Published: October 24, 2009 12:20 am         

Prep football roundup: Riverton Parke reverses fortune at Covington

Covington — Riverton Parke rebounded from a 45-6 loss on its home field to the same Covington team just last week to post a 26-0 shutout victory Friday in Class A Sectional 39.

Blake Price ran and passed for a touchdown, and Jeremy Helton led the rushing attack with 127 yards and a touchdown. Tyler Yando had 78 yards rushing and a touchdown.



Riverton Parke 0 13 7 6 — 26

Covington 0 0 0 0 — 0

RP — Josh Helton 10 pass from Blake Price (Bennett kick)

RP — Tyler Yando 2 run (kick failed)

RP — Jeremy Helton 34 run (Bennett kick)

RP — Price 1 run (kick failed)

Next — Riverton Parke (3-7) plays host to Fountain Central on Friday.



In other high school football action:

• Rockville 46, Turkey Run 0 — At Rockville, Clint White threw for 110 yards and two scores to lead the Rox into the second round of Class A Sectional 39.



Turkey Run 0 0 0 0 — 0

Rockville 13 27 6 0 — 46

R — Chris Dennison 1 run (kick failed)

R — Cody Jeffries 21 pass from Clint White (Bettis kick)

R — Dennison 4 run (kick failed)

R — Joel Wittenmyer 15 pass from Jordan McFall (Bettis kick)

R — Wittenmyer 35 fumble recovery (Schomburg kick)

R — Wittenmyer 13 pass from White (Schomburg kick)

R — White 14 run (kick failed)

Next — Rockville (7-3) plays Friday at North Vermillion.



• North Vermillion 41, North Central 14 — At Farmersburg, the visiting Falcons improved to 5-5 as they defeated the Thunderbirds in a Class A Sectional 39 game. North Vermillion will play host to Rockville next Friday.

• Linton 68, Tecumseh 13 — At Lynnville, the visiting Miners cruised to 7-3 with an emphatic road victory at Tecumseh in a Class A Sectional 40 game. Linton will play host to North Knox next Friday.

• North Knox 28, Union 8 — At Dugger, the host Bulldogs finished their season with a 3-7 record as North Knox advanced to play at Linton next Friday.

• South Spencer 30, Sullivan 20 — At Sullivan, Class 2A No. 5 South Spencer had trouble with the Golden Arrows, but prevailed in a Class 2A Sectional 32 game. Sullivan finished its season 4-6 and lost in the first round of the sectional for the fourth consecutive season.

Illinois

• Mount Carmel 43, Robinson 14 — At Robinson, Maroons quarterback Jimmy Stevens hit on 13 of 26 passing for 104 yards, but Mount Carmel ran for 383 yards.



Mount Carmel 22 7 7 7 — 43

Robinson 0 0 7 7 — 14

MC — Hale, 27 run (Hale run)

MC — Hale 69 run (Condol kick)

MC — Zimmer 4 run (Condol kick)

MC — Hale 1 run (Condol kick)

R — Daugherty 9 run (Avila kick)

MC — Hale 67 run (Condol kick)

MC — Hale 16 run (Condol kick)

R — Ackman 0 punt return (Avila kick)



• Marshall 26, Red Hill 7 — At Marshall, The Lions won their eighth-straight game. No other details were available at press time.



• Casey 53, Lawrenceville 0 — At Casey, Ill., the host Warriors completed an undefeated regular season schedule at 9-0 in a throttling of Lawrenceville in a Little Illini Conference game.

Casey awaits today’s pairings announcement to know their opponent in the first round of the IHSA playoffs next week.



Lawrenceville 0 0 0 0 — 0

Casey 14 20 12 7 — 53

CW — Billy Seeley 7 run (Clinton Scott kick), 6:47 1st

CW — Chris Unzicker 5 run (Scott kick), 3:25 1st

CW — Nate Evans 5 run (Scott kick), 11:12 2nd

CW — Unzicker 9 pass from Brett Livvix (Scott kick), 1:42 2nd

CW — Scott 19 pass from Livvix (kick failed), 1:42 2nd

CW — Unzicker 23 pass from Livvix (run failed), 7:47 3rd

CW — Ethan Blankenship 14 pass from Heath Huisinga (kick failed) :37.6 3rd

CW — Colin Carver 66 run (Clark Schultz kick), 9:28 4th

Individual statistics

Rushing — Casey, BIlly Seeley 9-75, Nate Evans 6-25, Chris Unzicker 1-5, Brett Livvix 3-13, Colin Carver 2-59, Evan Davidson 1-1, Ajaye Meeks 5-40, Heath Huisinga 1(-2), Taylor White 1-6, Austin Ragsdale 1-3, Josh Blome 1-25, Brandon Blair 1-9, Dalton Livvix 2-14, David Belt 1-3, Nate Dunckel 1-1, Jack Elliott 1-3, Garrett Strange 1-9.

Passing — For Casey, Brett Livvix 14-25-0 178, Heath Husinga 1-1-0 14.

Receiving — For Casey, Unzicker 6-63, Josh Thais 4-25, Seth Brewer 2-75, Clinton Scott 2-25, Ethan Blankenship 1-14.

Next — Casey (9-0, 8-0 in LIC) await the release of the playoff pairings later today for next week’s opponent.