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SVM football roundup: Fulton beats EPC for sixth win, Morrison blows out LeRoy

By Dan Wussow
Fulton's Ryan Eads finds a gap and runs for a first down during action against EPC on Saturday, Oct. 15 in Fulton.

Fulton's Ryan Eads finds a gap and runs for a first down during action against EPC on Saturday, Oct. 15 in Fulton. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)

Fulton built a 21-0 halftime lead and outrushed Eastland-Pearl City 202-37 on its way to a 35-14 NUIC victory Saturday afternoon at Fulton.

Ryan Eads rushed for three touchdowns and caught another to lead the Steamers’ offense. His rushing scores came on runs of 2, 1, and 4 yards. He also hauled in a 35-yard touchdown pass from Brayden Dykstra.

Joel Ford scored the other Fulton touchdown on a 21-yard run.

Carsen Heeren scored both Wildcatz touchdowns on carries of 5 and 1 yards.

EPC's Max McCullough catches a pass for a big gain as Fulton's Ryan Eads tries to break up the play during Saturday, Oct. 15 action in Fulton.

EPC's Max McCullough catches a pass for a big gain as Fulton's Ryan Eads tries to break up the play during Saturday, Oct. 15 action in Fulton. (Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media)

Morrison 56, LeRoy 7: Led by three touchdowns from Chase Newman and Danny Mouw, the Morrison Mustangs rolled to a nonconference win over the LeRoy Panthers.

Newman returned a punt 74 yards for a touchdown, and caught two more from Mouw on passes of 29 and 30 yards. As a receiver, he caught four balls for 93 yards. As a runner, he took nine carries for 103 yards.

Mouw went 6 for 8 passing with 168 yards and three touchdowns, including the two to Newman. His third touchdown was a 69-yarder to Daeshaun McQueen.

McQueen finished with two receptions for 75 yards.

Brady Anderson and Carson Strating rushed for two touchdowns apiece. Anderson racked up 89 yards on eight carries, with a long run of 51 yards. Strating tallied 31 yards on 10 rushes.

Anderson also had an interception.

Forreston 40, Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley 12: The Cardinals became playoff eligible with a road win, rushing for 399 yards and six touchdowns.

Brock Smith rushed eight times for 112 yards (14 yards per carry), highlighted by a 73-yard sprint to set up a touchdown. Kaleb Sanders had 12 carries for 91 yards and two touchdowns, and McKeon Crase added seven rushes for 63 yards and two TDs for Forreston (5-3). Johnny Kobler added 56 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, and Alex Ryia had a 32-yard scoring scamper.

Sanders opened the scoring with a 61-yard touchdown run just 1:58 into the game. Crase ran in from 40 yards with 4:50 left in the first quarter, then Sanders scored from 2 yards out for a 24-0 lead with 1:12 left in the first.

GCMS had a 49-yard touchdown run 1:23 into the third quarter, but Kobler answered with a 9-yard scoring run with 3:28 left in the third. GCMS scored on an 8-yard run with 9:19 left in the fourth, but Ryia scored with 6:25 left, and Crase ran in from 2 yards.

Ashton-Franklin Center 58, Peoria Heights 18: The Ashton-Franklin Center Raiders beat Peoria Heights in a nonconference game for their fourth win of the season.

The Raiders rolled in a game originally scheduled for Friday night in Peoria Heights, but due to a bank of lights going out and sparking, it was postponed to Saturday and moved to Mel Barron Field.

Carson Rueff was 18-for-27 passing for 313 yards and seven touchdowns; he also ran for 116 yards. Lane Koning had 176 receiving yards and four scores; Zane Murphy had 58 receiving yards and two touchdowns, and also added a pick-six; and Auden Polk had 66 receiving yards and a touchdown.