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PREP FOOTBALL
Tri-Valley 22, St. Bede 16: St. Bede fell behind by 15 points early in Friday’s season opener, but the Bruins rallied before ultimately coming up short, losing to Tri-Valley in a nonconference game in Downs.
The Vikings threw two touchdown passes in the first quarter to build a 15-point lead before the Bruins got on the board with 2:09 left in the first quarter on a 4-yard run by Grady Gillan.
Gillan scored again in the second quarter on a 3-yard run to pull St. Bede within 15-13 after the Bruins came up short on a two-point conversion.
St. Bede trailed 15-13 at halftime.
Late in the third quarter, the Vikings intercepted a pass and capitalized on the turnover with their third TD of the game with 9:12 left in the fourth to take a 22-13 lead.
Ryan Soliman kicked a 25-yard field goal with 2:55 left to pull St. Bede within 22-16, but the Bruins couldn’t recover the onside kick.
Gino Ferrari completed 5 of 14 passes for 91 yards and rushed for 111 yards on 13 attempts, while Landon Marquez rushed 14 times for 56 yards and Gillan finished with 20 yards and two scores on five carries.
Bureau Valley 48, United 21: The Storm opened the season with a Lincoln Trail/Prairieland crossover victory in Monmouth.
The Storm led 14-7 at the half and 28-7 after three quarters to cruise to the season-opening win.
Senior Elijah Endress led the Storm rushing attack with 186 yards on 22 attempts. He scored three straight touchdowns in the second half, including runs of 29 yards and 1 yard in the third quarter and an 8-yard score early in the fourth to put the Storm up 36-7.
Brady Hartz scored two touchdowns, rushing for 94 yards on 11 carries, and quarterback Bryce Helms completed 4 of 7 passes for 74 yards, including a 3-yard TD pass to Blake Foster.
Bureau Valley tallied 350 yards rushing on 45 attempts and held United to 137 yards on 27 attempts. The Red Storm picked up 109 yards passing, while BV totaled 74.
Ayden Andrade led the Storm defense with nine tackles, and Endress added eight.
Amboy co-op 36, Ridgewood 8: Josh McKendry ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns on eight carries to lead the defending state champion Clippers to a season-opening victory in Amboy in a rematch of last year’s Illinois 8-Man Football Association state title game.
Eddie Jones completed 4 of 4 passes for 67 yards and two touchdowns, while Brayden Klein rushed for 110 yards on 12 attempts and caught a pass for an 11-yard TD and Caleb Yanos had three receptions for 56 yards and a score.
MEN’S SOCCER
IVCC 8, Malcolm X 0: Vasco Gonclaves scored three goals to help the Eagles to a victory at Rotary Park in La Salle.
Daniel Candeias scored two goals for IVCC (1-1), while Jakob Stumm, Gabriel Penhalver and Jorge Martinez each added a goal.
BOYS GOLF
At Port Byron: Bureau Valley’s Wyatt Novotny shot a 76 to place ninth at Riverdale’s Wayne Brinkmeier Invitational at Byron Hills Golf Course.
The Storm finished seventh in the team standings with a 345, while St. Bede was 10th at 372. The host Rams won with a 296
Also scoring for BV were Landen Birdsley (84), Colin Stabler (91) and Logan Philhower (95).
Abe Wiesbrock and Zach Husser each shot an 89 to lead the Bruins, while Chris Gedraitis had a 90 and Ty Carls added a 102.
COED CROSS COUNTRY
At Chillicothe: Bureau Valley’s Alexander Gallardo finished an area-best 15th in 18:06.7 at the IVC Invitational.
The Storm finished fifth in the team standings.
Also for BV, Adrian Gallardo (19:19.7), Nathan Siri (19:30.7) and Alex Attig (19:35.8) placed 31st-33rd.
The Storm also finished fifth in the girls race.
Gemma Moore led BV by finishing 23rd in 24:00.6, while teammates Summer Hamilton (25:17.7) and Mya Nugent (25:32.6) were 28th and 30th, respectively, followed by Fieldcrest’s Hannah Schumacher (25:34) in 31st.
WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL
Rock Valley 3, IVCC 0: The Eagles lost in three sets in Rockford.