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Boys basketball

Erie-Prophetstown 49, Bureau Valley

41: The Storm dropped their home and Three Rivers Conference opener, falling to the Panthers at the Storm Cellar.

After playing to a 16-15 lead at the half, the Panthers opened a 33-26 lead after three quarters. They outscored the Storm 33-25 in the second half for the road win.

Noah Wisely had 13 points for E-P while Jeremiah Kochever and Michael Collins added 12 each.

Fulton 51, Aquin 39: The Steamers outscored the Bulldogs 19-11 in the fourth quarter to pull away for an NUIC crossover win in Freeport.

Ethan Price poured in 22 points to lead Fulton (3-2). Baylen Damhoff scored 13 of his 15 points in the second half after the teams went into halftime tied at 19.

Morrison 69, Wethersfield 45: The Morrison boys basketball team built a big lead and cruised past Wethersfield for a nonconference win Friday night at home.

The Mustangs raced to a 47-24 halftime lead, then outscored the Flying Geese 22-21 in the second half to secure the victory.

Chase Newman led Morrison with 20 points, Danny Mouw scored 19 points, and Brenden Martin added 13 points. Mouw hit five 3s, including four in the first quarter.

Girls basketball

Sherrard 62, Morrison 30: The Fillies lost their Three Rivers West opener on the road. They were outscored 33-10 in the second half.

Shelby Veltrop scored 16 points for Morrison, which rallied to within 29-20 by halftime after falling behind 22-6 in the first eight minutes.

Morrison 58, Riverdale 22: Shelby Veltrop and Diana Robbins combined for 42 points to power the Fillies past the R a m s i n t h e i r T h r e e R i v e r s W e s t opener.

V e l t r o p l e d a l l s c o r e r s w i t h 2 3 points, while Robbins poured in 19 points. Jordan Eads added eight points for Morrison.

A 2 9 - 8 s e c o n d - h a l f s c o r i n g r u n helped the Fillies pull away.

Erie-Prophetstown 43, Orion 34: The Panthers won their Three Rivers West opener in Prophetstown.

Kennedy Buck had 13 points and H a n n a h H u i s m a n a d d e d 1 1 f o r Erie-Prophetstown (4-2, 1-0).

Wrestling

Panthers split, Rockets 0-2 in Rochelle:

Erie-Prophetstown defeated Rock Falls 47-30 in their dual in Rochelle, while the Hubs downed E-P 60-18 and Rock Falls 84-0.

Aiden Jepson had a pair of pins at 132 pounds for the Panthers, and Jase Grunder had a pin and a technical fall at 152. Wyatt Goossens (126) and Luke Otten (195/220) both won by pin and decision. Victor Bonnell (145) added a pin against Rock Falls.

O r e g o n s w e e p s i n M o r r i s o n : T he Hawks won a pair of nonconference duals on the road, defeating Mendota 84-0 and the host Mustangs 57-18. Morrison defeated Mendota 54-18 in the other dual.

Camden Pruis had a pair of pins for Morrison at 132 pounds, while Warren Riffle (106) and Levi Milder (120) both recorded pins against Oregon. Logan Baker (152), Ryan Peppers (160), Gavin Arians (182) and Cameron McDonnell (285) added pins against Mendota, and the Mustangs received four forfeits.

Fulton splits in Peru: The Steamers defeated host St. Bede 72-12, but fell to Sherrard 42-39 in a pair of nonconference duals against former Three Rivers foes.

Broden VenHuizen (132 pounds), Ben Fosdick (145), Conner Sheridan (160), Mason Kuebel (170), Zane Pannell (182) and Braiden Damhoff (285) all won two contested matches by pin, and Skylier Crooks (152) added a pin and a decision.

C h r i s C a r r o l l ( 2 2 0 ) w o n b y p i n against St. Bede, and Fulton also received four forfeits in that dual.

Morrison 45, Erie-Prophetstown 23:

The Mustangs picked up four wins by forfeit, two by pin and one by technical fall to top the Panthers.

Zach Milder (132) pinned Michelle Naftzger in 42 seconds, and Brady Anderson (152) pinned Dante Pells in 1:37 for Morrison. Camden Pruis (138) got the technical fall win for the Mustangs against Aiden Jepson (18-3, 5:49).

E r i e - P r o p h e t s t o w n w o n t h r e e matches by pin and one by decision.

Samual Kilker (120) pinned Warren Riffle in 1:38, Wyatt Goossens (126) pinned Levi Milder in 45 seconds, and Luke Otten (220) pinned Cameron McDonnell in 1:01. Jase Grunder (160) defeated Logan Baker 7-4

The Panthers lost 61-18 to Princeton. Goossens, Grunder and Otten picked up three Panther wins by pin.

O r e g o n H a w k s d e f e a t F u l t o n: The Hawks defeated Polo 66-12 and Fulton 54-22 in a pair of duals at the Blackhawk Center.

Oregon also took on Fulton in a dual and won 54-22, recording six pins and receiving three forfeits.

The Steamers’ Zane Pannell (182) pinned Eckerd in 3:09, and Braiden Damhoff (285) pinned Evan Flaharty in 39 seconds. Broden VenHuizen (132) won a 15-6 major decision. Ben Fosdick (145) won a 7-6 decision, and Mason Kuebel (170) won a 6-3 decision.

Boys bowling

Erie-Prophetstown 2,595, Hall 1,662:

The Panthers rolled to victory at Triple Play Lanes in Fulton, wining each game by nearly 300 pins.

Bryce VanDeWostine opened his 610 series with games of 202 and 224, and Shawn Chandler and Keith Goods o n b o t h b o w l e d 4 4 4 s e r i e s f o r Erie-Prophetstown. Robert Winters ( 3 9 8 ) , D o m B r a y ( 3 7 9 ) a n d A i d e n Almanza (32) also competed for the Panthers.

Dixon 2,679, Erie-Prophetstown 2,360:

Cody Geil’s 558 series (187, 199, 172) led the Dukes past the Panthers in a home dual at Plum Hollow.

Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Fulton’s Broden VenHuizen and Oregon’s Preston LeBa wrestle in a Dec. 2 bout at the Blackhawk Center.

Alex T. Paschal - apaschal@shawmedia.com Erie-Prophetstown’s Shawn Chandler competes Dec. 1 against Dixon.

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Wyatt Goossens joined Otten as a runner-up finisher for Erie-Prophetstown, taking second at 126.

Fulton finished fourth as a team with 133 points, led by its lone champion Zane Pannell. After placing second as a freshman and third last season, the senior finally got over the hump and took home the title.

“I enjoy this tournament; it’s tough, always has been, and it’s nice to get on top for once,” Pannell said. “I enjoy facing people who have been wrestling their whole lives. They teach me a lot about my style, what I can do to improve myself, and it helps me work on my moves. Wrestling them earlier in the season when you don’t have as big of lungs and you’re a little rusty, that’s even better.”

Pannell pinned Oak Lawn’s Hani Odeh in 4:29 at 182 pounds, and said he felt his style matched up well with the game plan Odeh was using in the bout.

“That match was a lot of tying up and some throwing, and I think for me, my style worked really well against his, just because my whole life I’ve had really good hips, and that’s always what I’ve been used to is hipping people over,” Pannell said.

Damhoff was the only runner-up for the Steamers, but Ben Fosdick (145), Skylier Crooks (152) and Chris Carroll (220) all took third, and Justin Heck (106), Camryn Lippens (113), Broden VenHuizen (132) and Mason Kuebel (170) all finished fourth. Fosdick won the award for most pins in the least amount of time, pinning three of his opponents in a total of 5 minutes, 31 seconds.