The Herald from Mascoutah, Illinois • 10

McKendree Runs Record To 8-0 With Shutout Kurtis McCray caught hi first two passes of the season to lead the Bearcat receiving corps. Defensively, junior line-. backer Mark Williams led the Bearcaits with six tackles, in-. eluding two for losses. Junior linebacker Cory.

Wilson and freshman linebacker Beronte Grayson each added five stops. Senior defensive lineman Ricardo Harris had two of the Bearcats' six sacks in the game. McKendree will host Olivet Nazarene University next Saturday at 1 p.m. The game will be played at Central High School. The contest will -mark Senior Day for the Bearcat program, and all se--, niors will be honored following the game.

JOLIET, -The McKendree College football team notched its fourth shutout in its last five games with a 34-0 victory Saturday, Noy. 2 at the University yif St: Francis in Joliet, 111.., With four shutputs this sea- the Bearcats equal the record for shutouts in a season, which was established by the 1997 team. McKendree, the No. 3 team in die NAIA, is now 8-0 overall and 5-0 in the Mid-States Football Association Midwest The Bearcats' win; combined with St. Xavier University's 24-20 win over St Ambrose University, puts -McKendree alone atop the league standings, with two games remaining.

In each of the shutout victories, McKendree has held its run on the first play of the second quarter to increase the Bearcats' lead to 14-0, which was also the halftime score. The Only points of the third quarter came on field goals of 30 and 39 yards by freshman kicker Stephen Webb: A per- feet 4-of-4 On extra point attempts in the contest. Mark Albertini recorded his eighth touchdown of the season with aone-yard plunge early in the fourth quarter. Junior Bart King Closed Out the scoring for the Bearcat with a 28-yard run with 5:09 tp play. King led the.

Bearcats' rushing attack with 56 yards on eight attempts. -Junior quarterback Tyler Pankey completed 6-9 passes for 80 yards. Junior tignt end Basketball Team Begins New Campaign With Win came off the bench for 13 points and a team-high five assists. Rounding out the list of double-digit scorers for thd Bearcats were junior guard Jeff Suelmann and sophomore guard Matt Koerber with 10 points apiece. As a team, McKendree shot 48.8 percent from the field while holding Trinity International to just 29.4 percent from the floor.

In addition; the DEERFIELD -The McKendree College men's basketball team kicked off its 2002-103 season Saturday, Nov. 2 with a 100-52" victory at Trinity International University. Five different Bearcat players scored in double figures in the. contest. McKendree the No.

4 team in the NAIA Division I pre-season poll, has now won its last eight season opening contests. opponent under 200 yards of total offenSe. Against Francis, the Bearcat defense recorded a season-low by limiting die Fighting Saints to just -79 yards for' die contest That-; includes ia.mimis-eight yards rushing. St. Franrfs did not cross into McKendree territory until midway through die third quarter.

In fact the Fighting Saints (1-7, 0-5 MSFA Midwest) never advanced past the Bearcats' 42-yard line. The McKendree defensive unit accounted for the first points of the game wherf se-' nior. linebacker Darius Green recovered a St Francis fumble in the end zone for a 7-0 Bearcat lead. Freshman Daryle Jones added a three-yard scoring Senior tenter Matt Laur led the Bearcats with 27 points and 16 rebounds. In the process, Laur became the fifth player in McKendree men's basketball-history to score 2,000 career points.

He now has 2,010 points in a Bearcat uniform. Senior forward Dwayne Shaw also contributed a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Senior guard Eric Echelbarger Ttsfast and easy trip back up theljill. All children have to ddis walk up, and the sled will follow. The Winter Games -Children can hold their own mini "Olympic Games," complete witn ice-skating competitions and long distance snowball throw.

Kids can even try their skills on the "Skeleton." The high-performance, maneuverable sled was designed and tested on Olympic tracks in Park City; Utah, and is great for neighborhood hills. For more information, visitwww.wham-o.com. Tips For Helping Kids Warm Up To Cool Months K' When Cold Weather Arrives, Dont Give Up On Outdoor Play, Games From The Sidelines By Jeff Thornton Rams Defeat Cardinals The Cardinals loft St. Louis. unexpectedly in 18 and left a sour taste in the -mouth of many, football When the Rams mpved.from Los Ange--les in 1995 manv not wait for the "new" team their "old" team' the Cardinals.

The 'day finally came this past weekend. The Rams Went into the game with an 0-2 record against tho-C ardinals since changed when the Rarns defeated the ardinals by a 27- .14 score to win their third game in a row. Marshall Faulk car-; the ball 27 times tor 178 yards. Man; Bulger improved to. 3-0 as the Rams new starting -quarterback, and picked up his first road victory.

He completed 20 of 2 passes for 245 yards and threw for two touchdowns. Arizona still leads the Rams by one game and the 5an Francisco 49ers hold a three game lead. over the Rams with eight games to play. Federko Inducted Into Hall of Fame His 24 Jersev was retired in ll and hangs in the rafters at the Savvis Center. Many thought he was a sure bet for the Hall of Fame after his retirement in ltHr0.

But the call came. until recentlv. Bemie Federko was tly first player to ever have 50 or mom assists in 10 consecu'tive seas'oris. He never won a Stanlev Cup but played on sev eral of the best teams that the Blues have ever put on tin ice. 1 le played 13 of his 14 seasons for the Blues.

Congratulations Bern ie on an honor well deserved! Others inducted into the Hall ot ame were CLirk Gillies who won four Stanlev Cup titles with the Islanders 1980-83. He had 319 career goals, 378 earner assists and. 1023 career penaltv -minutes in 938 games. Rod I angway was also in- ducted. He won two Stanley Cup titles ith Montreal.

Coach Roger Nielson was inducted into the builders category. He was the first coach to use video as. a teaching tool: Speaking of the Blues thev still find a nu to win even though they have been missing several key players. The Blues lost another one-of their star players, Keith Tkachuk to a fractured foot. He will be out 4-h weeks.

Vf even without the Blues extended their winning stivak on the road defeating the Islanders and the Rangers in-New Mirk. St. Louis as of press time has an eight game inning streak and leads the Central Division in the Western Conference with 17 points, 1 three ahead of the Detroit Rod Wings. Several Cardinals File to Become Free Agents Andv Bones, William's. Dave Veres, Rick White, Chuck Finley.

Jamie Wright, Jetf I asse'ro and Mike DeFilice all filed for five agency this past week. The ard inals declined options on several ot the plavers but could -till resign them for-less money. With only si manv dollars av ailabie it will be interesting to. see who the Cardinals will be able to keep. In.

other baseball news, Eric Nimsk'e won -the' American League Rookie of the ear. imske is a third baseman for Toronto. He hit .279 with 24 home rim- and 84 RBIs. He is the first Toronto player selected for this honor since Alfredo Griffin. in 197.

Jason Jennings won award in the National League. Jennings had a ot If-' itli a 4:32 ERA: I le is the first Colorado.plaver ever to ht m-Ii led for tin award. Benson WinsPop Secret 400 Johnny Benson won hi's first Win-ton up Vries Race with a victory in the Iop Secret 4('i at North (. amlina Speed wav. Mark Martin was second, Kurt Busch wa- third, Jeff Burton was fourth and left Gordon was fifth.

In other facing news, Jamie MMurrav won the Busch Vries Sams Club 200. Greg Biffle was Randy. Laloie as third, David Green was fourth and Stacv Compton wa- tilth AtlheCARl 5tl() in California Speedway, Jinunv ei won tlie race, Michael Andretti a--second. Patrick was third, Tony Kanaan was fourth and Oriol Soria w.e. titth.

Odds and Ends Them were several College Football up-et- this eek. Notm Dame lost to Boston College by a 14-7 Moivtohand the Fighting Irish their first loss of the season. Boston College did the same thing in 1 993. Other undefeated ieams to lose were North Carolina State. Virginia lech and Georgia.

We have a new number one in the poll. Oklahoma edged out the Miami Hurric the first time this season. )klahoma has held the top -put in Mil BCS standings. Ohio State moves up to third ir the polls. The Washington University Volleyball Team also suffered-the teams tif-t loss of the season.

I he Bears survived coach Rich Ltnemanns ftXjdth canvr matili vv ith a 30-23, 30-32 and I -13 victory over 3 luaniata. Juaniatas coach Larry Bov.k i- the-career NCAA III leader in wins with 951 going into the contest. The next dav against 11th ranked Wittenberg, the Bears lost 37-33 ipemng game hearlbmaker and theif fell 30-19 30-24 to lose their tir-l match of the season; I hey came back in a later to crush fith ranked St. Josph by. scores of 3(3-1 30-19 and 311-28 but the chance for an u.ideft ated season is uver.

The Bears an now 32-1. Last but nbi least the Gihault High l-ioul Boys Soccer Team finished 4lh at tiie Class A State Vnu-r Tournament. he Hawks won the 'opening game against Charleston bv a 1-0 score. In theseminnal game the Hawks led 1-0 late iii-the game' but ewr Lennox Providence was able ti tu-llie score at 1-1 to force overtime. After two overtime periods the game was decided by penalty kicks anif New Lennox Providence survived and won the game bv a 2-1 scon.

In tlie tliird place game, the Hawks were def ated by Peoria Notre Dame by a 2-0 scon. Gibault finishes tlie season ith a mark of 18-8-3. Bearcats held a 57-42 edge in rebounding. The victory marked career win No. 814 for McKendree.

head coach Harry Statham. He needs two yictories to tie the NAIA career mark for wins which is 816 held by Clarence "Big House" Gaines. The Bearcats return to action Thursday with a ndnon-ference game at Olivet Nazarene University. Tipoff is set for 8 p.m. 99 Plymouth Breeze Automatic.

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