WWW.JG-TCCOM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,2015 B1 INSIDE TODAY Area high school football results B3 COME BACK TOMORROW Charleston High School cross country invitational results Mattoon trailing 34-26 when game delayed 1 I I 1 Visit www.jg-tc.com for the most up-to-date local sports coverage i. MHS set up a one-yard run by Braden Smith on a 17-yard pass over the middle to Nick Poorman. That was after three five -yard penalties on the Greenwave. The Green Wave took their only lead of the game in the second quarter when they drove 82 yards in 11 plays. Smith completed a 15 -yard pass to Konour Smith and a 22-yarder to Alec Raboin.
Braden Smith made a four-yard touchdown pass to Konour Smith and Zachary Lenskink booted the extra point for a 13-6 lead with 9:47 left in the second. MIKE MONAHAN JG-TC Sports Writer MATTOON The non-conference football game at Gaines Field was 34-26 in favor Bethalto Civic Memorial with 9:32 left in the game. The Eagles just intercepted a Green Wave pass and had the ball at the MHS 28 when the game was postponed until 1 p.m. Saturday at MHS due to lightning. Bethalto led 34-20 and had a second and 10 when Reece Prior stepped in front of an Eagle pass and returned it 52 yards down the east sidelines.
The extra point was just wide, but Mattoon was within a point. Bethalto answered with a nine play, 77 yard drive with John Whitworth (who had 26 carries for 210 yards and two touchdowns when the game was stopped) picked up a gain of 12 and then 27 yards. Zach Williams had three carries for 24 yards before Whitworth moved the ball to the seven. The Mattoon defense came up big time and time again picking off three passes and recovering two fumbles, including one by Jacob Wood-yard in the Green Wave end zone. The Eagles had just one punt in the first three plus quarters and didn't get inside MHS territory on only one of its 13 drives.
With 6:09 left in the third quarter MHS 6-6 quarterback Braden Smith, who had thrown for 161 yards and two touchdowns, was injured and did not return. The first quarter took 40 minutes and there was a total of 15 penalties, two of which offset each other. A total of 106 yards in penalties were called in the first period, which, when the period ended, was all deadlocked at six. Mike Estell, for the JG-TC Mattoon 's Colton Shoot and Garett Rice push through the Bethalto line Friday night at Gaines Field In Mattoon. MATTOONB2 Casey-Westfield hits the Newton windshield out for the score.
Mammoser was good on the point after attempt to push the score to 14-0. The Warriors showed signs of life when Ethan Lucas took the ensuing kick off and found enough blockers to hit daylight for an 84 yard touchdown. Andrew Orrell booted the extra point to narrow the lead to- 14-7. But Newton rallied right back on a 22 yard run by Kaleb Witgan to extend their lead to 20-7 at the end of the first. The Eagles defense pitched a shutout for the balance of the game but added 27 points in the final three quarter, a pair by Witgan, one more by Bierman and a 10 yard pass from Mammoser to Mitch Jansen to seal the win.
The Warriors stand 1-1 and will travel to Flora next week for another Little mini Conference match up. Newton improves to 2-0. Newton 20 14 7 6-47 Casey-Westfield 7 0 0 0-7 1st Quarter Mitch Bierman 68 run (Brock Mammoser kick) Bierman 24 run (Mammoser kick) Ethan Lucas 84 kick return (Andrew Orrell kick) Kaleb Witgan 22 run (Tim Weber run failed) 2nd Quarter Witgan 22 run (Witgan run) Bierman 8 run (Mammoser pass failed) 3rd Quarter Witgan 7 run (Mammoser kick) 4th Quarter Mitch Jansen 10 pass from Mammoser (kick failed) INDIVIDUALS STATS: PASSING: Newton-Mammoser 6 for 13, 67 yards, 1 TO Casey Elkins 3 for 8, 15 yards, 2 INT. J. Brandenburg 1 for 1, 24 yards.
RECEIVING: Newton Joe Stone 4 -46, Kyle Muska 1-11, Mitch Jansen 1-10. 1 TO Casey Ethan Lucas 1-24, Beau Biggs 2-12, Zac Campbell 1-3 RUSHING Newton Bierman 20-190, 3 TD, Witgan 18-178, 3 TD Casey Lucas 4-27, Adams 6-9, Campbell 3-8, Elkins 1-4, Duniphan 2-3, DEFENSE LEADERS: Newton: Weber 10, Witgan 6, Stone 6 Casey Weiscope 9, Duniphan 7, Strange 6 TERRI COX For the JG-TC CASEY "Sometimes you're the windshield, sometimes you're the fly. Tonight we were the fly and we got splat," were the words of Casey-Westfield head coach Tom Monken after suffering his first loss as the Warriors head coach at the hands of the Newton Eagles at Sinclair-Vidoni Field by a final 47-7. "I am very disappointed in the effort we gave at the beginning of the game," Monken added. "But I was very pleased with the fight I saw out of this group in the second half.
We have to regroup, refocus and get back on track." The Warriors will be without the services of senior Corey Carver, who was ejected in the third quarter, and could be without quarterback Isaac Elkins and back Zac Campbell, who are questionable due to injuries. Newton took the opening kickoff and needed just two plays for Mitch Bierman to break through for a 68 yard touchdown run. Brock Mammoser booted the PAT for a 7-0 Newton lead at the 11:10 mark. On the Warriors first offensive series Elkins was looking for Carver, but Bierman had other ideas and picked off the pass for the first turnover of the night. Casey forced a fourth and seven and looked to have the Eagles stopped but a roughing the passer call against the Warriors moved the chains and gave Newton a new set of downs.
The Eagles capitalized on that opportunity two plays later when Bierman crossed the goal line from 19 yards ievin Minoner, journal uazeuo a iiniBS-oouner Charleston ball carrier Griffin Green, right, eyes the Mt. Vernon defense at Charleston High School in Charleston on Friday. Bad 2-minute stretch dooms Trojans against Mount Vernon quarterback keeper. Mount Vernon got the ball right back when the Rams caught Charleston off guard with an onside kick, but a couple of penalties stalled the drive and Mount Vernon punted. On Mount Vernon's next possession, the Rams faced a 2nd and 17, but Rush took a pitch and went 60 yards to the Trojans' 3 -yard line.
Rutherford scored two plays later on a 2-yard keeper. The two -point conversion made it 14-0. Rutherford finished with three touchdowns when he scored on a 3 -yard keeper with 11:37 left in the game. The Trojans offense started to show signs of life the second quarter. They drove to Mount Vernon's 43-yard line and on 4th and 9, the Rams jumped offsides and Kevin Frederick leaped over a player for a 6 -yard gain.
Later on 4th and 4 from the 11-yard line, Frederick ran through an open hole behind the right guard for an 11-yard score for Charleston. Rush ended the game with 195 yards on 10 carries. "He sparked us and he did that last week for us, too," Mount Vernon coach Jared Shaner said. "He's got a different gear that other kids don't have. He gets on the edge and you think you have a good angle on him and he gets past you." Then in the second play of the Trojans ensuing drive, quarterback Justin Wilson lost the ball while being pulled down for a sack.
Jesse Green scooped up the ball and returned it 17-yards for the score and a 28-6 lead. At the 1:51 mark, Gage Burroughs picked off Wilson and went 42 yards for the score to make it 34-6. "One of the big parts, in a close game, scoring those two defensive touchdowns before the half and it's always big to have that swing, deflating when you are on the offensive side of the ball," Shaner said. "But defensively it gives you so much energy." The Rams kept the ball away from the Trojans for most of the first quarter. Mount Vernon converted twice on fourth down and went 67 yards in 13 plays to take a 6-0 lead with 4:53 left in the first quarter.
Brandon Rutherford scored on a 1-yard JUSTIN RUST JG-TC Sports Writer CHARLESTON-Right when everything was starting to look up for the Charleston High School football team, it all spiraled out of control in a matter of 2 minutes. While the Trojans never led in the game, they put together a promising drive late in the second quarter. The 15-play, 70-yard drive cut Mount Vernon's lead to 14-6 with 3 minutes, 51 seconds remaining before halftime. Two minutes later, the Rams held a 34-6 lead on Charleston and the Rams won 40-6. The game was called early due to a lightning delay with 9:35 left in the contest.
"I would like to say it wasn't deflating, but it was," Charleston coach Tim Hogan said. "For some reason, we have to find a way to sustain drives and to score and to sustain momentum. "We got momentum back there. We have to find ways to not give up momentum. Offense, defense, special teams, we all had times tonight where we lost focus." Two plays after Charleston cut into the Rams' lead, Mount Vernon's Jailon Rush broke free for a 53-yard touchdown run and the two-point conversion made it 22-6.
Illini game postponed TROJANSB2 35th annual Mattoon volleyball invite today television. Ticket stubs from Friday will be honored today. Parking will be free. For a while, the delay involved more than just lightning. The skies opened and rain pounded down, sometimes blowing sideways, pelting an empty stadium as fans huddled in the covered concourses or raced for their vehicles.
There's no way to know what kind of a crowd Illinois would have had for the season opener, although a nice group turned out to-christen the opening of Grange Grove, through which the Illini team marched on their way into the stadium. That was at 5:40 and it the sun was blazing. But 90 minutes later a storm barreled in and turned a party into a puddle. During the delay, interim head coach Bill Cubit said his team tried to stay loose, reviewed the game plan and watched college football Cram Pooh Mattoon. St.
ElmoBrownstown, Sullivan. Warrensburg-Latham Gold Pooh Heyworth, Neoga. Taylorville, Pana MARK TUPPER Lee News Service CHAMPAIGN After four months of allegations, investigations and the jolting dismissal of head coach Tim Beckman exactly one week ago, Friday was supposed to be the night the doom and gloom lifted on University of Illinois football. Friday was supposed to signal a ray of hope, an evening of fun, excitement and relief. Instead, somewhere Beck-man must have been sitting in his weather laboratory pitching lightning bolts, dumping buckets of rain and if that wasn't thunder in the distance, it was the echo of Beckman's devilish laugh.
There was an eerie feeling Friday night that The Ghost of Tim Beckman had shown up for a curtain call. With lightning ripping across the sky, Memorial Stadium was evacuated well before the scheduled 8:12 p.m. kickoff. And when the lightning persisted past 10 p.m., the game was finally postponed and will be played at 1 p.m., today with no North Gym Match 7: Neoga vs. Taylorville Match 8: Heyworth vs.
Pana Match 9: Taylorville vs. Pana Match 10: Neoga vs. Heyworth Match 11: Taylorville vs. Heyworth Match 12: Pana vs. Neoga Match 14: Fourth place Green Pool vs.
Third place Gold Pool Match 16: Second place Green Pool vs. First place Gold Pool Winner Match 13 vs. Winner Match 14, fifth place Loser Match 15 vs. Loser Match 16, third place Main Gym tlmo Match 1: Mattoon vs. Sullivan 8 a.m.
Match 2: St. ElmoBrownstown vs. Warrensburg-Latham 9 a.m. Match 3: Mattoon vs. Warrensburg-Latham 10 a.m.
Match 4: St. ElmoBrownstown vs. Sullivan 11a.m. Match 5: Mattoon vs. St ElmoBrownstown Noon Match 6: Warrensburg-Latham vs.
Sullivan 1p.m. Match 13: Third place Green pool vs. Fourth place Gold Pool 3p.m. Match 15: First place Green Pool vs. Second Place Gold Pool 4 p.m.
Match 17: Loser Match 13 vs. Loser Match 14, seventh place 5 p.m. Match 20: Winner Match 15 vs. Winner Match 16, championship 6 p.m. MATTOON The 35th annual Mattoon Volleyball Invitational is set for Saturday starting at 8 a.m.
The eight-team tournament is to be played in the main gym and the north gym at the high school. Mattoon, 2-1, is to play Sullivan, 0-2, at 8 a.m. in the main gym and Neoga, 0 -2, is to play Taylorville in the North Gym. Mattoon, Sullivan, St. Elmo Brownstown and Warrensburg-Latham are all in the Green Pool, while Heyworth, Neoga, Taylorville and Pana are in the Gold Pool.
The championship match and third place match is set for 6 p.m. at the main and north gyms The Lady Wave is to play at 10 a.m. against Warrensburg-Latham and at noon against St. ElmoBrownstownwhile Sullivan takes on St. Elmo Brownstown at 11 a.m and Warrensburg-Latham at 1 p.m.
all in the Main Gym. Neoga is to play all of its matches in the North Gym at 10 a.m. against Heyworth and at 1 p.m. against Pana. respectively.
A 10-team all-tournament team is to be selected as well as a Most Valuable Player. Mattoon has won the last seven straight titles. POSTPONEDB2.
