Congratulations to this week’s Josh Finley Country Financial Rams of the Week from WMIX Sports, Rams Football’s JaShawn Staples and Rams Cross Country! Staples ran his way into the record books in a win at Granite City on Friday, October 11, while cross country ran their way to first place at the Centralia Invitational on Saturday, October 12!

JaShawn had a great night with 21 carries for a school record 329 yards plus 4 rushing touchdowns and added a defensive TD on an 86-yard strip and run. In addition to the forced fumble, he added five tackles. Staples now has 91 carries for 967 yards and 12 rushing touchdowns this season. The sophomore looks to blow past the 1,000 yard mark tomorrow night against Centralia which you can hear on 94.1 WMIX or watch here. It will be the team’s homecoming game at Ken Hunt Stadium.

In addition to JaShawn’s speed and athleticism–we salute the starting O-Line of Ryder Rhodes, Christian Taylor, Adrian Rhymer, Carter Burns, and Logan Webb!

 

 

On the heels of an impressive 3rd place finish out of 43 teams at the Peoria Invitational at Detweiler Park, the Rams took the Centralia Invitational with 59 points, edging out Carterville’s 61 in the 8-team event. Junior Trace Elliott finished sixth overall at 16:43.3 with Junior Joel Hayes taking seventh less than 3 seconds behind at 16:45.8.

All varsity Runnin’ Rams finished in the top 25!
14. Jayden Jones (So) – 17:07.8
15. Rowan Wilford (Jr) – 17:08.7
17. Carson Workman (Jr) – 17:13.3
20. Liam Brandon (Fr) – 17:18.2
22. Ayden Warren (Fr) – 17:24.9

Full Team Results:
1. Mt. Vernon 59
2. Carterville 61
3. Carbondale 99
4. Mascoutah 105
5. Salem 116
6. East St. Louis 153
7. Effingham 160
8. Mater Dei 161

Way to go, Runnin’ Rams! Up next is today’s South Seven Conference Meet at MVTHS which is set to begin at 4:30 with the girls followed by the boys. You can also find full results from Peoria here.

 

Editor’s Note: This week’s award was released a day early to encourage fans to see both team’s in action at home this week.