they determined snapped bones. He luckily bing pain by playing “He hasn’t let this take 5-foot-10, 180 pounds. he need surgery to repair avoided a compound frac- video games and watchaway his fun.”

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AMBOY 50, RIVERDALE 21

Clippers slice up Rams Richardson leads Amboy-LaMoille in Three Rivers Rock route

BY BRENDAN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 55239 @BW_SVM

AMBOY – Ryon Richardson was a just few strides away from a large pizza.

Amboy-LaMoille assistant football coach Andrew Full told the Clippers’ return man that if he brought back a punt for a touchdown, Full would buy him a pizza.

Richardson almost made his coach pay up as he went 65 yards on the return, but came up just short. He finished the job two plays later and punched it in from the goal line, helping the Clippers cruise to a 50-21 win over visiting Riverdale on Friday in Three Rivers Rock play.

“We knew we could run, and the outside was working at first,” Richardson said. “Then when they started to catch on we pounded it up the middle.”

The Clippers (2-1), finished with 293 yards of offense, 246 of which came on the ground.

Richardson led the charge with four touchdowns in the win, running for scores of 3 and 4 yards, and catching two TD

passes of 15 and 29 yards from quarterback Jordan Hochstatter.

Drake Barlow added a gamehigh 110 yards and two touchdowns, helping AmboyLaMoille overcome nine penalties for 77 yards.

Riverdale (0-3) looked lifeless to open the game. The Rams punted twice and had a punt blocked in their first three possessions. After coach Mike Goodwin gave his team a verbal trashing at the end of the quarter trailing 21-0, did the Rams start to come to life.

“Coach got us going a bit,” said Rams’ receiver Blake Decleroq, who had an interception and a 36-yard receiving touchdown.

“We just weren’t ready to play in the first quarter and it hurt us.”

Riverdale opened the secBCR photo/Hal Adkins ond quarter with Decleroq’s Amboy/LaMoille’s Drake Barlowe leaves the Riverdale defense up in the air at the Harbor.

TD reception, but didn’t score again until the fourth quarter The Red Zone while working against a running clock.

Player of the game: Ryon Richardson, Amboy-LaMoille, 4 TD, 2 rush, 2 receiv“We knew they were a big biging, 63 total yards ger than us,” Barlow said. “But He said it: “Our goal is to get that tent pole up on team early and keep pushing we knew we were faster. We just them. We thought we could score from anywhere tonight.” Amboy senior running kept pounding the run. This back Drake Barlow. was a fun win.”

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HALL 27, ST. BEDE 13

Red Devils rocking Einhaus, Hall tackle St. Bede in Bureau County rivalry game

BY BRENT JAMISON sports@bcrnews.com

SPRING VALLEY — Hall coach Randy Tieman could have went conservative in the fourth quarter. Instead, he went for the kill.

Leading by a touchdown in the fourth quarter, Red Devils’ quarterback Drew Pullman connected with Patrick Einhaus on a post pattern for a 42-yard score with 6:22 left in the game to lift Hall to a 27-13 victory over rival St. Bede in their Three-Rivers Conference Mississippi Division opener.

The decisive play came on 3rdand-7 out of a time-out where assistant coach Ryan Ferrari saw something he thought the Devils (3-0, 1-0) could exploit.

“It was the way the way they were covering us and Coach Ferrari coming to me and saying ‘I think we can run this’”, Tieman said. “It ended up being wide open.”

The score came after St. Bede quarterback Bryant Eustice was called for a controversial intentional grounding in the Hall end zone, resulting in a safety.

St. Bede coach Jim Eustice didn’t want to comment on the call, but was pleased with his team’s effort against the second ranked Red Devils.

“We had some opportunities, we played our butts off,” Eustice said. “I’m proud of them. We had a lot of adversity. We were in it and as we continue to grow we will learn how to make those plays.”

Hall never trailed in the game and took their opening drive 74 yards for a touchdown, capped by a one-yard Chris Hammonds’ dive into the end zone.

Pullman threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns in the game. Einhaus had another touchdown grab in the first half, a key score with 7 seconds remaining. On that drive, Hall moved the ball 93 yards in 1:12 with Pullman scrambling and finding Einhaus in the back of the endzone for a 30 yard score and a 13-6 lead at the half.

The Bruins (1-2, 0-1) scored on a 24-yard halfback pass from BayBCR photo/Isaac Jansen lee Hopps to Braidy Shipp in the second quarter. Josh Sapp added St. Bede’s Nick Needs goes all out to catch Hall’s Chris Hammonds Friday at Nesti Stadium. a 75-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

The Red Zone Hammonds led all rushers with Player of the game: Patrick Einhaus, Hall, 2 receptions, 2 TDs. 102 yards on the ground.

“Rivalry game, it’s what you He said it: “Rivalry game, it’s what you expect it to be. They are going to come expect it to be,” Tieman said. over and play as hard as they can. We are going to play as hard as we can. Both “They are going to come over and teams battled tonight.” • Hall coach Randy Tieman. play as hard as they can. We are Up next: Princeton (3-0, 1-0) at Hall (3-0, 1-0), Sherrard (0-3, 0-1) at St. Bede (1-2, Patrick going to play as hard as we can.

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PRINCETON 31, KEWANEE 0

Trophy time Jett, Tigers fly past Kewanee to bring home traveling trophy

BY DAN DWYER sports@bcrnews.com

KEWANEE — The buzz surrounding the 117th meeting between the Princeton Tigers and Kewanee Boilermakers was muffled to a whimper by the roar of the Tigers as they shut their longtime rival 31-0 Friday in Kewanee.

Kewanee looked to set the tone for the rivalry match early as Princeton fumbled the opening kickoff which was recovered by Kewanee on the Boilermaker 18 , putting Kewanee in a commanding position early.

“We made a mistake. Great football teams are teams that can win when they encounter a sudden change and adversity and our kids came out on top of that sudden change and stepped up defensively when something bad happened,” KHS coach Tyler Nichols said.

The early threat lead to a missed field goal attempt and was the only trip the Boilermakers would make to the Tigers red zone as the Princeton defense thoroughly dominated the Boilermakers from there on out allowing the Tigers offense to outpace the Boilermakers 31-0 for the remainder of the game.

The shutout was the Tigers second of the year as they haven’t allowed a touchdown since in seven quarters and have outscored their opponents

121-6 over the three-game span.

PHS jumped on the board with 5:06 to play in the first on a sweep left by senior Jacob Smith that started the avalanche of first half scoring by the Tigers.

“We came out and played physically defensively. From the offensive standpoint we made some adjustments but overall I’m proud of the way played,” Tiger coach Jesse Snyder said.

The Tigers’ tenacious defense stymied the Boilers as it won the battles up front and Princeton linebackers met Boiler backs at the line of scrimmage.

Senior quarterback Jake Reinhardt went 9-18 with 129 yards and three TDs while senior wideout Jett Wedekind hauled in two touchdowns on 64 yards receiving.

“Our defense has played really well and we just have to continue to maintain our confidence and physicality and that’s what will take us to our ultimate goal,” Snyder said. “A lot of it to me is fundamental football. We talk about owning our piece of grass up front and being physical and creating a new line of scrimmage and our backers cleaned things up.”

Princeton takes a 58-55-4 edge in their head-to-head matchups with Kewanee in a rivalry that started in 1897 and brings the trophy home for the second straight year.

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Princeton brought home the traveling trophy with a 31-0 win over longtime rival Kewanee.

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AFC 21, MILLEDGEVILLE 15

Raiders’ gut check AFC digs deep to knock off undefeated Missiles in Franklin Grove

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVM

FRANKLIN GROVE – Ordinarily, having an opposing running back gash you for a 53-yard touchdown run isn’t supposed to be a positive turning point in your team’s season. Neither is a pass interference penalty against you on a fourth-down play in the final minute of the game.

But both of the above occurred Friday in Ashton-Franklin Center’s potentially season-saving 21-15 win over previously unbeaten Milledgeville. And the Raiders turned both into positives.

The Raiders trailed by a touchdown and were staring a crippling 0-3 record in the face following a long second-quarter touchdown jaunt by Milledgeville running back Evan Skoog.

That only seemed to awaken AFC, however, as the Raiders’ defense forced five consecutive three-and-outs over the next Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com two quarters and erupted for 21 AFC’s Jake Hageman is knocked out of bounds on a run against Milledgeville during Friday’s unanswered points to put them game at Mel Barron Field. AFC won 21-15. right back in the mix in the NUIC Upstate.

Brad Winterland said. “We It nearly wasn’t enough. tured 130 yards of offense in “Clean version, I told them it needed to bounce back today, AFC (1-2, 1-1) held off a fran- the fourth quarter. After a risky was gut check time,” AFC coach and I’m happy we did that.” tic Milledgeville rally that fea- play call backfired for AFC – the

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Raiders threw an incomplete pass on third down from midfield with 1:36 left in the game and the Missiles (2-1, 2-1) out of timeouts – things only got harrier.

Trying to complete the improbable comeback, Milledgeville quarterback Brexton Flynn fired a Hail Mary pass to speedy senior Nick DeVito, who broke free of the AFC secondary and appeared poised to haul in the pass before being completely de-cleated by Raiders defensive back Luke Hageman. The pass interference call was easy for the officials, setting Milledgeville up at the AFC 46 with 40 seconds left. The Raiders, however, held on for the win when Hageman intercepted a Flynn pass and ran out the clock on the return.

Jake Hageman had 90 yards and a touchdown on 24 carries, and quarterback Jacob Hilliker rushed for 83 yards and two TDs on 10 rushes. David Zinke added 69 rushing yards.

Josh Walker led Milledgeville with 74 rushing yards, with DeVito adding 48. Sophomore lineman Kyle Kendall recorded two sacks.

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FRIDAY ROUNDUP

Thunder rout SoBos in Savanna Panthers roll in Erie; Steamers, Storm lose in TRAC Rock play

By SVM Sports Staff

a TRAC Rock game on the road.

Michael Pidde added 39 yards and a TD on the ground, and Tyler Sweenie ran for 35 yards and threw for 23 more. Seth Sikkema added a fourth-quarter safety for Fulton (0-3, 0-1).

Levi Stropes led the Chargers (3-0, 1-0) with 125 yards rushing and a touchdown. Orion outrushed Fulton 283-227, but the Chargers also amassed 107 yards through the air.

Ethan Mangler ran for 134 yards, Eric LaShelle scored four touchdowns, and the West Carroll Thunder rolled past the South Beloit SoBos 56-13 in an NUIC Northwest contest in Savanna.

All four of LaShelle’s scoring runs came from inside the 5-yard line, and the third was one of two TDs West Carroll (2-1, 2-1) scored in the final minute of the first half.

LaShelle scored from a yard out with 44 seconds left, then Austin Mallow returned punt 56 yards for a TD with 3 ticks left before halftime, pushing the Thunder lead to 36-7 at the break.

LaShelle, Logan Barker and Jake Miller all added short scoring runs in the fourth quarter to put away the SoBos (0-3, 0-3).

Pecatonica 21, Eastland-Pearl City 0: After playing to a scoreless

bounced back from last week’s 1-point loss to Orion, routing the Tigers (0-3, 0-1) in a Three Rivers Mississippi matchup in Erie.

Orion 41, Fulton 16: Trey Simmons’ 146 yards included a late 45-yard touchdown scamper, but it wasn’t enough as the Steamers lost

final 14:38 to keep the Wildcatz winless on the season.

Keegan Schubert ran 29 times for 185 yards for EPC (0-3, 0-3 NUIC Northwest), and D.J. Heeren threw for 85 yards. But the Wildcatz lost four fumbles and threw three interceptions.

Rockridge 50, Bureau Valley 14:

The Storm (1-2, 0-1) were outgained 335-220 in a Three Rivers Rock loss in Edgington.

Michael Griffin ran for 93 yards and threw for 98 more for the Rockets (1-2, 1-0).

Erie-Prophetstown 57, Sher- tie for the first half, the Indians rard 6: The Panthers (2-1, 1-0) scored three touchdowns in the

POLO 48, STOCKTON 8

Upstate guys Polo makes NUIC statement on road

BY ANDY COLBERT Shaw Media

STOCKTON – In a battle between state-ranked teams, a 48-8 win over Stockton did more than solidify Polo’s status as top dog of the Upstate division of the NUIC. It also served notice to the rest of Class 1A that the Marcos are for real.

“Earlier this week in practice, we said we wanted to use it as a statement game,” Polo coach Andrew Hofer said.

“We wanted the show everyone we have a good team.

When people all over the state see we beat a team as good as Stockton, that means something.”

The first message was sent early, when Brad Cavanaugh nearly took the opening kickoff for a touchdown, just barely getting tripped up at midfield. Seven plays later, he was in the end zone on a 7-yard run, giving Polo (3-0, 3-0) an 8-0 lead. Quarterback Brody Grobe, who was 5-for5 for 98 yards passing, found Richie Bartnick on a 32-yard completion on secondand-35 to keep the drive alive.

“Even with all the penalties (75 yards), we kept our heads up,” fullback Dylan Beers said.

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Polo’s Juan Dominguez (55) and Brody Grobe (10) tackle a Stockton runner during Friday’s game in Stockton. The Marcos won 48-8.

Penalties were the only thing that slowed Polo, as Grobe found Bartnick for a 16-yard scoring toss to increase the lead to 16-0 late in the first quarter.

On its most time-consuming drive of the season, the Marcos showed they could also play the power game, moving 71 yards on 12 plays for a 22-0 lead on a Beers score. Each of the 12 plays went between the tackles.

“We wanted to show we’re

not all outside. We can run power, too,” halfback Brooks Grobe said.

Stockton (2-1, 2-1) lost two fumbles, one on a leveling of quarterback Hayden Fox by Juan Dominguez, and threw two interceptions in the first half.

“I don’t want to take anything away from Polo, but we hurt ourselves with turnovers and blown coverages,” Stockton coach Chris Thornton said.

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores at Hinders Field, Rock Falls

OREGON 13, ROCK FALLS 6 O RF First downs 19 15 Total yards 280 260 Rushes-yards 50-280 10-10 Passing yards 0 250 Passing (C-A-I) 0-1-0 28-45-0 Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 5-53 11-78 Punts-average 1-61.0 1-20.0 Oregon 7 0 0 6 — 13 Rock Falls 0 0 0 6 — 6 First quarter O – John Ghibellini 10 run (Brayton Finch kick), 3:02 Fourth quarter O – Ghibellini 2 run (kick wide right), 8:47 RF – Isaiah Harris 24 pass from Logan Pillars (kick wide right), 6:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Oregon: Maverik Good 14-105, Ghibellini 21-98, Caleb Mennen 6-45, Finch 7-31, Terry Page 1-1, Jerrick Orsted 1-0. Rock Falls: Braeden Westfall 4-7, Harris 1-3, Blake Wind 2-2, Pillars 3-(minus-2).

PASSING – Oregon: Orsted 0-1-0-0 yards. Rock Falls: Pillars 28-45-0-250 yards.

RECEIVING – Rock Falls: Wind 7-77, Michael Berentes 6-42, Clay Velazquez 5-32, Roger Carlson 4-16, Brennan Mammosser 3-44, Harris 3-41.

Records: Oregon 2-1 (1-0 BNC West), Rock Falls 0-3 (0-1) at Rockridge

ROCKRIDGE 50, BUREAU VALLEY 14 BV RR First downs 8 17 Rushing yards 52 237 Passing yards 168 98 C-A-I 10-24-3 9-15-0 Punts-avg.

1-42 2-35 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1 Penalties-yards 11-102 2-25 BV 0 0 6 8 – 14 Rockridge 8 13 22 7 – 50 First quarter RR: Michael Griffin 22 run (Dalton Woeber run), 8:16 Second quarter RR: Woeber 4 run (Jacob McVey kick), 10:49.

RR: TJ Martens 19 pass from Griffin (kick failed), 7:49 Third quarter RR: Woeber 14 run (McVey kick), 10:21.

RR: Nathan Parchert 4 run (run failed), 6:34.

BV: Bryan Herr 37 pass from Drake Davis (kick blocked), 5:39.

RR: Team safety, 2:56.

RR: Dylan Peterson 22 pass from Griffin (McVey kick), 1:24.

Fourth quarter BV: Herr 26 pass from Davis (Herr from Davis), 10:36.

RR: Griffin 1 run (McVey kick), 5:34.

RUSHING: BV, Davis 4-(-4), Konneck 11-48, Gibson 3-0, Schoff 1-8; RR, Dalton Woeber 11-63, Nathan Parchert 7-60, Michael Griffin 14-93, Riley Fetterer 2-3, Cole Whisman 3-20, Logan Gillispie 1-(-1), Team 1-(-1).

PASSING – BV, Davis 10-24-3-168; RR, Griffin 9-15-0-98 RECEIVING – BV, Herr 4-65, Konneck 3-60, Gibson 1-8, Edlefson 2-35; RR, Dylan Peterson 3-34, Alex Harrison 1-28, TJ Martens 2-32, Cade Kendall 3-4.

FUMBLE RECOVERIES – RR, Collin Schmitt 1-0.

INTERCEPTIONS – Dakota McManus 2, Brett Hilligoss 1.

Records: Bureau Valley 1-2 (0-1 Three Rivers Rock), Rockridge 1-2 (1-0)

Records: Lutheran 3-0 (1-0 Big Northern West), Dixon 2-1 (0-1) at Kewanee

PRINCETON 31 KEWANEE 0 Princeton Kewanee

7 17 0 7 – 31 0 0 0 0 – 0 First quarter P - Jacob Smith 14 run (Tanner Kuhne kick), 5:06.

Second quarter P - Jett Wedekind 18 pass from Jake Reinhardt (Kuhne kick), 6:52.

P - Kuhne 32 field goal, 3:36 P - Wedekind 36 pass from Reinhardt (Kuhne kick), 1:13 Fourth quarter P - Blake Janssen 21 pass from Reinhardt (Kuhne kick), 4:17 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Princeton: Smith 18-86, Wedekind 3-14, Rossler 2-13, Emmerson 7-45 Tomaszewski 4-16 Janssen 1-44.

PASSING – Princeton: Reinhardt 8-160, 144 yards (2 TDs).

RECEIVING – Princeton: Wedekind 2-64 (2 TDs), Smith 1-14, Janssen 1-21, Behrends 1-11, Bates 1-6.

at Savanna

WEST CARROLL 56, SOUTH BELOIT 13 SB WC

0 7 6 0 – 13 16 20 0 20 – 56 First quarter WC – Eric LaShelle 1 run (run good), 8:42 WC – Salvador Mangana 36 interception return (run good), 4:13 Second quarter WC – LaShelle 2 run (run good), 10:45 SB – 20 pass (kick good), 4:12 WC – LaShelle 1 run (run failed), :44 WC – Austin Mallow 56 punt return (run failed), :03 Third quarter SB – 7 run (kick blocked), 9:24 Fourth quarter WC – LaShelle 5 run (run good), 9:56 WC – Logan Barker 2 run (run failed), 4:52 WC – Jake Miller 9 run (run failed), 2:10 Records: West Carroll 2-1 (2-1 NUIC Northwest), South Beloit 0-3 (0-3)

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HALL 27, ST. BEDE 13 St. Bede Hall

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LUTHERAN 95, DIXON 28 RL D First downs 25 18 Total yards 772 413 Rushes-yards 34-592 28-275 Passing yards 180 138 Passing (C-A-I) 4-5-0 14-33-2 Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-2 Penalties-yards 12-110 5-41 Punts-ave.

1-22 6-33.5 Lutheran 49 39 0 7 — 95 Dixon 0 12 8 8 — 28 First quarter RL – James Robinson 58 run (Jon Anderson kick) 11:47 RL – Robinson 5 run (J.Anderson kick) 9:52 RL – Marcus Hayes 56 pass from Peyton Womack (J.Anderson kick) 8:46 RL – Robinson 8 run (J.Anderson kick) 5:48 RL – Hayes 44 pass from Womack

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Oregon’s John Ghibellini tries to shed the tackle attempt of Rock Falls’ Isaiah Harris during the teams’ Big Northern West matchup Friday at Hinders Field in Rock Falls. Ghibellini rushed for both Hawks touchdowns in a 13-6 Oregon victory.

(J.Anderson kick) 4:22 RL – Robinson 5 run (J.Anderson kick) 3:01 RL – Matt Anderson 20 interception return (J.Anderson kick) 2:02 Second quarter D – Benny Mayes 11 pass from Nate Gascoigne (run failed) 11:21 RL – Robinson 55 run (J.Anderson kick) 10:46 RL – Robinson 55 run (J.Anderson kick) 9:46 RL – Hayes 6 run (kick failed) 7:44 RL – Logan Davis 10 run (kick failed) 5:08

RL – Robinson 96 run (J.Anderson kick) 3:57 D – Nyrel Sullivan 62 run (pass failed) 2:39 RL – Joshua Davis 75 run (run failed) :00 Third quarter D – Arthur Cox 77 run (Benny Mayes pass from Gascoigne) 11:12 Fourth quarter RL – Johnathan Sandersfeld 64 pass from Luke Hancock (run failed) 6:32 D – Cox 2 run (Cox run) 1:05 Individual statistics RUSHING – Lutheran – Robinson 17-454, J.Davis 6-73, Womack 3-31,

Hayes 2-12, L.Davis 1-10, Equavion Dismuke 2-7, Isaac Jacobson 1-7, Hancock 2-(-2). Dixon – Cox 11-145, Sullivan 9-88, Mayes 1-4, Gascoigne 6-2, Noah Wilcox 1-(-4).

PASSING – Lutheran – Womack 3-40, 116 yards; Hancock 1-1-0, 64 yards.

Dixon – Gascoigne 12-30-2, 129 yards; Wilcox 2-3-0, 9 yards.

RECEIVING – Lutheran – Hayes 3-116, Sandersfeld 1-64. Dixon – Kyle LeBlanc 3-75, Jake Pitman 2-69, Mayes 4-40, Sullivan 2-8, Jake Pitman 1-5, Austin Martin 1-4, Kandras Martin 1-4, Cox 2-2.

0 6 7 0 – 13 7 6 6 8 – 27 First quarter H – Chris Hammonds 1 run (Krlolak kick), 6:29 Second quarter SB – Braidy Shipp 24 pass from Baylee Hopps (kick failed), 10:12.

H – Patrick Einhaus 30 pass from Drew Pullman (kick blocked), 7.5 Third quarter H – Merkel 5 yd pass from Pullam (run failed) 7:35 SB – 4:01 - Josh Sapp 75 yd INT return (Sczcepaniak kick), 4:01 Fourth quarter H – Safety, 8:25 H – Einhaus 42 yd pass from Pullman (pass failed,) 6:22 Records: St. Bede 1-2 (0-1 Three Rivers Mississippi), Hall 3-0 (1-0) at Pecatonica

PECATONICA 21, EASTLAND-PEARL CITY 0 EPC Pecatonica

0 0 0 0 – 0 0 0 7 14 – 21 Third quarter P – Jacobs 5 pass from Kimes (kick good), 2:38 Fourth quarter P – Alexander 43 pass from Kimes (kick good), 9:49 P – Swanson 50 run (kick good), 2:20 Records: Pecatonica 1-2 (1-2 NUIC Northwest), EPC 0-3 (0-3)

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores at Augustana College, Rock Island

STERLING 28, ALLEMAN 21 S A First downs 13 18 Total yards 267 194 Rushes-yards 43-119 39-93 Passing (C-A-I) 10-18-1 11-26-3 Passing yards 148 101 Fumbles-lost 1-0 2-2 Penalties-yards 10-93 10-85 Punts-average 4-29.8 3-39.3 Sterling 7 7 14 0 — 28 Alleman 7 0 7 7 — 21 First quarter A – Kelan Whan 1 run (Nathan Graves kick), 10:33 S – Thornton 2 run (Tony Diaz), 5:08 Second quarter S – Jordan Asbury 38 pass from Thornton (Diaz kick), 4:41 Third quarter A – Nico Ramirez 4 run (Graves kick), 10:22 S – Andrew Spaulding 5 run (Diaz kick), 7:01 S – Thornton 5 yards (Diaz kick), 3:33 Fourth quarter A – Caleb Dorsey 1 run (Graves kick), 10:49 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Sterling: Thornton 31-77, Latrell Vaughn 8-40, Spaulding 3-7. Alleman: Ramirez 10-33, Dorsey 7-27, Whan 11-10, Jack Fernandez 5-7, Zach Sheets 1-7, Santiago Terronez 2-7, Brian Morrisey 3-2.

PASSING – Sterling: Thornton 10-18-1 148. Alleman: Whan 6-13-1 61, Fernandez 5-8-1 40, Morrisey 0-3-1 0, Team 0-2-0 0.

RECEIVING – Sterling: Asbury 5-80, Turner Morse 2-36, Reid Blackburn 2-18, Grant Jacoby 1-14. Alleman: Morrisey 4-50, Ramirez 1-15, Terronez 2-12, Dorsey 1-9, Jacob Lange 1-8, Alex Scott 1-7, Sheets 1-0.

Records: Sterling 3-0, Alleman 1-2 at Orion

ORION 41, FULTON 16 F O First downs 15 18 Total yards 269 390 Rushes-yards 50-227 50-283 Passing (C-A-I) 7-13-1 4-7-0 Passing yards 42 107 Fumbles-lost 4-2 2-1 Penalties-yards 7-32 5-30 Punts-average 5-31.2 1-38 Fulton 0 7 0 9 — 16 Orion 7 14 14 6 — 41 First quarter O – Drake Schultz 1 run (Ryan Fowler kick), 5:21 Second quarter O – Levi Stropes 59 run (Fowler kick), 10:49 O – Josh Ellison 1 run (Fowler kick), 9:01 F – Michael Pidde 4 run (Jack Lemke kick), 0:31 Third quarter O – Ellison 29 pass from Craig Matson (Fowler kick), 10:20 O – Matson 3 run (Fowler kick), 3:00

Fourth quarter O – Schultz 6 pass from Matson (kick failed), 9:00 F – Safety, Seth Sikkema sack 3:52 F – Trey Simmons 45 run (Lemke kick), 3:03 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Fulton: Simmons 23-146, Pidde 10-39, Tyler Sweenie 12-35, Lemke 4-4, Devon Ballard 1-3. Orion: Stropes 7-125, Ellison 16-64, Schultz 14-60, Austin Hutcherson 4-16, Tavian Moninski 2-8, Blackert 5-7, Matson 2-3.

PASSING – Fulton: Sweenie 5-8-0 23, Lemke 2-5-1 19. Orion: Matson 4-7-0 107.

RECEIVING – Fulton: Ballard 2-33, Simmons 4-9, Kegan North 1-0. Orion: Ellison 3-101, Schultz 1-6.

Records: Fulton 0-3 (0-1 Three Rivers Rock), Orion 3-0 (1-0)

Sophomore scoreboard • Sterling 47, Alleman 8 • Dixon 18, Lutheran 6 • Oregon 26, Rock Falls 8 • Amboy 32, Riverdale 14 • Newman 12, Morrison 6 • Princeton 34, Kewanee 14 • Hall 41, St. Bede 16 • Orion 34, Fulton 22

at Stockton

POLO 48, STOCKTON 8 P S First downs 18 19 Total yards 428 254 Rushes-yards 43-335 44-120 Passing (C-A-I) 6-6-0 9-22-2 Passing yards 93 134 Fumbles-lost 1-1 5-5 Penalties-yards 9-95 3-20 Punts-average 2-36.5 0-0 Polo 16 6 20 6 — 48 Stockton 0 0 8 0 — 8 First quarter P – Brad Cavanaugh 7 run (Brooks Grobe run), 8:25 P – Richie Bartnick 16 pass from Brody Grobe (Brooks Grobe run), 0:51 Second quarter P – Dylan Beers 2 run (Brooks Grobe run), 3:51 Third quarter P – Brody Grobe 9 run (run failed), 6:59 S – Dylan Oppold 3 pass from Nolan Buske (Dillon Hatfield pass from Buske), 1:56 P – Cavanaugh 56 run (run failed), 0:16 Fourth quarter S – Braxton Stamm 10 fumble recovery (kick blocked), 5:56 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Polo: Brody Grobe: 11-125, Cavanaugh 10-115, Tristan Aguilar 1-40, Beers 7-38, Brooks Grobe 10-17, Jesse Ditzler 3-4, Wyatt Patterson 1-(-4).

Stockton: Hayden Fox 17-52, Oppold 6-32, Braden Staver 6-18, Hatfield 5-7, Hayden Hayes 5-7, Buske 3-6, Chad Larson 1-1, Aaron Dvorak 1-(-4) PASSING – Polo: Brody Grobe 6-6-0 93.

Stockton: Fox 6-15-2 91, Buske 3-7-0 43.

RECEIVING – Polo: Bartnick 5-71, Cavanaugh 1-22. Stockton: Thomas Eden 3-32, Oppold 3-30, Hatfield 1-30, Gavin Krahmer 1-29, Dominic Carton 1-13.

Records: Polo 3-0 (3-0 NUIC Upstate), Stockton (2-1, 2-1)

at Mel Barron Field, Franklin Grove

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Newman’s Rhett Scroggins brings down Morrison’s Dylan Keller during Friday night’s game in Morrison. The Comets won 30-8. at E.M. “Bud” Cole Field, Morrison

NEWMAN 30, MORRISON 8 N M First downs 16 11 Total yards 318 134 Rushes-yards 51-283 28-98 Passing yards 35 36 C-A-I 2-8-0 4-10-1 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 1-10 5-39 Punts-avg.

1-45 1-48 Newman 8 16 6 0 – 30 Morrison 0 0 0 8 – 8 First quarter N – Brady Rude 2 run (Rude run), 1:43 Second qaurter N – Rude 4 run (Rude run), 1:57 N – John Wilson 33 pass from Logan Whitman (Rude run), 3.9 Third quarter N – Rude 48 run (run failed), 9:38 Fourth quarter M – Nathan Bush 75 run (Reilly Dolan to Payton Cook pass), 4:11 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Newman: Rude 16-162, Eli Monier 9-9, Kyle Decker 8-30, Eli Leffelman 5-26, Whitman 4-22, Hunter Webb 4-15, Nate Olson 4-14, Garret Stringer 1-5.

Morrison: Andy Bird 11-65, Dylan Keller 6-(minus 4), Ryan VanZuiden 4-19, Merik Kennedy 4-15, Cody Southern 2-5, Tate

Renkes 1-(minus 2).

PASSING – Newman: Whitman 2-8-0, 35 yards. Morrison: Keller 4-10-1, 36 yards.

RECEIVING – Newman: Jacob Heiderscheidt 1-22, Olson 1-15. Morrison: Payton Cook 2-19, VanZuiden 1-10, Justin Jensen 1-7.

Records: Newman 3-0, Morrison 0-3 at The Harbor, Amboy

AMBOY-LAMOILLE 50, RIVERDALE 21 R A First downs 7 10 Total yards 180 322 Rushes-yards 27-108 43-246 Passing yards 72 76 Passing (C-A-I) 5-15-2 4-8-1 Fumbles-lost 3-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 4-18 9-77 Punts 4 0 Riverdale 0 7 0 14 – 21 Amboy 21 15 14 0 – 50 First quarter A – Drake Barlow 1 run (Ryon Richardson kick), 7:05 A – Richardson 3 run (kick failed), 1:25 A – Barlow 33 run (Richardson run), 18.5 Second quarter R – Blake Decleroq 36 pass from Brady

Secrist (Noah Sanquist kick), 11:49 A – Dallas Appleman 8 run (Cain Powers pass from Jordan Hochstatter), 4:06 A – Richardson 15 pass from Hochstatter (Richardson kick), 1:17 Third quarter A – Richardson 4 run (Richardson kick), 8:44 A – Richardson 29 pass from Hochstatter (Richardson kick), 5:34 Fourth quarter R – Brayden Pridemore 9 run (Sanquist kick), 9:53 R – Andrew Goodwin 15 pass from Allen Pratt (Sanquist kick), 1:36 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Riverdale: Dalton Beale 14-67, Brayden Pridemore 11-30, Brady Secrist 1-15, Andrew Goodwin 1-(minus 4). Amboy: Drake Barlow 11-110, Dallas Appleman 12-54, Ryon Richardson 10-48, Jordan Hochstatter 3-25, Alan Stamberger 1-14, Koty Conderman 3-2, Brady Hulin 3-(minus 7).

PASSING – Riverdale: Secrist 4-12-2, 47 yards, Allen Pratt 1-3-0, 25. Amboy: Hochstatter 4-8-1, 76 yards.

RECEIVING – Riverdale: Blake Decleroq 1-36, Goodwin 3-32, Scott Murphy 1-4.

Amboy: Damion Ullrich 1-30, Cole Olson 1-2, Richardson 2-44.

Records: Amboy-LaMoille 2-1, Riverdale 0-3

M A First downs 10 17 Total yards 216 284 Rushes-yards 42-188 44-220 Passing yards 28 64 Passing (C-A-I) 2-5-1 3-4-0 Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 4-20 4-46 Milledgeville 0 6 0 9 – 15 AFC 0 7 14 0 – 21 Second quarter M – Evan Skoog, 53 run (kick failed) 10:37 A – Jake Hageman, 3 run (Dewey kick) 7:36 Third quarter A – Jacob Hilliker, 2 run (kick failed) 5:23 A – Hilliker, 27 run (Jamey Talley pass from Hilliker) 1:52 Fourth quarter M – Josh Walker, 30 run (run failed) 9:37 M – Jason Brubaker, 25 FG 2:29 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Milledgeville: Walker 12-74, Skoog 2-55, Nick DeVito 4-48, Jeremy Bibler 12-25, Troy Litwiller 6-(-8), Brexton Flynn 5-(-6). Ashton-Franklin Center: J. Hageman 24-90, Hilliker 10-53, David Zinke 5-69, Kaywan Palmer 5-8.

PASSING – Milledgeville: Flynn 2-5-2 28. Ashton-Franklin Center: Hilliker 3-4-0 64.

RECEIVING – Milledgeville: Bibler 1-23, Jacques Christensen 1-5. AshtonFranklin Center: Talley 2-55, Zinke 1-10.

Records: Milledgeville (2-1, 2-1 NUIC Upstate), Ashton-Franklin Center (1-2, 1-1)

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