For Immediate Release

greenville, illinois

October 13, 2007

Red Devils unable to keep up with Kegel, Panthers

Last season, the Eureka Red Devils nearly upset heavily favored Greenville College, battling the Panthers to a 26-20 game. The same can not be said about the 2007 match up after the Panthers rolled to a 54-14 victory on their home turf behind five rushing touchdowns by quarterback Dominic Kegel.

Kegel led Greenville (2-4, 1-3 IBFC) to the end zone on six of the Panthers' first seven possessions en route to a 40-0 halftime lead. Eureka (1-5, 1-3 IBFC) got on the scoreboard twice in the final quarter, but it was too late to mount any kind of serious comeback.

With 929 yards, Kegel came into the game as the only Panther with more than 104 yards of total offense on the season. He did little to hurt his statistics against Eureka, scoring on touchdown runs of 1, 29, 46, 48 and 54 yards, while tossing a 49 yard pass for Greenville's first score on the day. He finished with 212 yards rushing and 10-for-15 passing for 158 yards.

The Red Devils were plus-two in turnovers, but their one interception was costly as it resulted in a 10 yard touchdown return. Eureka gained 163 yards rushing on 53 tries and 131 yards though the air on 24 attempts.

The Red Devils scored on the second play of the fourth quarter with their longest play of the season, a 64 yard pass from Nick Lindsey (Homer, Ill./Heritage) to Dillon Reed (Illiopolis, Ill./Sangamon Valley).

On Eureka's next possession, Chris Wakid (Danvers, Ill./Eureka) hauled in a 22 yard pass from Chris Dalberg (Washington, Ill./HS) down to the Greenville five and two plays later ran in for his first career touchdown from two yards out. Jacob Wall (Cresent City, Ill./Cresent-Iroquois) booted through his second extra point to end the scoring for the game at 54-14.

Reed caught three passes for a career-high 77 yards. Drew Whightsil (Vandalia, Ill./HS) had five receptions for 23 yards. Lindsey completed 10 out of 16 pass attempts for 104 yards with one touchdown and one interception. He also gained 27 yards rushing. Brett Dyer (Hindsboro, Ill./Arcola) led EC on the ground with 47 yards. Eureka held a 35:52 to 24:08 edge in time of possession.

Tim Dombrowski (Lansing, Ill./T.F. South) had eight tackles, one for loss and a fumble recovery to lead the Eureka defense. Jacob Ioerger (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest) and Jody Davis (Pontiac, Ill./HS) recorded six tackles apiece.

The Red Devils close out their home slate with games at McKinzie Field the next two weekends. Their next opponents are the Eagles of Benedictine University, who will be in Eureka for a 1:00 pm kickoff on Oct. 20.

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For More Information Contact:

Brian Sullivan

Sports Information Director

Eureka College

300 E. College Avenue

Eureka, Illinois 61530

309-467-6456

bsullivan@eureka.edu