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High School Football News - 2019
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Morton Potters Vs. Joliet
Catholic Academy
November 2, 2019 - Week
#10 - Morton, IL |
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Seth Glatz (20), carries the ball
in the
second quarter with the Potters trailing Joliet Catholic 14-0.Morton's
Seth Glatz (20), carries the ball
in the
second quarter with the Potters trailing Joliet Catholic |
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Riley Richards finds
Bobby Hines (88) for a Potter first down in the
second quarter with the Potters trailing Joliet Catholic 14-0.
Home field advantage for the Morton Potter's wasn't enough to
overcome the offensive punch and stingy defense of the Joliet
Catholic Academy Hillmen in round one of the class 6A play offs on
Saturday, November 2, 2019.
The Hillmen's running back, Kenyetta Williams (20), was good
for four (4) TDs while Morton's number twenty, Seth Glatz,
could only manage one trip to the end zone in the 42-7 rout.
Joliet's quarterback, Aidan Voss (11),
scored on a keeper and
Ja'Aire Mack's
(4) TD run rounded out their scoring.
Morton ends their season with a 7-3 overall record. The Hillmen
improved to 7-3 and move on to round two hosting Mt. Zion (9-0) who
defeated Dunlap 24-21 in week #2.
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Mid-Illini - Week #10 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
% |
W-L |
% |
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Dunlap Eagles |
6-1 |
0.857 |
7-3 |
0.700 |
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Pekin Dragons |
6-1 |
0.857 |
6-4 |
0.600 |
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Washington Panthers |
5-2 |
0.714 |
6-4 |
0.600 |
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Morton Potters |
5-2 |
0.714 |
7-3 |
0.700 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
3-4 |
0.429 |
4-5 |
0.444 |
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Canton Little Giants |
2-5 |
0.286 |
4-5 |
0.444 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-6 |
0.143 |
2-7 |
0.222 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-7 |
0.000 |
0-9 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #10 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Dunlap Eagles (L) |
Rock Island (W) |
18 |
28 |
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Richards (Oak Lawn) (W) |
Washington Panthers (L) |
20 |
16 |
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Thornton (Harvey) (W) |
Pekin Dragons (L) |
35 |
19 |
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Morton Potters (L) |
Joliet Catholic (W) |
7 |
42 |
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Dunlap Eagles
Vs. Morton Potters
October 25, 2019 - Week #9 - Dunlap, IL |
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Seth Glatz
(20) pulls in a
Riley Richards
pass with Seth Haley
(22) defending at the end of the first half.
Dunlap had a chance to
close out the regular season all alone at the top of the Mid-Illini
Conference standings, but the Morton Potters reshuffled things with a 49-20
upset of the Eagles at Dunlap on Friday, October 25, 2019. Five of
Morton's seven touchdowns were by sophomore Seth Glatz (20), four of which
were on the ground (one for 63 yards) and an end zone pass with :00.0 on the
clock at the end of the first half (see above photo).
Morton quarterback Riley Richards (7) scored on a 53 yard keeper and
Christian Schlehuber (40) picked off a Jackson Chatterton (1) pass, carrying
it 29 yards to round out Morton's scoring.
Casey Erickson (17) scored on a four yard pass from Chatterton to bring the
Eagles within one at 7-6 after a missed point after kick in the second
quarter. With one minute left in the half, Eagles running back Isaiah
Curry (12) scored on an 18 yard run to trail the Potters 21-12. Curry
would strike again on a four yard run in the third and after a two point
conversion run by Chatterton, they were down 28-20, wrapping up scoring for
Morton.
In the post-season, Dunlap
(7-2 overall) will host Rock Island (7-2) in the 6A play offs this Saturday.
Class 5A Joliet Catholic (6-3) will travel to Morton to meet up with the
Potters also on Saturday.
The Eagles loss and Pekin's
win over Limestone put them in a two way tie with Dunlap for the conference
title at 6-1 each. The win for the Potters and Washington's win over
East Peoria gave them each a 5-2 conference record and a tie for third in
the Mid-Illini.
Washington will play Oak
Lawn Richards in a 5A match up on Friday and Pekin travels to Harvey
Thornton Saturday for the 7A play off opener.
For those that are counting, that is four
Mid-Illini, and three Tazewell County teams in the play offs. Click
HERE to see all game photos.
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Mid-Illini - Week #9 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
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W-L |
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Dunlap Eagles |
6-1 |
0.857 |
7-2 |
0.778 |
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Pekin Dragons |
6-1 |
0.857 |
6-3 |
0.667 |
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Washington Panthers |
5-2 |
0.714 |
6-3 |
0.667 |
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Morton Potters |
5-2 |
0.714 |
7-2 |
0.778 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
3-4 |
0.429 |
4-5 |
0.444 |
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Canton Little Giants |
2-5 |
0.286 |
4-5 |
0.444 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-6 |
0.143 |
2-7 |
0.222 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-7 |
0.000 |
0-9 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #9 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Dunlap Eagles (L) |
Morton Potters (W) |
20 |
49 |
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East Peoria Raiders (L) |
Washington Panthers
(W) |
14 |
49 |
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Limestone Rockets (L) |
Pekin Dragons (W) |
20 |
42 |
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Canton Little Giants (L) |
Metamora Redbirds
(W) |
25 |
34 |
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Washington
Panthers Vs. Metamora Redbirds
October 18, 2019 - Week #8 - Washington, IL |
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The Washington Panthers handed the Metamora Redbirds their fourth loss in a
row at Babcook Field in Washington on Friday, October 18, 2019, eliminating the Redbirds
from the playoffs in
a 38-0 shut-out. Washington's 4-2 conference record puts them in a
tie for third place with Morton, trailing 6-0 Dunlap and Pekin (5-1).
The Panthers face the East Peoria Raiders (0-6 / 0-8) this Friday at East
Side Center, needing a win to make the playoffs. The Redbirds travel to Canton meeting the Little Giants (2-4
/ 4-4) who are hoping to break a two game losing streak. In the above photo,
Washington's Jesse Williams
(42) carries the ball in late third quarter action.
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Mid-Illini - Week #8 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
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W-L |
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Dunlap Eagles |
6-0 |
1.000 |
7-1 |
0.875 |
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Pekin Dragons |
5-1 |
0.833 |
5-3 |
0.625 |
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Washington Panthers |
4-2 |
0.667 |
5-3 |
0.625 |
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Morton Potters |
4-2 |
0.667 |
6-2 |
0.750 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
2-4 |
0.333 |
3-5 |
0.375 |
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Canton Little Giants |
2-4 |
0.333 |
4-4 |
0.500 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-5 |
0.167 |
2-6 |
0.250 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-6 |
0.000 |
0-8 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #8 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Dunlap Eagles (W) |
Canton Little
Giants (L) |
21 |
20 |
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Pekin Dragons (W) |
East Peoria Raiders
(L) |
44 |
0 |
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Washington Panthers (W) |
Metamora Redbirds
(L) |
38 |
0 |
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Morton Potters (W) |
Limestone Rockets
(L) |
62 |
28 |
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Metamora Redbirds Vs. Pekin Dragons
October 11, 2019 - Week #7 - Metamora, IL |
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The Pekin Dragons took their three game win streak to Metamora Friday night
to face the Redbirds who were looking to turnaround losses in their two
previous games.
The Redbirds interrupted the Dragons offense early when Ryan Begole
(15) picked off a Wyatt Van Ness pass and returned it 54
yards to the end zone to lead the Dragons 7-0.
Just 24 seconds later, Van Ness shook of the
interception and completed a pass to Sebastian Hill (10)
for a 69 yard scoring run, still trailing the Redbirds 7-6 after a missed
extra point (above photo).
After Metamora missed a field goal attempt early in the second quarter,
Van Ness connected with Hill again on an
82 yard play for a touchdown, a two
point conversion and a 14-7 Pekin lead at the half.
While the Dragon's defense kept the Redbird's offense in check, Van
Ness threw two more touchdown passes, one to Dallas Haynes
(25), a three yard play, and Kaleb Houston (11), a 60
yarder. Dragons 28, Redbirds 7
after three periods.
Metamora opened up the scoring in the fourth when Connor Willerton
(13) hit Connor Lopez (12) for a 38 yard touchdown to trail
the Dragons 28-14. Then, with
1:14 left in the game, Hill carried for 14 yard touchdown
and the 35-14 win over the Redbirds.
Pekin put up 400 yards in total offense with 227 passing and 173 rushing.
Van Ness was 5 of 15 with four TDs and two
interceptions. Metamora posted
289 total yards.
Willerton was 17 of 28 with one TD and 1 interception.
Hill would lead Dragon's with 184 total yards followed by
Devin Tovrea (7) with 91 yards and Kaleb Houston
(11) with 60 yards. The
Redbird's offensive leader was Lopez with 82 total yards,
then Willerton with 69 yards, Bryce Bishop
(30) with 59 yards, Drew Vicary (21) 52 yards and
Ashton Roe (1) with 20 yards.
Pekin stays in second in the Mid-Illini at 4-1, trailing Dunlap (5-0) who
defeated Limestone. Metamora
slipped to fifth at 2-3. The
Dragons host East Peoria next and Metamora travels to Washington.
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Mid-Illini - Week #7 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
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W-L |
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Dunlap Eagles |
5-0 |
1.000 |
6-1 |
0.857 |
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Pekin Dragons |
4-1 |
0.800 |
4-3 |
0.571 |
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Washington Panthers |
3-2 |
0.600 |
4-3 |
0.571 |
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Morton Potters |
3-2 |
0.600 |
5-2 |
0.714 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
2-3 |
0.400 |
3-4 |
0.429 |
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Canton Little Giants |
2-3 |
0.400 |
4-3 |
0.571 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-4 |
0.200 |
2-5 |
0.286 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-5 |
0.000 |
0-7 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #7 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Limestone Rockets (L) |
Dunlap Eagles (W) |
26 |
38 |
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Metamora Redbirds (L) |
Pekin Dragons (W) |
14 |
35 |
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Canton Little Giants (L) |
Washington Panthers
(W) |
7 |
35 |
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East Peoria Raiders (L) |
Morton Potters (W) |
20 |
54 |
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Morton
Potters Vs. Metamora Redbirds
October 4, 2019 - Week #6 - Metamora, IL |
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Above:
Morton's Seth Glatz (20) breaks
loose from the Metamora defense for a 58 yard touchdown run early in the
third quarter for a 14-0 Potter's lead.
Morton's
Seth Glatz (20) was the star in an offensive show
for the home crowd, rushing for 297 yards of the Potters 365
total yards Friday night hosting the Metamora Redbirds.
Glatz
scored four of the Potter's five TDs in 33 carries, one for 68 yards, in
their 35-7 win over the Redbirds.
At the half, the Potters lead 7-0 on a Glatz five
yard TD run. Morton opened up
the second half with a 58 yard scoring run by
Glatz
just 1:45 in, followed up by a fourth and one 18 yard run by
Glatz for
another score with 2:14 left in the third - 21-0 Potters.
With 32.4 seconds left in the third quarter, the Redbirds
Solomon Schwarz
(7) connected with Ryne
Begole (15) for a 27 yard TD to trail the Potters 21-7.
Glatz
would strike again 1:54 into the fourth quarter on a 68 yard run and an
Ollie Steffen
(5) interception of
Schwarz was returned for the final Potter's score and the
35-7 win. For the Metamora,
Jake Welsh
(3), Zach Poston
(25) and Connor
Willerton (13) teamed up for 96 rushing yards.
Schwarz
was 8 of 13 for 61 yards and
Willerton was 5 of 7 for 30 yards.
Morton's Riley
Richards (7) was 3 of 6 for 7 yards and eight carries for 42
Yards.
Ashton Everding
(15) ran for 20 yards. Morton
(2-2, 4-2 overall) will be in East Peoria (0-3, 0-5) next Friday and the
Redbirds (2-2, 3-3) host number two Pekin (3-1, 3-3). click
HERE
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Mid-Illini - Week #6 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
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W-L |
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Dunlap Eagles |
4-0 |
1.000 |
5-1 |
0.833 |
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Pekin Dragons |
3-1 |
0.750 |
3-3 |
0.500 |
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Washington Panthers |
2-2 |
0.500 |
3-3 |
0.500 |
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Morton Potters |
2-2 |
0.500 |
4-2 |
0.667 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
2-2 |
0.500 |
3-3 |
0.500 |
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Canton Little Giants |
2-2 |
0.500 |
4-2 |
0.667 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-3 |
0.250 |
2-4 |
0.333 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-4 |
0.000 |
0-6 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #6 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Dunlap Eagles (W) |
East Peoria Raiders
(L) |
42 |
28 |
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Pekin Dragons (W) |
Washington Panthers
(L) |
26 |
21 |
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Morton Potters (W) |
Metamora Redbirds
(L) |
35 |
7 |
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Limestone Rockets (L) |
Canton Little
Giants (W) |
14 |
30 |
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Metamora
Redbirds Vs. Dunlap Eagles
September 28, 2019 - Week #5 - Metamora, IL |
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Above:
Metamora's Zach Poston (25), dives across the goal line for
the Redbird's first score with 8:34 left in the fourth quarter for a 7-0
lead over the Dunlap Eagles.
Playing dirty took on a whole new meaning Saturday
at Malone Field in Metamora when the Dunlap Eagles paid a visit to the
Redbirds for a show down of two top Mid-Illini teams. Heavy rain
Friday night forced a postponement of numerous games in the area and made
play on natural turf, like Malone, challenging and messy. For
three scoreless quarters, both teams played some tough defense. But
3:26 into the fourth, Metamora's Zach Poston made his
second trip into the end zone, this time for six after his earlier 51 yard TD
run was nullified by a holding penalty. Redbirds lead 7-0. With
5:23 to go, Jackson Chatterton connected with Casey
Erickson for the Eagles first score making it 7-7. Then it
was Mitchell Gore's run to the Redbird's four yard line that
set up Matt McQuellon's winning field goal for a 10-7
Eagles victory. Gore had 14 carries for 55 yards
leading the Eagles rushing. Chatterton was 10 of 18
for 155 yards and added 42 yards rushing. The Redbirds had 168 yards
rushing split between Zach Poston (64 yards) and
Connor Willerton (104 yards). Willerton went
5 of 11 for 34 yards with two interceptions. Connor Lopez
had three receptions for 27 yards. The win put the Eagles at the top of the
Mid-Illini with a 3-0 record, 4-1 overall. The Redbirds dropped to 2-1
in the conference in a three-way tie for the second spot with Washington and
Pekin and 3-2 overall. Click
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Mid-Illini - Week #5 |
Conference |
Overall |
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Team |
W-L |
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W-L |
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Dunlap Eagles |
3-0 |
1.000 |
4-1 |
0.800 |
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Metamora Redbirds |
2-1 |
0.667 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
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Washington Panthers |
2-1 |
0.667 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
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Pekin Dragons |
2-1 |
0.667 |
2-3 |
0.400 |
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Morton Potters |
1-2 |
0.333 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
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Canton Little Giants |
1-2 |
0.333 |
3-2 |
0.600 |
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Limestone Rockets |
1-2 |
0.333 |
2-3 |
0.400 |
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East Peoria Raiders |
0-3 |
0.000 |
0-5 |
0.000 |
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Mid-Illini - Week #5 Results |
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Scores |
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Home Team (W/L) |
Visiting Team (W/L) |
Home |
Visitor |
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Metamora Redbirds (L) |
Dunlap Eagles (W) |
7 |
10 |
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Washington Panthers (W) |
Morton Potters (L) |
42 |
28 |
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Canton Little Giants (L) |
Pekin Dragons (W) |
8 |
48 |
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East Peoria Raiders (L) |
Limestone Rockets
(W) |
12 |
27 |
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Dunlap Eagles Vs.
Washington Panthers
September 20, 2019 - Week #4 - Dunlap, IL |
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Above:
Panthers linebacker,
Tim Malinowski (96, right), tackles Dunlap's Isaiah Curry
(12) while Brock Skaggs (49, left) goes for the ball in
third quarter action.
The Washington Panthers met up with the Dunlap Eagles
on Friday, September 20, 2019, at Dunlap for Mid-Illini Conference game
number two for each team. It was
a slow start with a scoreless first quarter before offense kicked in with a 63
yard pass from Jackson Chatterton to
Casey Erickson for the Eagles first
score.
Chatterton struck again, this time to
Gabe Calhoun, with a 29 yard pass - 14-0 Eagles.
With 7.1 seconds on the clock, it was
Brady Klein's turn and the Panthers are on the board with a 13 yard
strike to Rylan McQueary - 14-7 Dunlap
at the half. The Panthers
received the kick to open the second half and took the ball on the 20 yard
line where Brady Klein went work with
an 80 yard TD run to tie it up at 14 just thirteen seconds into the half.
Chatterton would find
Calhoun again, this time for a 49 yard
TD pass - 21-14 Eagles. With
2:12 left in the third, Brady Klein's
run to the end zone would be called back on a blocking penalty.
But the Panther's Cole Watkins
six yard trip to the end zone would tie it up a 21 with 10:22 left in the
game. That was plenty of time
for the Eagles and Chatterton would
score on a 10 yard run to set the final at 28-21 Dunlap.
Chatterton was 13 of 16 for 281
yards and three TDs with another 46 yards rushing.
Mitchell Gore led the Eagles
ground game with 47. The
Panthers Cole Watkins lead rushing with
157 yards. Klein was 3 of 7 for
58 yards and one TD plus 114 yards rushing.
Dunlap's 388 total yards just edged out Washington's 362.
Washington takes their 1-1 conference record to Morton (1-1) next
Friday while Dunlap (2-0) travels to Metamora (2-0). Click
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Metamora
Redbirds Vs. East Peoria Raiders
September 13, 2019 - Week #3 - Metamora, IL |
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The East Peoria Raiders (0-2) came to Metamora (1-1) on Friday the
13th with a full moon facing a potent Redbird offense with their starting
quarterback on the bench with an injury. The Redbirds scored early and
the Raiders answered with a touchdown late in the first quarter for a 7-7
tie. But the Redbirds got their offense rolling and put up four TDs in
the second to lead 35-7 at the half. Trailing 49-7, the Raiders picked
up some momentum from a safety in seconds into the fourth and a TD two
minutes and 17 seconds later to trail 49-15. Each team would
score again for a final score of 56-23 improving Metamora's record to 2-1.
They will travel to Limestone (1-2) and East Peoria will host Canton (2-1).
In the above photo, Raider's Kenyun Carlton (22) runs down
Metamora's backup quarterback, Solomon Schwarz (7) in first
quarter action.
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Washington
Panthers Vs. Bellville West Maroons
September 6, 2019 - Week #2 - Washington, IL |
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The Washington Panthers hosted the Bellville West Maroons Friday,
September 6th in a non-conference match-up at Babcook Field. The
Panthers trailed the Maroons 23-0 until Cole Watkins (22)
made the end zone with 6:25 left in the third quarter (Top photo).
With the Maroons leading 33-27 late in the fourth quarter, the Panthers
moved the ball to the two yard line with .2 of a second on the clock, setting up
a pass from Brady Klein to Ryan McQueary
who scored giving Washington a 33-32 win over the Bellville West. "Our
guys didn't stop believing," said
Coach
Darrell Crouch. "We
got some success in the late second quarter on offense and the defense
stepped it up." The win takes the Panthers record to 1-1 with their
conference opener at home against the Limestone Rockets on the 13th. |
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