Wrap-up: Woodstock 35, D-C 7
The Dundee-Crown football team trailed Friday night before it got to touch the football.
By the time the Chargers earned their first first down, rallying against Woodstock was going to be a difficult task.
The Blue Streaks scored 28 points in the first 17 minutes and cruised to a 35-7 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division victory over D-C in Carpentersville.
"We just got our (butts) kicked," D-C coach Mike Davis said. "That's basically it."
Woodstock (5-3, 2-2) drove 56 yards on 8 plays on the opening possession to take a 7-0 lead.
Derek Brown found a wide-open Ryan Ortman, who is 6-foot-7, over the middle for a 26-yard strike for the score.
The Chargers (1-7, 0-4) were forced into a three-and-out, but a running into the punter penalty on Woodstock gave D-C a 4th-and-half-a-yard from its own 24. Logan Kissack never had a good handle of the snap and when he tried to make a handoff the ball got loose and Woodstock recovered.
The Blue Streaks capitalized on the turnover as Cole Freund scored on a 1-yard run with 4:02 remaining in the first quarter.
"I went for it early in the game, that touchdown is on me," Davis said.
Matt Hackbart intercepted a Kissack pass on the Chargers' next possession as Woodstock again started in Chargers' territory, this time at the 35. Brown hit Ortman for a 4-yard touchdown and a 21-0 lead with 1:10 left in the opening quarter.
D-C finally got its first first down on a 12-yard run from Tommy Newman with 21.1 seconds left in the first quarter. The Chargers' drive stalled after reaching the Blue Streaks' 30-yard line and they turned the ball over on downs.
Freund, who rushed for 115 yards, scored the second of his three touchdowns on a 7-yard run with 7:05 remaining in the half as Woodstock scored on its fourth consecutive possession.
"We wanted to get some turnovers from them, which we did," Blue Streaks coach Steve Beard said.
The Blue Streaks opened a 35-0 lead in the third quarter as Freund scored on a 4-yard run.
D-C, which gained 120 yards on its two second-half possessions, finally found the end zone when Kissack scored on a 5-yard run with 7:27 left in the game to avoid the shutout.
Kissack was 3-for-10 passing for 30 yards. Matt Cutinello and Ronnie Dumas each had 48 yards rushing for the Chargers.
"We couldn't get any time to pass the ball," Davis said. "We ran the ball a little bit, but then we would make a mistake."
Football
McHenry 25, Jacobs 14: Jacobs' hopes of reaching postseason play for its second time in as many years were crushed when it visited McCracken Field in McHenry Friday night. The Warriors posted 259-yards on total offense and 25 points in the first half. That was more than enough to bury the Golden Eagles 25-14 in a Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game.
"It was a matter of turnovers and big plays in the first half," Jacobs' coach Dean Schlueter said. "We had some opportunities throughout the game and we did not take advantage of them. (McHenry) is a good football team and our hats are off to them."
McHenry did not waste anytime getting on the board on its first possession. On the third play on its opening drive, Warriors quarterback Tyler Marunde connected with Mark D'Angelo for 55-yards. D'Angelo had 5 catches for 107 yards and 2 touchdowns.
On the ensuing drive, Jacobs was looking to even the score as it drove the ball 52 yards down the field. The drive ended abruptly when Golden Eagles (3-5, 1-3) quarterback Kyle Magnuson was hit hard and lost the football. McHenry's linebacker Jon Lesniak recovered the fumble.
Jacobs had the ball in the red-zone 6 times throughout the game and was only able to score twice. The remaining possessions all ended in turnovers.
"I was just more frustrated than anything. We were in the red-zone four times tonight and couldn't score," said Golden Eagles running back Darius Bowers, who rushed the ball 22 times for 130 yards and scored a touchdown. "What else can we possibly do? We kept having long drives and long drives and just couldn't put the ball in."
The second half of the game was controlled mainly by Jacobs' defense. After shutting down the high-powered offense of McHenry (6-2, 3-1), the Golden Eagles still were unable to get anything going offensively.
With 1:15 remaining in the game Jacobs' scored its second touchdown when Bowers ran the ball in from 16-yards out. The Eagles looked then to make things interesting when Bobby Molinaro, who scored the first touchdown for Jacobs, recovered an onside kick. Warriors' defensive back Mike Soto squandered all hopes of a miracle comeback when he intercepted Magnuson's pass
"I thought we grew up some tonight," Schlueter said. "We didn't give up and we played hard the entire game. We just didn't play well enough. I am really proud of how we responded by being down. We were down by three scores and came back. We gave it a shot but just didn't get it done."
-- Brian Reyes
Driscoll 21, Marian Central 7:ŒOften, highly anticipated games fail to live up to the hype. Driscoll versus Marian Central was perhaps one of those games that didn't quite live up to the advance billing. Of course, the Highlanders aren't about to complain if the game wasn't an artistic success after they downed the Hurricanes to stay unbeaten overall and in the Suburban Catholic Conference.
Quarterback David Schwabe rushed for 124 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown with 4:19 left. Trace Jenkins returned an interception for a touchdown for the clincher.
Marian had its chances. The Hurricanes reached the Driscoll 2-yard line late in the first half, but Nick Stenzel recovered T.J. Pappas' fumble with 1 second left in the half. In the third quarter, Marian marched to the Driscoll 5 but got only a missed field goal attempt to show for it.
"That's what Driscoll football is," said Schwabe of the goal-line stands. "We watched film from 1999 of people jumping over the line stopping people. That's something that we've focused on since training camp, because Driscoll football is made on the goal-line stands."
Each team scored in the first quarter, but the second and third quarter bogged down in a flurry of penalties and turnovers. Marian turned the ball over 4 times and Driscoll was flagged for 84 yards in penalties.
The Highlanders finally broke through, going 58 yards in just 4 plays for the winning score. Tim Franken appeared to score on a 54-yard run. A holding penalty at the 19-yard line negated the touchdown, but Franken was still credited with 35 yards, setting up the Highlanders in good field position. Two plays later, Schwab burst through the middle on a planned keeper, shrugged off a tackle and racaed 22 yards up the middle for the score.
Marian had 2 more chances. Its first drive stalled, but Driscoll couldn't move the ball either, and the Hurricanes got the ball back at their own 18 with just under a minute left. But quarterback Jonathan Budmayr's pass was picked off by Jenkins who raced 19 yards into the end zone.
Schwabe completed 9 of 18 passes for 83 yards. His 28 yard throw to Franken got the Highlanders on the board on their opening drive of the game. Budmayr threw for 159 yards and a 31-yard scoring strike to Doug Simpson.
Driscoll is 8-0 overall, 6-0 in the SCC. Marian lost its second straight and is 6-2, 4-2.
-- Allen Oshinski
Boys soccer
Rockford Christian Life 4, Elgin Academy 2: In the Class A Hampshire sectional Elgin Academy (1-16-1) fell to Rockford Christian Life in the opening round. Aaron Thomas and Alex Osinga scorfed for the Hilltoppers. Jackson Rudolph had an outstanding performance in goal as he collected 14 saves on the night fro EA.
Jacobs 2, Prairie Ridge 1: Jacobs downed Prairie Ridge in the opening round of the Jacobs regional. Dan Scheuer and Brian Obmalay scored for Jacobs (8-15). Prairie Ridge (11-10-1) got a goal from Dan Scheuer. Jacobs goalkeeper Danny Trevor collected 7 saves. A.J. Sturm was also able to grab 7 saves for the Wolves.
Girls Volleyball
Fox Valley Lutheran Academy d. Luther East: The Falcons (8-11) came out strong as they defeated Luther South in three games 25-20, 24-26, 25-14. Alicia Woock led with 8 kills and 3 aces. Sarah Mounger added 6 kills and 2 aces and Samantha Pfortmiller contributed when she collected 16 assist with 2 aces.