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5 years ago (2015): After early caution on the slippery surface, tailback Marshaun Coprich stored for 251 yards rushing and four touch- downs as the No. 6-ranked Illinois State dis- mantled South Dakota, 46-0. The win gave the Redbirds a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference championship with North Dakota State for the second consecutive season. 15 years ago (2005): Luke Stewart slammed home two dunks to spark Normal West to a 55- 51 victory over Central Catholic in the opening round of the Intercity Basketball Tournament. 25 years ago (1995): Bloomington won its first Intercity girls basketball tournament title since 1991 by throttling Central Catholic, 36-17, for a 4-0 record.

Debbie Dicken paced BHS with 12 points. 50 years ago (1970): Bob Hermes and Tom Newbold of Central Catholic and Pat Dennis, Selby Hubbard and Jim Crews of University High School were named to the offense and defensive units of the Intercity All-Star Foot- ball Team selected by the four local coaches and three members of the Pantagraph Sports department. Compiled by Jeff Findley from Pantagraph files SPORTS FRANCIS GARDLER, LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR Illinois defensive lineman owen Carney Jr. and nebraska quarterback Luke mcCaffrey go for the ball on Saturday. For years the war- mup jerseys included a pic- ture of the Assembly Hall (now State Farm Center) with the words, Gotta The message ex- pressed the dream of reach- ing the state tournament in Champaign.

The words mean some- thing different now. Like every team in Illinois, the Saints would settle for playing any game. Welch tell them when it will happen, but is confident it will. At least he says he is, and a guy flipping pancakes for his family on a Saturday morning lie would he? really believe going to be an opportunity for kids across the state to participate in extracurricu- lar activities and get back to some sort of Welch said. believe it, and where the hope comes In late October, the IHSA announced plans to start the basketball season on time despite Gov.

J.B. Pritz- ker moving the sport from medium to high risk and saying it should be played in the spring. That glimmer quickly faded as schools were hesi- tant to defy ruling and, now, with COVID-19 cases rising and state miti- gations more restrictive, the IHSA has the sea- son and will discuss it again at a Dec. 2 board meeting. The can was booted down the road and it could be a long stretch of highway.

Adding to the uncertainty for Central is the recent move to remote learning af- ter being in school the first 13 weeks, and the Peoria diocese saying its schools would not play basketball this year. There are a lot of hurdles, and Welch is frank about that with players, students and his three children the oldest of whom, JT, is a tal- ented senior guard. tell them, times last, tough peo- ple And right now, finding out, tough are Welch said. of people out there are hurt- ing. we con- trol that not getting ready to play in the Intercity Tournament, I can certainly control what I can here at home in terms of prepara- tion.

So if we have a time (they can play), practice plans will be ready. (JT) has to find a way to, how do I get stron- ger? Where do I go to get extra shots There will be a time that it will change, and will you be ready? what we can It is the core of message to players and stu- dents. Focus on what you can control. He tells them life sometimes is not fair, but dwell on that. It would serve to drag down teenagers already feeling low.

have to practice what you preach. You have to lead by example and sometimes not Welch said. have to be able to show them, we get to do this to- day, but what else we could We do that here at home. We try to keep it pos- itive and a good game plan when there are no games. Being negative is easy.

Any- one can do it and most have. Being positive takes com- passion, understanding, effort and belief. As for the pancakes I burnt three of Welch said. burnt them because you were talking to me. at least the story going to tell my the dog like burnt he was asked.

dang Welch replied. have a lab (lab- rador) and I think eat So the pandemic pan- cakes go to waste. Five-year-old Alley alley Welch said got an extra treat. always a positive. Follow randy Kindred on Twitter: Kindred From B1 HIGHLIGHTS FROM PAGES PAST five-shot deficit before winning a three-man playoff.

Six players were within five shots of the lead going into Sunday. Even with no spectators and only limited corporate clients allowed, Johnson will feel an entire community behind. He lives at Sea Is- land, and no resident has ever won this event. Winless since the 2015 British Open at St. Andrews, Johnson rallied late with three bird- ies over his last five holes, finishing with a 30-foot birdie putt.

Burgoon had five birdies in a six-hole stretch on the back nine the exception was a bogey on the 14th, playing straight into a strong wind along the water to overcome a rough start and get into the final group. Emiliano Grillo had a 65 and was four shots behind, while Kevin Kisner (66) and Kyle Stanley (68) were five back. Streb began his round with a quick hook and escaped trouble with par. From the left side of the second fairway, 123 yards to a back pin and facing the wind, he left it on the front of the green and had to two-putt from 75 feet. He came up well short of the green on the par-3 third and had to get up-and-down from 65 meet, making an 8-foot par putt.

the greatest start, but got out of there with a bunch of pars and tried to find some consistency and it got Streb said. Kim sets pace: Sei Young Kim answered Ally ace with a late birdie run to open a five-stroke lead in the Pelican Championship at Belleair, the South first event since winning the KPMG PGA a month and half ago. Golf From B1 ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO Wrigley Field, the 106-year-old baseball shrine the Chicago home, has been designated a National Historic Land- mark. U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L.

Ber- nhardt announced the designation, saying the ballpark has played a significant role in history and the history of professional sports. historical significance of Wrigley Field is interwoven into our story and a key part of what has become beloved pastime for over a he said in a statement. The historic landmark status will give the Rick- etts family, who own the Cubs and spent about $1 billion renovating the ballpark, access to federal income tax credits on the that started at the end of the 2014 season. National Historic Landmarks are buildings, sites, districts, structures and objects that have been determined by the secretary of the interior to be nationally significant in American history and culture, federal officials said. Wrigley Field now joins other renowned his- toric places, including Fenway Park in Boston, among some 2,600 other landmarks across the country.

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Hole in one Michelle Rush Michelle Rush of Bloomington sank her tee shot on the 106-yard eighth hole on Nov. 21, 2020. She used a 7-iron for her feat, which was witnessed by Bob Rush, Chad Wilson and Billy Janisch. TRANSACTIONS FOOTBALL National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS Released TE Evan Baylis and LB Reggie Walker. ATLANTA FALCONS Promoted QB Kurt Benkert to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement.

BALTIMORE RAVENS Promoted WR Dez Bryant, Will Holden and TE Luke Willson to the active roster. CINCINNATI BENGALS Placed HB Joe Mixon on injured reserve. Elevated Quinton Spain and CB Jalen Davis to the active roster from the practice squad. Returned Trayvon Henderson to the practice squad from the list. CLEVELAND BROWNS Activated RT Jack Conklin and Cody Parkey from the COVID-19 list.

Promoted Michael Dunn, DE Cameron Malveaux and FB Johnny Stanton to the active roster. DALLAS COWBOYS Placed Tyler Biadasz on injured reserve. Activated OT Brandon Knight. Promoted Adam Redmond and CB Rashard Robinson from the practice squad. DETROIT LIONS Elevated DT Frank Herron and WR Mohamed Samu to the active roster from the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS Signed Drew Kaser to the active roster. Promoted RB Mike Weber to the active roster from the practice squad. INDIANAPOLIS COLTS Promoted Joey Hunt to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement. Promoted DT Rob Windsor and DT Cassius Marsh to the active roster from the practice squad. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Activated CB D.J.

Hayden from injured reserve. Promoted TE Eric Saubert and LB Joe Giles-Harris to the active roster. Signed RB Craig Reynolds to the practice squad. Waived Doug Middleton. KANSAS CITY CHIEFS Place DE Taco Charlton and RT Mitchell Schwartz on injured reserve.

Activated DE Alex Okafor and CB Sneed from injured reserve. LAS VEGAS RAIDERS Activated DBs Johnathan Abram and Isaiah Johnson, DTs Maliek Collins, Johnathan Hankins and Kendal Vickers and DE Arden Key from the COVID-19 list. LOS ANGELES CHARGERS Placed LB Kyzir White on the list. Promoted LB B.J. Bello, LB Cole Christiansen and Jaylen Watkins to the active roster from the practice squad.

MIAMI DOLPHINS Promoted TE Chris Myarick to the active roster. MINNESOTA VIKINGS Signed I Tristan Vizcaino and LS Andrew DePaola. Promoted Aviante and LS Andrew DePaola to the active roster from the practice squad. Activated FB C.J. Ham from the list.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS Promoted WR Donte Moncrief to the active roster from the practice squad. Signed DT Akeem Spence to the practice squad. NEW YORK JETS Promoted QB Mike White to the active roster from the practice squad. Placed CB Bless Austin on injured reserve. Activated OLB Frankie Luvu from injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES Promoted RB Elijah Holyfield, DT T.Y. McGill, DE Joe Ostman and TE Caleb Wilson to the active roster from the practice squad. PITTSBURGH STEELERS Activated DL Chris Wormley from injured reserve. TENNESSEE TITANS Placed OLB Jadeveon Clowney and DB Kareem Orr on injured reserve. Signed DB Greg Mabin to the active roster.

Promoted LBs Will Compton and Tuzar Skipper to the active roster from the practice squad. Promoted LS Matt Overton to the active roster as a COVID-19 replacement. back after testing positive for COVID-19 on Oct. 29. He won the starting quarterback job out of training camp for a reason and looked every bit like the former four-star re- cruit and top-rated player in Indiana when he came out of high school.

He was 18-of-25 passing for 205 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for a touchdown in the third quarter. week during prac- tice, I thought I had a good week of Peters said. I thought I was locked in and focused. I was in tune to what the de- fense was doing.

When I got out there, I try to force things, I just took what the defense gave Peters was buoyed by po- tent rushing attack led by Chase Brown (110 yards and two touchdowns) and Mike Epstein (113 yards and a touchdown), who ran behind an offensive line that played its best game of the season. Illinois (2-3) was without stalwart right tackle Alex Palczewski, who left last game with an injury. Danville native Julian Pearl started in his place. both excellent running Smith said. a running football team.

We make the state- ment that we get off the bus running the ball. In order for that to happen, our offen- sive line and everybody who blocks receivers and of course tight ends too they take pride in that. When you can get your running game going like that, tough on the More than anything, there was finally balance in the offense. It rolled up 490 yards, rushing for 285 yards and throwing for 205 against Nebraska (1-3). And true to phi- losophy, Illinois had five takeaways: three intercep- tions and two fumble recov- eries, including one on the very first offensive play for Nebraska that led to a three- yard touchdown run from Chase Brown less than two minutes into the game to set the tone.

is always a great Peters said. turning point was getting that turnover real early in the game. That gave us a lot of momentum moving forward. From that point on, we stop. got to give a lot of props to the defense as well.

They forced turnovers, gave us good field position and all around we just played a really, really solid Jake Hansen, Tarique Barnes and Tony Adams had an interception, Hansen recovered a fumble on the first play of the game when Nebraska quarterback Luke McCaffrey threw the ball backwards and Khalan Tol- son had a forced fumble and fumble recovery. Illinois scored 28 first-half points behind a pair of rush- ing touchdowns from Brown, a 28-yard strike from Peters to Josh Imatorbhebhe and a one-yard plunge from Ep- stein. The Illini only piled it on in the second half with a pair of chip-shot field goals from James McCourt last hero after a game-winning field goal and a quarter- back sneak from Peters. For the second straight year, Illinois started 0-3 in Big Ten play, which is mag- nified considering this is a Big Ten-only schedule. Smith and the players have remained confident in this team and now have two wins in a row to show for it, the latter a convincing win.

player trusting themselves and knows, yeah, going through a tough time but going to get over the edge, light at the end of the Epstein said. we break through and we see a little bit of light, we want all the sun- light. We want to keep going, keep building and two in a row for us. We want to keep stacking win snapped a lot of streaks. It was first win in Lincoln since 1924 when Red Grange was the star and it was the first time Illinois has won con- secutive Big Ten road games since 2007 with wins at Minnesota and at No.

1 Ohio State. Illinois clicked in all phases from the offensive outburst to the five take- aways to the special teams that came with a 14-yard first-down run by punter Blake Hayes as the cherry on top of a well-rounded day. In fact, it might have been the finest day in five- year tenure. would have to be right up there for sure of total team win, Smith said. Contact Joey Wagner at (217) 421-6970.

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