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La Crosse, Wis., had been a dry town for the University of Wisconsin-Platteville football team since 1980.
But Lee Vlasak and a stiff Pioneer defense ended the drought Saturday.
Vlasak rushed for 158 yards and two touchdowns and the Pioneers held the Eagles without a touchdown for the first time since 1973 while trampling UW-La Crosse, 21-6, at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The victory was Platteville's first in La Crosse in 30 years.
Nick Anderson (a sharp 15-for-21 passing for 154 yards) hit Jeff Bracken for a 20-yard second-quarter score that gave Platteville a 7-3 lead. Vlasak reached the end zone on TD runs of 45 and 4 yards in the second half, giving the converted wide receiver seven scores in the last two weeks.
Nick Snyder sacked La Crosse quarterback Nick Anker three times as the Pioneers (4-2, 2-1) stayed in WIAC title contention.
La Crosse fell to 1-5, 1-2.
Dubuque 35, Simpson 7 - At Chalmers Field: Wyatt Hanus and DeMacus Fleming conspired to get the Spartans back on track and executed the plan to a T.
A terrific Hanus threw for 283 yards and two touchdowns, hitting Fleming on scores of 32 and 23 yards as the Spartans (3-4, 2-3 Iowa Conference) routed the Storm (1-6, 1-4) before 2,850 fans on homecoming.
Hanus connected on 25 of 32 passes, while Fleming caught seven passes for 146 yards. Albert Hightower got to Storm quarterback Taylor Nelson for 21/2 sacks.
MEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER
Dubuque 3, Buena Vista 0 - Nick McDonald banked home a pair of rebound goals and Cory Winkler found the net as the IIAC co-leading Spartans (12-2, 5-0) kept rolling.
Loras 2, Coe 0 - At the Rock Bowl: Tom Strumpf and Andy Filipiak scored as the Duhawks (9-6, 4-1) buried the Kohawks (7-6-1, 2-3). Coe managed just one shot on goal.
Grand View 2, Clarke 0 - At Wahlert Field: Luis Heiter Piffer and Noel Medina beat Charlie Fast and a sweltering Grand View defense held the Crusaders (6-7-1, 3-4-1 Midwest Collegiate Conference) to one shot on goal in Clarke's shutout loss.
UW-Platteville 1, UW-Superior 0 - At Platteville, Wis.: Brandon Chmiel rifled home his fourth goal off a B.J. Gottschlich feed in the 25th minute, lifting the Pioneers (8-6-1, 2-2 WIAC) to victory.
WOMEN'S COLLEGE SOCCER
Loras 1, Coe 0 - At the Rock Bowl: Katie Chambers' 18th-minute netter off a Jessica Kern assist was all the offense an unbeatable Duhawk defense would need to keep NCAA Division III No. 7-ranked Loras (14-1, 5-0) flying atop the Iowa Conference.
Dubuque 7, Buena Vista 1 - At Storm Lake, Iowa: Not to be outdone, the Spartans (9-4-2, 5-0) kept pace with the Duhawks behind an explosive offensive performance anchored by Sara Fassbinder and Ashly Hamilton, who drilled home two goals apiece.
Sidney Rangel scored and set up two scores for Dubuque.
Clarke 1, Grand View 0 - Morgan Sullivan scored at 17:56 and an untouchable Kaylee Steen (four saves) delivered in net for the Crusaders (10-4-1, 6-2 MCC).
UW-Platteville 11, UW-Superior 0 - At Platteville, Wis.: Jessica Butler assaulted the Yellowjacket net for four goals and Anna Strasser scored twice as the Pioneers (10-6-1, 3-3-1) blitzed the WIAC last-place Yellowjackets (2-12, 0-5).
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Loras wins Rhodes tourney - At Memphis, Tenn.: The Duhawks (22-7) finished off a 4-0 run to the Rhodes Fall Break Classic with sweeps of Wisconsin Lutheran and Greensboro.
Clarke splits at Lindenwood Invite - At St. Charles, Mo.: The Crusaders (18-11) swept Trevecca Nazarene to finish the tourney 1-3.
COLLEGE CROSS COUNTRY
UW-Platteville's Klein runs 2nd at Jim Drews Invite - At West Salem, Wis.: The Pioneers' Patrick Klein covered the 8,000-meter Maple Grove Country Club course in 24:37 to claim victory over the 488-runner field with teammate Jason Garvens (24:38) shadowing him in the Pioneer men's solid second-place showing at the 10-team invite.
Only NCAA Division I Minnesota was faster than Platteville.
