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PREPEXTRA EXTRA Satu rday, Au gus t 30 , 2014 • $ 1. 1.00 00

Jacobs ......................0 Barrington.............37 Johnsburg................7 Oregon ................... 13

Burlington ...............6 Hampshire...............0

CL South ..................0 Marian Central..... 13

*Restart at 10:30 a.m.

*Restart at 4 p.m.

Roosevelt ................6 Richmond B. .........42 Byron ......................28 Marengo ................45 Notre Dame...........34 Prairie Ridge......... 21 Rock Falls ................0 Harvard .................. 41

Grant.........................6 CL Central.............. 14

Huntley ....................0 Bartlett.....................0

*Restart at 1:30 p.m.

*Postponed to 5 p.m.

Wauconda...............6 Woodstock N..........7

Dundee-Crown.......0 Elgin ..........................0

*Restart at 3 p.m.

*Postponed to 5 p.m.

Woodstock..............0 Oswego East...........0

Wheaton N..............7 Cary-Grove............ 14

*Postponed to 3 p.m.

*Restart at 6 p.m.

* postponed/suspended games to resume Saturday

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Man gets six years for latest DUI Survivor of fatal ’99 crash that killed family hopes Walter Depner ‘gets the help he needs’ By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Before Thomas Burleson sat a broken man. That man – Walter J. Depner – killed Burleson’s fami-

ly in a drunken driving crash 15 years before, as they were returning home from Great America. As Burleson sat on Friday in the back row of a McHenry County courtroom, Depner sat before a judge awaiting

sentencing on a new driving under the influence charge he picked up in February 2013. Judge Gordon Graham sentenced Depner to six years in prison for the 2013 DUI. Depner is eligible for day-for-day credit, which means he could

Judge ups Woodstock man’s bond for message

be released in three years. At the time of his latest arrest, Depner was on parole for the Aug. 21, 1999, crash that killed 34-year-old Eva Burleson and her three children: Daniel, 13; Tiffany, 11; and Dallis, 7. Thomas Burleson was seri-

ously injured but survived. He lives in Crystal Lake with his wife, Mollie, and two sons. In February 2013, Depner took 30 to 40 Klonopin pills and got behind the wheel,

Walter J. Depner was sentenced by the judge to six years in prison for his 2013 DUI.

See DUI, page A5

FRIDAY NIGHT TRADITION CONTINUES

Texted boy’s father after visit to court By CHELSEA McDOUGALL cmcdougall@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A McHenry County Judge had harsh words for the Woodstock man accused of sex crimes with a young boy, after the defendant contacted the boy’s father. Not only can the text messages 30-year-old Taylor L. Blaul sent be used against him at trial, it was a clear violation Taylor L. of his bond, Blaul Judge Gordon Graham said. “You should know better,” Graham said at the hearing Friday. Graham increased Blaul’s bond by $20,000, and the former substance abuse counselor was immediately remanded. Blaul will need $2,000 to be released, and his defense attorney Mark Facchini indicated his client will be able to post bond. Blaul previously put up $6,000 after being arrested on allegations he fondled the young boy. According to authorities, he was seen openly kissing the boy at the city pool. Allegations of sexual misconduct date back to September 2013. The alleged victim is not related but otherwise known to Blaul. Authorities said Blaul sent two text messages to the boy’s father Aug. 15, after he appeared in McHenry County court to plead not guilty to all charges against him.

Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com

Marian Central’s Patrick McCabe stands on a truck while pumping up his classmates Friday before the season’s first football game against Crystal Lake South at Marian Central High School.

Fans kick off prep football season McHenry County teams start weekly ritual under the lights By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com

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lad in green and gold, Crystal Lake South fans lined the visitor bleachers at Marian Central High School’s stadium and sat patiently for the opening kickoff to another prep football season. By the second possession of the regular-season opener, the Ga-

More inside For more from the Crystal Lake South at Marian Central game, see Prep Extra, page 4.

tors fans were in midseason form, cheering a sack of Hurricanes QB Billy Bahl and quickly booing the referees for calling an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty that negated the play.

Similar cheers and jeers could be heard across the area Friday, as 14 varsity teams, from Harvard to Cary-Grove, started the newest prep football season in McHenry County.

“Football is a brotherhood,” said Crystal Lake South parent Mistique Cook, who earlier watched her son play the junior varsity game against Marian Central. “I support the brotherhood and all the kids, shouting everyone’s name.” Cook, and the other parents, alums and students who made

See FOOTBALL, page A5

See SEX CRIMES, page A5

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