Wesclin's football team snatched victory from the jaws of defeat Friday night at Carlyle, marking the third time in as many years the Warriors prevailed over their cross-county rivals in a down-to-the-wire finish.

The past two years, Wesclin has beaten Carlyle in overtime. This year, the Warriors got it done on the last play of the game, a 25-yard Ryan Becherer field goal that gave Wesclin a 10-8 victory.

The victory was made more improbable due to the momentum switch that led to it.

Leading 8-7, Carlyle was on the march when their drive stalled at the Wesclin nine and the Warriors took over on downs with just over five minutes left.

Keyed by long runs from quarterback Jake Sopiars and Letwon Williams, and a crucial third-down conversion on a 29-yard Sopiars-to-Tony Bechtoldt completion, Wesclin drove all the way to Carlyle's five yard line before calling on Becherer for the game-winner.

Sopiars picked up 148 yards on the ground for the game, and Williams lugged 16 times for 129 rush yards.

Wesclin scored on their first possession of the game and dominated much of the first-half action, leading 7-0 at the break, after Sopiars was taken down on the Carlyle three after a long, serpentine run on the final play of the half.

Carlyle scored on its first possession of the second half, taking over eight minutes off the clock, and converted the two-point conversion to take the lead. The Indians' final drive chewed up another 5:28, but ended at the Wesclin nine when the Warriors took over on downs.

After a 1-3 start, the Warriors rolled over Dupo last week, and the win over Carlyle puts Wesclin at 3-3 and squarely in the playoff hunt. The Warriors have games remaining at Freeburg and home against Central and Paris to close out the season. Six wins will almost guarantee a playoff slot, and five wins makes Wesclin eligible for the postseason.

John Beach led Wesclin with eight solo tackles, followed by seven solos from Zach Haselhorst and six each from Skylar Mugele and Ryan Becherer.

Wesclin's soccer team twice overcame deficits to tie its match with Lebanon last Thursday, but couldn't overcome a Lebanon penalty kick with seven minutes left that gave a 4-3 victory to the Greyhounds.

Lebanon opened the scoring sixteen minutes into the match, but Justin Stern found the goal less than ten minutes later to tie things up before Lebanon took a 2-1 halftime lead on a goal four minutes prior to the break.

The Greyhounds extended their lead just over five minutes into the second half, but Brad Reibold and Shane Kirkland put together consecutive scores less than a minute apart and the Warriors had their last tie at 3-3.

Wesclin's volleyball team split a pair of conference games last week before winning one, losing one, and tying one in a round-robin tournament Saturday at Triad High School. The Lady Warriors were back in action Monday night, beating Greenville in a non-conference affair.

Freeburg 27-25, Wesclin 25-18

The Lady Warriors fell for the second time this season to Freeburg last Tuesday at Wesclin.

Gretchen Rieger had five kills for the Warriors, Alicia Litteken converted four attacks, and Kayla Drummond and Erin Ranz had three kills each. Brittany Wallace had ten assists, and tied for team-high dig honors with Litteken and Rieger. Wallace had seven successful service points, and Ranz had six.

Wesclin 25-25,

Red Bud 20-20

Kayla Drummond piled up 11 kills as Wesclin swept the Lady Musketeers at Red Bud Thursday. Jillian Hausmann had ten assists for Wesclin, and Brittany Wallace set up nine Lady Warrior points and converted 11 service chances. Kelsey Boeser had ten digs, and Gretchen Rieger had eight.

Wesclin 25-25, Salem 8-17

The Lady Warriors pounded Salem at Saturday's round robin tournament in Troy behind Brittany Wallace's 14 assists and balanced net play. Kayla Drummond had eight kills for Wesclin, Gretchen Rieger had seven, and Alicia Litteken had five.

Kelsey Boeser had a team-high eight service points, and Wallace and Rieger had six each. Caitlin Huff had ten digs for the Lady Warriors.

Triad 25-25, Wesclin 15-19

Caitlin Huff had 22 digs for Wesclin, but Triad's thumpers converted enough chances to sweep the Lady Warriors. Kayla Drummond had eight kills for Wesclin, and Gretchen Rieger had six. Jillian Hausmann's ten assists led the team, and Brittany Wallace had eight.

Wesclin 26-22,

Mehlville 24-25

Four Wesclin players reached double digit dig totals, and the Lady Warriors spread the ball around at the net in a draw with Mehlville. Gretchen Rieger led the dig parade with 18, followed by Caitin Huff's 16, Kelsey Boeser's 13, and Brittany Wallace's 11. Wallace also had 11 assists and four kills on the game. Gretchen Rieger had five kills for Wesclin, Kayla Drummond, Boeser,and Alicia Litteken had four each, and Jillian Hausmann had three.

Wesclin 25-25,

Greenville 13-17

Kayla Drummond had a team-high 12 kills, and Wesclin improved to 13-6-1 on the season with a road win at Greenville.

Brittany Wallace had 16 assists and Jillian Hausmann had 13 for Wesclin. Alicia Litteken had seven kills for Wesclin, and Erin Ranz and Gretchen Rieger tallied five each. Rieger also converted ten service point chances to lead the team.

Wesclin's golf team finished off its regular season last week and both boys and girls had regionals this week.

The boys playoff was at Governor's Run in Carlyle Tuesday night. Wesclin's girls golfers, Angie Athmer and Beth Brueggemann, will compete in Godfrey tonight (Wednesday).

The Warrior boys beat Steeleville and lost to Okawville last week intheir final two regular season matches.

Brian Phagan's 38-shot performance led Wesclin's team score of 191 against Steeleville,while Shawn Arentsen shot 47, Ross Turner 51, and Andrew Martiszus 55 over the nine-hole course.

Against Okawville, Kyle Zimmermann was low man with a round of 46, followed by Phagan's 47, Matt Osborne's 52, and Ross Turner's 52.

Martiszus turned in a personal bst 46 in junior varsity action against Okawville.