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Week III | September 13, 2014

ALWAYS IN A RUSH Oregon’s running game makes quick work of Rockets on wet track. Page FB6.

ABOVE: Oregon’s Garrett Rude breaks a Rock Falls tackle during Friday’s 40-0 home win. – Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com

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12 Dixon 32 Lutheran

0 Rock Falls 47 Oregon

0 Erie-P’town 40 Riverdale

49 Newman 22 Bureau Valley

50 Galena 6 Milledgeville

41 Eastland-P.C. 44 20 Dakota 7

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24 Mendota 38 Byron

23 Amboy 13 Hall

14 Morrison 35 Fulton

0 AFC 42 River Ridge

30 Polo 6 Stockton

59 Forreston 36 West Carroll

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Around the state

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

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commentary | from the sideline

Two ways to do business O

REGON – Two football philosophies were on display Friday night, and they were about as polar opposite as you could get.

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

I would guess some Oregon fans wish their team would adopt some of the Rock Falls offensive ways.

After all, who doesn’t like to see receivers streaking down the field, hauling in a perfect spiral once in a while.

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

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

of bounds.

It was an offensive clinic brianWEIDMAN by the Hawks.

Sports Rock Falls, meanwhile, reporter. was simply offensive, but Reach him at bweidman@ not in a good way. The runsaukvalley. ning game (10 carries for 9 com or 800yards) was non-existant.

798-4085, Quarterback Noah Junis, ext. 5551. making his first varsity start, completed 19 of 41 passes for 152 yards, but was also picked off three times. He was victimized total which the Rockets accumulate in a quarter, if by numerous drops.

The Rockets have been they’re clicking. a point-scoring machine I would guess some Rock Falls fans would like in recent seasons, but now have just 14 in three to see their wide-open, pass-happy offense reined games, and have been shut out twice. in a bit, with more of an And then there’s the speemphasis on grinding out cial teams. Please punt the yardage, instead of gamball when it is obviously bling on big plays.

There was no doubt which called for.

Oregon’s second, third philosophy was more and fourth TD drives effective on Friday night. started at the Rock Falls Oregon moved the ball at will on the ground, gaining 29, 42 and 29 after failed chunks of yardage in small fourth-down conversion attempts. The Rockets’ D and medium increments. has a tough enough task, When the Rockets put 11 men at the line to stop and giving opponents the run, Oregon then put short fields only adds to the problems. the ball in the air. Two It added up to a continual of Orsted’s three passes running clock for the secwent for scores, and a third could have, but was ond half. No one in the press box was disappointed bobbled at the goalline to cut that game short. before being caught out

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Oregon’s Chris Jordan scrambles for yards against Rock Falls on Friday at Landers-Loomis Field. The Hawks’ ability to run the ball proved to be mightier than the Rockets’ passing attack. Oregon won 40-0.

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STERLING 32, RICH SOUTH 12

Brighter than Stars 7ARRIORS PUT IT ALL TOGETHER IN SECOND HALF AT 2OSCOE %ADES

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVM

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

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

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

In the end, the Golden Warriors were virtually mistakefree down the stretch, allowing them to pull away for a 32-12 victory over the Stars in nonconference play, setting up a Week 4 showdown against Morris next Friday. “We’ve got to get things figured out a little bit sooner,� said Sterling coach Jon Schlemmer. “But I thought we did some really good things tonight. Our front four got after the quarterback, and I think when you’re able to do that, good things are going to follow.�

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

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Sterling’s Rafael Escalante picks up yards against the Rich South defense during Friday’s game at Roscoe Eades Stadium. The Warriors played cleanly after half to earn a 32-12 win. the Rich South 2-yard line that set up a touchdown plunge by Brian Folsom for the game’s first score. The run came after Thornton threw an interception on his team’s second play from scrimmage; it was the Warriors’ first turnover on the season.

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

to open the third quarter with a 4-yard TD run that gave his team an 18-6 lead. “He’s a great player. I know he was upset that he made some mistakes early on, but he didn’t get down,� Schlemmer said. “I don’t know what it is, but he’s got it.�

Rich South (1-2) opened the season with a shellacking at the hands of Mendota, and last week it barely

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

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

Warriors tightened things up and played virtually mistakefree football after the break. “The third quarter, we came out and our kids responded,�

Schlemmer said. “We’re getting close. I can’t say we’re where we want to be, but we’re getting better.�

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

Friday’s performance was an encouraging sign. “We knew they were going to try to go outside and run outside of us,� said senior cornerback Rafael Escalante. “We made some big plays. We’ve got very athletic guys on our defense.�

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

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NEWMAN 50, BUREAU VALLEY 6

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

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

He needn’t have worried.

Newman rallied from an early deficit to roll past the Bureau Valley Storm 50-6 on Friday night in Manlius, and Bolin had plenty of opportunities to make up for the early miscue.

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

“It felt great to make some plays and help the team,” Bolin said.

“The coaches worked with us all week about taking away the deep ball, and I just didn’t flop soon enough … plus, Parker’s really fast. That play was on me, and

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Newman’s Nolan McGinn breaks through the tackle of Bureau Valley’s Tyler Gonigam on his way to a touchdown Friday in Manlius. The Comets won 50-6.

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

The first BV touchdown came after a Brady Rude fumble one play after a 47-yard run by Nolan McGinn, but that was the only drive of the Comets’ first seven that didn’t result in a touchdown.

McGinn, Rude, and Dillan Heffelfinger all hit the 100-yard mark by halftime, and Newman (3-0, 1-0 Three Rivers North) was up 36-6 by that point.

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

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

a five-possession span.

The dagger really hit home on Newman’s first play from scrimmage following the INT, Brady Rude busted through the middle of the line and outran everybody for an 80-yard touchdown, turning what could have been a 28-12 lead into a 36-6 margin 2½ minutes before halftime.

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

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

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

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

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

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OREGON 40, ROCK FALLS 0

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rockets coach Scott Berge put that on his players.

Star of the game: Chris Jordan, Oregon, 3 interceptions Key performers: Brayton Finch, Oregon, 6 carries, 38 yards, 2 TDs; Jerrick Orsted, Oregon, 2 TD passes Up next: Oregon at Dixon; Byron at Rock Falls, both 7 p.m. Friday

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Rock Falls’ Jacob Mammosser takes a hit from Oregon’s Jordan Rogers during Friday’s game at Landers-Loomis Field. The Hawks won 40-0.

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

It’s their game. They play it how they play it, and hopefully we can work out a happy medium.”

Brayton Finch scored on runs

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“The first thing we’ve got to do is catch the darn ball,” Berge said.

“We had probably seven, eight, nine drops tonight, and when you’re doing that, that’s difficult.

Number 77 [Oregon lineman Matt Crandall] , we just couldn’t get away from him to get a running game going, and when you can’t get a running game, it’s easy to sit back and defend us.”

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FULTON 42, MORRISON 0

Steamers a shoe-in &ULTON S BALANCED RUNNING GAME ENDS -ORRISON S STREAK

BY PATRICK MASON pmason@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5550

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Morrison’s Andy Bird (right) brings down Futlon’s Michael Pidde during Friday’s Wooden Shoe Bowl in Fulton. The Steamers won 42-0 to end Morrison’s 10-game winning streak in the series. started a running clock with 2:38 to play in the third.

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

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

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

defensively on one ball carrier.

“When you can have each guy lead a balanced attack, it keeps the defense off-balance,” Fulton coach Patrick Lower said.

“It sounds odd to be balanced because we didn’t pass often, but I think we did a good job of keeping them guessing a bit, and that worked in our favor.”

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

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

Fulton spent the past five practices in preparation for Friday night’s rivalry game working on its rushing attack. Most of the work was spent on hitting the holes as soon as the offensive line opened them.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Morrison (0-3, 0-1) started Brackemyer at quarterback for the first time this season, and the Steamers defense didn’t make it easy on the left-handed junior. Brackemyer was 1-for11 through the air, including an interception.

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

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HALL 35, AMBOY 14

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BY KEVIN HIERONYMUS Shaw Media

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Amboy coach Gary Jones said Hall surprised them.

“We were going out with a safety the first half, we had seven men in the box, and they exploited that,” Jones said.

“They threw the ball well. He did, [but] we didn’t get much pressure on the quarterback. We got matched man to man on the corners there, a little mismatches here and there.”

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

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

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

It was another Hall pass that got them on the board first. This one, however, Kevin Hieronymus/Shaw Media was a halfback option from Jake Merkel to Julian Barroso for an 81-yard strike on Amboy’s Chris Jones tries to run through two Hall defenders during Friday’s the second-play of the second quarter. game in Spring Valley. The Clippers lost 35-14.

Hammonds scored on a 5-yard run to “We went to short routes instead of I know they can go for 10 or 20, maybe give Hall a 12-0 lead with Dallas Appleman getting the Clippers on the board just trying to go deep, and it worked,” even a touchdown.

Pullam said. “My receivers can make Tieman said Pullam will be a secret with under one minute left in the third on a 5-yard score of his own. plays, I know if I dump off a 1-yard pass, weapon no more.

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POLO 59, STOCKTON 36

ROCKFORD LUTHERAN 47, DIXON 0

Robinson roughs up Dukes

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Polo’s Brody Grobe eludes Stockton tacklers Friday during the Marcos’ 59-36 NUIC Upstate road win.

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By SVM Sports Staff

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

Brody Grobe ran for 130 yards, threw for 102 more, and accounted for six of Polo’s eight touchdowns.

He ran in from 63, 9, and 4 yards, and connected on scoring strikes with Brad Cavanaugh (twice) and Richie Bartnick.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Robinson’s night against the Dukes (2-1, 0-1 BNC West) saw 302 yards gained on his accord on 23 carries.

Four of the Crusaders’ seven touchdowns were in his name, further complicating the Dukes’ try at getting its first Big Northern West win in program history.

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

mage to hold the allstate junior. However, most of Robinson’s big runs came on the endaround to the left side.

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

“Robinson did a nice job tonight,” Dixon coach Dave Smith said.

“They had good balance, but it was mostly Robinson. We knew that, and it’s a good time of the year to start learning again. We just got to keep going to the drawing board and keep working. There’s not much to say other than Robinson did what he needed to do. We knew it was going to happen and we couldn’t stop it.”

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

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

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

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

However, those stops stood out amongst the rest of the Dixon defensive efforts, as most big Crusader runs came on second- and thirdchance efforts.

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

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

Douglas led the Dukes’ rushing corps with 31 yards on seven carries.

Senior quarterback JD Gieson went 2-for-9 in passing for 21 yards.

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

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

“I believe in our kids,” Smith said. “We just got to regroup and work back on fundamentals – it’s not an X’s and O’s thing – it’s a fundamental issue.

I take 100 percent of the blame tonight. I’ve got to get our kids better prepared.”

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

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

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

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

River Ridge (0-3, 0-3) scored Craig Lang/Shaw Media with 29 seconds left in the Milledgeville’s Nick DeVito is wrapped up by a Galena tackler during Friday night’s action at Floyd game.

Daub Field in Milledgeville. The Pirates won 41-20.

Erie-Prophetstown 49, Riverdale 22: Dylan Binion had four

touchdowns – on runs of 13, 32, 1 and 24 yards – in a Three Rivers North road win.

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

touchdowns.

Jared Forward scooped up a fumble and took it 35 yards for a score early in the second quarter, just 16 seconds after Binion ran in his third touchdown of the game. Quarterback Jordan

Chandler had a score of his touchdowns to pace the Misown, on a 34-yard run. siles (1-2) in a home loss.

Riverdale scored all of its 22 Harris added another score points in the second half. via his arm in the third quarter, Galena 41, Milledgeville 20: connecting with receiver Buddy Jordan Harris had 34 yards on Bibler to cap the scoring for the ground and two rushing Milledgeville. Harris finished

Friday’s stars Dylan Binion, E-P, 4 rushing TDs in first half Jordan Harris, Milledgeville, 2 rushing TDs, 1 passing Jake Hageman, AFC, 2 rushing TDs with 185 yards through the air on 13 of 28 passing.

Galena jumped out to a 14-point lead in the first quarter and never trailed in the game.

The Missiles scored all of their 20 points in the second and third quarters.

Forreston 66, West Carroll 0:

Kaleb Hartman took four carries for a team-high 42 yards for West Carroll in a home loss.

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

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

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores at Roscoe Eades Stadium

STERLING 32, RICH SOUTH 12 RS S First downs 10 17 Total yards 139 302 Rushes-yards 35-63 43-265 Passing yards 76 37 Passing (C-A-I) 6-14-0 3-10-2 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Penalties-yards 8-56 5-56 Rich South 0 6 0 6 — 12 Sterling 6 6 6 14 — 32 First quarter S – Folsom, 2 run (kick failed) 5:12 Second quarter R – Brooks Jr., 2 run (pass failed) 10:12 S – Escalante, 5 run (run failed) 2:42 Third quarter S – Thornton, 4 run (run failed) 9:33 Fourth quarter S – Thornton, 22 run (Diaz kick) 10:50 S – Escalante, 1 run (Diaz kick) 8:26 R – Waltower, 20 run (kick failed) 3:41 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Rich South: Brooks Jr. 13-72, Johnson 1-30, Waltower 6-2, Garrett 1-(1), Arriaga 1-(-11), Cooks 13-(-29). Sterling: Thornton 15-147, Escalante 17-96, Folsom 4-17, Morse 2-4, Jacoby 4-5, Bruce 2-(-4).

PASSING – Rich South: Cooks 5-13-0 50, Brooks Jr. 1-1-0 26; Sterling: Thornton 3-10-2 37.

RECEIVING – Rich South: Shaw 1-26, Sudduth 2-26, Brooks Jr. 1-11, Waltower 1-2, Wade 1-1. Sterling: Morse 2-29, Escalante 1-8 Records: Sterling 2-1, Rich South 1-2

at Lutheran H.S., Rockford

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

6-37.5 1-43 Dixon 0 0 0 0 — 0 Lutheran 14 26 0 7 — 47 First quarter RL – James Robinson 34 run (kick good), 10:48 RL – Horton 1 run (kick good), 1:33 Second quarter RL – Robinson 30 run (kick blocked), 11:13 RL – Robinson 5 run (2-point run failed), 7:11 RL – Robinson 16 run (2-point run failed), 4:59 RL – Dario Ingardona 5 pass from Horton (2-point run good), :13 Fourth quarter RL – Ingardona 1 run (kick good), 9:16

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Dixon: Quinton Douglas 7-31, Cody Mighell 5-9, Kyle LeBlanc 1-0, JD Gieson 6-(minus 22). Lutheran: Robinson 23-302, Zach Harris 4-65, Nick Brigham 6-34, Equavion Dismuke 1-4, Josh Davis 1-(minus 5), Horton 6-(minus 2).

PASSING – Dixon: Gieson 2-9-1-21 yards, Gascoigne 1-5-0-9 yards. Lutheran: Horton 1-8-0-54 yards, Brigham 1-2-0-8 yards.

RECEIVING – Dixon: Ryan Webb 1-11, LeBlanc 2-14. Lutheran: Ingardona 2-54, Harris 1-8.

MISSED FIELD GOAL – Adam Pearson 31 yards, 5:25 first quarter.

Records: Dixon 2-1 (0-1 BNC West), Lutheran 3-0 (1-0)

PASSING – Fulton: Tyler Sweenie 0-1-0, 0 yards. Morrison: Joey Brackemyer 1-11-1, 4 yards.

RECEIVING – Morrison: Justin Jensen 1-4.

Records: Fulton 2-1 (1-0 TRAC North), Morrison 0-3 (0-1)

at Nesti Stadium, Spring Valley

HALL 35, AMBOY 14

at Landers-Loomis Field, Oregon

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

0-0 0-0 Rock Falls 0 0 0 0 — 0 Oregon 8 32 0 0 — 40 First quarter O – Brayton Finch 3 run (Finch pass from Jerrick Orsted), 4:46 Second quarter O – Garrett Rude 1 run (John Ghibellini run), 11:57 O – Josh Cook 42 pass from Orsted (Rude run), 11:07 O – Finch 15 run (Maverik Good pass from Orsted), 4:48 O – Good 46 pass from Orsted (Finch run), 3:59 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Rock Falls: Braeden Westfall 7-18, Noah Junis 3-(minus-9). Oregon: Skylar Short 13-49, Ghibellini 11-47, Finch 6-38, Good 6-30, Rude 7-26, Chris Jordan 4-16, Orsted 2-4, Will Rice 1-2.

PASSING – Rock Falls: Junis 19-413, 152 yards. Oregon: Orsted 2-3-0, 88 yards.

RECEIVING – Rock Falls: Tanner Dean 7-51, Connor Cain 7-47, Jake Mammosser 3-14, Cayden Roberts 2-31, Brondon Russell 1-9. Oregon: Good 1-46, Cook 1-42.

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

NEWMAN 50, BUREAU VALLEY 6 First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Punts-average

N 19 549 49-504 45 2-4-1 2-1 3-25 1-45.0

BV 12 396 24-112 284 13-30-4 2-1 13-73 5-22.8

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Newman BV

14 22 8 6 — 50 6 0 0 0 — 6 First quarter BV – Parker Neuhalfen 79 pass from Drake Davis (pass failed), 8:05 N – Dillan Heffelfinger 2 run (run failed), 5:48 N – Nolan McGinn 7 run (Logan Whitman run), 3:12 Second quarter N – Heffelfinger 3 run (Heffelfinger run), 11:17 N – Heffelfinger 15 pass from Whitman (run failed), 5:18 N – Brady Rude 80 run (Heffelfinger run), 2:38 Third quarter N – McGinn 79 run (Rude run), 8:17 Fourth quarter N – McGinn 1 run (run failed), 10:44 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Newman: McGinn 14-205, Rude 11-147, Heffelfinger 15-120, Eli Monier 3-18, Regan Todhunter 2-15, Trevor Bolin 2-3, Kyle Decker 1-(minus2), Whitman 1-(minus-2). BV: Josh Mead 7-39, Neuhalfen 5-29, Davis 3-20, Tommy Johnston 5-15, Will Konneck 2-4, Errold Humphries 1-4, Caje Peterson 1-1.

PASSING – Newman: Whitman 2-4-1-45 yards. BV: Davis 12-29-4-263 yards, Neuhalfen 1-1-0-21 yards.

RECEIVING – Newman: Rude 1-30, Heffelfinger 1-15. BV: Neuhalfen 5-156, Johnston 5-104, Davis 1-21, Alex Johnson 1-6, Konneck 1-(minus-3).

Records: Newman 3-0 (1-0 TRAC North), BV 0-3 (0-1)

at Fulton

FULTON 42, MORRISON 0 M F First downs 6 9 Total yards 81 414 Rushes-yards 31-77 50-414 Passing yards 4 0 Passing (C-A-I) 1-11-1 0-1-0 Fumbles-lost 7-3 1-1 Penalties-yards 1-5 8-71 Punts 6 3 Morrison 0 0 0 0 – 0 Fulton 7 14 21 0 – 42 First quarter F– Tyler Sweenie 3 run (Jack Lemke kick), 6:55 Second quarter F–Jason Osborn 56 run (Jack Lemke kick), 11:47 F– Jason Osborn 76 run (Jack Lemke kick), 3:09 Third quarter F– Trey Simmons 65 run (Jack Lemke kick), 11:49 F– Michael Pidde 2 run (Jack Lemke kick), 7:27 F– Michael Pidde 5 run (Jack Lemke kick), 2:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Fulton: Michael Pidde 13-48, Trey Simmons 12-133, Tyler Sweenie 12-65, Jason Osborn 4-145, Jack Lemke 3-9, Cole McClary 2-8, Devon Ballard 4-6. Morrison: Mason Sitzmore 5-(minus 3), Joey Brackemyer 12-35, Merik Kennedy 2-7, Andy Bird 10-40, Justin Jensen 1-(minus 2).

A H First Downs 12 14 Total Yards 214 323 Rushes-yards 38-214 100 Passing yards 0 223 Passing (C-A-I) 0-2-1 10-13-0 Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-yards 4-25 6-46 Punts-average 6-38.1 4-28.8 Amboy 0 0 7 7 — 14 Hall 6 0 6 23 — 35 Second quarter H – Barroso 81 pass from Merkel (kick failed), 11:28 Third quarter H – Hammonds 5 run (pass failed), 8:32 A – Appleman 5 run (Guetirez kick), :57.5 Fourth quarter H – Merkel 33 pass from Pullam (Taber pass from Pullam), 9:14 H – Taber 28 pass from Pullam (Hammonds run), 7:54 H – Hammonds 3 run (Krolak kick, 3:45 A – Barlow 1 run (Guetirez kick), :01.6 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Amboy: Jones 24-99, Appleman 25, Richardson 3-38, Barlow 10-47.

Hall: Hammonds 12-48 (TD), Merkel (4-5), Kerr (2-30), Taber (5-15), Pullam (1-1), Bertand (1-1).

PASSING – Amboy: Barlow 0-2-1, 0 yards. Hall: Pullam 9-12, 142 yards (2 TDs), Merkel 1-1-0, 81 yards (1 TD) RECEIVING – Hall: Barroso 1-81 (TD), Taber 1-28 (TD), Merkel 4-60 (TD), Gaeta 3-46.

Records: Amboy 2-1, Hall 3-0

at Stockton

POLO 59, STOCKTON 36 First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Polo Stockton

P S 18 16 392 325 39-290 40-237 102 98 5-10-1 8-16-0 0-0 0-0 3-25 3-15 6 30 8 15 — 59 0 14 16 6 — 36

First quarter P – Jesse Ditzler 44 run (2-point fail), 9:11 Second quarter S – Vanderheyden 12 pass from T.Fox (2-point good), 8:53 P – Brody Grobe 63 run (2-point failed), 8:37 P – Richie Bartnick 21 pass from Grobe (2-point good), 4:53 S – Heiderich 3 run (2-point failed), 2:08 P – Grobe 9 run (2-point good), :31 P – Brad Cavanaugh 34 pass from Grobe (2-point good), :08 Third quarter P – Cavanaugh 11 pass from Grobe (2-point good), 10:00 S – Heiderich 28 run (2-point good), 5:39 S – Vanderheyden 2 pass from T.Fox (2-point good), 1:06 Fourth quarter P – Grobe 4 run (2-point good), 4:30 S – H.Fox 10 run (2-point failed), 4:01 P – Kevin Cheeseman 5 run (Cavanaugh kick), 1:22 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Polo: Grobe 13-130, Ditzler 4-65, Cheeseman 8-42, Cavanaugh 5-29, Dylan Beers 9-24.

PASSING – Polo: Grobe 5-9-1-102 yards, Bartnick 0-1-0-0 yards RECEIVING – Polo: Cavanaugh 3-48, Bartnick 2-54 Records: Polo 3-0 (3-0 NUIC Upstate), Stockton 2-1 (2-1) at Hanover

AFC 30, RIVER RIDGE 6 AFC RR First downs 19 7 Total yards 346 128 Rushes-yards 57-345 32-72 Passing (C-A-I) 1-2-0 4-13-0 Passing yards 1 56 Fumbles-lost 3-1 6-1 Penalties-yards 13-95 4-45 Punts-average 1-18 4-16.8 AFC 0 24 6 0 — 30 River Ridge 0 0 0 6 — 6 Second quarter AFC – Jacob Hilliker 13 run (Hilliker pass to Dylan Pitzer), 11:22 AFC – David Zinke 4 run (Hilliker pass to Pitzer), 7:07 AFC – Jake Hageman 3 run (Luke Hageman run), 1:47 Third quarter AFC – Jake Hageman 4 run (pass failed), 4:34 Fourth quarter RR – Klippert 9 pass to Klepack (pass failed), 0:29.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – AFC: Jake Hageman 17-113, Zinke 7-82, James Talley 12-69, Hilliker 44, Luke Hageman 8-30, Michael Thompson 1-4, Keywan Palmer 3-3; RR: Diaz 10-44, Klepack 11-39, Kiley 4-4, Sadle 1-(minus 3), Klipper 5-(minus-14).

PASSING – AFC: Hilliker 1-2-0 1 yard; RR: Klippert 4-13-0 56.

RECEIVING – AFC: Talley 1-1; RR: Klepack 3-33, Kiley 1-25 Records: AFC 1-2 (1-2 NUIC Upstate); River Ridge 0-3 (0-3)

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