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  Boys Football Class 1A State Final Results 1998-99 

 Carthage 30, Sterling (Newman) 26

 Play-By-Play
Visitor: Sterling (Newman) -- -- Home: Carthage
Visitor Record: (12-1) -- -- Home Record: (13-0)
Visitor Coach: Mike Pappocia -- -- Home Coach: James Unruh
Coach's Record: 19 yrs. (147-56) -- -- Coach's Record: 13 yrs. (118-28)
Weather Conditions:54 degrees winds from southeast at 12 mph

Play-By-Play
Carthage won toss, deferred, Newman will receive at north end
1st Quarter
Time/Team -- Type of Play
Post kicks off to Musgraqve at the 31 return of 14 (Ellefritz)
Newnab 11:08
1/10N45 -- A Papoccia gaines 1 up the minddel (Minn)
2/9/n46 -- Musgrave right side for gaine of 6 (Kramer)
3/3/C48 - Magnagfici left side gain of 4 FD rush (Wood)
1/10/C44 -- Musgrave bumps up middle for gain of 1 (Post)
2/9/C43 -- A Papoccie 2nd guy through no gain (Elleftiz/
3/9/c43 -- Denner osdd intercepted at 35 by Rogers Return of 2 yards
CARTHAGE 9:20
1/10/C47 -- Wessel left side for gain of 3 (Gisi)
2/7/C40 -- Green right end gain of 6 (Fritts)
3/1/C46 -- Toubakis gain of 3 FD rush (Gisi)
1/10/C49 -- Dietz left end around 51 yard rush for TOUCHDOWN First Down rush 7:47 (4 plays, 63 yards 1:33) Green stoppedshort on 2 point conversion (Gisi)

Post kicks off to bouncing kick fielded by Magnagici handed off to A.Papoccia return of 6 yards (Kramer)
1/10/N35 -- Musgraves left side gain of 9 (Cramer)
2/1/n44 -- Demmer sacked for loss of 5 (Post)
3/6/N39 -- Demmer overthrows Magnafici
4/6/N39 -- Musgrave punts out of bounds 21 yards no return
6:17 CARTHAGE
1/10/C41 -- Wessel buried in middle gain of 2 (Gisi)
2/8/C43 -- Dietz second guy through gain 4 (Dawson)
3/4/C47 -- Green right tackle gain 7 FD Rush (Magnaficei)
1/10/N46 -- Dietz right end no gain (Musgrave)
2/10/N46 -- Dietz around left tackle gain of 5 (Bruketta)
3/5/N41 -- False start penalty on Carthage
3/10/N46 -- Green over right tackle gain of 2 (Gab ler)
4/6/N/44 -- Thompson to punt way out of end zone 44 yards no return
3:01 NEWMAN
1/10/N20 -- A.Papoccia over left guard no gain (Post)
2/10/N20 -- A Papoccia sweep left gain 3 runs out of bounds
3/7/N23 -- A Papoccia gain 3 (Rogers)
4/4/N26 -- Musgrave punts to the 36 (44 yards) Dietz return of 8 yards
1:40 CARTGAGE
1/10/C40 - Toubekis pass for Elleftitz overthtorn
2/10/C40 -- Wessel up middle gain of 3 (Bruketta)
3/7/C47 -- Dietz around left end gain of 1 (Gisi)
4/6/C48 -- Thompson punt shank to 30 (22 yard punt) no return
0:22 NEWMAN
1/10/30 -- A Papoccia gain of 3 (no tackle)

2nd Quarter
2/7/N33 -- Papoccia over riight guard gainof 2 (Post)
3/5/N35 -- Denner pass to M Papoccia gain 12 fistd down pass (Dietz)
1/10/N47 -- Magniafici right end gain of 20 FD rush (Rogers)
1/10/C33 -- Mussgravew bulls for 1 yard (Menn)
2/9/C32 -- Magnafici option right side gain of 3 (Wood)
3/6/C29 -- A Papoccia pitch around right end 29 yard gain TOUCHDOWN FD Rush (7 plays, 70 yards, 3:03) Magnafici kick blocked NEWMAN 6, CARTHAGE 6

9:19 CARTHAGE
Hermes kicks Dietz at the 22 gain of 4 (Anesquita)
1/10/C23 -- Wessel left guard gain of 3 (Gabler)
2/7/C26 -- Dietz stopped for gain of 4 (Bruketta)
3/3/C30 -- Green tackled for loss of 1 (Fritts)
4/4/C29 -- Thompson punt to the C47 (18 yard punt, no return)
7:22 NEWMAN
1/10/C46 -- Musgrave right guard gain of 4 (Wessel)
2/6/C42 -- Musgrave bulls way through line, veers left for gain of 24 FD RUSH (Post))
1/10/C18 -- A Papoccia gain of 9 (Wood)
2/1/C9 -- Musgrave surge through middle gain of 4 FD RUSH (Post)
1/G/C5 -- Musgrave rams up middle gain of 3 (Wessel)
2/G/C2 -- Musgrave scrum up middle gain of 1 (Post)
3/G/C1 -- A Papoccia takes pitch right side gain of 1 TOUCHDOWN FD Rush (7 plays, 46 yards, 3:16) Magnafici kick is good NEWMAN 13, CARTHAGE 6

Hermes kicks off on line, fielded by Wessel no return
4:06 CARTHAGE
1/10/C36 -- Dietz runs wide gain of 6 (run out by Bruketta)
2/4/C42 -- Wessel right guard gain of 1 (Hermes)
3/3/C43 -- Wessel pops through middle gain ofr 4 FD RUSH (Bruketta)
1/10/C47 -- Wessel left guard gain of 5 (Turnroth)
2/5/N48 -- Green stacked up for gain of 1 (Fritts)
3/5/N47 -- Wessel stopped for gain of 2 (Gisi)
4/2/N45 -- Thompson punt kicks to 16 (29 yards) A Papoccia 5 yard return (Green) Clipping 10 yard penalty on Newman
1:08 NEWMAN
1/10/12 -- Musgrave right tackle gain of 3 (Rogers)
2/7/15 -- A Papoccia tackle for loss of 2 (Toubekis)

Halftime Score: Newman 13, Carthage 6

3rd Quarter
12:00 CARTHAGE
Hermes kicks off line drive to Wessel return of 4 (Sam Cassens)
1/10/C33 -- Dietz gain of 3 (Musgrave)
2/7/C36 -- Dietz strolls through line, puts on afterburners left side 64 yard TOUCHDOWN (11:11) (2 plays, 67 yards, :44) FD Rush Green left side conversion GOOD CARTHAGE 14, NEWMAN 13

11:11 NEWMAN
Post kicks off to line drive to 38 return by Steder (3 yards) Trusley
1/10/N41 -- Musgraves gains 4 (Menn)
2/6/N45 -- Magnafici right tackle gain of 4 (Ellefritz)
3/2/N49 -- A Pappoccia left tackle gain of 6 FD RUSH (Wessel)
1/10/C45 -- A Papoccia gain of 2 (Menn)
2/8/C43 -- Musgrave gain of 3 (Thompson)
3/5/C40 -- A Papoccia left side out of bounds gain of 3 (ran out of bounds)
4/2/C37 -- Carthage offsides 5 yard penalty FD penalty
1/10/C32 -- Musgrave busts off left tackle gain of 7 (Post)
2/3/C25 -- Magnafici spins for FD rush gain of 9 (Dietz)
1/10/C16 -- Magnafici off right tackle gain of 8 (Wessel)
2/2/C8 -- A Papoccia up middle to gain of 3 FD RUSH (Toubekis)
1/G/C5 -- Magnafici stopped for no gain (Kerr)
2/G/C5 -- A.Papoccia left guard for gain of 1 (Ellefritz)
3/G/C4 -- Demmer pass complete to A.Papoccia FD pass TOUCHDOWN (13 plays, 59 yards, 5:38) Pass by Demmer incomplete on 2 point try 5:33 NEWMAN 19,
CARTHAGE 14

5:33 CARTHAGE
Fritts kick dropped by Wessel recovered Kobbeman for Newman (No return)
5:30 NEWMAN
1/10/C32 Offsides 5 yards on Cathage)
1/5/C27 -- Musgrave left guard gain of 2 (Post)
2/3/C25 -- A Papoccia left guard gain of 2 (Rogers)
3/1/C23 -- Demmer keeps for gain of 3 FD Rush (Bisby)
1/10/C20 -- Musgraves tripped up no gain (Post)
2/10/C20 -- Amesquita gained 5 (Cramer)
3/5/C15 -- A Papoccia gain of 5 fumble, recover by Dietz return of 1
3:02CARTHAGE
1/10/C11 -- Green bulls way for gain of 6 (Fritts)
2/4/C17 -- Dietz stood up at line no gain (Hermes)
3/4/C17 -- Green takes pitch gain of 6 FD RUSH (Musgrave)
1/10/C23 -- Dietz left side gain of 8 (Musgrave)
2/2/C31 -- Wessel lup the middle gain of 24 FD Rush (Turnroth)
1/10/N45 -- Dietz left end gain of 3 (Hermes)

4th Quarter
2/7/N42 -- Wessel gain of 1 over left guard (no tackle)
3/6/N41 -- Green tackled for loss of 1 (A Papoccia)
4/7/N/42 -- Thompson punt to the 5 (37 yards ) A Papoccia 95 yard punt return down right sideline TOUCHDOWN TIME OUT: Newman (before conversion) (Magnafici PAT kick is GOOD NEWMAN 26, CARTHAGE 14
Class 1A and all-time punt return record

10:35 CARTHAGE
Hermes kicks off line drive picked up by Wessel no return
1/10/C37 -- Dietz reverse gain of 20 FD Rush (Turnroth)
1/10/N43 -- Toubekis pass intended for Ellefritz overthrown
2/10/N43 -- Green skips through line for gain of 8 (A Papoccia)
3/2/N35 -- Wessel up middle on handoff FD Rush gain of 4 (Fritts)
1/10/N31 -- Green inside handoff rumbles for gain of 10 FD Rush (Fritts)
1/10/N21 -- TIIME OUT: Newman (2nd) Dietz punches through left side gain of 13 FD Rush (Turnroth)
1/G/N8 -- Green sweep right tackled for loss of 1 (Amesquita)
2/g/N9 -- Dietz inside gain of 7 (Hermes)
2/G/N2 -- Wessel bulls through for TOUCHDOWN FD Rush (8:04) (9 plays, 63 yards, 3:31) Dietz up middle for 2 point PAT NEWMAN 26, CARTHAGE 22

8:04 NEWMAN
Post kicks off on-side Amesquita on kick no return
1/10/N46 -- Amesquita off right tackle gain of 9 (Wood)
2/1/C45 -- Musgrave gain of 2 FD Rush (Bisby)
1/10/C43 -- Amesquita right guard gain of 2 (Wessel)
2/8/C41 -- A Papoccia gain of 1 (Wessel)
3/7/C40 -- Magnafici gain of 1 (Ellefritz)
4/6/C39 -- Delay of game penalty on Newman 5 yards
4/11/C44 -- Musgrave punts to the 19 (25 yards) no return out of bounds
4:59 CARTHAGE
1/10/C19 -- Green not much room gain of 2 (Dawson)
2/8/C21 -- Wessel up middle gain of 7 (Fritts)
3/1/C28 -- Dietz gain of 1 FD Rush (Bruketta)
1/10/C29 -- Toubekis pass to Dietz gain of 2 (Bruketta)
2/8/C31 - Dietz on reverse gain of 14 First down rush
1/10/C45 -- Green no gain
2/10/C45 -- Wessel 3 yard gain
3/7/C48 -- Dietz 5 yard gain
4/2/N47 -- Wessel 3 yard gain FIRST DOWN RUSH
1/10/N44 -- Toubekis to Dietz pass 8 yard gain
2/2/N36 -- Wessel 4 yard gain First Down Rush
1/10/N32 -- Dietz 1 yard gain
2/9/N31 Toubekis pass to E Huston for touchdown up middle 31 yard tD FD Pass (13 plays, 81 yards, 4:09) PAT run by Dietz CARTHAGE 30, NEWMAN 26 (0:50)

0:50 NEWMAN
Post kicks off on ground Amesquita falls on it
1/10/N39 -- Demmer pass intended for Bellini way short
2/10/n39 -- Demmer pass intercepted by Dietz at the 32, return of 33 yards (M.Papoccia)

0:31 CARTHAGE
1/10/N34 -- Toubekis kneels loss of 1 TIME OUT NEWMAN (3rd)
2/11/N33 -- Toubekis kneels loss of 2

Final Score: CARTHAGE 30, NEWMAN 26


 Box Score


Class 1A
Friday, November 27, 1998
IHSA Official Scoring Summary



Class 1A Officials: Phillip Beauprez, Kewanee-Back Judge; Gary Hahn, Kewanee-Linesman; Thomas Hornback, Kewanee-Line Judge; James Patterson, Kewanee-Referee; Stan Peterson, Kewanee-Umpire.

Weather Conditions: Partly Cloudy
Temperature: 52 F
Winds: SW12

Scoring by Quarters                                        1    2    3    4 Final
Visitor: Sterling (Newman Central Catholic) (12-1)        00   13   06   07    26
Home: Carthage (13-0)                                     06   00   08   16    30
Scoring Drives
Carthage - Andy Dietz, 51 yd run (run failed), 7:47, 0-6
Sterling Newman - Andrew Papoccia, 29 yd run (kick failed), 9:19, 6-6
Sterling Newman - Papoccia, 1 yd run (Mitch Magnafici kick), 4:06, 13-6
Carthage - Dietz, 64 yd run (Wyatt Green run), 11:11, 13-14
Sterling Newman - Papoccia, 4 yd pass from Brian Demmer (pass failed), 5:33, 19-14
Sterling Newman - Papoccia, 95 yd punt return (Magnafici kick), 10:35, 26-14
Carthage - Luke Wessel, 2 yd run (Dietz run), 8:04, 26-22
Carthage - Eric Huston, 31 yd pass from George Toubekis (Dietz run), 0:50, 26-30

Time of Kickoff: 11:08
Time Game Ended: 1:17
Total Time Elapsed: 2:09
Class 1A

IHSA Final Team Statistics                             
                                                       
                                                       
                                                  Sterling (Newman)    Carthage
Score                                                            26          30
First Downs                                                      14          17
 --- Rushing                                                     11          16
 --- Passing                                                      2           1
 --- Penalty                                                      1           0
Rushing Attempts                                                 48          51
Yards Gained Rushing                                            216         332
Yards Lost Rushing                                                7           6
Net Yards Rushing                                               209         326
Net Yards Passing                                                16          41
 --- Passes Attempted                                             6           5
 --- Passes Completed                                             2           3
 --- Had Intercepted                                              2           0
Total Offensive Plays                                            54          56
 --- Total Net Yards                                            225         367
 --- Average Gain Per Play                                      4.2         6.6
Return Yards                                                    100          52
 --- Fumbles: No.-Lost                                          1-1         1-1
 --- Penalties: No.-Yards                                      2-15        2-10
Number of Punts-Yards                                          3-90       5-150
 --- Average Per Punt                                          30.0        30.0
 --- Punt Returns: No.-Yards                                  2-100         1-8
 --- Kickoff Returns: No.-Yards                                3-33         2-9
Interceptions: No.-Yds.                                         0-0        2-35
Fumble Returns: No.-Yds.                                        1-0         1-1
Possession Time                                               24:28       23:32
Sacks - Yards                                                   1-5         0-0
                                                       


Class 1A

IHSA Final Individual Statistics
Visiting Team:  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)
                  
Rushing                  Att.       Gain       Lost        Net         TD  Long
Brandon Musgrave           16         74          0         74          0    24
Andrew Papoccia            19         74          2         72          2    29
Mitch Magnafici             8         49          0         49          0    20
Jake Amesquita              3         16          0         16          0     9
Brian Demmer                2          3          5         -2          0     3
Totals:                    48        216          7        209          2    29
                  
Passing           Att-Cmp-Int       Yds.         TD       LongSacked-Yds.
Brian Demmer            6-2-2         16          1         12        1-5
Totals:                 6-2-2         16          1         12        1-5
                  
Pass Receiving            No.      Yards         TD       Long
Matt Papoccia               1         12          0         12
Andrew Papoccia             1          4          1          4
Totals:                     2         16          1         12
                  
Punting                   No.      Yards       Avg.       Long
Brandon Musgrave            3         90       30.0         44
Totals:                     3         90       30.0         44
                  
Field Goals              Att.       Made       Long
                  
Totals:                      
                  
                        Punts   Kickoffs Intercepts    Fumbles
All Returns        No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng
Andrew Papoccia      2-100-95    1-16-16
Brandon Musgrave                 1-14-14           
Jeremy Steder                      1-3-3
Totals:              2-100-95    3-33-16           
                  
Class 1A          
IHSA Final Individual Statistics
Home Team:  Carthage
                  
Rushing                  Att.       Gain       Lost        Net         TD  Long
Andy Dietz                 18        205          0        205          2    64
Wyatt Green                13         48          3         45          0    10
George Toubekis             3          3          3          0          0     3
Luke Wessel                17         76          0         76          1    24
Totals:                    51        332          6        326          3    64
                  
Passing           Att-Cmp-Int       Yds.         TD       LongSacked-Yds.
George Toubekis         5-3-0         41          1         31        0-0
Totals:                 5-3-0         41          1         31        0-0
                  
Pass Receiving            No.      Yards         TD       Long
Eric Huston                 1         31          1         31
Andy Dietz                  2         10          0          8
Totals:                     3         41          1         31
                  
Punting                   No.      Yards       Avg.       Long
Willie Thompson             5        150       30.0         44
Totals:                     5        150       30.0         44
                  
Field Goals              Att.       Made       Long
                  
Totals:                      
                  
                        Punts   Kickoffs Intercepts    Fumbles
All Returns        No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng No-Yds-Lng
Chris Rogers           0-0-0-      0-0-0      1-2-2
Andy Dietz              1-8-8      1-5-5    1-33-33      1-1-1
Luke Wessel             0-0-0      1-4-4      0-0-0           
Totals:                 1-8-8      2-9-5    2-35-33      1-1-1
                  


Class 1A

IHSA Defensive Statistics
                    
Class 1A Visitor:  Sterling (Newman Central Catholic):
                    
                          Solo    Assist     Total  For Loss     Sacks
Player                 Tackles   Tackles   Tackles  No.-Yds.  No.-Yds.
JR Gisi                      5         0         0         0         0
Ryan Dawson                  4         1         5         0         0
Tim Bruketta                 8         1         9         0         0
Jake Amesquita               3         1         4       1-1         0
Tim Fritts                   7         2         9       1-1         0
Pat Hermes                   4         0         4         0         0
Brandon Musgrave             5         1         6         0         0
David Gabler                 3         0         3         0         0
Tyler Donahue                3         0         3         0         0
Sam Cassens                  1         0         1         0         0
Jonathan Turnroth            5         3         8         0         0
Mitch Magnafici              1         1         2         0         0
Matt Papoccia                1         0         1         0         0
Andy Papoccia                3         2         5       1-1         0
                    
Class 1A Home: Carthage:  
                    
                          Solo    Assist     Total  For Loss     Sacks
Player                 Tackles   Tackles   Tackles  No.-Yds.  No.-Yds.
Ryan Robinson                1         2         3         0         0
TJ Menn                      4         0         4         0         0
Andy Tursley                 1         0         1         0         0
John Post                    8         2        10         0       1-5
Jeremy Kerr                  1         0         1         0         0
Willie Thompson              1         0         1         0         0
Luke Wessel                  6         0         6         0         0
Bill Cramer                  4         1         5         0         0
Curtis Bisby                 2         3         5         0         0
Chris Rogers                 5         0         5         0         0
Bart Ellefritz               6         1         7         0         0
Will Wood                    3         1         4         0         0
Wyatt Green                  1         0         1         0         0
George Toubekis              2         0         2       1-2         0
Andy Dietz                   2         0         2         0         0
                    



 Notes & Quotes
Class 1A Attendance: 3951 paid, 4925 total.


Coach's Quotes and Notes




Class 1A Winning Coach--
James Unruh [Carthage]:
"Somebody please tell me how we won. We kept hanging in there, hanging in there. For the last 8-10 minutes I told them to let it all lay on the field."

"I think this game was what high school football was all about with both schools playing back and forth, back and forth."

" At the end our defense rose to the occassion. Defense wins championships and ours came through at the end."

"Players win games not plays and to win it on a pass play win you're a running team is a cinderella ending."


Class 1A Losing Coach--
Mike Papoccia [Sterling (Newman Central Catholic)]
"It was a classic game with two great teams. It was not the defensive struggle I anticipated. Offense pretty much dictated what happened. They moved on us which I didn't think they would do. I think we did some things they didn't expect us to do."

"If you're going to play a championship game this is what you want."

"(On the winning Carthage TD pass) It was a play we thought they'd run and it was a bit of a missed assignment on our part."



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