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The Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski (Decatur, IL) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Blue Ridge (Farmer City, IL) by a score of 58-14.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Blue Ridge	0	0	6	8	14
UCMP (CO-OP)	22	22	8	6	58

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Blue Ridge (25-26)

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Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski (25-26)

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	35	499	14.3	47	2	8
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	4	59	14.8	18	0	2
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	2	44	22.0	34	0	1
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	11	175	15.9	47	1	2
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	2	5	2.5	3	0	1
13	Danny Alworth (So)	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	9	149	16.6	30	1	2
30	W. Davis (Sr)	3	76	25.3	42	0

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	499	64	12	575
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	59	64		123
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	44			44
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	175			175
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	5			5
13	Danny Alworth (So)	-5			-5
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	149			149
30	W. Davis (Sr)	76			76

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Total
	Team Totals	499	499
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	59	59
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	44	44
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	175	175
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	5	5
13	Danny Alworth (So)	-5	-5
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	149	149
30	W. Davis (Sr)	76	76

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	34	11.0
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	1
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	8	2.0
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	5	2.0
15	Xander Mann (Sr)	1
18	Race Turner (Fr)	3	2.0
22	Will Marley (Jr)	2
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	1	1.0
33	Kobe St. James (So)	7	1.0
34	Lily Roughton (Sr)	1	1.0
50	Jaice Skeen (So)	2	1.0
60	Jaamir Jackson (So)	1
61	Ethan Stoddard (Jr)	1	1.0

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	PD	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	1	2	75	2
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)		2	75	1
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	1
33	Kobe St. James (So)				1

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng
	Team Totals	9	204	22.7	34
10	Nathan Hynds (Fr)	4	82	20.5	34
33	Kobe St. James (So)	5	122	24.4	33

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	64	32.0	64	1	12	12.0	12	76
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	1	64	64.0	64					64
22	Will Marley (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0					0

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv
	Team Totals	8	48	10
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	2	12	2
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	1	6	2
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	2	12	2
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	1	6	2
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	2	12	2

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	Total
	Team Totals	8	8
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	2	2
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	1	1
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	2	2
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	1	1
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	2	2

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	Total
	Team Totals	5	5
1	A. Kretzinger (Jr)	1	1
4	G. VerHeecke (Sr)	1	1
5	Jaeden Jackson (Sr)	1	1
12	J. Pettyjohn (Sr)	1	1
23	C. VerHeecke (Sr)	1	1

Game Story

Illinois High School Football - Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski wallops Blue Ridge

September 5, 2025: Decatur, IL

The Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski Lions football squad scored 58 points and limited the visiting Blue Ridge Knights to 14 in the Lions league triumph on Friday.

The Lions now hold a 1-1 record. They play next when they host South Fork/Edinburg/Morrisonville for a non-league challenge on Friday, September 12. Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski will meet a Ponies squad coming off a 40-6 league win over Oblong (Oblong, IL). The Ponies record now stands at 2-0.

With the defeat, Blue Ridge drops to 0-1 on the campaign. The Knights host Schlarman (Danville, IL) to meet the Hilltoppers in a non-league test on Friday, September 12. The Hilltoppers come into the test with a record of 0-0.

Blue Ridge @ UCMP (CO-OP) Football Game Info

Fri., Sep. 5, 2025 @ 7p

The Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski (Decatur, IL) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Blue Ridge (Farmer City, IL) by a score of 58-14.

Rankings & Records

Blue Ridge (25-26)

National	IL
1,702	28

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
1-7	0-4	1-3	0-4	.125	.000	95	425

Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski (25-26)

National	IL
655	11

Overall	Conference	Home	Away	Win %	Conference %	PF	PA
4-5	3-2	2-2	2-3	.444	.600	214	269

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Blue Ridge	2.0	2.0	4.0	5.3	11.9
Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	5.0	7.3	5.5	1.8	23.8

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Team Stat Comparison

Blue Ridge		Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski
61.9	Rushing Yards Per Game	335.4
7.9	Passing Yards Per Game	25.7
7.9	Receiving Yards Per Game	24.9
69.7	Total Yards Per Game	361.1
-	Tackles Per Game	36.8
-	Sacks Per Game	0.4
-	Pancake Blocks	10

Team Leaders

Blue Ridge		Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	National Avg.
#2 Brayden Hallowell70.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	#23 Clinton VerHeecke144.8	12.1
#22 Waren Tolen27.5	Passing Yards Per Game	#5 Jaeden Jackson20.2	12.2
#2 Brayden Hallowell27.5	Receiving Yards Per Game	#4 Garrett VerHeecke12.1	9.6
#2 Brayden Hallowell97.5	Total Yards Per Game	#23 Clinton VerHeecke144.8	26.3
-	Tackles Per Game	#4 Garrett VerHeecke10.0	2.6
-	Sacks Per Game	#4 Garrett VerHeecke0.2	0.2
-	Pancake Blocks	#99 Aedyn Clark3	5

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Blue Ridge	0-5		Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/19/25	Blue Ridge	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 67-8	8/29/25	Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	Metro-East Lutheran	(L) 34-12
10/4/25	Blue Ridge	St. Thomas More	(L) 64-0	10/21/25	Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	St. Thomas More	(W) 6-0
10/10/25	Milford/Cissna Park	Blue Ridge	(L) 64-28	10/25/25	Milford/Cissna Park	Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	(W) 32-28
10/17/25	Meridian	Blue Ridge	(L) 67-26	10/10/25	Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	Meridian	(L) 34-20
10/24/25	Blue Ridge	St. Anne	(L) 61-12	10/3/25	St. Anne	Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski	(L) 54-12

Record Breakdown

Blue Ridge (25-26)		Unity Christian/Mt. Pulaski (25-26)
1-7	Overall	4-5
0-4	League	3-2
1-3	Non-League	1-3
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
0-5	Common Opponent	2-3
1-3	Home	2-2
0-4	Away	2-3
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-0	Playoff	0-0
1-7	In-State	4-5
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0