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NORTHWEST ILLINOIS’ NEWS SOURCE • prairieadvocate.com Wednesday, November 2, 2022
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Another Thomson inmate faces murder charge in death of cellmate

ROCKFORD – A fourth inmate at Thomson federal prison was indicted on second-degree murder and assault charges in the Dec. 15, 2021, death of a fellow inmate, U.S. District Attorney John R. Lausch Jr. said in a news release Oct. 26.

Donta Maddox, 44, is accused of fatally assaulting his cellmate, Bobby Everson, 36, who was found unrespon sive after a fight, according to an indict ment returned in federal court in Rock ford and previous releases.

If convicted of second-degree murder charges, the sentence carries up to life in federal prison, while the maximum sen tence for the assault charge is 10 years.

On June 15, 2016, Maddox was sen tenced in U.S. District Court in Georgia to seven years for possession of a fire arm by a felon. The sentence included a recommendation for mental health treatment.

Everson was sentenced Aug. 4, 2014, in New York federal court to 10 years, one month for possession with intent to

deliver cocaine and 10 years for being a felon in possession of a firearm, sen tences to be served concurrently. He also was recommended for mental health treatment.

On June 28, Houston A. Clyde, 25, was indicted on charges of second-degree murder, assault resulting is serious bodily injury and possession of a weapon in the death of his cellmate and fellow Navajo, Edsel Aaron Badoni, 37, of Blue Gap, Arizona.

Clyde, of Tuba City, Arizona, pleaded guilty in federal court in Arizona on July 9, 2018, to second-degree murder and was sentenced that Sept. 24 to 17 years 6 months. According to his plea agreement, Clyde killed a man on the Navajo Nation Indian Reservation on April 16, 2016, by hitting him multiple times in the head with a baseball bat.

He, too, was recommended to receive mental health treatment.

Badoni, also a member of the tribe and a resident of the Navajo reservation, was serving nearly 14 years for assault with a deadly weapon, assault resulting in serious bodily injury and discharging a firearm during a violent crime.

In December, inmates Brandon C. Simonson and Kristopher S. Martin, both 38 and members of the Valhalla Bound Skinheads, were charged with conspiracy to commit murder, sec ond-degree murder and hate crimes, all of which carry up to life in prison, and assault resulting is serious bodily injury, which carries 10 years.

They beat Matthew Phillips, 31, of Texas, to death because he was Jewish, according to their indictments. Phillips was found unresponsive with life-threat ening head injuries the morning of March 2, 2020. He was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead three days later, the Bureau of Prisons reported at the time.

Four other inmates killed at Thom son prison, according to the bureau, are: Boyd Weekley, 49, of South Dakota, who was found unresponsive at 2:30 p.m. Dec. 3, 2020, after a fight with another inmate.

Two weeks later, on Dec. 18, 2020, Pat rick Bacon, 36, was found unresponsive in his cell around midnight. His death was ruled a suicide, his mother, Shelley Bacon, told Sauk Valley Media.

On Feb 28, 2021, Shay Paniry, 41, an Israeli mobster from Studio City, Cali fornia, was found in an unspecified area of the prison with life-threatening inju ries.

James Everett, 35, was found unre sponsive in an unspecified area of the Carroll County prison and pronounced dead about 8:30 p.m. March 15, the vic tim of a homicide, the bureau reported.

In the wake of the deaths and a report by National Public Radio and the Mar shall Project , on June 1, the Illinois Con gressional delegation called for a Justice Department investigation into allega tions that inmates are being mistreated at the prison and that “serious abuses” by staff members are egging on some of the violence.

The report’s most serious allegations included staff encouraging assaults against sex offenders and informants, and leaving men shackled to a bed for hours in their own urine and feces with out food or water. It also said staff laughed at Phillips as he lay dying after his assault, which occurred after he was placed in a recreation cage with known white supremacists.

Morrison man shot by Illinois State Police taken off life support, dies

MORRISON – The 48-year-old gun man shot early Oct. 21 by Illinois State Police is dead.

Aaron M. Linke was declared brain dead Oct. 22 and remained on life sup port until Oct. 25, the ISP said in a news release.

Linke, who has a history of felony weapons and drug charges in White side County dating 20 years, was shot early Oct. 21 as the Blackhawk Area Task Force was serving a search war rant at his home in the 600 block of North Cherry Street, according to the ISP and court records.

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WENDELL SHANE CASE

Wendell Shane Case, 50, of Savanna, Illinois, passed on October 23, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

BARBARA J. DAUPHIN

Barbara J. Dauphin, 87, of Savanna, Illinois, passed on October 22, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Funeral Home, Savanna, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

The coroner’s office would not con firm a time and date of death, referring further questions to the ISP.

According to the ISP, Linke was accused of dealing meth and posses sion of contraband in a penal institute. The details of the case have not been made public.

Linke was free on bond in three pending Whiteside County cases.

On Sept. 29, 2017, he was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, possession of a weapon by a felon and possession of meth.

On March 13, 2019, he was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon and violating his bond.

On April 29, 2019, he was charged

with six counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, possession of a controlled sub stance and possession of meth.

He was set for a status hearing in all three cases Nov. 30.

Linke was arrested March 12, 2019, and was in Whiteside County jail until Feb. 25, 2021, when his bail was reduced from $250,000 to $150,000. He posted $15,000 and was released with a GPS monitor, jail records show.

According to an ISP news release:

As they entered his home Friday, officers heard gunfire and encoun tered an armed Linke. An unnamed ISP officer shot him, and a further search of the home turned up a woman with a gunshot wound.

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Both were taken to an unnamed hospital or hospitals for treatment.

The unnamed officer “is a fouryear, highly trained SWAT member,” and officers serving the warrant were wearing cameras, the release said.

The Illinois State Police Division of Internal Investigation is investigating.

On May 7, 2004, Linke was sen tenced in Whiteside County to eight years for dealing cocaine in 2002. Two other counts were dismissed as part of a plea agreement. In February 2009, when he gave police a Peoria address, a Whiteside County jury found him not guilty of aggravated battery of a preg nant woman and battery causing great bodily harm.

RICHARD ‘DICK’ KEITH NOBLE

Richard “Dick” Keith Noble, 92, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, passed on October 25, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Fu neral Home, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

MICHAEL GENE SIPE

Michael Gene Sipe, 63, of Mount Carroll, Illinois, passed on October 19, 2022.

Arrangements entrusted to Law-Jones Fu neral Home, Mount Carroll, Illinois. Additional information: 815-273-2264.

Half-price book sale offered at VOICES Book Nook Nov. 3-12

FREEPORT – The annual VOICES of Stephenson County Book Nook Fall Half Price Sale runs until Nov. 12, with pro ceeds benefiting services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault and abuse offered through VOICES of Stephenson County.

“The Fall Half Price Sale is our final major sale of 2022” said Diane Lever ton, VOICES Book Nook manager. “The sale features gently used hardcover and paperback books, DVDs, records, puz

zles and books on CDs. Plus, some rare and collectible books will be available.”

The VOICES Book Nook is located in Lincoln Mall, 1265 W. Galena Ave., Free port. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11 and 12 and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursdays, Nov. 3 and 10. The store is closed on Sundays.

Leverton said no donations of books or materials are accepted during the sale, but monetary gifts are welcome.

For more information on the sale, call the VOICES of Stephenson County Book Nook at 815-821-2665.

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‘Managing 2023 Crop Margins’ is topic on Nov. 16

Reminder! Our office is closed this week. We will open at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7. Our office also will be closed on Wednesday, Nov. 16, for the “Wicked” bus trip.

As always you can shoot me an email at carrollcfb@gmail.com or you can leave a voicemail at 815-244-3001. If you need to pay your dues, you have the availability to do that at www. myifb.org. You will need to create an account if you do not have one already.

On Wednesday, Nov. 9, the 4C’s/ Primetimers will be meeting at our office for a potluck and a speaker starting at 11:30 a.m. The group is members age 65 and older who gather monthly for fellowship and fun. They always are looking for new members, so if you are interested in learning more or would like to join them, feel free to give me a call.

The Lee, Carroll, Ogle and White side County Farm Bureaus, along with COUNTRY Financial, will host a crop marketing outlook Nov. 16 at the Days Inn in Rock Falls. Dr. Johnson will give his fall crop market outlook from 7 to 9 p.m. “Managing 2023 Crop Mar gins” is a two-hour seminar designed specifically for producers to help them

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manage risk associated with the cur rent commodity markets and identify market conditions to capture profit margins through this year into next.

On hand we have pecan pieces, cashews and mixed nuts. I have pecans, bridge mix and more coming soon so stay tuned! We expect a deliv ery any day! Order forms are available on our website at www.carrollcfb.org if you would like to place an order for guaranteed pickup.

Fruit is something we stopped sell ing a number of years ago. If you would like to order fruit, the FFA chapters in the county are selling fruit. If you don’t know an FFA mem ber, feel free to call your local high school and ask for the FFA adviser and they will assist you.

We have something exciting coming up! We are working on a charcuterie board make, take and learn! The event

Carroll County Farm Bureau members can place up to two free classified ads per week, with a limit of 250 characters per ad (not including spaces). Ads are limited to personal or farm items for sale/wanted to buy, or farm labor or services available or wanted. No ads for the sale or rental of real estate, garage sales or commercial businesses will be accepted. To place an ad, call the Farm Bureau office at 815-244-3001 by 3 p.m. Thursday to get your ad in the following week’s paper. The Farm Bureau office compiles the ads and Shaw Media runs them in the Prairie Advocate as a courtesy in conjunction with the weekly column. Shaw Media is not responsible for the ads and any errors or corrections need to be made to the Farm Bureau office.

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will take place Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Lake Carroll Clubhouse starting at 6 p.m. Registration will be due by Dec. 1.

The night will include learning how to make your board and about the commodities that go into the board. We will have female farmers talking about beef, dairy and pork.

We have lined up Cami Yenney with Big Miniature Farms in Mount Carroll. Yenney will be assisting us

with creating a board and making it stand out. As part of the class, you will get your own board made by Dave Smith’s Old Mill Workshop.

You will come home with an assem bled board and the board is yours to keep! Snacks will be provided, and wine and other drinks will be avail able to purchase. Grab the girls and come join the fun! Registration and cost soon will be available.

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Marine Toys For Tots kicks off Carroll County campaign

Donations are being accepted for the Marine Toys For Tots campaign in Carroll County. There are several ways to donate:

• Go online to carroll-county-il.toysfor tots.org

• Drop a toy at one of the TFT donation boxes located around the county. Collec tion boxes also will be located in primary and middle schools.

• Send a check made out to Marine Toys For Tots Carroll County to Deb Peter son 7 E. Geneva St., Mount Carroll, IL 61053. Peterson is one of the event’s organizers.

To apply for toys, applicants are asked to text their information to 815-535-1073 or apply online at carroll-county-il.toysfortots. org. Libraries and schools in the county also have applications available.

Toy distribution will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16, at the Church of God, 816 S. Clay St. in Mount Carroll.

Toys For Tots fundraising events bene fiting Carroll County Toys For Tots are:

• Nov. 5 – Dart tournament at Dave’s Place, Lanark. Register at noon, throw at 1 p.m.

• Nov. 12 – Quarter auction at Sandburr

Run, Thomson, noon

• Nov. 16 – Bingo at Candlelight at Lake Carroll, 7 p.m.

• Nov. 26 – Pool tournament at TnT’s Roundhouse, Savanna, 1 p.m. sign-in, 2 p.m. start

• Dec. 9, 10, 11 – Santa, hot cocoa and Christmas lights at the Nest at Palisades Cabins, Savanna, 5 to 9 p.m.

For more information, call Peterson at 563-343-2370.

Sign up for Lanark’s Lighted Tractor Parade

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CHADWICK-MILLEDGEVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FIRST QUARTER HONOR ROLL

High Honors

6th Grade – Sophia Armstrong, Ava Dodson, Brielle Gabbard, Britlyn Gab bard, Tori Gabbard, Kinlee Johnson, Easton Ottens, Gracie Raymond, Landen Rogers, Kayleigh Schroeder, Tyler Stepp, Reese Thomure, Rylie Vanmeter

7th Grade – Henry Frampton, Ken nedy Livengood, William Maloy, Claire Ottens, Megan Schenck, Harper Urish, Brynley Wiersema, Adelle Wilkinson

8th Grade – Jozlynn Castro, Dawson Deets, Kysen Gabbard, Charles Raymond, Ava Schluter, Linnea Thorngren

9th Grade – Addison Janssen, Konner Johnson, Kendra Kingsby, Karter Liven good, Leslie Mayne, Makayla Meier, Loren Meiners, Natalie Pilgrim, Olivia Wooden

10th Grade – Lili Drinkall, Lilly Eber sole, Hannah Foster, Kendra Hutchison, Jackson Scidmore, Abigail Sturrup

11th Grade – Payten Ehredt, Holley Frederick, Maliah Grenoble, Skyler Hart man, Kylee Jensen, Wyatt Meiners, Jacob Promenschenkel, Lea Scanlan, Olivia Schurman, Cole Short, Jace Urish

12th Grade – Cayden Akers, Bryce

Aude, Eric Ebersole, Kacen Johnson, Zachary Pauley, Isabella Pena, Bromley Rogers, Lily Smith, Marissa Sturrup, Kolton Wilk, Ainsley Yingling

Honor Roll

6th Grade – Alyhanna Aude, Karaleigh Bender, Finlee Manning, Lacey Mayne, Evvy Miller, Jaxon Miller, Lynde Williams

7th Grade – Kaelin Davis-Bellows, Madalynn Dorathy, Kyson Francis, Lexis Grenoble, Elaina Pilgrim, Madilyn Todd, Lillian Weires

8th Grade – Juliana Folkers, Elektra Gabbard, Kruz Gabbard, Gabriella Gal legos, Parker Saunders, Samantha Thielen

9th Grade – Sydney Barkley, Madysen Carpenter, Brinley Hackbarth, Keagan Helfrich, Jordyn Judd, Bennett Mickelson, Gabriel Pauley, Caleb Sarber, Bryson Wiersema

10th Grade – Dalton Adamec, Timo thy Farrell, Blake Marruffo, Presley Nel lish, Cayden Oates

11th Grade – Austin Jones, Cameron Mickelson, Owen Rayhorn, Rylan Shenefelt, Alexandria Vallejo

12th Grade – Aiden Barkley, Elijah Barraza-McCleary, Lydia Faulkner, Carlynn Hackbarth, Trent Miller, Caley Munz, Breanna Schroeder

Honorable Mention

6th Grade – Emma Buyers, Colin Byvick, Leigha Kersten, Leo Neuner, Dea con Sigel, Colton Stiles, Britt Thorngren

7th Grade – Lyla Anderson, Sophia Behrens, Brenna Dodd, Emily Easta brooks, Wyatt Ebersole, Ryder House, Zachary Near, Aleana Smit, Caleb Van Dyke, Blake Wooden

8th Grade – Anthony Claudin

mittee will host its annual Lighted Trac tor Parade the evening of Friday, Nov. 25.

“Light up and decorate your tractor, ATV, RV, truck or any motorized vehicle in a Christmas theme and line up for the parade at 6 p.m. at the corner of Boyd and Tower streets,” said Denise Krysiak, coordinator.

To participate, register by calling The Special Touch at 815-493-6366 or by stopping in at 504 W. Illinois Route 64, Lanark. Include your name, phone num ber and type of vehicle.

Please register by Nov. 18, Krysiak said.

9th Grade – Lillian Biller, Rayden Ehredt, Kayleigh Floto, Kayden Knutti, Macey Schryver

10th Grade - Johnathon Brearton, Alex Chaffee, Layney Daugherty, Lauren Halsted, Wyatt House, Taylor Sarber, Trevor Schluter, Micah Toms-Smith

11th Grade – Maria Arce, Gabriella Ash, Ashlin Bellows, Carly Grim, Colton Hendrick, EmmaLei Safranski, Payton Siperly

12th Grade – Braden Brown, Khrysti yan Dunn, Madalyn Kersten, Maxwell Last, Owen Moeller, Mackenzie Stafford, Aliza Wittbecker

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Cross Country Sectional

Nearly every year, Erie-Prophetstown, Newman and Rock Falls are in a dogfight for the final team qualification spots at the 1A boys cross country sectional. This year was no different. The Comets grabbed the sixth and final berth, while Rock Falls and E-P were ninth and 10th.

It’s one of the oldest sports clichés, but this truly was a team effort by Newman. The highest individual finisher was Lucas Simpson (17:44.1) at 28th, which wouldn’t have even made it as an individual qualifier. Close behind was Lucas Schaab (17:54.2) at 31st.

Rock Falls had two individual qualifiers in Jose Gomez in 11th (17:18.9) and Anthony Valdivia right behind in 12th (17:19.4).

Carson Jones of Polo is another senior returning qualifier. He improved from 26th place and 17:59 in 2021 to 18th place and 17:28.9 this season.

“We came here earlier in the week and picked out my weaknesses on the course,” Jones said. “That’s what I needed to work on, and I think I did that. It also helped having run the course nine times before.”

Riverdale dominated the meet with a total of 33 points, well ahead of Rockford Christian’s 112. Tommy Murray, the Reagan Run 5K runner-up, took first at 16:07.3, and will be considered one of the favorites this week at Peoria’s Detweiller Park.

“I’m going down and leaving everything I have there,” said Murray, who finished in ninth place downstate in 2021.

Teammate Landis Musser was second (16:13.2) and the Rams had two other top 10 finishers.

“This is a new feeling for me,” Musser said. “We came in knowing every point would matter.”

West Carroll’s Roscoe Davies was 63rd in 18:43.28 and Eastland’s Hudson Groezinger finished 95th in 19:35.40.

Girls race: After placing fourth last year at the 1A sectional, Rock Falls improved to second and will be making its fifth straight trip downstate

The Rockets, with 101 points, weren’t too far away from team champ and perennial power Winnebago, which had 85. Leading the way were Hana Ford in ninth at 19:56.0 and Ariel Hernandez in 12th at 20:08.2.

Oregon sophomore Ella Dannhorn (20:50.4) made it 2-for-2 in trips downstate as an individual with an 18th-place finish on her home course. Last year, she took the final individual state berth, and this time nabbed the next-to-last spot.

Eastland’s Leslie Mayne finished 48th (22:41.6).

The final results weren’t officially posted until nearly three hours after the girls meet

Eastland’s Leslie Mayne heads to the finish line at the 1A Oregon Sectional on Saturday, Oct. 29. Mayne finished 47th in 22:41.60.

ended because of a discrepancy with the cameras not identifying one of the qualifiers, and a problem with another qualifier wearing the wrong bib.

It added to a long day compounded by a later start time because the timing company had to do another sectional at Elgin earlier that morning.

One thing there was no question about was the individual champ. Freshman star Sundara Weber of Sandwich, who was at a loss for words after the race, won with a time of 18:48.3, nearly a half-minute ahead of Johnsburg’s Jolene Cashmore in second place (19:14.5).

Football 8-Man Playoffs

Milledgeville 52, West Prairie 3: With just over a minute to play in the first half of Saturday’s eight-man first-round playoff game at Floyd Daub Field, the Milledgeville Missiles lined up to receive a kickoff after a West Prairie field goal.

Up to that point, it had been a classic low-scoring slugfest, but when the kickoff went to Kacen Johnson, everything changed in a flash. Johnson returned the kick down the home team sideline 86 yards for a touchdown, igniting a four-touchdown blitz in a 2 minute, 30 second game-time window.

When the final buzzer sounded, the thoughts of that low-scoring slugfest were a distant memory, while a 52-3 victory for the Missiles was an instant reality.

“I saw that wall form and I knew that I was going to get behind them,” Johnson said. “That was awesome. At Milledgeville, special teams have always been a big thing for us. That really changed the momentum.”

On the second play of the ensuing possession, West Prairie quarterback Ashton Barkley made a few nifty moves to avoid the Milledgeville (7-3) pass rush, but as he turned to go up field, the ball was knocked from his hands and it was

“We answered right away out of the half, too. West Prairie came out swinging and we were on our heels a little bit, but we know our special teams are pretty tough. That’s one of the phases of the game that we spend time on to make an impact.”

It was the third of four touchdowns on the day for Johnson. He started the Milledgeville scoring with a 68-yard reception in the first quarter. In all, he had three receptions for 136 yards and three touchdowns to go along with the 86-yard kickoff return. He also had two interceptions.

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Eastland’s Hudson Groezinger (center) runs at the 1A Oregon Sectional. He finished 95th in 19:35.40.

recovered by the Missiles.

Two plays later, Milledgeville quarterback Connor Nye pitched the ball backward to Bryce McKenna, who then heaved the ball down the field to Johnson for a 27-yard touchdown pass. Just like that, a game in which Milledgeville led 8-3 with 1:16 left in the half had turned into a 24-3 lead with 27 seconds left.

“That’s huge going into halftime, especially when we are getting the ball right out of half,” Milledgeville coach Jason Wroble said.

After halftime, Nye kept the ball for three consecutive plays, and that’s all the Missiles needed to move the ball down the field 70 yards for the touchdown. The big play was Nye and Kolton Wilk running the option around end. Nye held the ball on Wilk’s hip until the last possible moment, then kept it and slashed inside for a play that went for 45 yards.

After an interception by Micah TomsSmith, Nye found Johnson for a 41-yard touchdown with 10:46 left in the third quarter to put Milledgeville up 40-3.

Wilk had a 38-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, and Evan Schrenck threw a 30-yard touchdown pass to Spencer Nye late

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Hiawatha 8: The Marcos didn’t miss a beat in a 44-8 win over Hiawatha in an eight-man game Oct. 28.

Brock Soltow ran for 224 yards, Delo Fernandez had 161 more, and Polo (8-2) controlled the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball.

Soltow carried the load behind that impres sive offensive line. He ran 20 times for 192 yards and four touchdowns in the first half alone, as the Marcos took a 38-8 lead into the locker room.

Polo’s Brock Soltow outruns Hiawatha’s Thomas Butler (5) and Christopher Korb (6) for a big gain during their first-round eight-man playoff game.

Most of the plays were just direct snaps to Soltow, who would either hand off to Fernandez or, more often, take it himself and follow the offensive line, as well as Fernan dez and Cayden Webster as they served as

lead blockers.

Polo ran 43 times for 453 yards, while limiting the Hawks to 91 total yards on just 37 plays. Hiawatha (6-4) had five first downs in the game, and three came on its opening

possession. Korb ran for 50 yards and was 2 for 10 passing for 44 yards and two interceptions.

The Marcos opened the game with runs of 16, 32, 9 and 8 yards, with the last one being a Soltow touchdown run for an 8-0 lead just 55 seconds into the game.

Polo advances to play at Cambridge/ Ridgewood at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5.

Football Playoff Scores

Oct. 28

Class 3A: Byron 52, Lisle 7; Stillman Valley 48, Monmouth-Roseville 33; Seneca 48, Winnebago 20

Class 4A: Rochelle 42, Dixon 36, OT

Oct. 29

Class 1A: Marquette 20, Morrison 6; Fulton 38, Aurora Christian 13; Forreston 46, St. Bede 22; Lena-Winslow 48, Chicago Richards 6; Ottawa Marquette 20, Morrison 6; Dakota 16, Iroquois West 14

Class 2A: Rockridge 42, Newman 12

Class 3A: Pecatonica-Durand 52, Catalyst Maria 8

Class 5A: Sterling 34, St. Viator 17

Eight-man: Amboy-LaMoille-Ohio 48, Farmer City Blue Ridge 0; Milford-Cissna Park 70, AFC 24

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