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Week VIII | October 18, 2014

That’s a clinch Dixon secures first playoff berth since 2006 with win over Rock Falls at A.C. Bowers. Page FB7.

ABOVE: Dixon’s Cody Mighell bounces off Rock Falls’ Hunter Saathoff during Friday’s game at A.C. Bowers Field. – Philip Marruffo/pmarruffo@saukvalley.com

The bottom line Rochelle Sterling

6 Oregon 21 Mendota

21 Fulton 17 Amboy

14 Riverdale 14 Eastland-P.C. 52 Milledgeville 12 Warren 13 Bureau Valley 48 South Beloit 7 East Dubuque 55 AFC

Geneseo Ottawa

42 Rock Falls 8 Dixon

8 Morrison 48 Erie-P’town

0 Forreston 49 Pecatonica

49 West Carroll 7 Galena

6 River Ridge 48 Polo

19 0

0 Sherrard 1:30 p.m.

53 Newman Sat.

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Around the state

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

Conf.

4-0 3-1 2-2 1-3 0-4

All 8-0 6-2 2-6 3-5 0-8

NIB-12 East DeKalb Yorkville Sycamore Morris Kaneland

Conf.

4-0 3-1 1-3 2-2 0-4

Friday’s results • Sterling 21, Rochelle 6 • Kaneland 58, LaSalle-Peru 6 • Geneseo 42, Ottawa 8

Friday’s results • Morris 18, Sycamore 15 • Kaneland 58, LaSalle-Peru 6 • DeKalb 26, Yorkville 14

Friday, Oct. 24 • LaSalle-Peru at Morris, 7 • Ottawa at Yorkville, 7:15 • Rochelle at Kaneland, 7:15 • Sterling at Sycamore, 7:15 • Geneseo at DeKalb, 7:30

Friday, Oct. 24 • LaSalle-Peru at Morris, 7 • Ottawa at Yorkville, 7:15 • Rochelle at Kaneland, 7:15 • Sterling at Sycamore, 7:15 • Geneseo at DeKalb, 7:30

Three Rivers North Newman Erie-P’town Amboy Fulton Bureau Valley Riverdale Morrison

Conf.

5-0 4-2 3-2 3-2 3-2 0-5 0-5

All 7-0 5-3 5-3 5-3 4-4 0-8 0-8

Friday’s results • Fulton 14, Amboy 13 • Erie-Prophetstown 49, Morrison 0 • Bureau Valley 48, Riverdale 14 Saturday’s game • Sherrard at Newman, 1:30 Friday, Oct. 24 • Amboy at Newman, 7 • Bureau Valley at Fulton, 7:30 • Erie-Prophetstown at Orion, 7:30 • Riverdale at Morrison, 7:30

All 8-0 6-2 4-4 4-4 3-5

Eastland-P.C. Forreston Galena Lena-Winslow Dakota Durand South Beloit Pecatonica West Carroll

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

Conf.

6-0 4-2 4-2 4-2 3-3 2-4 1-5 0-6

Friday, Oct. 24 • Dixon at Byron, 7 • Mendota at Winnebago, 7 • Oregon at Stillman Valley, 7 • Lutheran at Rock Falls, 7:15

All 8-0 8-0 6-2 5-3 4-4 3-5 2-6 1-7 1-7

NUIC Upstate Stockton Aquin Polo Warren East Dubuque AFC Milledgeville River Ridge Orangeville

Conf.

7-1 6-1 6-1 5-2 3-4 2-5 2-5 1-6 0-7

All 7-1 6-2 6-2 5-3 4-4 3-5 2-6 1-7 0-8

Friday’s results • Dakota 30, Durand 14 • Lena-Winslow 42, Aquin 41 • Eastland-P.C. 52, South Beloit 7 • Forreston 49, Pecatonica 7 • Galena 48, West Carroll 6

Friday’s results • Lena-Winslow 42, Aquin 41 • East Dubuque 55, Milledgeville 12 • Stockton 44, Orangeville 12 • Polo 53, River Ridge 0 • Warren 19, AFC 0

Friday, Oct. 24 • Stockton at Dakota, 7:30 • Durand at West Carroll, 7:30 • Forreston at Eastland-Pearl City, 7:30 • Galena at Pecatonica, 7:30 • South Beloit at Lena-Winslow

Friday, Oct. 24 • AFC at Milledgeville, 7:30 • Aquin at River Ridge, 7:30 • East Dubuque at Orangeville, 7:30 • Polo at Warren, 7:30 • Stockton at Dakota, 7:30

Good Luck To All Area Football Teams!

Towing

All 8-0 6-2 5-3 5-3 4-4 2-6 2-6 0-8

Friday’s results • Byron 47, Winnebago 24 • Oregon 21, Mendota 17 • Dixon 48, Rock Falls 8 • Lutheran 48, Stillman Valley 2

NUIC Northwest Conf.

7-0 7-0 5-2 4-3 4-4 2-5 1-6 1-6 1-6

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Freeburg 62, Dupo 19 Fremd 30, Conant 14 Galesburg 35, Quincy 28, OT Genoa-Kingston 28, Harvard 23 Georgetown-Ridge Farm/Chrisman 47, Hoopeston 6 Glenbard South 28, IC Catholic 14 Glenbrook North 56, Maine West 26 Glenbrook South def. Waukegan, forfeit Grayslake North 61, Grayslake Central 13 Greenfield-Northwestern 26, Jacksonville Routt 0 Greenville 58, Gillespie 26 Gurnee Warren 21, Lake Zurich 17 Hall 14, Kewanee 13 Hamilton County def. Elverado, forfeit Herrin 63, Harrisburg 21 Herscher 24, Sandwich 0 Hersey 35, Wheeling 14 Highland 59, Mascoutah 39 Highland Park 34, Niles North 14 Hillsboro 51, Litchfield 8 Hinsdale Central 21, Oak Park River Forest 17 Hinsdale South 55, Berwyn-Cicero Morton 10 Hoffman Estates 28, Schaumburg 14 Homewood-Flossmoor 68, Lockport 21 Hononegah 42, Rockford Guilford 7 Hope Academy 7, Chicago Christian 0 Huntley 55, McHenry 28 Illini West (Carthage) 44, Hamilton (West Hancock) 8 Jacksonville 63, Lincoln 14 Johnsburg 7, Burlington Central 0 Joliet Catholic 27, Benet 0 Kankakee 34, Rich East 22 Kennedy 22, Juarez 16, OT Kenwood 28, Chicago Washington 14 Knoxville 21, South Fulton 19 Lake Forest 42, Zion Benton 6 Lakes Community 45, Antioch 18 Lawrenceville 41, Red Hill 6 Lemont 57, Tinley Park 20 LeRoy 6, Tremont 0 Lewistown 35, Havana 7 Lexington 40, Colfax Ridgeview 19 Limestone 14, Dunlap 13 Lincoln Way North 29, Bradley-Bourbonnais 23 Lincoln-Way East 23, Bolingbrook 9 Lyons 21, York 10 Machesney Park Harlem 54, Rockford Jefferson 7 Mahomet-Seymour 16, Bloomington Central Catholic 0 Maine South 46, Evanston Township 19 Manteno 50, Westmont 12 Marengo 42, Rockford Christian 13 Marian Catholic (Chicago Heights) 28, Niles Notre Dame 14 Marion 42, Carbondale 14 Marmion 56, Aurora Christian 0 Maroa-Forsyth 46, Champaign St. Thomas More 7 Mercer County 43, West Central 8 Metamora 47, Pekin 14 Metea Valley 45, Glenbard East 27 Minooka 41, Oswego East 14 Momence 14, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 3 Monticello 40, Rantoul 8 Montini 24, Fenwick 7 Mount Vernon 36, Centralia 29 Mt. Carmel 36, Boonville, Ind. 7

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commentary | from the sideline

Best play in Dixon’s book D

IXON – With a smile brighter than the Friday Night Lights, and wider than the 10 yards he had just run, Dixon senior David Goken was mobbed in the back corner of the end zone.

Overwhelmed by the whole situation, all Goken could do was accept the slaps on the helmets and shoulder pads from his fellow 12th-graders.

Goken, the Dukes’ autistic team manager, spent the final home game of his senior season standing in full pads with the rest of his teammates, and served as a captain for the pregame coin toss.

Before the game, after walking out with the rest of the seniors and their parents, his classmates gave him a special gift basket and a poster of David wearing his No. 68 Dixon jersey.

But it was after the game that brought tears to the eyes of David’s parents, Matt and Lori. With the clock running down, coach Dave Smith gathered his other 12 seniors together on the sideline

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remember forever.”

After the handshakes were done with the Rockets – including many, many thanks for allowing Goken his moment to shine – Dixon players, fans and parents crowded around in a massive jumble, as the coaches looked Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com on. Goken was in the Surrounded by his parents and teammates, David Goken is congratulated and center of it all, and got to thanked for his dedication to the Dixon Dukes football team. Goken, who has break down the final home autism, is the team’s manager, but got to dress for Friday’s game. huddle of these seniors’ careers with an ear-splitting “Duke pride!”

After motioning David to “Technically, it was an and sprung the surprise “This is so crazy; look join them, the student sec- illegal formation with all on them. tion and the Dixon sideline 13 seniors out there,” Gie- at all this,” said wideout After the final horn Matt Coffey, Goken’s oldstarted chants of “David! son said, smiling almost sounded, the Rock Falls est friend. “This team, this David!” Quarterback JD as wide as his friend.

Rockets players stayed community, David is a big Gieson took the shotgun “But that was so special; out on the field. The ball part of it, and this is someit was a surprise even was moved to the 10-yard snap, handed the ball to thing he’ll never forget – to us, but to have David line, in front of the Dixon Goken, and the Dukes none of us will, the players paved a path into the end get to do something he’s student section, and the or coaches or parents or zone, with Goken running never done before …

12 Dukes seniors jogged fans. Everybody who was right behind them. that’s something we’ll all out on the field.

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After photos of the seniors together, and the seniors with their families, Goken still couldn’t stop smiling. When asked about his feat, he raised his hands to signal touchdown.

“Happy!” he crowed.

“Dixon wins, in the playoffs!”

His dad was equally at a loss to fully comprehend the scene that had just unfolded in front of him.

“This is just awesome,” he said, wiping his eyes.

“I think he was shocked when I helped him into the pads before the game, and he’s got to be on Cloud Nine right now.

“David loves these kids, Lori and I love these kids, and there’s nothing better in the world than David getting the chance to do this with his best friends.”

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WARREN 19, AFC 0

Raiders’ bubble bursts Warren eliminates AFC from playoff contention

BY ROB LAIRD Special to SVM

FRANKLIN GROVE – The hugs and emotion showed by the AshtonFranklin Center football team following Friday night’s 19-0 loss to Warren looked like a scene common following a season-ending loss.

That wasn’t exactly the case for the host Raiders, who travel to Milledgeville next week, but for a hard-fighting team clinging to playoff aspirations, Friday’s loss – AFC’s playoff-killing fifth of the year – sure felt like one.

“I’m proud of every one of these guys,” said senior linebacker Kevin Kurz. “They came out with their backs against the wall and played hard all game long tonight. I can’t wait to see what they do next year.”

Kurz is one of just four seniors on the Raiders’ roster, and he certainly played like his football career was on the line, racking up six solo tackles, including two for a loss, and assisting on 13 other stops.

It’s hard to say where this loss ranks on the gut-punch scale in comparison to some of the Raiders’ other tough-luck losses. Was it worse than a Week 1 loss to Aquin in which they blew a second-half lead? Possibly.

Was it tougher to take than Week

7’s three-point defeat at the hands of East Dubuque, which gave AFC four losses and put the team’s back against the wall with 2 weeks to play? Maybe.

One thing is certain, though. Coach Brad Winterland is ready for his team’s luck to turn around. This season has been a nice improvement from 2013’s 1-8 campaign, but with three tough defeats on its résume´, 3-5 doesn’t feel all that great.

“We’ve come a long way,” Winterland said. “We’ve got to keep plugging along. With our inexperience, I think part of it is our kids don’t know how to take that win, especially if it’s a win they weren’t expected to get.”

For Warren (5-3), its wafer-thin title hopes remain alive in the NUIC Upstate, improving to 5-2 in the division. But earning the win wasn’t easy. After AFC forced a turnover on downs to start the game, the Raiders (3-5, 2-5) marched down the field on their Senior Night for a 16-play, 76-yard drive that took nearly the entire rest of the quarter and brought them all the way down to third-and-goal on the Warriors’ 1-yard line.

AFC was stuffed twice, however, including on a sneak on fourth down that saw the upper portion of

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quarterback Jacob Hilliker’s body – but apparently not the football – cross the goalline.

Three plays later, on the first play of the second quarter, Warren quarterback Kendall Cox found wide receiver Kendall Harris wide open down the right sideline for a 99-yard score.

“We marched down the field pretty well. From where I was at, it looked like he was in,” Winterland said. “Then they come right out and score a touchdown. I think that right there was a huge swing in the game. We still had chances, but we didn’t capitalize.”

Warren’s other two scores were aided, respectively, by an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on an AFC assistant coach, and a fourthand-23 conversion deep in Raiders territory on a pass to a receiver who clearly came back in from out-ofbounds before catching the pass.

The final touchdown all but ended AFC’s chances at a comeback.

Jake Hageman had eight carries for 52 yards on AFC’s long firstquarter drive, but like all of the Raiders’ offense, he was held in Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com check after that. He finished with 66 rushing yards on 13 carries. AFC AFC’s Bryan Dewey goes in for a tackle during the had just 45 yards of total offense fourth quarter of Friday’s game at Mel Barron Field in Franklin Grove. The Raiders lost 19-0. after its first drive.

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FULTON 14, AMBOY 13

Two call, too close Steamers D-line stops late 2-point conversion by Clippers

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

AMBOY – It was a good time for Fulton defensive linemen Jake VanZuiden and Alex Gillis to do something neither has done in their football career.

Amboy’s Drake Barlow scored a touchdown with 4:16 to play in the game. An offsides penalty by Fulton on the extra point moved the ball closer, and the Clippers decided to go for the 2-point try and the win.

It was then when VanZuiden and Gillis busted through the Amboy offensive line and made their first career game-saving tackle as they met Barlow just before the goal line and brought him to the ground.

The tackle preserved a 1-point lead, and Fulton ran out the clock to seal a 14-13 win over the Clippers at the Harbor Friday night in a Three Rivers North game.

“When we jumped offsides and saw they were going for the win, that fired us up,” VanZuiden said. “We expected something up the middle, and we just wanted to get him quick.”

The Clippers fumbled two snaps on field goal tries, one

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Fulton’s Trey Simmons (left) runs the ball while teammate Devon Ballard (right) blocks the defense of Amboy’s Colton Pohl during Friday’s game in Amboy. Fulton won 14-13 to earn its fifth win. coming with less than a minute to play in the first half. Amboy tried to take a lead and break a scoreless tie heading into halftime with a 28-yard field goal, but a low snap forced holder Barlow to pick up the ball and run, forcing a turnover on downs.

So when the Steamers (5-3, 3-2) jumped offsides on the final extra-point try, Amboy coach Gary Jones knew right

away he was going to scrap the kick and try to win the game.

“We had bad snaps on field goals all night, and we just said, ‘we’ve got to go for it,’” Jones said.

Gillis, a 6-foot-2, 295-pound junior, manned positions on the offensive and defensive lines for Clinton High School in Iowa last season.

When he moved to Fulton at

the beginning of this season, he wasn’t sure he would be able to crack the Steamers’ starting lineup.

Fulton coach Patrick Lower liked what he saw from Gillis and gave him a starting job. Now, the Steamers have designed run plays to follow the massive junior through holes.

“He has been a real good guy to have,” Lower said. “He real-

ly plays both positions on the o-line and d-line really well. He is big and strong, and we run behind him a lot. He has made all of our guys better.”

What Lower saw in Gillis was one display on the game’s most crucial play.

“In the huddle, we were saying, ‘Please go for it,’” Gillis said. “I love these physical games, and we knew that that play was the game. I just had to do anything I could do to get in and make a play.”

Fulton scored touchdowns on Michael Pidde’s 5-yard TD pass from quarterback Tyler Sweenie, and Trey Simmons had a 3-yard plunge.

The Clippers (5-3, 3-2) answered in the fourth quarter, as Dallas Appleman put Amboy on the scoreboard with a 1-yard TD run. Amboy forced a threeand-out and used six plays to score another touchdown, setting up the critical 2-point try.

“No, not right now,” said Jones, when asked if he regrets the decision to go for the win, “but I probably will be kicking myself tomorrow. We were at home, and we got them to jump, but just couldn’t get it in.”

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STERLING 21, ROCHELLE 6

Cool under pressure Warriors convert key fourth downs to get sixth win, playoff spot

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

STERLING – Playoffs were in the air Friday night, with Sterling wanting to clinch and Rochelle clinging to hope.

It was the Golden Warriors who were in a celebratory mood afterward, following a 21-6 victory over the mistake-prone Hubs on Sterling Chevrolet Field at Roscoe Eades Stadium.

Sterling (6-2, 3-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 West) secured second place in the division behind undefeated Geneseo, and put itself in the postseason by reaching the six-win mark. A year ago, a 5-4 Golden Warrior squad was the first 5-win team on the outside looking in, based on tiebreaker criteria.

“We have a lot of adrenaline from this win,” junior linebacker Jacob Heffelfinger said.

“It was a chance to get into the playoffs, and we made sure of it.”

Rochelle (3-5, 2-3), meanwhile, will miss the playoffs for the second time in the past 17 seasons. The Hubs shot themselves in the foot with nine penalties, and most of them were at inopportune times.

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Sterling’s Joe Brouilette brings down Rochelle’s Cole White during Friday’s game at Roscoe Eades Stadium. The Warriors’ defense was stout in a 21-6 playoff-clinching win.

“We just made too many mistakes,” Rochelle coach Kevin Crandall said, “and we had some opportunities in the first half, and just didn’t capitalize.”

Junior quarterback Sterling Thornton rushed 24 times for 125 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Sterling attack. He drove his team 55 yards in 15 plays on the game’s opening possession to give the

Warriors a 7-0 lead, the first half’s only score.

Rochelle had two golden opportunities to score in the first half, but came away empty.

On their first possession, the Hubs reached the Sterling 15 before a pair of offsides penalties torpedoed the drive.

A few minutes before halftime, Rochelle had a first-and-10 at the Sterling 14 before being

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Rochelle scored its only touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter, a 16-yard run by junior running back Cole White that got the Hubs to within 14-6.

Sterling turned the ball over on downs on its next possession, giving the Hubs a chance.

Two running plays netted 2 yards, then Christensen lofted up an ill-fated pass that was intercepted by Warrior safety Turner Morse with 6:37 to play.

Sterling’s Rafael Escalante scored an insurance touchdown with 3:16 to play on a 29-yard run. The Golden Warrior defense then ended it in style, with successive sacks by Brett Gould, Jason Wolber, and Joe Brouilette.

Sterling had 227 yards of total offense, but converted 4 of 5 fourth-down chances to keep drives alive.

“We converted some third downs and fourth downs when we had to have them,” Sterling coach Jon Schlemmer said.

“Our kids made plays. They’re not all going to be pretty offensively, but our defense took care of what they needed to take care of tonight. I’m very, very proud of them.”

Thornton rushed 15 times in the second half for 84 yards. He also completed seven passes, and five of them went to Morse for 33 yards.

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DIXON 48, ROCK FALLS 8

Flexing Bowers’ power Dixon wraps up perfect home slate with victory over Rockets

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

DIXON – The quick start belonged to the Rock Falls Rockets. The rest of the game was all Dixon Dukes.

After falling behind on Senior Night at A.C. Bowers Field, the Dukes blew past the Rockets for a 48-8 victory, cementing Dixon’s first playoff berth since 2006.

“We were relentless, just kept firing away,” Dixon quarterback JD Gieson said. “They got to us right away, but we stuck together, kept our heads up, and didn’t let it stop what we wanted to do.”

Rock Falls (0-8, 0-6 Big Northern West) struck first, forcing Dixon into a threeand-out on the game’s opening possession. On third down of their first drive, the Rockets got a 78-yard bomb from Jacob Mammosser to Connor Cain for a touchdown, then converted the twopoint PAT for an 8-0 lead less than 4 minutes into the game.

But there was no panic in the Dukes (6-2, 4-2). Cody Mighell finished off an eight-play drive on the ensuing possession with a 1-yard touchdown plunge on fourth down, then the defense came up big.

On a QB pressure, Quinton Douglas forced a fumble, and Diante Sanders was there to pounce on it. Four plays later, Gieson hit Kyle LeBlanc on a 40-yard TD pass, then hit Matt Coffey on the 2-point conversion for a 14-8 lead.

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Rock Falls’ Braeden Westfall gets stopped by the Dixon defense during Friday’s game at A.C. Bowers Field. The Dukes clinched a playoff spot with a 48-8 win.

Mighell scored again, this time from 23 yards out, on Dixon’s first drive of the second quarter, then added another 1-yard run after the Rockets fumbled the ensuing kickoff.

“It’s the little stuff, and it’s been turning into big stuff against us,” Rock Falls coach Jay Mammosser said. “If it’s not interceptions, its fumbles, and we’re giving the other team short fields, and they’re capitalizing on our mistakes.

“The kids are playing hard, trying to make plays, and it’s frustrating for them and for us and for everybody.”

Gieson found Coffey with an 11-yard scoring strike after Rock Falls turned it over on downs, then hooked up with Coffey from 37 yards out with 58 seconds left in the first half after another turnover on downs.

“I think that next drive after they scored, we knew we had things turned

back around,” said Coffey, who had six catches for 86 yards. “We switched the momentum back to our side, and then the defense stepped up, and we got the ball back and just kept scoring.”

Trailing 41-8, Rock Falls had its best drive of the game to open the third quarter. After two first downs, the Rockets fumbled a handoff at the Dixon 28-yard line, and the Dukes were once again there to pounce on it.

The running clock then began after Gieson threw his fourth TD pass of the game, this one a 24-yarder on a slant to Ryan Webb. Gieson finished with 205 yards on 17-for-25 passing, and LeBlanc matched Coffey’s 86 receiving yards on eight catches.

Dixon finished the season a perfect 5-0 in the friendly confines of A.C. Bowers Field.

“We really responded well, and that was definitely huge,” said Mighell, who ran the ball 15 times for 139 yards. “We realized what we had to fix after their touchdown, and we fixed it. We didn’t get down on ourselves, and we got a big win.”

Mammosser threw for 143 yards on 8-for-21 passing, and also caught a 49-yard pass from wideout Connor Cain on a trick play in the fourth quarter. Cain finished with four catches for 115 yards, but the Dukes outgained the Rockets 454-225 – including 201-33 on the ground.

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OREGON 21, MENDOTA 17

Hawks’ hopes alive Another comeback victory keeps playoffs a possibility

BY CODY CUTTER ccutter@saukvalley.com 800-798-4085, ext. 5555

MENDOTA – Another week brought another chance for the Oregon Hawks to prevent themselves from being knocked out of playoff contention.

Another week brought another fourthquarter comeback, too.

With their backs against the wall once more in Big Northern West play at Mendota, the Hawks fell behind after the Trojans’ Wyatt Martinson scored his second touchdown. This came just 20 seconds after Garrett Rude scored one of his own.

As the momentum quickly swung the Trojans’ way, the Hawks milked the clock and hoped that a score of their own would be the game-winner.

The Hawk offensive line delivered, creating a big hole to make way for Chris Jordan’s leap from 3 yards out with 3:38 remaining. The score proved to be the difference-maker in a 21-17 win. “My line was giving me great blocking,� Jordan said. “They were giving me good holes, and gave me a great space to run. It’s all on them.�

Another week, and now another shot at the playoffs. Next week’s tilt with Stillman Valley (2-6, 1-5) will be the final chance. “We’re down, and its live-or-die,� Rude said. “Lose and you go home. You’ve just got to leave everything on that field.

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Oregon’s Brayton Finch powers through the tackle of Mendota’s Joseph LaShonse during their Big Northern West game in Mendota. The Hawks beat the Trojans 21-17 to keep their playoff hopes alive.

We’ve got to win out now, and we’ve got Stillman Valley next week, the defending state champs. We’ll see how it goes.

We’re looking forward to it.�

The first 19½ minutes were scoreless.

With 4:36 left in the second quarter, Joseph Meyer put the Trojans (5-3, 4-2) on the board with a 35-yard field goal.

After a punt, the Hawk defense pinned the Trojans at their own 10-yard line.

Meyer was faced with punting against the wind in his own end zone, and the

kick, although high, only went 12 yards before crossing out-of-bounds. The Hawks (4-4, 3-3) used the short field position to use rare air, as Jerrick Orstead found Bailey Bright straight across the middle to go up 7-3 after the PAT. It was the Hawks’ only pass completion, and the last attempt.

Along the way, the Hawks were making good use of the clock, and gave the Trojans few opportunities to move the ball. Eventually, Martinson found a way

to break free in the form of right-side sweeps to open the second half. With 8:14 left in the third, Martinson put his team back ahead 10-7 with a 7-yard run. “We focused a lot on keeping [Martinson] contained, and we did a good job doing that in the first half,� said junior lineman Matt Crandall, who had two tackles for a loss during that span.

Chipping away, Rude took the first play from scrimmage of the fourth quarter for 20 yards, breaking through Trojan tackles on the right side for a score to put the Hawks ahead once more. “I saw some guys, and then I saw some open field,� Rude said. “It really just gave us all hope. We can run against these guys.

They can’t stop everything. We can get the big-route runs. It put some hope in our eyes to see all the way through to the end.�

But Martinson responded quickly with a 44-yard trot on a similar-style run. The Trojan senior rushed for 186 yards on 22 carries, but was the only major threat to the Hawks, whose defense collectively tallied eight tackles for a loss.

Rude rushed for 102 yards on 19 carries to lead the Hawks, as he, Jordan, Finch, and Chris Gehbellini combined for 262 yards in the important win. “A lot of it is just for the belief in the kids,� Oregon coach John Bothe said. “In the last 2 weeks, we’ve been on the ropes and it looked like we were going down.

Once we go down, it’s over – we’re playing for the playoffs.�

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ERIE-P’TOWN 49, MORRISON 0

Panthers get back on track in Erie

By SVM Sports Staff

Jordan Chandler and Dylan Binion lead a dominant Erie-Prophetstwon rushing attack in a 49-0 win over Morrison at Wayne Hein Field in Erie.

Chandler had just six rushes, but picked up more than half of his game-high 172 yards on a 95-yard touchdown run with 10:22 remaining in the second quarter of the Three Rivers North game. Chandler added another TD run of 30 yards in the first quarter.

Binion had another multiple touchdown game with four scores Friday night. He scored touchdowns on runs of 33, 2, and 5 yards in the first half, and made a defensive play for his fourth touchdown of the game.

Binion scooped up a fumble and took it 91 yards with 3 minutes left in the third quarter to cap the scoring. The Panthers (5-3, 4-2) are now playoff eligible with their fifth win of the season, and will be going for their sixth win to guarantee a playoff berth when they head to Orion next Friday.

Morrison (0-8, 0-5) was led by Joey Brackemyer’s 55 rushing yards. The junior also added three tackles for a loss, totaling 9 yards. The Mustangs finished with 153 yards of offense in the loss.

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Sauk Valley Media • October 18, 2014

FRIDAY NIGHT ROUNDUP

Davis goes wild for BV Freshman QB leads Storm to rout of winless Riverdale

By SVM Sports Staff

Drake Davis had the game of his young life Friday night, leading Bureau Valley to a 48-16 victory against Riverdale in Manlius.

The freshman quarterback completed 18 of 22 passes for 336 yards and seven touchdowns. Six of the TDs were in the first half to stake the Storm (4-4, 3-2 Three Rivers North) to a 41-0 halftime lead.

Three of the first-half scores went to Parker Neuhalfen, on passes of 26, 15, and 5 yards. He also tossed scoring passes of 26 and 10 yards to Will Konneck, and a 19-yarder to Tommy Johnston.

Davis competed his night with a 46-yard TD pass to Blake Balensiefen midway through the fourth quarter.

Neuhalfen finished with seven receptions for 123 yards and three touchdowns.

Polo 53, River Ridge 0: The Marcos jumped out to a 27-0 first-quarter lead and didn’t look back in a home rout of the Wildcats.

Brooks Grobe scored on runs of 33 and 49 yards in the opening 12 minutes to spark Polo

(6-2, 6-1 NUIC Upstate) to the win. Jesse Ditzler, Brody Grobe, Paul Smith, and Braxton Stamm added TD runs.

Richie Bartnick scored on a 70-yard interception return, while Brad Cavanaugh added a 52-yard punt return for a touchdown.

Galena 48, West Carroll 6:

Bruce Scharpf had nine carries for 164 yards and four touchdowns as the Pirates (6-2, 5-2 NUIC Northwest) routed the Thunder in Galena.

Aaron Ritenour had 14 carries for 27 yards, including a 1-yard TD run, for West Carroll (1-7, 1-6). Ethan Mangler completed 2 of 4 passes for 39 yards, including a 36-yarder to Jake Miller.

EPC 52, South Beloit 7: The Wildcatz set up a showdown with Forreston next week for NUIC Northwest supremacy with a road rout of the SoBos. EPC and Forreston are both 8-0 heading into that contest in Lanark.

East Dubuque 55, Milledgeville 12: The Missiles (2-6,

2-5 NUIC Upstate) made the Chris Johnson/Shaw Media long road trip to East Dubuque and came up empty against the Polo’s Richie Bartnick secures an interception before returning it 70 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter against River Ridge on Friday night in Polo. The Marcos won 53-0.

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Numbers game: Friday night boxscores Friday’s box scores at Roscoe Eades Stadium, Sterling

STERLING 21, ROCHELLE 6 First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Punts-avg.

Rochelle Sterling

R 13 267 50-222 45 2-7-1 0-0 9-55 1-30 0 0 0 7 0 7

S 14 227 37-169 58 7-9-0 0-0 6-30 2-45 6 — 6 7 — 21

First quarter S – Sterling Thornton 6 run (Tony Diaz kick) 5:01 Third quarter S – Thornton 3 run (Diaz kick) 4:56 Fourth quarter R – Cole White 16 run (run failed) 11:53 S – Rafael Escalante 29 run (Diaz kick) 3:16 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Rochelle – Eddie Avila 16-102, White 14-89, Adam Ricketts 15-43, Kevin Christensen 5-(-12). Sterling – Thornton 24-125, Escalante 9-29, Brandon Dennis 4-15.

PASSING: Rochelle – Christensen 2-7-1, 45 yards. Sterling – Thornton 7-9-0, 58 yards.

RECEIVING: Rochelle – White 1-30, Avila 1-15. Sterling – Turner Morse 5-33, Ty Shetter 1-17, Jordan Asbury 1-5. at Mendota

OREGON 21, MENDOTA 17 O M First downs 17 15 Total yards 273 252 Rushes-yards 58-261 41-252 Passing yards 12 0 Passing (C-A-I) 1-3-0 0-5-1 Fumbles-lost 2-1 3-0 Penalties-yards 1-15 6-60 Punts-avg.

2-39.5 2-28 Oregon 0 7 0 14 – 21 Mendota 0 3 7 7 – 17 Second quarter M – Joseph Meyer 35 field goal, 3:46 O – Bailey Bright 13 pass from Jerrick Orstead (Short kick), 0:38 Third quarter M – Wyatt Martinson 7 run (Meyer kick), 8:14 Fourth quarter O – Garrett Rude 20 run (Short kick), 11:55 M – Martinson 44 run (Meyer kick), 11:35 O – Chris Jordan 3 run (Short kick), 3:38 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Oregon: Rude 19-103, Jordan 14-80, Brayton Finch 11-53, John Ghibellini 6-26, Skylar Short 2-6, Maverik Good 1-0, Orstead 4-(minus 7). Mendota: Martinson 22-186, James Carroll 15-47, Garet Zinke 3-12, Shane Kruse 1-7.

PASSING – Oregon: Orstead 1-3-0, 12 yards. Mendota: Carroll 0-5-1.

RECEIVING – Oregon: Bright 1-12 Records: Oregon 4-4, Mendota 5-3

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DIXON 48, ROCK FALLS 8

WARREN 19, ASHTON-FRANKLIN CENTER 0

RF D First downs 7 25 Total yards 225 454 Rushes-yards 21-33 30-201 Passing yards 192 253 Passing (C-A-I) 9-22-2 25-38-1 Fumbles-lost 6-4 1-0 Penalties-yards 4-30 4-35 Punts-average 3-30.3 2-33.5 Rock Falls 8 0 0 0 — 8 Dixon 14 27 7 0 — 48 First quarter RF – Connor Cain 78 pass from Jacob Mammosser (Cayden Roberts pass from Mammosser), 8:45 D – Cody Mighell 1 run (run failed), 5:50 D – Kyle LeBlanc 4 yard pass from JD Gieson (Matt Coffey pass from Gieson), 3:10 Second quarter D – Mighell 23 run (run failed), 8:27 D – Mighell 1 run (Christian Hicks kick), 6:33 D – Coffey 11 pass from Gieson (Hicks kick), 2:04 D – Coffey 37 pass from Gieson (Hicks kick), :58 Third quarter D – Ryan Webb 24 pass from Gieson (Hicks kick), 8:20 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – RF: Bailie Rosalez 4-16, Braeden Westfall 9-15, Mammosser 7-2, Daniel Gordon 1-0. Dixon: Mighell 15-139, Gieson 6-33, Benny Mayes 8-29, Quinton Douglas 1-0.

PASSING – RF: Mammosser 8-21-2-143 yards, Cain 1-1-0-49 yards. Dixon: Gieson 17-25-0-205 yards, Nathan Gascoigne 8-13-1-48 yards.

RECEIVING – RF: Cain 4-115, Roberts 3-19, Mammosser 1-49, Tanner Dean 1-9.

Dixon: LeBlanc 8-86, Coffey 6-86, Connor Sperling 3-11, Bryce Stanley 2-10, Mayes 2-4, Webb 1-24, Alex Becker 1-23, Gascoigne 1-8, Mighell 1-1.

Records: Dixon 6-2 (4-2 BNC West), Rock Falls 0-8 (0-6) at The Harbor, Amboy

FULTON 14, AMBOY 13 F A First downs 14 9 Total yards 243 166 Rushes-yards 55-198 35-133 Passing (C-A-I) 4-6-0 2-7-0 Passing yards 45 33 Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-1 Penalties-yards 5-25 8-50 Punts 1 3 Fulton 0 0 14 0 — 14 Amboy 0 0 0 13 — 13 Third quarter F – Michael Pidde 5 pass from Tyler Sweenie (Jack Lemke kick), 4:05 F – Trey Simmons 3 run (Lemke kick), 1:07 Fourth quarter A – Dallas Appleman 1 run (Alexis Gutierrez kick), 8:59 A – Drake Barlow 8 run (run failed), 4:16

First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Warren AFC

W A 12 8 238 116 40-115 45-114 123 2 2-7-0 1-9-1 2-1 1-1 7-45 6-40 0 3 6 0 – 19 0 0 0 0 – 0

Second quarter W – Harris, 99 pass from Cox (Cox kick) 11:44 W – Cox, 8 run (kick failed) 4:00 Third quarter W – Crum, 4 run (run failed) 2:03

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Amboy’s Drake Barlow finds an opening in the Fulton defense during Friday’s game at the Harbor. The Clippers lost 14-13. Read about the game on FB5.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Warren: Molitor 13-62, Harwick 8-22, Crum 8-20, Cox 6-13, Brinkmeier 5-(-2). Ashton-Franklin Center: J. Hageman 13-66, Zinke 10-34, L. Hageman 3-16, Talley 7-10, Stewart 2-2, Hilliker 10-(-14).

PASSSING: Warren: Cox 2-7-0 123. Ashton-Franklin Center: Hilliker 1-8-0 2, Zinke 0-1-1 0.

Receiving: Warren: Harris 2-123. Ashton-Franklin Center: J. Hageman 1-2.

Records: Warren (5-3, 5-2 Northwest Upstate Illini - Upstate). Ashton-Franklin Center (3-5, 2-5). at Polo

POLO 53, RIVER RIDGE 0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Fulton: Michael Pidde 21-88, Tyler Sweenie 19-60, Trey Simmons 14-54, Jason Osborn 1-(minus 4). Amboy: Chris Jones 12-74, Drake Barlow 13-37, Liam Ohlendorf 7-15, Dallas Appleman 3-7.

PASSING – Fulton: Sweenie 4-6-0, 45 yards. Amboy: Ohlendorf 1-6-0, 6 yards; Barlow 1-1-0, 27 yards.

RECEIVING – Fulton: Osborn 1-20, Simmons 1-20, Pidde 1-5, Devon Ballard 1-0.

Amboy: Caleb Morris 2-33.

Records: Fulton 5-3, Amboy 5-3 at Erie

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 49, MORRISON 0 First downs Rushing-yds.

Passing C-A-I Punts-avg.

Fumbles-lost Penalties-yds.

Morrison EP

M 9 35-140 2-7-1 1-32.0 2-1 1-5 0 0 0 15 20 14

EP 12 30-352 0-0-0 0-0.0 0-0 8-40 0 — 0 0 — 49

First quarter EP: Dylan Binion 33 yard run (Sean Maloney pass to Noah Eads), 8:12. 8-0.

EP: Jordan Chandler 30 yard run (Maloney kick is good), 5:49. 15-0.

Second quarter EP: Chandler 95 yard run (kick is no good), 10:22, 21-0.

EP: Binion 2 yard run (Maloney kick), 2:12, 28-0.

EP: Binion 5 yard run (Maloney kick), :37, 35-0.

Third quarter EP: Phillip Coers 39 yard run (Maloney kick), 11:46, 42-0.

EP: Binion 91-yard fumble recovery (Maloney kick), 3:00, 49-0.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Morrison- Joey Brackemeyer 6-55; Mason Sitzmore 8-37; Andy Bird 10-19; Merik Kennedy 3-8; Cody Southern 3-7; Aaron Deter 3-5; Reilly Dolan 1-6; Jarrett Ruchotzke 1-3. EP- Jordan Chandler 6-172, 2 TD; Dylan Binion 13-79, 3 TD; Phillip Coers 4-72, TD; Garrett Passmore 1-13; Jack Bauer 3-8; Tyler Naftzger 1-6.

PASSING: Morrison- Justin Jensen 1-51-12, Joey Brackemeyer 0-1-0-0; Dylan Keller 1-1-0-13. Erie- Phillip Coers 0-0-0-0.

RECEIVING: Morrison- Andy Bird 1-12, Ethan Fischbach 1-13. at Manlius

BUREAU VALLEY 48, RIVERDALE 16 First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards

R 5 158 22-139 19 2-8-1 0-0 2-10

BV 17 378 21-41 336 18-22-0 0-0 2-7

Riverdale Bureau Valley

0 0 20 21

0 16 — 16 0 7 — 48

First quarter BV – Konneck 26 pass from Davis (pat failed) 10:40 BV – Neuhalfen 5 pass from Davis (pat failed) 7:59 BV – Neuhalfen 26 pass from Davis (pass good) 2:02 Second quarter BV – Konneck 10 pass from Davis (pass good) 11:56 BV – Neuhalfen 15 pass from Davis (pass failed) 9:48 BV – Johnston 19 pass from Davis (kick good) 5:38 Third quarter R – Beale 1 run (run good) :06 Fourth quarter BV – Balensiefen 46 pass from Davis (kick good) 6;18 R – Toppert 54 run (run good) 3:02 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Riverdale – Beale 9-73, Toppert 3-68, PridEmore 6-1, Dickson 4-(-3).

Bureau Valley – Davis 5-13, Mead 2-15, Johnston 1-13.

PASSING: Riverdale – Dickson 2-8-1, 19 yards. Bureau Valley – Davis 18-22-0, 336 yards.

RECEIVING: Riverdale – Pridemore 1-14, Solomon 1-5. Bureau Valley – Neuhalfen 7-123, Johnston 3-64, Konneck 3-50, Johnson 2-17, Balensiefen 1-46, Mead 1-23, Herr 1-13

First downs Total yards Rushes-yards Passing yards Passing (C-A-I) Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Punts-avg.

River Ridge Polo

RR P 8 15 104 268 24-11 25-247 93 21 16-29-1 1-7-0 2-2 0-0 6-40 4-40 NA 2-25.5 0 0 0 0 —0 27 14 6 6 — 53

First quarter P – Brooks Grobe 33 run (Brad Cavanaugh kick) P – Jesse Ditzler 24 run (Cavanaugh kick) P – Brody Grobe 28 run (kick failed) P – Brooks Grobe 49 run (Cavanaugh kick) Second quarter P – Richie Bartnick 70 interception return (Cavanaugh kick) P – Cavanaugh 52 punt return (Cavanaugh kick) Third quarter P – Paul Smith 4 run (kick failed) Fourth quarter P – Braxton Stamm 27 run (kick failed) INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING: Polo – Brooks Grobe 3-88, Stamm 5-45, Ditzler 5-30, Brody Grobe 1-28, Ricky Martinez 3-16, Wyatt patterson 4-14, Smith 2-9, Dylan Beers 1-9, Cavanaugh 1-8.

PASSING: Polo – Brody Grobe 1-70, 21 yards.

RECEIVING: Polo – Bartnick 1-21

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