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Forreston opens with win over Stockton; Amboy cruises in 8-man debut; Fulton ekes out win in NUIC debut

By Eric Ingles

Forreston's Devonte King-Black fights for yards Friday night against Stockton. The Cardinals won 38-14. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)

Forreston opened the season with a 38-14 win over Stockton.

Devonte King-Black had 12 carries for 85 yards. Noah Johnson rushed eight times for 96 yards.

The Cardinals jumped ahead on a Matthew Beltran touchdown and, after Stockton answered, took the lead for good on a touchdown from King-Black. Beltran added scores in the second and third quarters, and Johnson scored in the fourth.

Forreston's Matthew Beltran (left) avoids Stockton's Hunter Allen during Friday's NUIC game in Forreston. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)

Mendota 24, Erie-Prophetstown 14: The Mendota football team opened its tenure in the Three Rivers Conference with a victory over Erie-Prophetstown.

Uzi Angulo ran for 68 yards and a pair of touchdowns to lead the Trojans.

Angulo scored on a 1-yard run with 8:30 left in the second quarter before the Panthers tied it before the half.

Mendota retook the lead when Damien Magallanes intercepted a pass and returned it 85 yards for a score with 11:29 left in the third.

Emilio Perez extended Mendota’s lead to 17-7 with a 24-yard field goal with 2:19 left in the third.

E-P pulled within three points early in the fourth before Angulo scored on a 1-yard run to give MHS the cushion it needed.

Fulton 14, Galena 13: Fulton opened its NUIC tenure with a win at Galena.

Keegan Vankampen scored twice for the Steamers.

Fulton got on the board with a second-quarter touchdown before falling behind 7-6 at halftime, then took a 14-7 lead in the second half.

Amboy-LaMoille 52, Peoria Heights 0: The Clippers opened their first season of 8-man football with a resounding win over Peoria Heights.

Tucker Lindenmeyer had six carries for 91 yards with a pair of touchdowns, one of them from 53 yards out. Joe Quest added 60 rushing hards and a pair of touchdowns. Landen Whelchel rushed five times for 57 yards.

Caden Wittenauer had a receiving touchdown on a 37-yard pass from Lindenmeyer.

South Beloit 52, AFC 14: The Raiders’ first full season of 8-man football began Friday with a loss to the SoBos.

Forreston's Jacob Fiorello runs away from a Stockton defender Friday night. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)