WAUKESHA, Wis. —The Eureka College football team will start the 2019 season where it ended 2018 — at the top of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. The Red Devils — along with Aurora — were selected first in a preseason NACC poll conducted by league head coaches and sports information directors, the NACC announced Wednesday.
PEORIA, Ill. — Mark your calendars, Red Devil fans. On May 2, the Peoria Chiefs are planning to recognize Eureka's 2018 football team and 2018-2019 men’s basketball team for capturing conference championships this year at their home game at Dozer Park.
EUREKA, Ill. – On Tuesday afternoon, the Eureka College football team officially released its schedule for the 2019 campaign. And, for the first time in program history, the Red Devils will open the season with back-to-back night games on its home turf.
WACO, Texas – For the third time in 2018, Eureka has received votes in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ Poll. The Red Devils received three votes in the season-ending 2018 poll, the second consecutive season in which the Red Devils appeared on at least one ballot in the final AFCA poll.
SHENANDOAH, Texas – The postseason honors continued flowing for Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.), who earned a spot Friday night on the D3football.com All-America First Team. The announcement was made as part of D3football.com’s Stagg Bowl XLVI coverage in Shenandoah, Texas.
EUREKA – Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) was named to the Associated Press Division III All-America Second Team, according to a Thursday announcement from the AP.
WACO, Texas – Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) has been selected to the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches’ All-America First Team, according to a Monday morning announcement. Reasnover is a repeat AFCA honoree after earning Second Team honors as a junior in 2017.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) added to his list of postseason honors Tuesday when he was named to the D3football.com All-North Region First Team. Reasnover is the first Red Devil to repeat on the D3football.com regional honor roll as well as well as Eureka’s first football player named to the First Team.
COLLEGEVILLE, Minn. – Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) has been selected as one of 13 semifinalists for the 2018 Gagliardi Trophy, an award presented by Jostens and the J-Club of Saint John's University (Minn.) to the most outstanding football player in NCAA Division III.
WHITEWATER, Wis. – One of the most successful seasons in Eureka College football history came to a close Saturday in the Red Devils’ 67-14 defeat to #4/#5 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs. Drew Barth (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest H.S.) threw a pair of second-half touchdown passes to Caleb Fauver (Catlin, Ill./Salt Fork H.S.) in the defeat.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Eureka College senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) has been voted Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Year and 10th-year head coach Kurt Barth has been named NACC Coach of the Year, according to a Friday announcement from the league office. Reasnover is one of 15 Red Devils to receive All-NACC accolades, including six First Team selections.
EUREKA – The Eureka College football team will visit #4/#5 Wisconsin-Whitewater in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs on Saturday, Nov. 17. Kickoff at Perkins Stadium in Whitewater, Wis. is scheduled for noon CST.
EUREKA -- The Eureka Red Devils are back in the playoffs. Eureka earned a 38-7 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference victory over Rockford Saturday at McKinzie Field to secure the league's outright regular-season championship and automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
EUREKA -- Eureka will return to McKinzie Field Saturday for the regular-season finale in a 1 p.m. Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference kickoff versus Rockford. The Red Devils, who have already clinched at least a share of the NACC title, can secure the outright championship and the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs with a win over the Regents.
PLYMOUTH, Wis. ? Le?Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) produced his third career 300-yard game to break his own single-season Eureka rushing record and scored five touchdown to match his own single-game Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference record, but a two-point conversion attempt to win the game in the final minute came up short in the Red Devils? 56-55 league setback at Lakeland, Saturday afternoon in Plymouth, Wis.
EUREKA -- Eureka will take the field Saturday in hopes of clinching at least a share of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference championship and its second consecutive NCAA Division III playoff bid when the unbeaten Red Devils visit longtime rival Lakeland at 1 p.m. at Taylor Field in Plymouth, Wis.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Eureka has checked in at #10 in the North Region according to the first set of regional rankings released by the NCAA on Wednesday afternoon. NCAA regional rankings are used as a main reference for the Division III playoffs for the selection of at-large bids and seeding.
EUREKA – Renowned vocalist Jim Cornelison will sing the Star Spangled Banner prior to the Eureka College football game on Saturday, Nov. 10 at McKinzie Field. Cornelison, who has served as the national anthem singer of the Chicago Blackhawks since 2008, will perform as part of Eureka’s Veterans Day recognition during the Red Devils’ regular-season finale against Rockford at 1 p.m.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. -- Eureka senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) has repeated on the D3football.com Team of the Week and as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Offensive Player of the Week, according to Tuesday announcements. Reasnover ran for 320 yards in the Red Devils’ 48-45 league win at Concordia (Wis.) last Saturday.
MEQUON, Wis. -- With the game on the line and the ball in his hands, Le'Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) wouldn't let Eureka lose. The All-American spun away from contact behind the line of scrimmage and raced to the end zone for the game-winning 4-yard touchdown run on third-and-goal with 19 seconds remaining in the Red Devils' stunning 48-45 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference win at Concordia (Wis.), Saturday afternoon in Mequon, Wis.
EUREKA -- Sole possession of first place in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference standings and the inside track for an automatic berth to the NCAA Division III playoffs are on the line Saturday when Eureka makes the 229-mile trek to Mequon, Wis. for a late-season showdown with Concordia (Wis.) at 1 p.m. inside Tomasini Stadium. Both the Red Devils and Falcons bring perfect 4-0 NACC records into the contest.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – For the first time this season and the third time in his decorated four-year career, Eureka senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) has been selected for the D3football.com Team of the Week, presented by Scoutware. Reasnover paced the Red Devils’ huge offensive day with 289 rushing yards and five touchdowns on 29 carries in a 50-20 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference win over Benedictine at McKinzie Field.
WACO, Texas – Unbeaten through seven games for just the second time in program history, Eureka has received three votes in the American Football Coaches Association Division III Coaches' Poll released on Monday. The announcement marks the second time the Red Devils have appeared on at least one ballot after receiving two votes in the final 2017 AFCA poll.
EUREKA – Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) rushed for 282 yards to become the 29th player in NCAA Division III history to reach 5,000 career rushing yards and the Eureka defense held visiting Benedictine scoreless through the game’s first 45 minutes in the Red Devils’ 50-20 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference drubbing of Benedictine, Saturday afternoon at McKinzie Field.
EUREKA -- The winner of 14 consecutive regular-season games, Eureka will put its perfect 6-0 record and unblemished 3-0 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference mark on the line Saturday when the Red Devils host Benedictine in a 1 p.m. league kickoff at McKinzie Field.
MILWAUKEE, Wis. – Less than 72 hours removed from helping Eureka extend its school-record regular-season win streak to 14 games, junior kicker Tanner Kuhne (Princeton, Ill./Princeton H.S.) and senior running back Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) have repeated as NACC Players of the Week, according to an announcement from league office on Tuesday morning.
RIVER FOREST, Ill. – The most successful regular-season stretch in program history continued Saturday in the Eureka College football team’s 44-14 Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference victory at Concordia (Ill.) in River Forest, Ill. Le’Anthony Reasnover (Momence, Ill./Momence H.S.) rushed for 201 yards and equaled his own single-game NACC record with five touchdowns, Drew Barth (Minonk, Ill./Fieldcrest H.S.) threw for 173 yards and the defense pitched a second-half shutout in the Red Devils’ 14th consecutive regular-season victory.
EUREKA -- The unbeaten Eureka College football team will play on the road for the first time since Sept. 1 when the Red Devils travel north to the Chicago suburb of River Forest, Ill. on Saturday for a 1 p.m. Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference kickoff versus Concordia (Ill.).
Eureka, Aurora Voted No. 1 in NACC Preseason Football Poll
August 21, 2019WAUKESHA, Wis. —The Eureka College football team will start the 2019 season where it ended 2018 — at the top of the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference. The Red Devils — along with Aurora — were selected first in a preseason NACC poll conducted by league head coaches and sports information directors, the NACC announced Wednesday.
