Football
Amboy/LaMoille/Ohio 46, FCW 14: At Flanagan on Friday, the host Falcons suffered the loss to the defending Illinois 8-Man Football Association state champions in a matchup of 4-1 teams.
Leelynd Durbin’s nine tackles and 50 yards rushing, Zandar Radke’s one QB sack, Seth Jones’ rushing touchdown and 8-of-16 passing for 57 yards, and Connor Reed’s four receptions for 29 yards led Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland.
The Falcons, now 4-2, play another I8FA powerhouse, West Central, on the road next Friday.
La Salle-Peru 14, Ottawa 7: At King Field, La Salle-Peru scored the go-ahead touchdown with just under six minutes to play in the third quarter.
Then the Cavaliers defense came up with key plays on the final three Ottawa drives in an eventual 14-7 Interstate 8 Conference victory in the teams’ second meeting of the season and the 126th all-time get-together of the two longtime rivals.
L-P (3-3 overall, 1-2 in I-8 play) has now won 11 straight in the series and holds a 71-50-5 margin all-time. Ottawa falls to 1-5 and 0-3.
Ottawa tied the game in the second quarter when Weston Averkamp smashed in from the 1. The scoring run capped a five-play, 83-yard drive in which Ottawa junior QB Mark Munson (13 of 24, 188 yards, five completions to Andrew Vercolio for 45 yards) completed a 55-yard pass to Owen Sanders and a 32-yard pass to Averkamp.
L-P held a 305-276 advantage in total yards, including 201-88 on the ground led by Adrian Arozola’s 98 yards.
Next week L-P hosts Sycamore, while Ottawa is at Morris.
– Read Brian Hoxsey’s full report on this game at FridayNightDrive.com.
Fisher 28, Fieldcrest 14: At Fisher, the visiting Knights (1-5 overall, 0-5 Heart of Central Illinois Small) found themselves behind 28-0 through three quarters before managing a couple of late scores in the loss to the Bunnies (2-4, 1-4). Eddie Lorton rushed for 80 yards.
Fieldcrest hosts Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley in Week 7.
Richmond-Burton 49, Sandwich 14: At Richmond, the visiting Indians (3-3 overall, 3-1 Kishwaukee River) had their three-game winning streak snapped as the Rockets’ Hunter Carley ran for 150 yards and four touchdowns.
Nick Michalek ran for 93 yards and one of Sandwich’s touchdowns, the other coming on a 45-yard pass from Braden Behringer to Simeion Harris.
The Indians host Woodstock in Week 7.