Illini Poised 74-69 Victory Over Florida Gators
Illinois, ranked seventh, used late poise to beat Florida 74-69 in Gainesville. Marcus Liberty scored 21 as the Illini held the Gators to two field goals in the final 5:39, overcoming a 63-63 tie. Kendall Gill had 19 points, while Dwayne Schintzius led Florida with 19 before fouling out.
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Illinois
Marcus Liberty
Florida
Liberty
Illini
Gators
Champaign
Renaldo Garcia
Lou Henson
Dwayne Schintzius
Garcia
Kendall Gill
Stephen Bardo
Schintzius
Gill
Bardo
Big Ten
Don DeVoe
The
Guse 6 threes fuels Lutherans win over Franklin Center
Rockford Lutheran defeats Franklin Center 74-68 as Tom Guse hits six 3-pointers and scores 22 points to hand the Eagles their first loss of the season. Franklin Center drops to 7-1 overall and 1-1 in Upstate Illini Conference play. Layne Pitzer leads FCHS with 24 points.
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Eagles
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Bob Barnett
Layne Pitzer
Pat Spangler
Jason Jeanblanc
Ed Hilliker
MMHS
Oregon
Mount Morris
Mark Dietrich
Seth Wessels
Mounders
Hawks
Wessels
Bago Rebounds Drive Winnebago Past Rochelle Girls
Winnebago defeated Rochelle 55 51 in a non conference girls basketball game. Rochelle saw its four game win streak halted as Bago led the hosts with strong rebounding and decisive second half play.
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Rochelle High School
Rochelle
Indians edge Rochelle to stay undefeated in close finish
The Indians improve to 8-0 after holding a 53-51 lead with seven seconds left and sealing the win on a rebound. Rochelle drops to 7-3 as starters Brune and Manning fouled out. Ohlinger led Rochelle with 15 points, Smith added 10. Campbell and Brauer led Winnebago with 17 and 15 points.
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Buda Western
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Jeremy Loftus
Brian Piper
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Ryan Youngren
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Heath Lauritzen
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Rochelle
Mark Capps
Carlyn Brune
Missy Manning
Tracy Ohlinger
Jodi Smith
Winnebago
Tera Campbell
Kelly Brauer
Youth and more youth helps Dixon wrestlers rout Hawks
Dixon High School used a flood of young talent to rout Oregon 62 11 in a dual, with freshmen Chad Smith and Dennis Betts securing first varsity wins at 112 and 125 pounds. The Dukes built a 24 0 lead, then 38 0, as forfeit wins and pins from John Andrews and others extended the margin. Dixon improves to 6 1 1 and heads to Rochelle to face Geneseo and the Hubs in NCIC action.
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Dennis Betts
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Oregon
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Bryan Schwartz
Dukes
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Chad Pate
Jason Leifheit
Jeff Noble
Dan Daub
Matt Ristow
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Matt Kirchner
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Jim Sues
Andy Guthrie
Hawk
Scott Tilton
Nathan Davis
John Yoakum
David Ratner
Jason Bockholder
Rochelle
NCIC
Geneseo
Maple Leafs
Ashton-FCHS wrestlers stay unbeaten in double duals
Ashton-Franklin Center High School posted a 5-0-1 dual mark by beating Marengo 52-18 and Rockford Lutheran 51-15. Jeremy Wittenauer and Scott Cheeseman led with multiple wins and pins as AFC maintained dominance in a Tuesday double dual.
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Mario Messer
Jeremy Lewallen
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Sean Powers
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