Casey, Ill. — Casey controlled all aspects of its Illinois Class 2A high school football game on Saturday with Westville, winning 41-0.
The 11-0 Warriors, seeded No. 2 in the lower bracket, will be at home to 10-1 Maroa-Forsyth, the No. 3 seed, probably on Saturday with the time to be announced Monday.
“The team did a great job. I hope this is just another building block in our season,” coach Keith Sinclair said after the game played in windy, cold conditions before a big crowd of fans.
The tempo for the contest was set early.
The Warriors were forced to punt on their first possession without getting a first down and Taylor Biggs boomed a 59-yard punt that was downed on the Westville 1-yard line.
Leading Westville rusher Brandon Pratt was tackled in the end zone on the next play to give Casey a 2-0 lead and the Warriors made it 9-0 on the ensuing possession with about two minutes left in the first period.
Kaleb Brandenburg scored the touchdown and Clinton Scott added the first of his four extra points. He also kicked a 37-yard field goal in the second half.
Casey forced the visiting Tigers to punt on their next possession and went 65 yards for their second touchdown with quarterback Mitch Snyder going the final yard of the drive for the score.
Westville was forced to punt again on its next possession and muffed the execution as Casey took over on the 4-yard line and Brandenburg scored again on a 1-yard run and the Warriors had a 23-0 lead at halftime.
Casey held the Tigers to 10 net yards rushing in the first half and 53 yards passing. The Warriors had 118 yards in total offense.
Scott’s field goal put Casey up 26-0 and the Warriors scored their final two touchdowns in the third quarter.
Biggs went 52 yards for one score and caught a 38-yard pass from Snyder for the final TD in addition to running for the two-point conversion after his 52-yard run.
Biggs rushed for 74 yards on two plays and caught eight passes for 99 yards in addition to booming his 59-yard punt. Snyder was 9 of 12 passing for 108 yards and the one touchdown and Brandenburg netted 51 yards rushing with the two scores.
Westville was held to 72 net yards rushing and Pratt netted 14 — getting 17 late in the game — as the Tigers finished 8-3 and had a seven-game winning streak snapped by the Warriors.
The Tigers ended up losing to the best. Their defeats have been administered by teams that took a combined 29-1 record into Saturday’s games with two of them being seeded No. 1 in their brackets and Casey at No 2.
Coach Sinclair said last year’s Final Four defeat to Westville had a lot to do with Saturday’s play.
“What happened last year carried over to this game. We had an urgency to win [and] were more aggressive on defense. We had a good scouting report and executed,” he said.
Casey 41, Westville 0
Westville 0 0 0 0 — 0
Casey 8 15 18 0 — 41
C — Brandon Pratt tackled in end zone 6:23 1Q
C — Brandenburg 1 run (Scott kick) 2:01 1Q
C — Snyder 1 run (Scott kick) 6:45 2Q
C — Brandenburg 1 run (Scott kick) 3:01 2Q
C — Scott 27 FG 6:44 3Q
C — Biggs 52 run (Biggs run) 3:43 3Q
C — Biggs 38 pass from Snyder (Scott kick) :37.3 3Q
W C
First downs 8 16
Rushes-yards 24-72 35-196
Passing yards 70 108
Com-Att-Int 9-16-2 9-12-0
Return yards 11 22
Punts-avg. 2-21.5 1-59.0
Fumbles-lost 2-2 191
Penalties-yards 3-25 3-15
Individual statistics
Rushing — Westville, Pratt 8-14, Moser 12-60, Billings 1-2, McMahon 1-3, team 1-(-7). Casey, Seeley 9-26, Snyder 8-9, Brandenburg 10-51, Rhoads 1-3, Clapp 1-5, Elliott 1-8, Biggs 2-74, Evans 1-13, Livvix 1-1, Unzicker 1-6.
Passing — Westville, Moser 7-8-1 41, Billings 2-8-1 29. Casey, Snyder 9-12-0 108
Receiving — Westville, McMahon 3-8, Hathaway 1-11, Davis 1-22, Billings 2-15, Pratt 1-7, Moser 1-7. Casey, Biggs 8-99, McDaniel 1-9.
Interceptions — Casey, Rhoads, J. Thais.
Next — Casey (11-0) plays host to Maroa-Forsyth (10-1) in a third-round Class 2A playoff game at 1:30 p.m. CST on Saturday. Westville concludes an 8-3 season.
High School
Casey advances in Illinois’ Class 2A playoffs with 41-0 rout of Westville
- High School
-
-
South’s Lough to wrestle for state title
The day didn’t start in a promising fashion for Wabash Valley high school wrestlers at the Evansville Semistate in Ford Center on Saturday — but it got better as it went along.
-
TERRE HAUTE NORTH SECTIONAL: Mooresville tops South for fourth straight title
For Terre Haute South High School girls basketball fans, it might sound good that the Braves did not miss a shot in the first four minutes of their Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional championship game Saturday.
-
BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan rebounds from tough start for title
It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.
Sullivan struggled mightily in the first half, eerily reminiscent of its eventual elimination in the final seconds of overtime by Edgewood in last year’s Class 3A girls basketball sectional. -
CLAY CITY SECTIONAL: Eels take third straight sectional crown
Clay City stood up to the pressure and to the Shakamak Lakers on Saturday night to win a third straight Class A sectional championship in the Eel Dome.
-
NORTH VERMILLION SECTIONAL: Twenty years in the waiting
The Super Bowl came to a new city. A presidential election was ongoing. And Riverton Parke won a girls basketball sectional.
-
PREP ROUNDUP: Rox clinch WRC
Class A No. 8-ranked Rockville knocked off Attica 50-35 in boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon, clinching the Wabash River Conference championship in the process.
-
THN SECTIONAL: Braves to play Mooresville for sectional title tonight
Terre Haute South continued to show what’s new and Terre Haute North unfortunately reverted back to what’s old in Class 4A high school girls basketball sectional action Friday night at North.
-
OWEN VALLEY SECTIONAL: Eagles bring Vikes down to earth
Baby steps. A baby takes that first step and grins, then attempts the second step and tumbles. The West Vigo High School girls took their first step with a victory Tuesday night in the Class 3A basketball sectional at Owen Valley.
-
BLOOMFIELD SECTIONAL: Sullivan jumps to early lead in sectional victory
Sullivan jumped out to a 9-0 lead and were never threatened in a dominant 48-25 win over Eastern Greene in a semifinal game of the Class 2A Bloomfield girls basketball sectional inside Glover Gymnasium on Friday.
-
North Vermillion Sectional: Panthers, Falcons to meet for NV title
Outstanding defense and quality passing landed Riverton Parke in the championship game of the Class A North Vermillion Sectional. The Panthers will have to get through the host school tonight in order to secure the program’s first sectional crown since 1992.
-
South swimmers don’t advance at Finals
Terre Haute South’s trip to the IHSAA girls swimming state finals at the Indiana University Natatorium was a short one Friday night.
-
South runs into talented North Central team
Terre Haute South players and coaches knew when they got off the bus Saturday afternoon that they couldn’t run with the Class 4A No. 3-ranked Indianapolis North Central Panthers.
But they tried anyway. -
BASKETBALL ROUNDUP: Duncan’s OT free throws help Marshall down H-P
Jacob Duncan hit four free throws in overtime Friday night as visiting Marshall defeated Hutsonville-Palestine 51-49 in Little Illini Conference action.
-
O'Leary pours in career-high 34 for Terre Haute North
Matt O’Leary poured in a career-high 34 points, 17 in each half, to lead Terre Haute North to a dominant 69-46 home victory over Center Grove in Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference boys high school basketball Saturday afternoon.
-
Davis hits layup in double overtime to lift Terre Haute North at Bloomington North
Playing without their two leading scorers against a team that — most of the time — seemed more determined to win than they did, Terre Haute North's Patriots got a driving layup from Steven Davis with 2.8 seconds left in the second overtime to escape Bloomington North with a 54-52 win in high school basketball Thursday night.
-
Sullivan stays on top of WIC for third straight year
Western Indiana Conference boys basketball teams have been trying to storm the Sullivan castle for three years now. The Golden Arrows have endured nearly every kind of strategy in the effort to breech their wall. West Vigo tried a few more on Thursday in a showdown for the WIC championship.
-
South girls looking for solid performances at swimming state finals
One individual and one relay team, which includes that same individual, will represent Terre Haute South in the IHSAA girls swimming state finals today and possibly Saturday at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis.
-
PREP ROUNDUP: Cesinger, Jones each score 24 in Clay City win
Blake Cesinger and Brylan Jones poured in 24 points apiece to lead visiting Clay City over North Central 67-53 in SouthWestern Indiana Athletic Conference boys high school basketball Thursday night.
-
Teutopolis knocks off record-setting Marshall girls in regional championship
Marshall jumped ahead 4-0 only to watch Teutopolis score the next 11 points Thursday in the championship game of the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
-
Sullivan wins battle in low post
Sullivan dominated the low block at both ends of the court Wednesday to defeat South Knox 43-30.
-
State wrestling berths won't come easily
If high school wrestlers thought regional competition was tough last weekend, they can expect the competition, as Keegan Michael Key used to say on MADtv, taken to “a whole notha level” on Saturday.
-
South pulls upset
Plainfield’s 16-5 record made the Quakers the team to beat in the Class 4A Terre Haute North Sectional.
-
Vikings break long sectional drought
You’ll have to forgive West Vigo for celebrating just a wee bit prior to the postgame handshake with South Vermillion, but its first victory in a sectional game in 11 years was worthy of celebrating.
-
PREP ROUNDUP: RP rolls past Attica
Riverton Parke jumped to a 20-point halftime lead and easily defeated Attica 59-34 in the Class A North Vermillion girls basketball sectional on Tuesday.
-
They’re the pride of Marshall
With a 24-1 record, coach Kathy Miller’s Marshall team earned the top seed in the Class 2A Teutopolis Regional.
-
Union season more fun with Talpas around
The Union boys basketball team has had its share of fun moments in the past, arguably the most fun being its Class A state runner-up in 2000.
-
Injury bug follows girls into postseason
Who’s healthy is the question at least three of the four teams will be asking tonight when Class 4A girls high school basketball sectional play begins at Terre Haute North.
-
Rockville needs late run to stop West Vigo
It was a game of fits and starts, but host Rockville finally overcame a stiff challenge from visiting West Vigo in a 53-46 victory in boys high basketball action on Saturday.
-
Northview holds off Plainfield
Northview got its sixth victory in boys high school basketball action Saturday night, defeating Plainfield 59-56.
-
PREP ROUNDUP: Cloverdale helps Rady to career win No. 714
Brandon Dorman and Joe Fidler combined for 37 points and six 3-pointers Saturday night as visiting Cloverdale defeated Turkey Run 63-45 in boys high school basketball.
- More High School Headlines
-
South’s Lough to wrestle for state title








