Wrap-up: Lancers drop Streamwood

Lake Park finally found water in the desert.

After going scoreless in their four previous football games, the Lancers scored a touchdown on their opening drive when quarterback Mike Hannigan crossed the goal line on a 1-yard sneak.

It was no mirage, either.

Lake Park broke loose for 4 more touchdowns in the second half to satisfy their thirst and delight a homecoming crowd with a 32-0 Upstate Eight Conference triumph over Streamwood Friday night in Roselle.

"It was kind of like five weeks of labor and finally giving birth," Lancers coach Andy Livingston said.

Chris Jasinski set the tone by breaking a tackle and running for a 57-yard gain on the home team's first play. Five plays later, Hannigan carried the ball into the end zone to complete an 87-yard drive.

"It was nice to finally just drive the ball down the field and put it in the end zone," Hannigan said. "It feels like this tremendous weight was just lifted right off of our shoulders. And then from there, we were relaxed and had fun."

Yet it was a game for the first half.

Hannigan's touchdown was the lone score in the first two quarters thanks to some big stops by Lake Park (2-5, 1-4). Streamwood (1-6, 1-4) threatened to score on a pair of drives, but each ended on a fourth-down play being stopped.

The Lancers broke open the game in the third quarter with 3 TDs -- a 5-yard run by Kevin Thomas, a 1-yard keeper by Larry Nawrot and a fumble return by Andy Kasper.

A Jasinski 45-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter completed the scoring.

Streamwood coach Cal Cummins said the second half wasn't his team's only issue.

"It goes back to the first half, too," he said. "I told the guys, 'Hey, we played some pretty good football, but we didn't finish.' We couldn't finish a couple drives in the first half. Besides that first drive that they had, we did a pretty fair job defensively.

"But then again we came out in the second half and when we did move the ball we didn't finish. And we stopped finishing on defense."

Jasinski finished with 122 yards on 7 carries, while Thomas rushed for 106 yards on 14 attempts.

Streamwood's Dan Poierier ran 20 times for 62 yards.

Lake Park totaled 302 yards to the Sabres' 109.

Football

Richmond 28, Hampshire 27: Homecomings don't get much wilder than Hampshire's on Friday night.

After a completely non-existent third quarter, the Whip-Purs gave their fans nearly everything imaginable in a football game during the emotional roller coaster of a fourth quarter. They gave them everything except a comeback victory, as the Whips fell to Richmond-Burton 28-27 in Big Northern East action

"We had a lot of enthusiasm," Whips' receiver Brandon Gehringer said. "(But) every play they were right there. It was inches away."

A missed extra point after quarterback Trace Teboda's 39-yard touchdown run put Hampshire down 28-27 with 5:58 left to play.

The Whips' defense managed to get the ball back after holding Richmond-Burton (3-4, 1-2) on the next series. Teboda threw an incomplete pass and was picked off by the Rockets' David Jewell giving R-B the ball back with just 2:07 remaining.

Hampshire wasn't even close to being finished.

The Whips held the Rockets' on their next series and regained possession at their own 23 with 1:07 remaining. Teboda, who rushed for 106 yards on the Whips' two fourth-quarter scoring drives, completed a pair of passes to T.J. Burzak setting up first-and-10 on the Whips' 47.

Teboda fired away 4 straight incomplete passes, but Gehringer drew a pass interference call on fourth-and-10 giving Hampshire a whole new set of downs with 35 seconds left.

Unfortunately for Hampshire, the new opportunities mirrored the old ones, with Teboda getting stopped for no gain, Jewell batting a pass intended for Gehringer and another incompletion before Teboda was forced to run with time expiring. In all, the Whips ran 11 plays in the final 1:07

"We had a lot of chances," said Hampshire coach Dan Cavanaugh, who was denied his 100th career win. "We didn't complete them. Our kids fought all game."

Trailing 20-14 at halftime, Hampshire (4-3, 1-2) managed just 15 yards on 10 plays in the third quarter, Things were looking even worse when leading rusher Joe Moore left the field after gaining 5 yards for the final play of the period.

Then Teboda took off.

The quarterback ran for 39 yards on 2 plays setting up Moore's 2-yard score to give Hampshire a 21-20 lead with 8:52 left.

R-B answered back less than 1 minute, 55 seconds later when Jewell found sophomore Kyle Wismer on a 5-yard pass. Sophomore Justin Russel gave the Rockets a 2-point conversion to take a 28-21 advantage.

Russel gave Hampshire, which hosts Burlington Central next week, a major headache in the first half after scoring 3 touchdowns and rushing for 79 yards. He finished with 145 yards on 11 carries.

Russel scored on runs of 15 and 30 yards in the first half and caught a 15-yard pass to put R-B up 20-14 with only 27 seconds left in the first half.

Teboda found Gehringer for a 12-yard score and Moore ran in a 4-yard touchdown for the Whips in the first half.

-- Matt Stacionis

CL South 41, Dundee-Crown 7: After Crystal Lake South's first lost last week to Jacobs, the Gators told themselves that they need to play as a family.

"We stressed all week, actually, the kids are the one who brought it up, that we had to play as a family," Gators coach Jim Stuglis said.

The Gators were successful in their family beliefs, as five different players scored touchdowns in a 41-7 victory over Dundee-Crown in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game at the D-C Bowl Friday night.

"It's very big for us to get together, play together like a team because we got a big game against Cary next week, and after a loss, it's big to get together and play as a team," said Gators running back Thomas Galloway.

Galloway, who would finish with only 47 yards, filled in for injured Derek Mortensen by scoring touchdowns, on runs of 1 and 3 yards. Those two touchdowns would spark quarterback Ian Ormseth, who not only threw for 240 yards, but connected with three different Gators on touchdown passes.

"It didn't surprise me that they threw because I knew he could really throw the ball well," said Chargers coach Mike Davis. "We saw it on film, he throws real accurate."

-- Steven Nichols

Girls Volleyball

Westminster Christian d. FVLA: Katie Webster served 5 aces as Westminster Christian downed Fox Valley Lutheran 25-12, 25-9 in the Warriors' homecoming game. Lindsey Burket added 3 kills for the Warriors (7-14), and Abby Stevenson had 3 aces and a kill.

At Huntley: In the first round of the Huntley Invitational the Red Raiders (11-12) took advantage of their home court when they defeated Round Lake 25-19, 25-14. Senior Krissy Berquist led Huntley with 10 kills and 2 aces. Toni Jaehnig also contributed with 7 kills and an ace. Berquist led the way in round two when she put away 14 kills. The Red Raiders were able to battle to another victory and defeat Jacobs 29-27, 25-14. Toni Jaehnig had 8 kills, while teammate Allyson Stellmach tallied 6 kills to lead Huntley to another victory.

Boys soccer

North Shore Country Day 4, Elgin Academy 2: After losing 7-0 to North Shore Country Day the first time around, Elgin Academy (1-14-1, 0-6) put up a fight dropping this Independent School League battle 4-2. Cory Ebert scored both Hilltopper goals unassisted. In goal, Brandon Cork racked up 12 saves.

"This game showed big improvements for us," said Elgin coach Kristy Ross. "We're very happy with how the boys played."