Morris Redskins Rally Past Kaneland for 42-28 Victory
In a wild second half Morris overturns a 28-8 halftime deficit to beat Kaneland 42-28 at home. Greg Belt earns 162 rushing yards, including 130 after halftime, as Morris seizes a 34-28 lead late third and caps with a Belt run for the final margin. Morris improves to 3-1 in Little Seven, tied for second with Geneva. Kaneland drops to 2-2.
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Morris
Dan Darlington
Redskins
Kaneland
Knights
Geneva
Vikings
Sycamore
Spartans
LSC
Darlington
Redskin
Greg Belt
Tribe
Knight
Spartan
Lutz
Nielson
Reynolds
Dan Wolf
Randy Butler
Wolf
Tom Harseim
Chuck Ader
Jorgenson
Nielsen
Skins
Jorgensen
Belt
Perry
Butler
Turk
Cryder
Andrew
Solberg
Randall
Lemont Overpowers Seneca in 48-9 Victory
Lemont dominates Seneca 48-9 as quarterback Fred Hogue throws for 160 yards for Seneca but Lemont rips off 342 rushing yards led by Ken Zwick with 133 and Ron May 67. Seneca drops to 0-6 on the season and hosts Plano next Friday. Seneca’s defense couldn’t slow Lemont’s ground game.
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Fred Hogue
Seneca Fighting Irish
Lemont
Seneca
Joe Robinson
Hogue
Pat
Ken Zwick
Ron May
Bill Wheeler
Rick Shouse
Bill Carter
Joe Kaufmann
Tony Huffles
Interstate 8 formed by eight schools in Illinois region
Eight high schools from the Interstate 80 and Interstate 55 corridor will form the Interstate 8 after the Northeast Conference ends this season. Coal City Dwight Marseilles Plano Seneca Wilmington Yorkville and Reed-Custer join the new league, while Lemont Lisle Minooka and Westmont depart. An earlier proposed name, Illinois River Valley Conference, was defeated.
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Coal City
Dwight
Marseilles
Plano
Seneca
Wilmington
Yorkville
Reed-Custer
Lemont
Lisle
Minooka
Westmont
Thellinois River Valley Conference
Westmont tops Minooka in homecoming shock 14 8
Westmont Sentinels spoiled Minooka homecoming with a 14 to 8 comeback victory. Tim Benson led Minooka with 191 rushing yards on 15 carries, while Westmont drove 71 yards late for Greg Salack’s one yard TD with 1:56 left. Minooka falls to 1-4, Westmont to 3-2.
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Westmont Sentinels
Rick Beck
Sentinel
Westmont
Indians
Sentinels
Grant Fossedal
Pat
Tim Benson
Ray Collins
Greg Salack
Pride
Beck
Ted Hoffman
Ray Nash
Steve Jebens
Paul Dean
Hoffman
Dean
Fossedal
Benson
Pat Collins
Salack
Collins
Penosky
Bretsch
Fumagailli
Gillen
Undefeated Morris sophs crush Knights 48-0 in home win
Morris Redskins sophomores rolled to a 48-0 victory over the Kaneland Knights to stay undefeated and share the Little Seven lead with 4-0. Mark Sharp ran for 131 yards and three touchdowns, including an 80-yard kickoff return, while quarterback Bill Button and Jeff Tibbett added scoring plays. Galloway and Peterson anchored a dominant Morris defense as Oswego looms next.
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Turk
Belt
Lutz
Morris
Knights
Kaneland
Spartans
Joe Lapicki
DeLong
Pfaff
Ed Brady
Randy Butler
Darlington
Morris Redskin
Kaneland Knights
Sycamore
Little Seven
Redskins
Jay Roth
Oswego
Mark Sharp
Sharp
Jeff Tibbett
Syrocket
Craig Berens
Bill Button
Mike Eschenbaum
Tibbett
Frank Warner
John Galloway
Mike Peterson
MCHS
Lisle routs Coal City in 53-6 victory on strong second quarter
Lisle overwhelmed Coal City 53-6 as the Coalers stalled offensively with 17 rushing yards and 50 passing. Mark Krope ran in three Lisle touchdowns while Pogliano stood out for Coal City with three receptions and a late two-yard TD by John Pogliano. Coal City sophs won 6-2. freshmen undefeated. Next, Coal City hosts Minooka.
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Lisle
Coal City
Coalers
Lions
John Pogliano
Mark Krope
Mike Beibel
Gary Guerino
Andy Swift
Dan Ryan
Chris Vodicka
Coal
Correction: Taxes Paid for Marvin and Patricia Rude
Notice corrects an error from Thursday night paper stating the Rude taxes were delinquent. The Rudes’ real estate taxes were paid and should not have appeared in print.
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R.E
Marvin & Patricia Rude
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Eric Rehms
Dave Weatherly
Brian Gordon
Ray Synoracki
Joliet Gompers
Edward D. Jones
Gary Reamey
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Legion of the Moose
Norm’s Lounge
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Dave Hextell
Sophs Blast Knights
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