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KENOSHA, Wis. – Senior Artie Checchin made two touchdown catches and recovered an onside kick in the final 1:19 to help Illinois Wesleyan make an amazing comeback in a 21-17 win at Carthage on Saturday, Oct. 3.
The Titans are 4-0 overall and 1-0 in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin while the Red Men, who led all except the final 10 seconds of the game, are 1-3 overall and 0-1 in the league.
The Titans trailed 17-9 before putting together a 13-play, 78-yard drive that began by recovering a Carthage fumble and ended with an 18-yard TD pass (on fourth down and goal from the 18) from sophomore Jack Warner to Checchin with 1:19 left to bring IWU within two at 17-15. The 2-point extra point conversion pass failed.
Checchin then recovered an onside kick to give IWU the ball and the Titans went 53 yards on six plays, culminating with a 10-yard pass from Warner to Checchin with 10.7 seconds left to give Illinois Wesleyan a 21-17 lead, its first advantage of the day.
Thanks to 131 yards in the final two series, the Titans amassed 365 yards of total offense (294 in the air, 71 rushing) to 338 for Carthage (176 on the ground, 162 passing).
Checchin finished with 10 catches for 150 yards and Warner was 21 of 36 passing for 294 yards and the two TDs. Junior Austin Harrell led IWU in rushing with 78 yards on eight carries.
Linebacker Sean Garvey paced the Titans with 11 total tackles, including a quarterback sack for -8 yards and a forced fumble.
Senior Tyrell Bolden made eight total tackles and Kevin Slawkowski added seven. The Red Men had the ball for 34:16 of the game compared to 25:44 for Illinois Wesleyan.
What's Next?
Illinois Wesleyan has its Homecoming game next Saturday (Oct. 10) at 1:30 p.m., hosting Millikin at Tucci Stadium.