Boys Basketball: 12/8 @ Judah Christian

The Bulldogs lost a close battle with Judah Christian 63-60 on Tuesday. Bement led at half-time 27-20 and after the third quarter thier lead was cut to just one (41-40). Senior Colin Auth led all scorers with 21 points. Greg Frey also added 15 points.

Boys Basketball: Central Illinois Turkey Tournament

The Bulldogs beat Atwood-Hammond 44-39 Saturday evening for Third Place in the Turkey Tourney.

Colin Auth and Mac Gallagher, both seniors, made the All-Tournament Team.

SP Girls Basketball Schedule

2009-2010 South Piatt Girls Basketball Schedule

Nov. 16 @ Cerro Gordo
Nov. 16 vs. U-High (Atwood)
Nov. 21 vs. Argenta-Oreana (Bement) 9am
Nov. 30 @Arcola
Dec. 3 vs. Judah Christian (Atwood)
Dec. 4&5 Mike Walsh Memorial Tourney (Bement) TBA
Dec. 10 vs. Arthur-Lovington (Bement)
Dec. 17 @ Martinsville
Dec. 19 vs. Decatur Christian (Atwood) 1pm
Dec. 26-29 Chrisman Christmas Tourney
Jan. 4 vs. Arcola (Atwood)
Jan. 7 vs. Tri-County (Bement)
Jan. 11 @ Villa Grove
Jan. 14 vs. Shiloh (Atwood)
Jan 16-23 LOVC Tourney
Jan. 25 @ Arthur-Lovington
Jan. 28 vs. Heritage (Atwood)
Feb. 1 vs. Okaw Valley
Feb 4 @ Cerro Gordo

All JV games start at 6:15pm and Varsity follows.

Football: Season in Review

The 2009 South Piatt Wildcats officially wrapped up their season at the banquet on Tuesday, November 10. At the banquet the coaches reviewed both JV and Varsity seasons. The JV went 5-4 and the Varsity went 5-5 with a playoff berth, first time in six seasons.

Also recognized Tuesday was LOVC All-Conference award winners. They are the following:

First Team

Defense

Colin Auth, Defensive Back

Matt Lee, Defensive Lineman

Offense

Colin Auth, Wide Receiver

Matt Lee, Offensive Lineman

Second Team

Defense

Steven Bryan, Defensive Back

Dylan Clark, Defensive Lineman

Offense

Steven Bryan, Running Back

Dylan Clark, Offensive Lineman

Honorable Mention
Defense
Randy Crist, Linebackers
Josh Peeler, Linebacker

In addition, the four captains were honored and all received awards for their leadership, performance and hard workthroughout the season. They were Colin Auth, Steven Bryan, Randy Crist and Matt Lee.

Matt Lee received the 2009 Team's MVP and Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Lee had 59 solo tackles and 29 assits tackles, for a total of 88 tackles for the season. He also 12 tackles for a loss. Lee set a South Piatt season record for fumbles recovered, he had 5 and a career record for fumbles recovered, he had 7.

Colin Auth received Co-Special Forces Player of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year. Auth had 74 solo tackles which was a South Piatt season record. He also had 24 assits tackles and 7 interceptions. On special teams, Auth averaged 25.4 yards per punt. He had a total of 584 yards in 23 attempts.

Steven Bryan was awarded Co-Offensive Player of the Year and the Bramlete Award. This season, Bryan rushed for 1,082 yards and averaged 5.2 yards per carry. He also scored six touchdowns. The Bramlete Award is in honor of the late Pastor Steve Bramlete. Bramlete was a huge South Piatt fan. The award was given to Bryan for his performance on and off the field.

Other recieptians for various awards are:

Most improve underclassman: Phil Irace

Most improve upperclassman: Charlie Thompson and Jared Jean

Scout Team Award: Austin Dean

Wildcat Hustle Award: Randy Crist

Co-Special Forces Player of the Year: Chris Barnes

Football Pics

Photos by: Shelby Gallivan

Football 10/13: Brown County 34 SP 0

The Wildcats played their first playoff game in six years against the Brown County Hornets. The Hornets beat the Wildcats 34-0. Steven Bryan rushed for 109 yards to surpass the 1,000 yard mark for the season. Colin Auth had 65 yards receiving and also contributed nine tackles. Randy Crist passed for 88 yards. Matt Lee had 11 tackles. Josh Peeler and Charlie Thompson each had seven tackles.

The Wildcats ended their season 5-5.

Football Playoffs

Congratulations to the Wildcats for making the 2009 IHSA State Playoffs. This is the first time since 2003.

South Piatt will play Saturday October 31 at Mt. Sterling (1pm).

Football 10/23: SP 24 Cerro Gordo 8

The Wildcats ended their regular season with a victory over Cerro Gordo 24-8. Steven Bryan rushed for 95 yards, which included two touchdowns. Josh Peeler and Matt Lee had 12 tackles each. Peeler also rushed for 82 yards. Randy Crist rushed for 54 yards and had 93 yards rushing. Crist was involved with two touchdowns one rushing and the other passing to Colin Auth. With the touchdown reception, Auth also had nine tackles.

The Wildcats will find out Saturday October 24th at 8pm if they make the play offs.

Area Leaders

The News-Gazette area leaders as of October 19th:

Football
Colin Auth: 2nd interceptions(7),
Steven Bryan: Top 20 rushing (767 yards; 2TD)

Volleyball
Makenzie Morton: Top 30 Aces(33)
Shelby Lust: Top 40 Blocks (39)

Football 10/15: SP 26 Arcola 7

The Wildcats kept their playoff hopes alive as they beat the Purple Riders 26-7. Colin Auth had two touchdowns, one of them was a 82 yard kickoff return. Auth also had 11 tackles. Steven Bryan rushed for 111 yards and a touchdown.

Next week the Wildcats will play Cerro Gordo (4-4: 3-3) at Atwood.

Football vs. Arthur-Lovington 10/2

The Wildcats bounced back Friday after a tough loss at Villa Grove by beating Arthur-Lovington 24-6. Within minutes of the game A-L had the lead 6-0, but after that the Wildcat defense took over. They had a total of four interceptions two by Randy Crist and the other two by Colin Auth. Matt Lee and Josh Peeler each had nine tackles. Along with his two interceptions, Crist was 8 of 13 passing, passed for 148 yards and had two passing touchdowns. He also rushed for 95 yards and a touchdown. Steven Bryan contributed 59 yards rushing and 67 yards receiving.

Next week the Wildcats(2-4; 2-2) take on the Martinsville(0-4; 0-6) Blue Streaks at Bement.

Golf

Congratulations to Junior Katie Gillespie!! Katie was named to the All-Conference Golf Team. She is the first girl to do that in BHS history!!! Congrats!

9/28-10/2 Week Preview

Monday
Golf @ Villa Grove
Volleyball vs. St. Thomas Moore
JV Football @ Villa Grove

Tuesday
Volleyball @ Okaw Valley

Thursday
Volleyball @ Shiloh

Friday
Football vs. Arthur-Lovington (@Atwood)

SP Football @ Villa Grove 9/25

South Piatt-18
Villa Grove-22

South Piatt scored 6 in the 1st, 2nd, and 4th quarters.
Villa Grove scored 6 in the 3rd and 16 in the 4th quarter.

Next Week South Piatt (1-4; 1-3) plays Arthur-Lovington (3-2; 3-0) at Atwood.

SP vs. East Central 9/11

The Wildcats opened their Conference opener against East Central with a 34-12 victory. Steven Bryan rushed for a total of 259 yards to lead the offense. On the defensive side, Matt Lee had 12 tackles, four of them for loss, Randy Crist had nine, and Josh Peeler had eight. Next week the Wildcats take on the Tri-County Titans at Oakland.

Individual Scoring
SP-Garrett 9 yrd. run (run failed)
SP-Crist 1 yrd. run (Bryan run)
EC- McWhorter 18 yrd pass to Hawkins (run failed)
SP-Crist 3 yrd. run (Bryan run)
SP-Peeler 15 yrd. run (run failed)
SP-Bryan 31 yrd. run (run failed)

Volleyball

Congratulations to Makenzie Morton and Shelby Lust for making The News-Gazette's Nifty Fifty! The Nifty Fifty is a list of the Top 50 players in the area.

Volleyball vs. Judah Christian 8/31

JV and Varsity both lost to Judah Christian Monday night in three matches. Judah took the first match and the Bulldogs took the second match forcing a third, but lost.

JV
Judah def. Bement 25-22, 21-25, 15-11

Varsity
Judah def. Bement 25-19, 23-25, 25-13

Football Photos @Cerro Gordo

Football@Cerro Gordo 8/28

Cerro Gordo-39
South Piatt-20

INDIVIDUAL SCORING
CG—Dupont 18 pass from Lawler (Forbes kick)
SP—Crist 2 run (kick failed)
CG—Lawler 57 run (kick failed)
CG—Lawler 3 run (Forbes kick)
SP—Crist 2 run (run failed)
CG—Farrison 7 run (Forbes kick)
CG—Forbes 42 pass from Lawler (kick failed)
SP—Auth 29 pass from Crist (Crist run)
CG—Farrison 4 run (kick failed)

Junior Varsity Football Schedule

8/31 @Cerro Gordo
9/5 @ Salt Fork (Catlin) 10:00am
9/14 vs. East Central (Bement)
9/21 @Tri-County (Oakland)
9/28 @Villa Grove
10/5 vs. Arthur-Lovington (Atwood)
10/12 vs.Martinsville (Bement)
10/19 @Arcola

All JV games start at 6:15 pm unless noted.

Volleyball Schedule

8/31 vs. Judah Christian
9/1 @Windsor
9/3 vs. Cerro Gordo
9/5 Eagle Tourney (TBA)
@Deland-Weldon
9/10 vs. Tri County
9/15 @Heritage
9/17 @Cerro Gordo
9/21 @Monticello
9/22 vs. Arcola
9/24 vs. Atwood-Hammond
9/28 vs. St. Thomas MOre
9/29 @Okaw Valley
10/1 @Shiloh
10/5-10/8 LOVC Tourney (TBA)
@Arcola
10/13 vs. Lovington
10/15 @Villa Grove
10/19 vs. Maroa-Forsyth
10/20 @Matinsville
10/22 vs. Arthur
10/28 Regionals Begin

J.V. starts @ 6:15pm and Varsity follows

Golf Schedule

8/21 Windsor; @Windsor 4:00pm

8/27 Maroa Forsyth; @Hickory Point 4:00pm
w/Williamsville and Tri-Valley
9/3 Sangamon Valley Decatur 4:15pm

9/10 Sangamon Valley; @Decatur Scovill 4:15pm

9/15 Tri-County; @Oakland 4:30pm

9/21 Okaw Valley; @Eagle Creek 4:15pm

9/22 Arcola; @Arcola 4:00pm

9/23 Sullivan; @Sullivan 4:15pm

9/28 Villa Grove & Tuscola; @Tuscola 4:15pm

10/3 LOVC Tourney; TBA TBA

10/6 Regionals Begin; TBA TBA

SP Football Schedule

8/21 Scrimmage (Atwood)
8/28 @ Cerro Gordo
9/4 @ Salt Fork (Catlin)
9/11 vs. East Central (Bement)
9/18 @ Tri-County
9/25 @ Villa Grove
10/2 vs. Arthur-Lovington (Atwood's Homecoming)
10/9 vs. Martinsville (Bement's Homecoming)
10/16 @ Arcola
10/23 vs. Cerro Gordo (Atwood)

All games start @ 7 p.m.