Sports

Volleyball

Fulton def. AFC 25-11, 25-7: The Steamers rolled to an NUIC win at home, topping the Raiders in straight sets.

Reese Dykstra led Fulton with nine aces and four kills, while Annaka Hackett, Ava Bowen and Miraya Pessman had three kills each. Brooklyn Brennan added eight assists, four digs and two aces, Bowen chipped in three digs, and Resse Germann led the way with four digs.

Erie-Prophetstown def. Rockridge 18-25,

26-24, 25-19: The Panthers bounced back from a first-set loss for a three-set Three Rivers Conference victory on the road.

Leaders for Erie-Prophetstown were Jamie Neumiller with 20 digs, Aylah Jones with eight digs and seven kills, Lauren Abbott with seven kills, and Kennedy Buck with 30 assists and four blocks. Hailey Bush chipped in six kills for the Panthers, while Jenna Gibson and Sarii Kochevar served two aces apiece.

Erie-Prophetstown def. Princeton 25-20,

25-16: The Panthers picked up a Three Rivers crossover win at home.

Fulton def. Milledgeville 25-9, 25-17: The Steamers downed the Missiles in two sets in NUIC play.

Leaders for Fulton were Brooklyn Brennan with 10 kills, four assists and three digs, Annaka Hackett with seven digs, four kills and two blocks, and M i r a y a P e s s m a n w i t h 1 2 d i g s , 1 0 assists, two blocks and two kills.

Ava Bowen chipped in five kills and four digs, while Reese Germann added nine digs for the Steamers.

Girls golf

Orion 210, St. Bede 230, Erie-Prophet-

stown 248: The Panthers lost a Three Rivers triangular at Oakwood Country Club in Coal Valley. It was a makeup match from Sept. 7.

McKenzie Winckler and Taylor Wilson both shot 60s for Erie-Prophetstown, while Isabella Johnston fired a 61, Hannah Huisman had a 67, and Michelle Naftzger added a 72.

Orion 214, Bureau Valley 238, Erie-Proph-

etstown 239: The Storm took second and the Panthers took third in a Three Rivers quadrangular hosted by Newman at Emerald Hill Golf Course. Orion’s Sofia Fernandez was medalist with a 42.

McKenzie Winckler had a 52 to lead Erie-Prophetstown, Izzy Johnston carded a 60, Hannah Huisman fired a 63, and Taylor Wilson added a 64. Michelle Naftzger had a 71, and Sarah Huizenga chipped in a 77 for the Panthers.

Boys golf

Three Rivers Conference meet local

results: Erie-Prophetstown took 13th as a team with a 408. Caden VanHorn tied for 44th with a 94, and Blake Geuns was 48th with a 95. Bryce VanDeWostine (107), Keith Goodson (112), Colin Ashdown (119) and Eli Wetzell (134) also competed for the Panthers.

Morrison did not field a full team, but had three golfers play. Adam Tichler tied for 61st (101), Austin Boonstra tied for 69th (109) and Blake Huizenga tied for 78th (129).

Fulton 160, Mercer County 188: The Steamers rolled to a 28-stroke victory over the Golden Eagles in a dual at Fulton Country Club, led by medalist Jacob Voss’ 38.

Landon Meyers shot a 40, Reed Owen and Zach Winkel fired a pair of 41s, and Brady Reed had a 44, while Dawson Price chipped in a 45 for Fulton.

NUIC Tournament: Fulton’s Landon Meyers birdied the final hole to win the individual title at the NUIC Tournament, shooting a 77 to defeat Galen a ’ s R y a n S t o f f r e g e n a n d E a s t Dubuque’s Jacob Lange by one stroke.

The Steamers got matching 89s from Jacob Voss and Brady Read, matching 91s from Reed Owen and Zach Winchel, a 93 from Dawson Price, and a 102 from Chase Dykstra.

Football

Lena-Winslow 54, Fulton 32: After a tight first half, the Steamers (3-2, 3-1) couldn’t keep up with the Panthers after the break in an NUIC road loss.

Bra yde n Dykstr a was 2 5-f o r -3 7 passing for 248 yards and three touchdowns for Fulton, and Baylen Damhoff had eight catches for 101 yards and two scores.

Dykstra connected with Damhoff on a 37-yard scoring strike to open the scoring with 7:30 left in the first quarter, then Lukas Schroeder scored on a 1-yard run early in the second quarter to make it 12-8 after Gage Dunker scored on a 43-yard run for Le-Win.

Gunar Lobdell ran in from 80 yards to give the Panthers a 16-12 lead, but the Steamers answered with a 36-yard t o u c h d o w n p a s s f r o m D y k s t r a t o Ethan Price for a 19-16 lead with 4:50 left in the first half.

But Dunker scored from 24 yards out with 44 seconds left before halftime, then added a 13-yard TD run less than four minutes into the third quarter to make it 32-19 Le-Win. Lobdell tacked on a 77-yard scoring run, then Jake Zeal ran in from 51 yards out for a 46-19 lead with 2:13 left in the third quarter.

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in the fourth quarter, then Damhoff caught an 11-yard TD pass from Dykstra to end the scoring with 1:38 to play after Dunker added his fourth TD run from 11 yards out with 6:55 remaining.

Joel Ford led Fulton with 38 y a r d s o n n i n e c a r r i e s , a n d S c h o r e d e r a d d e d 2 8 y a r d s o n seven rushes. Ryan Eads ran for 2 4 y a r d s a n d a l s o c a u g h t s i x passes for 36 yards.

Lobdell had 238 yards on 11 rushes, and Dunker finished with 188 yards on 17 carries for Le-Win.

Orion 27, Erie-Prophetstown 7: The Panthers (2-3, 1-2) stayed close through the first half, but the Chargers scored twice after halftime for a Three Rivers Rock win in Prophetstown.

J a s e G r u n d e r s c o r e d o n a 1-yard run in the second quarter to cut the Erie-Prophetstown deficit to 14-7 at halftime, but Orion scored on its first possession of the second half, then tacked on another score in the fourth quarter to seal the win.

The Chargers took a 7-0 lead, scoring early in the game after stopping the Panthers on a fourthand-short.

By DAN WOESSNER For Shaw Media

MORRISON – Steve Snider warned his Morrison Mustangs heading into Friday’s Three Rivers Rock game that the difference between them and the winless Sherrard Tigers was as small as the ball bouncing one way or another a couple times.

That proved prophetic in Sherrard’s 26-22 win.

The ball bounced just right for the Mustangs to start the night, but when it mattered most, it bounced away from the hands of receiver Chase Newman on a tightly contested chance in the end zone on a fourth-down play with mere seconds left and Morrison trailing by four.

Sherrard took over possession of the ball, and after a kneel down, the Tigers also took possession of their first win in 13 games.

“That’s a football team that’s had the ball bounce a couple different ways than we did coming into the game, and they were 0-4 and we were 2-2, and it could have easily been the other way. They have a good football team,” Snider said. “We did have our chances. Hats off to Sherrard, they came in here prepared and ready to go, and they made more plays than we did.”

Sherrard (1-4, 1-2 Three Rivers Rock) trailed 22-20 when it took possession of the ball at its own 40 after a Morrison touchdown and kickoff with 3:58 left. On the first play, Carter Brown broke free on a run for 30 yards to the Morrison 30. After a short completion, Brown was the target of quarterback Holland Anderson for a 16-yard pass to get Sherrard to the Morrison 11-yard line. After two runs netting 5 yards, Anderson found Brown again at the goal line, and Brown tapped his toes to stay inbounds for the touchdown.

On the ensuing drive, Morrison went to the air regularly for the first time. The Mustangs’ Danny Mouw completed two short passes before connecting with Newman for 38 yards to the Sherrard 18-yard line. Morrison had an incompletion, and then had to burn its final timeout after a sack of Mouw before two incompletions to end the potential rally and the game.

“I knew our defense could do that,” Anderson said. “It took all four downs, but our defense sealed the deal.”

After the opening kickoff, Mouw pitched the ball to Logan Baker on the first play from scrimmage. The ball bounced off Baker’s chest, and then off the ground and back into Baker’s hands; from there, the Morrison senior took it 61 yards for a touchdown. Baker led Morrison (2-3, 1-1) with 145 rushing yards and two touchdowns. It was the final score of the first half for Morrison.

Anderson started making big plays with his arm late in the second quarter, connecting with Brody Bemien for a 27-yard touchdown to tie the score 6-6 going into half.

The air attack continued after halftime, as Anderson hit Kyler Schmidt for passes of 38, 39, and 24 yards in the first two series. The last one went for a touchdown to gave Sherrard a brief 12-6 lead.

Anderson went 14 for 20 with 211 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Schmidt had five of those receptions for 137 yards.”

Morrison kept fighting, responding to the Schmidt touchdown with a 67-yard drive mostly on the legs of freshman Brady Anderson, who carried the ball five times for 59 yards on the drive, including a 22-yard touchdown scamper.

Sherrard sped back down field on the next possession, thanks in part to a 26-yard pass from Anderson to Schmidt. Moments later, the Tigers went up 20-14 on a 1-yard plunge by Izaac Novitske.

Morrison went three-and-out on the next drive, giving Sherrard the chance to ice the game. Instead, Donny Reavy knocked the ball away from Anderson on a third-down play, and teammate Aidan Dolieslager recovered the ball at the Sherrard 22-yard line.

The Mustangs took their final lead with 4:04 left at 22-20 with an 11-yard run by Baker.

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