11 Sports Tuesday, October 1, 2013 • 11 Golf meet — Bureau County golf teams competed in the Mendota Ryder Cup. See page 13.
Soccer: Peoria Christian 1, DePue 0
Little Giants get rare taste of defeat
By Derek Johnson sports@bcrnews.com
DEPUE — The DePue Little Giants met Peoria Christian Chargers on the soccer field Saturday morning facing what has been a tough match-up in the past. Despite the recent history of wide-margin losses, DePue came out swinging against the Chargers applying strong offensive pressure for nearly 40 minutes of the first half. The Giants’ eight shot effort didn’t result in any points though, and the Chargers got on the bus with a 1-0 victory as PC goalie Josh Lehman met the challenge with eight saves. DePue senior goalie Hector Villagomez had 14 saves in the 15-shot Charger barrage. “(Peoria Christian) is number one in their region. They have had
a consistent program year in and year out…last year we lost to them nine to nothing, the year before it was eight to nothing, the year before that it was seven to nothing…we normally get slaughtered by that team,” DePue coach Tim Stevens said. “I’m just so happy we came out with the pressure, and we were able to keep up with a high level team.” The Homecoming loss was just the second of the season for the Little Giants, now 10-2. The Chargers took more command in the second half with Josh Kirby netting the lone goal less than eight minutes (32:34) into the second half. Regarding the turn of events Stevens said, “I think that’s what good teams do. They were stacking their numbers up; they had a good
game plan. They found a way to settle the ball. The thing with my team is I put a lot of pressure on them to play the whole game without substitutions so there was a little fatigue there. I still think the defense locked down pretty good.” Most of the Giants’ shots came in the first half of play. “Our midfield got detached, and we weren’t getting numbers forward, so it was like one person against three and that’s not how we are going to be successful. We just need to learn to organize that better,” Stevens said. • The Little Giants continue its homestand with three more games this week with Roanoke-Benson on Tuesday and Normal Calvary Thursday, both at 4:30 p.m., and Indian Creek for Parents Day at 10 a.m. Saturday.
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DePue coach Tim Stevens addresses the Little Giants soccer team during halftime of Saturday’s Homecoming game with Peoria Christian. The Chargers handed the Little Giants just their second loss of the season, 1-0. DePue returns home Tuesday.
2013 Hall High School Hall of Fame
Hall honors HOF Class of 2013 By Derek Johnson sports@bcrnews.com
SPRING VALLEY — Hall High School held a ceremony for its 2013 Hall of Fame class before squaring off with the Rockridge Rockets Friday night. Inductees included members of the 1946 football team, the 1997-98 basketball team, former coach Bob Jiles, former players and brothers Harold Meek and Ken Meek and friends of the school Lou and Lori Guerrini. The attendees included three members of the 1946 football team: Jerry Sobin, Charlie Steinberg and Richard Mattioda. Steinberg said their team exemplified the times growing up in the Great Depression. “Thanks to the com-
Class of 2013 • 1946 football team • 1997-98 boys basketball team • Bob Jiles • Ken Meek • Harold Meek • Lou and Lori Guerrini mittee for thinking of us (and) thanks to our teammates, a lot of whom are gone. We had to do this in a hurry because time is running out,” he said. “We had a lot of good times. We were born and raised in the Depression era. We played hard, we played together and we were friends. We hit each other but when we
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Three members of the 1946 Hall Red Devil football team — Richard Mattioda, Charlie Steinberg, Jerry Sobin — were reunited during Friday’s Hall of Fame inductions at Hall High School.
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That’s a fact, Jack Storm dad Paul McMahon plays a little Duck Dynasty trivia with Storm’s Andrew Jacobs (from left), David Miller, Justin Buckman and Kyle Hughes during their Homecoming Pep Assembly Thursday. The Storm fell to Erie/Prophetstown 42-29 and look to bounce back Friday at Morrison.
Mosbachs keeping pace at Mt. Mercy By Kevin Hieronymus khieronymus@bcrnews.com
Liz Mosbach, a Hall graduate, followed her brother T.J. to the campus of Mount Mercy University to run with the Mustangs. She’s keeping up with her big brother nicely. The brother and sister act both came out on top in individuals races in the Sept. 14 Five Seasons Dual Meet with Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Liz Mosbach Iowa. Liz turned in a winning time of 19:11.3 with T.J. crossing the finish at 21:34.8. Another Hall product, Mount Mercy’s freshman Kate Hoffert placed seventh with a time of 20:05.3. More recently Liz (20:18) and T.J. (26:52) placed ninth T.J. Mosbach in the Grand View Viking Invitational in Des Moines,
Iowa on Sept. 21 and Hoffert was 45th (21:52). • Two other Hall products are teaming up at the University of St. Francis. Senior Daniela Acamovic (Spring Valley) turned in a time of 21:47.7 and freshman Joseph Parochetti (Ladd) a 29:46.2 in the Sept. 14 Calvin College Knight Invite. Another Hall product, Jacquie Wallaert, a freshman for Dominican University in River Forest, turned in a personal best 28:11 in the Sept. 14 Concordia Falcon Invite. • Illinois State hosted its Country Financial Invite on Sept. 13 in Normal where two
former BCR Runners of the Year competed. Sophomore Scott Janusick finished 62nd for the Redbirds with an 8K time of 27:06.25, while Kimi Sanden, a sophomore from Bureau Valley, came in 55th (19:20.25) in a 5K for the ISU women. • Two Bureau Valley products competed in the Sept. 13 Illinois Intercollegiate Championships in Bourbonnais, Augustana’s Lorraine Stamberger, a junior from LaMoille, placed 46th (19:52) and Judson’s Cassie Criminger, a senior from Bureau Valley, finished 116th (22:20.8).
Soccer Princeton’s Bryce Pharmer and Lexi Marselle have helped Illinois Central College, turn around their season. The Cougars lost their first five games, but won three straight heading into action in St. Louis over the weekend.
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