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Week 4 NUIC Football Recap
By Al Zipsie
Eastland/Pearl City battled Forreston Friday in the NUIC.
But, in the end, E/PC was dealt their first loss of the season to powerhouse Forreston 30-18. It was an exciting first half as Forreston led 22-18. Jayden Kempel put E/PC ahead at 18-14 with a six-yard TD run with 1:32 left in the first half. Hunter Daws then hooked up with Sam Barkalow for a 30 yard TD pass for the 22-18 lead twenty seconds before intermission. The second half then was a defensive slugfest as the Cardinals would score the only touchdown to seal the win.
E/PC now has to turn around and play the state's top-ranked Lena-Winslow at Pearl City on Friday.
In other Northwest games, Dakota defeated East Dubuque 41-26. Lena-Winslow had a 54-12 rout of Galena. Rahveon Valentine scored four touchdowns for the Panthers. Three on runs as he finished with 157 yards on ten carries. He scored a fourth TD on a 50-yard interception return. And Amboy notched their first win with a 27-6 victory over Durand/Pecatonica.
In the Upstate, River Ridge beat Warren 32-12. Orangeville shutout Ashton/Franklin Center 20-0 and Aquin beat Polo 28-0. The game was a scoreless deadlock at halftime. Then the Bulldogs pulled away as quarterback Jonah Diemer was 10 of 15 for 118 yards and a pair of touchdown passes.
In the crossover game, West Carroll went to 3-1 on the season blanking Stockton 14-0. It was a weird feeling as on the visiting sidelines for West Carroll was Chris Thorton and Matt Leitzen. The head coach for West Carroll, Leitzen was a former standout for Stockton.
Thorton is a volunteer coach. He resigned at Stockton after a charge of assault of a student. Thorton was the coach of the state runner-up Stockton team of 2012 and led them to an unbeaten regular season last year before a first-round loss in the playoffs ended up to be his last game with the Blackhawks.
In the non-conference game, Milledgeville rolled over River Valley 65-0.
Stateline Sports Hub. NUIC rankings after week four.
- Lena-Winslow. 4-0.
- Forreston. 3-1.
- E/PC. 3-1.
- Aquin. 4-0.
- Dakota. 3-1.
- West Carroll. 3-1.
- Milledgeville. 3-1.
- Polo. 2-2.
- Stockton. 2-2.
- Orangeville. 3-1.
- East Dubuque. 1-3.
- Amboy. 1-3.
- River Ridge. 2-2.
- Ashton/Franklin Center. 1-3.
- Galena. 0-4.
- Du/Pec. 0-4.
- Warren. 0-4.
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