Published: October 31, 2009 11:32 pm         

Illinois football playoffs: Casey jumps all over Alton Marquette, Tolono knocks Robinson out

Casey, Ill. — No. 1-seeded Casey jumped on Alton Marquette with two first quarter touchdowns and never looked back on its way to a 42-7 victory in a Class 2A IHSA football playoff victory on Saturday.

Billy Seeley had two touchdown runs for the unbeaten Warriors (10-0), who rushed for 316 yards overall. Seeley accounted for 146 of those yards. Austin Ragsdale added 75 rushing yards.

Brett Livvix was efficient with the Warriors’ passing game as he completed 12 of 15 pass attempts for 110 yards and two touchdown passes.

Casey’s defense forced three Marquette (5-5) turnovers and held their offense to 224 total yards.

Casey (10-0) will have to travel next week as it will play at Red Bud in the second round of the IHSA playoffs. No. 9-seeded Red Bud defeated No. 8-seeded Chester 40-16 on Saturday.



Alton Marquette 0 7 0 0 -- 7

Casey 14 7 14 7 — 42

C — Billy Seeley 6 run (Clinton Scott kick)

C — Nate Evans 7 run (Scott kick)

AM — Keenan Eberlin 4 run (Brogan Fischer kick)

C — Josh Thais 29 pass from Brett Livvix (Scott kick)

C — Thais 24 pass from Livvix (Scott kick)

C — Seeley 5 run (Scott kick)

C — Evan Davidson 6 run (Scott kick)



AM C

First downs 13 19

Rushes-yards 41-134 47-309

Passing yards 90 119

Com-Att-Int 7-12-0 13-16-0

Punts-avg. 5-25.8 1-44

Fumbles-lost 4-3 2-1

Penalties-yards 2-10 10-80

Individual statistics

Rushing — Casey: Seeley 20-146, Austin Ragsdale 7-75.

Passing — Casey: Livvix 12-15-0, 110.

Receiving — Casey: Thais 4-78. Marquette: Derrik Starett 4-62.

Next — Casey (10-0) will play at Red Bud (8-2) next Saturday.

• Tolono Unity 43, Robinson 23 — At Tolono, The host Rockets put up 22 unanswered points in the first quarter and never looked back on their way to a Class 3A IHSA playoff game victory.

Bryan McCullough had 112 rushing yards in the losing cause for the 14th-seeded Maroons, who finished with a 5-5 mark.

Dylan Sturgeon had 250 rushing yards, four touchdown runs and a touchdown pass for Tolono Unity.



Robinson 0 8 0 15 -- 23

Tolono Unity 22 7 13 0 — 42

TU — Dylan Sturgeon 20 run (Sturgeon run)

TU — Sturgeon 94 run (PAT failed)

TU — Austin Perry 25 pass from Sturgeon (Dustin Jolley pass from Sturgeon)

TU — Michael Lafenhagen 11 run (Jared Miller kick)

R — Cody Chamblin 9 pass from Jimmy Stevens (Bryan McCullough run)

TU — Sturgeon 13 run (Miller kick)

TU — Sturgeon 19 run (PAT failed)

R — Don Dougherty 5 run (Ryder Brannon kick)

R — Brannon 7 run (run conversion, player name nott noted)



R TU

First downs 21 18

Rushes-yards 51-207 42-348

Passing yards 64 72

Com-Att-Int 6-11-0 4-8-0

Punts-avg. 3-25.3 1-35

Fumbles-lost 4-3 3-2

Penalties-yards 3-15 8-72

Individual statistics

Rushing — Robinson: McCullough 20-112. Tolono Unity: Sturgeon 19-250.

Passing — Robinson: Stevens 6-11-0, 64. Tolono Unity: Sturgeon 4-8-0, 72.

Receiving — Robinson: Cody Chamblin 3-37.

Record — Robinson finished 5-5.