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Saturday, August 29. 1998 nn Iffi Mid-Illinois Newspapers High School Football Scores if. 1 v' NORMAL Change is good for Kale Walker. Last year he was Sullivan-Bethany's quarterback. However, coach Jerry Lane moved Walker to tailback in the preseason.

The change paid off Friday night as Walker led the Redskins to an 18-15 victory over the Normal University High Pioneers. Walker had 96 yards on 17 car- ries and scored twice including a 29-yard run in the second Kale Walker quarter. "I thought Kale made some good reads," said coach Lane. Walker's replacement at quarterback, junior Dylan Dudley, was also very solid. Dudley was 6 for 10 passing for 48 yards and one interception.

"Dylan was very composed and ran the offense pretty well," Lane -said. "The way I see it, they can only improve. I hope they get better each week." The Redskins' defense also played an important role as well. A Dudley pass was intercepted late in the game and Normal U-High moved to the Redskin 10-yard line with one minute to play. The Redskins defense held on though to secure the win.

"We had several kids who stepped up and held them. I thought that was a tremendous effort on their part," Lane said. Curtis Wise chipped in 53 yards on nine carries for Sullivan. ThcRedskins begin Okaw Valley Conference play Friday at i i Photo by Ken Trevarthan Oakland-Kansas' Ryan Weemer runs the ball during the Oaks' 40-27 win over Arthur-Lovington in Little Okaw Valley Conference action Friday. Abingdon 27, Prophetstown 8 Aieoo 41 mveraaie Alwood 42.

Cambridge 1 8 Andrew 35, Thornridge 9 Annawan 1 Kpwanea Wftttwsfiftld 0 I Areola 29, Blue Ridge 7 Aurora west, i Aurora tasi Barrington 25, Glenbrook South 7 Bartlett 2, Glenbard North 0, forfeit I 1 AO f-t I I I A oeivmereoo, nouMuiuAuuuiiiu Benton 20, Sparta 0 1 Biggsville Union 50, Stark County 6 Bismarck-Henning 21 Rossville 6 Bioomington 23, Rantoul 6 Blue Island Eisenhower 51 TF North 1 2 Bogan 20, Collins 12 Breadstown 40. Havana 0 Brown County 21, Monmouth York-wood 7 Burlington Central 24, Lemont 1 9 Byron 20, Stillman Valley 6 Cahokia 26, Granite City 1 4 Carlyle14.Vandalia7 uarmi-wrwe voumy zu, MCLeansooro Carterville 42. Cairo 0 Carthage 43, Mendon Unity 0 Champaign Centennial 38, Decatur MacArthur 6 Champaign Central 46, Decatur Eisen-howerO Chatam Glenwood 35, Mount Zioh 6 Chicago Vocational 36, Curie 22 ChillicothelVC 20, Princeton 1 4 OT Christopher-Zeigler-Royalton 56, Elver-ado-Trico 8 Coal City 45, Aurora Christian 14 Dakota 20. Pecatonica8 Decatur St. tereres 49, Warrensburg-lathamO Dixon 6, Rock Falls 0 Downers Grove North 12, Zon-Benton 60T Valley 0 Dupo 20, Sesser-Valier 1 4 DuQuoin 27, West Frankfort 6 Eastland-Pearl City 20, Lena-Winslow 10 Edwards County 34, Fairfield 16 El Elgin 21, Niles West 0 Elk Grove 33, Maine West 6 Farminaton 16.

Pittsfield 14 Fenwick 35, Belleville Althoff 6 Flanagan 30, Colfax Ridgeview 20 Flora 21 East Alton-Wood River 1 9 Forreston 62, Ashton Fulton County 0 Fulton 41, Rockridge 12 Galena 39. Freport Aquin 20 Geneseo 38, Galesburg 1 3 Gibson City 40, Dwight 20 on iiiciu 1(73171 Hamilton 22, Stronghurst Southern 6 Hardin Calhoun 38, Virginia 20 Harlem 3. FreeportO Herscher 45, Clifton Central 7 Heyworth 32, Streator Woodland 22 Highland 28, Carlinville 0 Hoopeston 1 3, Oakwood 6 Illiopolis 28, Cerro Gordo 6 Iroquois West 29, Martinsville 6 Jacksonville 16, Jerseyville 13 Johnston City 26, Eldorado 6 Kaneland 42, Marengo 0 Kankakee McNamara 29, Bradley 6 Kewanee 14, Sherrard 9 Knoxville 1 4, Bushnell-Pairie City 0 Lake Park 28, Hoffman Estates 12 LaSalle-Peru 55, Bartonville Limestone leading Areola to a 29-7 non-conference win against Farmer City Blue Ridge on Friday. Peterson opened the scoring in the first quarter, hauling in a 43 yard touchdown pass from Matt Williams. Peterson also ended the scoring in the final period, scoring on an 83-yard run.

Williams and Josh Whitson alsoscored touchdowns for the Purple Riders, who open Little Okaw Valley Conference play Shelbyville falls just short against Pana Meridian. Sullivan-Bethany 0 12 6 018 Normal U-High 7 0 0 8 15 Bryan Schulz 1 run (Schulz kick) Kale Walker 29 run (kick failed) Walker 1 run (run failed) Curtis Wise 1 7 run (kick failed) Pat Kelley 30 pass from Dan Cottone (Cottone run) Areola rolls over Blue Ridge FARMER CITY Koliri Peterson scored two touchdowns, on offense but couldn't stop a bigger Pana team, namely fullback Kurt Slayton, who gained 90 yards, 62 in the first half. Matt Clark had 70 yards rushing to lead Shelbyville. Quarterback Tad Miller hit Matt Clark for a 4-yard touchdown with 1:06 left to make it a six-point game, but the Rams' on-side kick went out of bounds set ting up Pana on the 50-yard line where it ran the clock out. Shelbyville junior Justin Niles, who was expected to see time at quarterback with Miller, went down with a separated shoulder on the opening kickoff.

lAl quarter and Cumberland held on for a 12-7 win over Salt Fork on Friday. McMechan finished with 88 yards on 23 carries as the Iirafas survived a late fumble, forcing Salt Fork into a turnover of its own. "We stuck in there until the end," Cumberland coach Jim Pat-tenaude said. "We were down for a while but. we ground it out." Jay McElravy opened the scoring, getting in from a yard out.

The Storm took the lead on a 15-yard run in the second quarter, setting up McMechan's deciding score. Cumberland plays Friday at Dagger (Union), Ind. Cumberland 6 0 0 612 Salt Fork 0 7 0 0 7 Jay McElravy 1 run (pass failed) -S 1 5 run (kick good) Jess McMechan 1 run (pass failed) Martinsville falls OILMAN The Martinsville football team wanted to make the coaching debut of Steve Buxton memorable. Unfortunately, the Bluestreaks fell short Friday nightagainst Iroquois West losing 29-6. 1 Iroquois West's running game proved to be the difference as jt scored on runs of 1, 11, 12 and 41 yards.

Clayton Cribelar scored the lone touchdown for Martinsville on a 13-yard run in the fourth quarter. The Bluestreaks' home opener is 7 p.m. Friday against Fisher. Martinsville 0 0 0 66 Iroquois West 13 6 7 329 I Brian Pool 1 run (Reitz kick) I Bargmann 44 run (kick failed) I Kunsch 1 2 run (kick failed) I Redenius 1 1 run (Reitzkick) I FG Reitz 29 Clayton Cribelar 1 3 run (run tailed) in opener Clark's 63-yard touchdown run was called back for a clipping penalty during the Rams' third play from scrimmage in the sec-ond half. "Defensively we kept getting knocked off the ball and we allowed them to get up front on us," Hefner said.

Pana 7 6 8 021 Shelbyville 8 0 0 715 T.J. Grisel 8 run (Rudy Zahradka kick) Buck Barnes 48 punt return (Matt Clark pass from Tad Miller) Adam Bruns 14 pass from Grisel (run failed) Grisel 1 run (Matt Rosinski pass from Grisel) Clark 4 pass from Miller (Rusty Birch kick) Motor Speedway, the 32-year-old short track ace, limped to his A.J. Foyt-prepared Dallara-Aurora racer using a cane to help support his compact, 5-foot-7, 140-pound body and won another pole. Boat, driving in only his second event since breaking his left leg and pelvis in a crash in June at Loudon, N.H., drew the first spot in the qualifying line Friday. But he had to wait nearly an hour while his crew tried to track down a mysterious electrical problem.

"We had low battery voltage in the last practice session," Boat said. "My crew changed the alternator and the wiring, but never did find the problem. "When we wentput, they didn't know if make it through the five laps (three warmups and two qualifying laps)," he added. "We were just lucky the battery held enough voltage to get us to the end." But the problem'didn't slow him down. Boat's first qualifying lap of 224.109 mph was fast enough.

to take the pole for the Pep Boys Indy Racing League's inaugural Atlanta 500 Classic on Saturday night. But he made sure with a lap of 224.145, making him easily the fastest among 26 drivers whjj made qualifying attempts. It was Jeff Ward, the former motorcycle champion, who Bout relegated to second place. V7 .1 A Friday at home against Illiopolis. Areola 8 8 7 629 FarmerCrty 0 7 0 07 A Kolin Peterson 43 pass from Matt Williams (Steve Wagoner run) Ross 1 9 pass from Hawkins (Ross kick) A Williams 1 2 run (Williams run) A Josh Whitson 1 run (Craig Wesch kick) A Peterson 83 run (kick failed) Cumberland wins at Salt Fork CATLIN Jess McMechan scored on the first play of the first the Rams' 1-yard line, but scored two offensive penalties and six plays later.

"Take away the mistakes that we made and it would have been wide open," Pana coach Gerald Tidwell said. We did a lot of nice things we just made a lot of bad mistakes throughout the game." Shelby ville's Josh Lieb notched a sack for a lOyard loss with two minutes left in the first half. Pana then elected to go for the score on fourth down with 18 yards to go with Barnes knocking down a potential touchdown pass in the end zone. AP Photo Georgia Power 200 at Atlanta Schrader's 29.429 last year for the July race, but it was good enough to hold off the Pontiac of Bobby Labonte, which toured the oval in 29.664 at 128.398. Boat wins IRLpole HAMPTON, Ga.

Billy Boat doesn't let anything effect his focus in a race car. Two weeks ago, at Pikes Peak, Boat walked to his car with the aid of crutches and won his third pole of the season. On Friday night, at Atlanta olP IL rlN1000 jtatewldeWlnneO I ft xf car fdremost -r A.im-. MuMMwmliii maim uiMmTamaMttrumttiA B1 lin fiirii wv" "That was a blow because we had some backs banged up and he was our first sub," Hefner said. A huge Panther offensive line made the hurt worse, cutting holes in the middle for running back Kurt Slayback during the opening drive, setting up a touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback keeper; After an aborted Shelbyville drive, Josh Wallis nailed Slay-back on the punt reception causing a fumble that Buck Barnes picked up and ran 48 yards for a touchdown.

Pana quickly moved down the field and had a first-and-goal on S.C., hits the wall during the "Motor Speedway Friday. race in 1997. He was unhurt and seemed unfazed by the mishap, even though the wrecked Ford Taurus was the one that proved so dominant last month. Jarrett wound up qualifying seventh, Earnhardt 18th, Irvari 19th and Elliott 22nd. Marlin was 30th-fastest, and will have to try to qualify Satur-day When positions 26-43 will be set.

Gordon's lap at 29.518 seconds in his Chevrolet fell short of Ken Just ask anyone who owns a Coach House. They! tell you who builds the best garages in town. Then call us for a FREE estimate. it 's a Coach House. By Sarah Gover StaffWriter SHELBYVILLE First-year Shelbyville football coach Brett Hefner said he tells his team he wants them to be able to win in the fourth quarter Friday, thanks to Pana's mis-fakes and some untimely ties, the Rams were in a long-shot position to win in the fourth before time ran out in a 21-15 season-opening loss to the Panthers.

"They controlled the ball so much in the first physically it just wore us down," Hefner said. Shelbyville gained 150 yards Burton's By The Associated Press LOUDON, N.H. A practice crash by Jeff Burton one that could have an impact on Sunday's CMT 300 overshadowed Jeff Gordon's seventh pole this season in qualifying Friday at.New Hampshire International Speed-way. Burton, who dominated the Jiffy Lube 300 last month at NHIS, was one of seven drivers to have problems prior to time tests on the 1 oval. He lost his primary car when he hitthe wall hard in turn three.

"I didn't miss the groove," Burton said. "There was oil on the race track or something." But Burton didn't blame the crash on the reconditioned corners, which drivers say are slicker than the unsealed straightaways. "When you're going that fast, something's going to happen every now and then," he said. "It was like it blew both front tires and turned right, but I know I didn't blow both front tires. "The brake marks start at the yellow line on the inside and just go straight, so I don't know." Burton's biggest-problem will be starting 25th Sunday on a slick track where passing usually is difficult.

He started fifth last month, and won from 15th on the grid last year. who leads the Winston Cup points standings and whose seven poles leads the circuit, was pleasantly surprised. "That was the best lap we ran all day," he said after posting a speed of 129.033 mph. "I kind of took it easy going into turn one, but I felt the tires coming in the middle of two, and was able to make up time in three and four. Seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt, also a crash victim, was not so kind in his assessment of the turns a mixture of sand and liquid asphalt was spread earlier this week in hopes of creating a second racing groove.

"They sealed the race track and sort of messed it up," said Earnhardt, who also went to a Lawrenceville 24, Oblong 0 LeRoy 28, Eureka 14 Lexington 47, Gridley 8 Mahomet-Seymour 29, Effingham 14 Manley24, Farragut20 Marion 40, St. Jacob Triad 0 Maroa-Forsyth 20, Argenta-Orena 6 Marshall 33, Paris 22 MassacCounty 28, Anna-Jonesboro 20 Mather 1 8, LindblomO McHenry 35, Lake Zurich 17 Metamora 40, Streator 1 4 Milledgeville 50, Hiwaitha 32 Minonk Fieldcrest 20, Tremont 0 Monmouth Warren 27, Galva 6 Monticello 20, Macon Meridian 1 2 Morris 19, Pontiac 16 Morrison 41, Buda Bureau Valley 7 Morton, III. 35, Springfield SE 14 MountCarmel, III. 21, Harrisburg 18 Mount Vernon 28, Mascoutah 7 Moweaqua Central ASM 33, Clinton 20 Nashville 42, Hillsboro 12 Newton 29, East Richland CHney 20 Normal Community 36, Urbana 7 West 34, Mattoon 28 North Boone 21, Stockton 0 Fallon 24, Belleville West 0 Oakland 40, Arthur 27 Olympia22, Lincoln 14 Onieda ROWVA 41 Alexis 1 3 Orangeville 42, Mt. Carroll 0 Ottawa 28, Riverside-Brookfield 20 Palmyra NW 37, Meredosia-Cham-bersburg 6 Peoria Notre Dame 44, Quincy 7 Peotone 39, Wilmington 1 6 Peru St.

Bede 1 8, Amboy 1 3 Piano 27, Genoa-Kingston 0 Pleasant Hill 49, Illinois Deaf 0 Quincy Notre Dame 28, Columbia 0 Red Hill 26, Palestine 0 Reed Custer 46, Momence 8 Rich South 35, Lincoln Park 0 Richards 35, Lincoln Park 0 28, Julian 0 Rochelle29.Montinf19 Rock island 28, Pekin 7 Rockford Boylan 46, Madison East, Wis.0 Rockford East 21, Rockford Guilford 0 Rockton Hononegah 35, Rockford Jefferson 8 Rushville 28, Avon 7 Salem 47, Centralia7 Sandburg 22, Lyons 12 Sciota NW 24, Camp Point Centrat20 Seneca 1 0, Ottawa Marquette 6 Spring Valley Hall 0 Springfield 7, Peoria Central 6 St. Joseph-Ogden 34. Paxton 22 Steinmetz 1 4, Kelvyn Park 0 Sterling 41 Rock Island Alleman 8 Sullivan 20, Normal U-High 15 Sycamore 46, De Kalb 0 Table Grove VIT 30, Cuba 8 Tlnley Park 33, Oak Lawn Commuity 0 Tuscola 48, Shiloh 12 VillaGrdve48, South Piatt6 Virden 44, Nokomis 6 ,5 Warsaw 22, Spoon River Valley 8 Washington, III. 32, Chicago South Shore 6 Waterloo 14, PiasaSWO Watseka 50, Georgetown-Ffftje Farm 0 41 Westville 48, Fisher 26 Wheaton North 14, Addison Trail 7 Wheaton-W South 48, Willowbrook 0, exhibition Williamsville 35, New Berlin 13 Chad Coleman of Greenville, backup car. Even more vociferous in his criticism of the track was Sterling Marlin.

"You can't race hard because you're going to wreck," he said after scraping the wall. Also forced to backup cars were Ernie Irvan and Ron Fellows. Dale Jarrett and Bill Elliott also spun, but did not seriously damage their cars. Burton won at NHIS in July by 7.439 seconds, a perfect complement to the way he dominated the i avn 11 i rnnrh House Mora than a garage, Bstbobs ULTIMATE FOOTDALL CONTEST EVERY WEEK (See details in Monday's Newspaper) 234-8913 RICK OTTO SOUTH RT. 45 MATTOON, IL 61938.